Week 5 (Sp08): Mama Said There'd be Days Like This
written by Commissioner Gallaway
Half the league forfeits…again…and with only two weeks left it was moving day in the standings.
Two teams are eliminated from post-season, but half the league remains tied for the best record of 7-3.
Week 5 Games
- Canvassers beat Rossi Posse
- Canvassers beat Rossi Posse
- Mega Maids beat WMD’s
- Mega Maids beat WMD’s
Week 5 Forfeits
- Wackazoids forfeit to Free Agents
- Wackazoids forfeit to Rated ‘E’
- Crazed Mud Puppies forfeit to Free Agents
- Crazed Mud Puppies forfeit to Rated ‘E’
Color Commentary - posted 19 hours ago in Scoreboard
Week 4 (Sp08): Forfeits = Bullshit
written by Commissioner Gallaway
Forfeits and some big upsets left things in the PWL very tight as we cross the mid-point of the season, over HALF the teams share the best record at 5-3.
Week 4 Games:
- Rated ‘E’ beat Canvassers
- Rated ‘E’ beat Canvassers
| Rossi Posse at Free Agents | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
| Rossi Posse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Free Agents | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| Free Agents at Rossi Posse | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Free Agents | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| Rossi Posse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Week 4 Forfeits:
- Mega Maids forfeited to Wackazoids
- Mega Maids forfeited to Wackazoids
- Crazed Mud Puppies forfeited to WMD’s
- Crazed Mud Puppies forfeited to WMD’s
Color Commentary - posted 6 days ago in Scoreboard
Player of the Week (Sp08): Week 3
written by Commissioner Gallaway
Drew Wold, of the Wackazoids, was named Player of the Week for Week 3.
His keychain will be presented during Week 4 play.
Color Commentary - posted 10 days ago in POTW
Player of the Week (Sp08): Week 3 Nominees
written by Commissioner Gallaway
Each week, the three players with the best combined numbers (SLG – OBA + F%) will be the nominees for POTW. The league will then vote for the winner.
Votes are Due at NOON on Friday.
Week 3 Nominees:
- Drew Wold (Wackazoids): Wold’s return to the PWL during Week 3 gave his team their first two victories as he drove in five runs with three doubles and a triple, slugging 1.000. He didn’t fare so well on the mound, giving up seven hits and three runs, but was perfect in the field.
- Stephen Zigmund (Canvassers): Zigmund got the Canvassers back on track after Week 2’s loss to the Mega Maids winning two today, driving in three of the teams four runs, and hit for the cycle for the day with a homer, triple, double and two singles, slugging 1.100. He pitched four innings, gave up three hits and one run and didn’t commit an error in the field.
- Charlie Zold (Rated ‘E’): Nominated for the second week in a row after winning last week, Zold couldn’t help his team win both games this week, but did drive in four runs with two homers slugging 1.250. He gave up four hits and three runs on the mound, and was perfect in the field.
POTW: Week 3 (Sp08)
Drew Wold
Color Commentary - posted 15 days ago in POTW
Game of the Week (Sp08): Week 3 Nominess
written by Commissioner Gallaway
+++ NEW VOTING DEADLINE +++
In an effort to make it easier on the league office to produce the videos, the New Media Director has requested an earlier deadline for voting on Game of the Week.
VOTES ARE DUE TUESDAY AT 6 PM
Week 3 Games:
- Wackazoids beat Rossi Posse (6-3): The Wackazoids turned on their offensive onslaught against the hapless Posse largely on the back of their returning veteran and POTW nominee this week Drew Wold and some fine hitting from manager Andrew Wiseman.
- Wackazoids beat Rossi Posse (6-0): Wold drove in three, but with four errors the Posse gave this one away. Posse guest player Jen Morrissey is roughed up for the second time on the mound, giving up five runs, but none of them earned. Give the girl some help guys, field the damn ball!
- WMD’s beat Rated ‘E’ (3-0): Despite being out hit six to four, the WMD’s had matching solo homers from Steve Dubois and Chris Kennedy to blank Rated ‘E’.
- Rated ‘E’ beat WMD’s (4-2): Rated ‘E’ evened the season series with WMD’s as Week 2 POTW and nominee this week Charlie Zold homered twice and drove in all four of runs for his squad.
- Free Agents beat Mega Maids (4-1): The undefeated Mega Maids season came to a screeching hault as guest player Dan Miller drove in two and homered to help push his team over the top. Rookie Chris Coger on the mound for the Mega Maids gave up all of the Agent’s runs, three of them earned.
