World Series (Su11): Practically Unbeaten

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Superman’s Wheelchair won their second World Championship in as many tries beating Scared Hitless two games to one.

All three games went extra innings and were settled as walk off affairs. Dramatic endings for what were largely pitcher’s duels.

Game 1 went eight innings before Nick DiCrosta was removed as pitcher with two strikes on Patrick Hook. Patrick Browning came on in relief and gave up the solo home run to right field the previous 0-for-3 Hook to take the loss. Joe Thaman gave up two hits and got the win.

Game 2 moved to the Green field and Scared Hitless had home team advantage. The cross wind bothered both pitchers but through six and half innings DiCrosta gave up just one hit and Joe Thaman had given up four hits. In the bottom of the seventh Thaman took the loss after giving up a center field bomb from DiCrosta to give Hitless the walk off win and force a decisive Game 3.

Game 3 was back on the Blue field and both teams got on the board early. Wheelchair scored in the bottom of the third on a Chris Keeven homer to left. Hitless answered in the very next inning though, as DiCrosta singled followed by a Joey Davis single to opposite field which allowed DiCrosta to score. Though ten innings, Thaman gave up the solo run and just three hits. In the bottom of that inning DiCrosta had allowed just two hits and the single run. Aaron Christoff led off the inning with a single, for Wheelchair’s third hit. After Keeven struck out, Thaman doubled to left. Christoff scored from first base for the game winning run. Both fielder Matt Dreyfus and pitcher DiCrosta slightly bobbled in handling the ball and relay, but it would have taken an absolutely perfect peg a the plate to get Christoff.

The teams batted only .188, and the Hitless manager and leadoff hitter Matt Dreyfus uncharacteristically struck out 14 of his 16 at bats.

Wheelchair becomes the third team in league history to win multiple championships. The Canvassers have 5, Blandsford Barnburners have 3, and now Wheelchair has 2. The other three winners never repeated: Catalista Revolucion, Coconut Cowboys, and Filabusters. The mutiple winners have combined to win the last six Series.


Scared Hitless at Superman’s Wheelchair
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Scared Hitless 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Superman’s Wheelchair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0


Superman’s Wheelchair at Scared Hitless
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Superman’s Wheelchair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scared Hitless 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0


Scared Hitless at Superman’s Wheelchair
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Scared Hitless 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Superman’s Wheelchair 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 2

Color Commentary [1] - posted 2011-11-06 17:22 in Scoreboard

Division Championship Series: Round 2 (Su11)

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The trend of top seed advancing continued through round two of the Division Championship Series which finally got underway after a snow out last week.

It was cold and the wind was in strong most of the day, but the sun was out and the grass was mowed.

Superman’s Wheelchair beat Ha’chi Mountaineers (2 games to 0 games)

Hachi Mountaineers at Superman’s Wheelchair
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Hachi Mountaineers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Superman’s Wheelchair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0

Superman’s Wheelchair at Hachi Mountaineers
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Superman’s Wheelchair 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1
Hachi Mountaineers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Scared Hitless beat Canvassers (2 games to 0 games)

Canvassers at Scared Hitless
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Canvassers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Scared Hitless 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 0

Scared Hitless at Canvassers
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Scared Hitless 0 2 0 0 3 0 5 9 1
Canvassers 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0

Color Commentary - posted 2011-11-05 15:22 in Scoreboard

DCS Round 1 (Su11): Goodbye Wildcard

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The wind was blowing out a little stronger than the 5 MPH weather.com called for as the playoffs kicked off with Round 1 of the Division Championship Series.

This was Wildcard weekend but the Division Champions and top seeds spoiled it and eliminated Suns Out Guns Out and My O’s Face.

#6 My O’s Face at #3 Canvassers

  • Game 1 [ boxscore ]
    My O’s Face at Canvassers
    Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
    My O’s Face 1 0 1 0 3 0 5 11 2
    Canvassers 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 8 0


  • Game 2 [ boxscore ]
    Canvassers at My O’s Face
    Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
    Canvassers 2 0 0 2 4 0 8 11 0
    My O’s Face 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 3


  • Game 3 [ boxscore ]
    My O’s Face at Canvassers
    Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
    My O’s Face 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
    Canvassers 0 2 2 1 0 0 5 11 1

#5 Suns Out Guns Out at #4 Ha’chi Mountaineers

  • Game 1 [ boxscore ]
    Suns Out Guns Out at Hachi Mountaineers
    Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
    Suns Out Guns Out 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0
    Hachi Mountaineers 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 0


  • Game 2 [ boxscore ]
    Hachi Mountaineers at Suns Out Guns Out
    Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
    Hachi Mountaineers 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0
    Suns Out Guns Out 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Color Commentary - posted 2011-10-23 22:05 in Scoreboard

Tiebreaker Game (Su11): Twits at O's

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DC Twits and My O’s Face ended the regular season tied in their Division and tied for the second wild card. They played a one game playoff on the green field to settle the season.

O’s Face scored 4 runs in the top of the 5th to claim the final wildcard.

O’s Face and Suns Out Guns Out are the first rookie teams in three seasons to make it to the playoffs.

Color Commentary - posted 2011-10-09 16:46 in Scoreboard

Week 4 (Su11): Perfect Conditions

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The weather was absolutely perfect after a terrible Week 2.

Superman’s Wheelchair walked off with a Chris Keeven home run in the bottom of the 7th to become the third unbeaten team in league history and the first since Spring 2006. They also put the Sex Panthers against the wall for a playoff hopes.

Canvassers went 3-0 this weekend to play to a tie for the Southern Division Championship with Suns Out Guns Outs. The Canvassers and Suns Out Guns Out split regular season games and were tied on run differential, forcing it to the third tie-breaker of overall run diff. The Division Champion gets the #3 seed.

Ha’chi Mountaneers went 3-0 and had two perfect games to clinch the Western Division title and the #4 seed. Two of the three wins were on Neal Kovach perfect games, and for good measure, he got the save in the other game.

112 games were not enough to settle the final Wild Card. Western Division rivals DC Twits and My O’s Face, who split their seasons series ended up tied for the final spot. They played a one game tie-breaker to see who advances to the #6 seed and final playoff spot.

Week 4 Games

  • Ha’chi Mountaineers beat Biebs Feevs (2-0) PERFECT GAME [ box score ]
  • Biebs Feevs beat Garbage Plates (2-0) [ box score ]
  • Canvassers beat Garbage Plates (5-1) [ box score ]
  • Superman’s Wheelchair beat Sex Panthers (1-0) 7 innings [ box score ]
  • NWO beat Have Fun Out Theres (2-0) 7 innings [ box score ]
  • Have Fun Out Theres beat Janitors (2-0) [ box score ]
  • Canvassers beat Sex Panthers (1-0) [ box score ]
  • Scared Hitless beat NWO (6-1) [ box score ]
  • Ha’chi Mountaineers beat Janitors (1-0) [ box score ]
  • Canvassers beat Upskirt Fingerblasters (1-0) [ box score ]
  • Scared Hitless beat My O’s Face (6-0) [ box score ]
  • Ha’chi Mountaineers beat My O’s Face (3-0) PERFECT GAME [ box score ]
  • DC Twits beat Upskirt Fingerblasters (3-2) 9 innings [ box score ]
  • Biebs Feevs beat ThunderCats (forfeit)
  • Suns Out Guns Out beat Master Batters (forfeit)
  • Superman’s Wheelchair beat Master Batters (forfeit)
  • Suns Out Guns Out beat ThunderCats (forfeit)

Color Commentary - posted 2011-10-09 13:47 in Scoreboard

Week 2 (Su1): Just Awful

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Week 2 was finally played seven weeks after we planned it. The grass still wasn’t mowed, the wind chill made it feel a lot more like winter than summer, but thankfully it didn’t rain…oh wait.

Superman’s Wheelchair clinched the Northern Division, their third straight Division title, on the back of two perfect games, one of them 12 innings by Joe Thaman.

Thaman also broke the consecutive perfect inning streak with 21 in a row, beating the Jake Tomko record of 20 in Spring 2009.

David Dembnicki of My O’s Face and Brian Burrell of NWO both also tossed perfect games, making it four this week, and ten on the season.

Scared Hitless lost to the DC Twits giving up the chance to be just the third team in league history to go undefeated. Hitless did clinch a first round bye in the playoffs however with a win later in the day. Wheelchair will get the other first round bye, as the overall #1 and #2 seeds skip the first round of the DCS.

The Wild Card race and the Division races in the West and South got a little clearer, then a little less clear. It’s going to take the final week to settle who the other four teams heading to the first round of postseason are.

Nightmare situation post-game today as we were leaving the fields. My O’s Face has free lifetime registration fees, and they know why. I’m sure they’ll tell you if you ask them, but we won’t be putting it online.

Week 2 Games

  • My O’s Face beats Biebs Feevs (0-0) 10 innings pitcher ejection forfeit [ box scores ]
  • NWO beats Garbage Plates (3-0) [ box scores ]
  • NWO beats Ha’chi Mountaineers (2-0) PERFECT GAME [ box scores ]
  • Scared Hitless beats Sex Panthers (4-0) [ box scores ]
  • My O’s Face beat DC Twits (4-0) PERFECT GAME [ box scores ]
  • DC Twits beat Scared Hitless (2-0) 12 innings [ box scores ]
  • Sex Panthers beat Have Fun Out Theres (6-0) [ box scores ]
  • Upskirt Fingerblasters beat Master Batters (2-0) [ box scores ]
  • Upskirt Fingerblasters beat Have Fun Out Theres (3-2) [ box scores ]
  • Superman’s Wheelchair beats Janitors (3-0) PERFECT GAME [ box scores ]
  • Suns Out Guns Out beat Canvassers (2-0) [ box scores ]
  • Superman’s Wheelchair beats Canvassers (1-0) 12 innings PERFECT GAME [ box scores ]
  • Suns Out Guns Out beat Janitors (12-1) run rule/5 innings [ box scores ]
  • Master Batters beat ThunderCats (forfeit)
  • Garbage Plates beat ThunderCats (forfeit)

Biebs Feevs at Ha’chi Mountaineers was postponed by rain and will be made up next week during Week 4 games.

If the playoffs were held today:


#1
Superman’s Wheelchair
North
#2
Scared Hitless
East
#3
My O’s Face
West
#4
Suns Out Guns Out
South
#5
Sex Panthers
Wild Card
#6
Canvassers/
Ha’chi Mountaineers(tie)
Wild Card

Color Commentary [3] - posted 2011-10-02 18:34 in Scoreboard

Week 7 (Su11): Did It Rain Last Night?

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The grass was really wet and though it was mowed, it grew back.

Scared Hitless becomes the first team to clinch a Division title, winning the East and punching their ticket to postseason. Wheelchair’s magic number is 1.

We also said goodbye officially to three teams who won’t be making the post-season, as ThunderCats, Upskirt Fingerblasters and Garbage Plates were all eliminated.

The Canvassers found a dead rat between second and third base on the green field. They did paper rock scissors to see who had to take it home.

ThunderCats are no shows for third straight week. We can’t emphasize enough how much we hate them. Upskirt Fingerblasters didn’t show either, hopefully they were working on their games.

Only two more weeks left for playoffs to be settled.

Three more perfect games this week, now six on the season. Apparently with no wind people can’t even single, let alone hit a home run.

Superman’s Wheelchair and Scared Hitless are both 10-0, with just four games left each (and none against each other) to try and become just the third (or fourth) team in league history to have an undefeated season. No team in the last ten seasons has done it. With the four division schedule, each team skips playing one of the divisions each season, and this happens to be the season Wheelchair and Hitless don’t meet.

  • Sex Panthers beat Biebs Feevs (1-0) [ box scores ]
  • Canvassers beat Master Batters (1-0) 8 innings [ box scores ]
  • Master Batters beat Garbage Plates (6-1) [ box scores ]
  • Suns Out Guns Out beat Biebs Feevs (4-3) [ box scores ]
  • Canvassers beat Sex Panthers (1-0) PERFECT GAME [ box scores ]
  • Suns Out Guns Out beat Sex Panthers (6-0) PERFECT GAME [ box scores ]
  • Ha’chi Mountaineers beat NWO (2-0) [ box scores ]
  • DC Twits beat NWO (1-0) 7 innings [ box scores ]
  • Janitors beat Upskirt Fingerblasters (forfeit)
  • Superman’s Wheelchair beat Upskirt Fingerblasters (forfeit)
  • Biebs Feevs beat Garbage Plates (2-1) 20 innings [ box scores ]
  • My O’s Face beat Ha’chi Mountaineers (2-1) [ box scores ]
  • My O’s Face beat Janitors (3-1) [ box scores ]
  • Have Fun Out Theres beat DC Twits (3-0) [ box scores ]
  • Scared Hitless beats Master Batters (8-0) PERFECT GAME [ box scores ]
  • Superman’s Wheelchair beat Have Fun Out There (2-1) [ box scores ]
  • DC Twits beat ThunderCats (forfeit)
  • Scared Hitless beat ThunderCats (forfeit)

If the playoffs were held today:


#1
Scared Hitless
East
#2
Superman’s Wheelchair
North
#3
Canvassers
South
#4
My O’s Face
West
#5
3 Way Tie for 2 Spots
Wild Card
#6
3 Way Tie for 2 Spots
Wild Card

Color Commentary - posted 2011-09-25 10:43 in Scoreboard

Week 6 (Su11): Wanted: Hitters and Lawnmowers

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Three perfect games this week will make POTW nominations easy, with Nick DiCrosta, Eamon Murray and Joe Thaman picking up perfectos.

We’re officially over the half way point in the season, with just three weeks left. Standings are starting to matter a little bit more.

Three forfeits this week, Canvassers missed game one but showed for game two. ThunderCats with two more no shows, HO!

Another week with no grass mowing and we’ll be up to our knees.

Week 6 Games

  • Master Batters beat Janitors (2-0) 9 innings [ box score ]
  • Master Batters beat Canvassers (forfeit)
  • Ha’chi Mountaineers beat DC Twits (1-0) 16 innings [ box score ]
  • NWO beat Janitors (4-0) [ box score ]
  • NWO beat My O’s Face (2-1) 7 innings [ box score ]
  • Canvassers beat ThunderCats (forfeit)
  • Beibs Feevs beat DC Twits (1-0) 11 innings [ box score ]
  • My O’s Fce beat Upskirt Fingerblasters (2-0) [ box score ]
  • Biebs Feevs beat ThunderCats (forfeit)
  • Scared Hitless beat Garbage Plates (5-0) PERFECT GAME [ box score ]
  • Scared Hitless beat Suns Out Guns Out (8-0) [ box score ]
  • Superman’s Wheelchair beat Upskirt Fingerblasters (3-0) [ box score ]
  • Sex Panthers beat Garbage Plates (1-0) [ box score ]
  • Suns Out Guns Out beat Sex Panthers (4-0) [ box score ]
  • Scared Hitless beat Garbage Plates (9-0) PERFECT GAME [ box score ]
  • Superman’s Wheelchair beat Have Fun Out Theres (3-0) PERFECT GAME [ box score ]

There is quite a logjam in the Western Division. The first three teams have been eliminated from the Divisional races, but everyone is still technically in the wild card hunt.

If the playoffs were held today:


#2
Scared Hitless
East
#2
Superman’s Wheelchair
North
#3
Sex Panthers
South
#4
Ha’chi Mountaineers
West
#5
Have Fun Out Theres
Wild Card
#6
Canvassers/
Master Batters
Wild Card

Color Commentary - posted 2011-09-18 17:12 in Scoreboard

Week 5 (Su11): Long Grass and Little Offense

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We played all but three of the 16.5 games on the schedule today. Forfeits from Upskirt Thunderblasters and ThunderCats.

First week we haven’t had a drop of rain, unless you count the kind that came to the surface when you fell to the ground. It was a little muddy, but it was hard to tell because of the 4 inches of thick tall grass. Usually in the summer we play on dirt, but the two hurricanes had other ideas.

No wind at all for the early games but we got some from the east as the last sessions closed out, kept a few walk off homers from going out in the 17 inning affair.

I’m sure Week 6 will be rained out, but we’ll get Week 7 in. Maybe we just play the odds this summer?

Week 5 Games

  • Scared Hitless beat Canvassers (5-3) resumed game from Week 3, 10 innings [ box score ]
  • Have Fun Out Theres beat Ha’chi Mountaineers 1-0 NO HITTER 8 innings [ box score ]
  • NWO beat Upskirt Fingerblasters (forfeit)
  • Canvassers beat Biebs Feevs (6-0) [ box score ]
  • Scared Hitless beat Ha’chi Mountaneers (1-0) [ box score ]
  • Superman’s Wheelchair beat NWO (1-0) [ box score ]
  • Superman’s Wheelchair beat My O’s Face (2-0) [ box score ]
  • Scared Hitless beat Beivs Feevs (3-0) [ box score ]
  • Canvassers beat Suns Out Guns Out (3-1) [ box score ]
  • Suns Out Guns Out beat Garbage Plates (1-0) [ box score ]
  • Sex Panthers beat ThunderCats (forfeit)
  • DC Twits beat My O’s Face (1-0) 17 innings [ box score ]
  • Garbage Plates beat ThunderCats (forfeit)
  • Master Batters beat Sex Panthers (3-0) [ box score ]
  • DC Twits beat Janitors (7-0) [ box score ]
  • Sex Panthers beat Janitors (2-0) [ box score ]
  • Have Fun Out Theres beat Master Batters (7-3) 5 innings pitcher forfeit [ box score ]

We’re just under half way through the Summer season, lots of wiffleball left to be played. Races are starting to take form though as NWO stumbles early in their run to a third consecutive playoff birth, and a couple of sophomore squads jockey for the spot vacated by the Barnburners.


If the playoffs were held today:



#1
Superman’s Wheelchair
North
#2
Scared Hitless
East
#3
Sex Panthers
South
#4
DC Twits
West
#5
Have Fun Out Theres
Wild Card
#6
Canvassers
Wild Card

Color Commentary - posted 2011-09-11 18:32 in Scoreboard

Week 3 (Su11): Blowin' in the Wind

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A strong wind blew out on all fields all day. It finally brought some rain and lightening with it around 3:15 and caused one game to be suspended, and three games to be postponed.

This was the “weird” week where three teams had triple headers and we had 17 games scheduled instead of 16.

The wind helped the league slugging percentage and will cause some pitchers to have nightmares. Mark Nicholson, fresh off a POTW win, hit 5 homers in Wheelchair’s first game. The single game record for a payer is 6. Teammate Joe Thaman is on pace to destroy to the single season home run record, expect a more detailed post on that this week.

Rain started to fall about 15 minutes before the 3:30 games were scheduled to begin and Commissioner Gallaway postponed the three games to future weeks.

Umpire Mark Dineen suspended play on the final 2:30 PM game Scared Hitless at Canvassers in the sixth inning with both teams tied at 2. The game will be resumed in progress during a future week.

Week 3 Games

  • Superman’s Wheelchair beat Suns Out Guns Out (13-0) run rule, 4 innings [ box score ]
  • Ha’chi Mountaineers beat Upskirt Fingerblasters (5-0) [ box score ]
  • Janitors beat Upskirt Fingerblasters (4-2) [ box score ]
  • Superman’s Wheelchair beat Ha’chi Mountaineers (4-2) [ box score ]
  • Have Fun Out Theres beat Suns Out Guns Out (6-2) [ box score ]
  • My O’s Face beat NWO (3-0) [ box score ]
  • Have Fun Out Theres beat Janitors (9-1) run rule, 4 innings [ box score ]
  • Ha’chi Mountaineers beat ThunderCats (2-1) [ box score ]
  • My O’s Face beat ThunderCats (3-2) [ box score ]
  • Upskirt Fingerblasters beat Have Fun Out Theres (8-1) [ box score ]
  • DC Twits beat NWO (7-2) run rule, 4 innings [ box score ]
  • Biebs Feevs beat Master Batters (2-1) [ box score ]
  • DC Twits beat Garbage Plates (2-0) [ box score ]
  • SUSPENDED: Scared Hitless at Canvassers (2-2) rain delayed until Week 5
  • POSTPONED: Master Batters at Canvassers
  • POSTPONED: Biebs Feevs at Sex Panthers
  • POSTPONED: Scared Hitless at Garbage Plates

Color Commentary - posted 2011-08-21 16:07 in Scoreboard

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