- Mega Maids beat Free Agents (1-0): The Mega Maids have been called the worst 5-1 team in league history and were lucky to limp in a victory in the second game with the Free Agents. Despite committing three errors, the Maids managed a solo Brett Beyerlin run to keep this one from going extra innings.
- Canvassers beat Crazed Mud Puppies (3-2): The Mud Puppies wouldn’t go away and Mike Katzif and Patrick Browning launched solo shots to tie this one up after three and a half. Tony Cani broke an 0-for-eternity streak with a double in the bottom half of the fourth and Stephen Zigmund drove him in with the GWRBI to sneak past the Puppies.
- Canvassers beat Crazed Mud Puppies (1-0): If there is a highlight in this snore fest we can’t find it. A Zigmund solo shot in the first started the game off right, but then absolutely nothing happened at all.
GOTW Week 3
Wackazoids beat Rossi Posse (6-3)
Color Commentary - posted 15 days ago in News
Week 3 (Sp08): Eight is Enough
written by Commissioner Gallaway
We play 8 today as we beat the rain, but not the cold.
Week 3 Games:
| Rossi Posse at Wackazoids | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
| Rossi Posse | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Wackazoids | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Wackazoids at Rossi Posse | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
| Wackazoids | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Rossi Posse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| WMD’s at Rated ‘E’ | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
| WMD’s | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Rated ‘E’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Rated ‘E’ at WMD’s | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
| Rated ‘E’ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| WMD’s | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Free Agents at Mega Maids | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
| Free Agents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mega Maids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Mega Maids at Free Agents | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
| Mega Maids | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Free Agents | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Crazed Mud Puppies at Canvassers | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
| Crazed Mud Puppies | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Canvassers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Canvassers at Crazed Mud Puppies | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
| Canvassers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Crazed Mud Puppies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Color Commentary - posted 15 days ago in Scoreboard
Play Ball!!!
written by Commissioner Gallaway
“I see great things in [wiffle]ball. It’s our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us.”
-Walt Whitman
Time to toss around the plastic…finally.
League staff supervised a fresh mowing and painting of the field Saturday afternoon anticipating the evening showers.
The field looks beautiful (remember what it was like to play on grass?), the weather looks decent, let’s play some wiffleball.
Batting practice starts at 10:30.
See you at the Fort.
Color Commentary - posted 15 days ago in News
Who'll Stop the Rain?
written by Commissioner Gallaway
Wishing and hoping against the rain isn’t working!
While a 2 for 4 average at the plate will get you into the hall of fame, it’s hell on wiffleball scheduling.
This week we’re trying the “if you can’t beat them, join them” tactic and living with (and dare I say loving with) the rain.
With no POTW and GOTW to keep your democratic mice clicking, here’s a sample of five of the best rain songs of all time.
Vote for the winner and we’ll play it all day long Sunday…unless there is a rainout…on indefinite repeat during the games.
- A Day Without Rain – Enya
- Have You Ever Seen The Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- I Love A Rainy Night – Eddie Rabbitt
- Purple Rain – Prince
- Who’ll Stop the Rain? – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Rain Songs
A Day Without Rain
Color Commentary [2] - posted 20 days ago in News
Week 3 Preview (Sp08)
written by Commissioner Gallaway
Week 3 is our first double header week, with teams playing back-to-back sets with the same opponents.
The Mega Maids will have to get by the pesky Free Agents (if they show up) if they want to remain the only unbeaten team in the PWL.
In a battle for who will bring up the cellar this season, the Posse will row with the Wackazoids. Also known as the battle of the tshirts.
Weather could be a problem again this week. Rain is predicted for Sunday, but it should be warmer.
As always, cancellations will be announced by 10:30 AM three ways:
- Call the game info line at 202-470-6971
- Check out our website
- Check your email if you’ve signed up for the PWL email list
WE NEED YOU: Many teams are still looking for players. You can join today to play for the rest of the Spring season. Email the Commish to sign up. It’s a lot of fun, and you get your name on the website.
Color Commentary - posted 24 days ago in News
Player of the Week (Sp08): Week 2
written by Commissioner Gallaway
Charlie Zold, of Rated ‘E’ for Everyone, clinched player of the week honors for Week 2.
The keychain award will be presented this Sunday prior to Week 3 games.
Color Commentary - posted 24 days ago in POTW
