Friday, August 17, 2018

100 Games of Dave

During the magic that was the Summer 2018 Season Dave played in game number 100 with THE TEAM.  I'm sure he played in another 100 games when he was pitching for The Flappers but zero of the those seasons made him a champion.  Dave is actually a 3 time champion.  He did it by hitting .551 with 95 RBIs.  He has hit 25 Doubles, 5 Triples and 4 Home Runs.  He is a lot of fun because he is having a lot of fun.  Did that make sense?  Well good job Dave.  And Good Morning!

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

First Round Leaders

This is way too late but it seems like there should be some loose form of continuity in these things.  We all know how this season ends and that's great but right now, let's look at the first round.  THE TEAM finished 1-4 so it was no afternoon stroll through the butterfly pavilion.  Let's get on with it

Batting Avg Gentlemen

.875 Jack
.706 Peter
.650 Lou

Batting Avg Ladies

.692 Kelly
.526 Natasha
.429 Katie Mae

RBIs Gentlemen

9 Peter
8 Rick
6 Jimmy

RBIs Ladies

4 Natasha
4 Dora
4 Melody

Doubles

5 Lou
4 Jimmy
2 Kelly
1 Dave
1 Dora
1 Melody

Triples

1 Peter
1 Dora
1 Jimmy
1 Jack

Home Runs

1 Lou
1 Peter
1 Jack
1 Rick

Overall THE TEAM hit .519 with 11 Walks and 2 Strikeouts.  Is that good?  Who can remember.  The first round ended long ago.

GO THE TEAM!!!

Monday, April 23, 2018

THE TEAM = Winter 2018

Now that all that adolescent shitheaderry is complete there are couple of things that never made it in here and they should have.  Jimmy pitched a complete game and won.  There was that game that ended on an unassisted double play by Peter.  There was that game were Dora made something like a thousand outs catching strong throws to home and gloving foul balls behind the plate.

A couple of offensive records were broken this season.  Of course it was Peter and Lou who broke them.  Peter drove in 39 runs this season breaking the record of 32 set in the Winter 2012 season.  Lou broke his Summer 2012 record of .900 hitting .944 this season.  Is anybody surprised?  Yeah that's about as surprising as finding out there is no radio edit for Last Call by Outkast.

Overall THE TEAM went 5-5.  THE TEAM hit a best ever .660 and scored a best ever 171 runs on the season but the defense was kind a roman candle of errors so...  5-5.

Your effort paid off

1 Katie Mae played in 8 games.  She hit .231 with 2 Walks for an OBP of .286.  She really got the hang of it in the second round hitting .416 with an RBI.

3 Lou played in 10 games.  He hit .944 with 23 RBIs, 4 Home Runs and 2 Walks.  He led THE TEAM with 11 Doubles and led THE TEAM with 3 Triples.

4 Lauren played in 2 games.  She hit .875 with an RBI, a Double and a Walk.  THE TEAM is better with her.

5 Kelly played in 8 games.  She hit .636 with 8 RBIs a Double and a Walk

7 Natasha played in 8 games.  Our fearless leader hit .679 and led the ladies with 19 RBIs.  She also led the ladies with 5 Doubles.  She also handled it all.

22 Dave played in 9 games.  He hit .520 with 10 RBIs, 2 Doubles and a Home Run.  His show was really good

23 Melody played in 10 games.  She hit .457 with 4 RBIs, 2 Doubles and 5 Walks.

24 Peter played in 10 games.  He hit .771 with 369 RBIs, a Double and a Triple.  He led THE TEAM with 5 Home Runs.

25 Dora played in 9 games.  She led the ladies hitting a career best .710.  She had 8 RBIs, a Double and a Walk.

33 Jimmy played in 9 games.  He hit .815 with 16 RBIs, 5 Doubles and 2 Home Runs.  He is also the most versatile defender on THE TEAM

38 Jack played in 8 games.  He hit .741 with 24 RBIs, 2 Doubles, a Triple and 4 Home Runs.  His Home runs were crazy missiles that he made look easy.  What does that guy eat?

As long as we are talking so friendly, Peter got his 500th career hit this season.  Guess who the only other person in the 500 hit club is?  That's right! It's Outkast.  Jimmy joined the 100 RBI Club.  We can look at those hits if you want.

Here is everybody with over 100 hits for THE TEAM

539 Lou
508 Peter
332 Rick
277 Dora
225 Natasha
202 Doug
195 Victor
188 Melody
183 Kelly
176 Jimmy
143 Dave
104 Aerial

That's 12 players and 9 of them are still on THE TEAM.

GO THE TEAM!!!

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

THE TEAM - The First Round of Winter 2018

The offense sure got it together for that last game.  THE TEAM hit .722 and scored 17 runs.  There were no strikeouts!  Lauren dragged her sick self to the game to go 4 for 4 with a Double and fried up a base runner with a perfect snap throw to first.  Dave hit his first Home Run of the season.  He should be shirtless, oiled and carrying the flag of Tonga for the next game.

The defense made a lot of errors so THE TEAM lost though.

Oops

That was the First Round.  Here are your leaders:

Batting Average Gentlemen

.941 Lou
.824 Peter
.769 Jimmy

Batting Average Ladies

.875 Lauren
.778 Dora
.750 Natasha

RBIs Gentlemen

19 Peter
11 Lou
11 Jack

RBIs Ladies

12 Natasha
 6 Kelly
 6 Dora

Doubles

4 Lou
2 Natasha
2 Jimmy
2 Melody
2 Rick

Triples

2 Lou
1 Peter
1 Rick

Home Runs

3 Lou
2 Peter
2 Jack
1 Jimmy
1 Dave

Overall THE TEAM hit .656 with a +23 Run Differential.  THE TEAM did other stuff

GO THE TEAM!!!

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

It's True

Things are looking up for THE TEAM.  After The Sucks there was a 30 to 15 win against the LA River Yacht Club.  Get this: Jimmy and Jack both hit Grand Slams in that game.  

Are you out of your f**king kidding me?

It's true!

The next week THE TEAM swept a Doubleheader.  That hasn't happened in a while.  In the 20 to 17 win against The Ding Bats most of those runs happened on 2 out rallies so that's keen.  Katie Mae got her first hit of the season in that one.

Sweeping a Doubleheader would seen impossible without Jack and Lauren.  If Natasha is the Heart and Lou is the Hustle and Peter is the Brain then winning without Lauren and Jack is like winning without the endocrine system or something.

Natasha driving in 9 runs in the two games also helps cover for not having an endocrine system.

Hey here's something people seem to be curious about.  THE TEAM has been around forever.  This is how many seasons you have been around:

Lou - 30 Seasons
Rick - 30 Seasons
Peter - 28 Seasons
Melody - 22 Seasons
Dora - 20 Seasons
Natasha - 17 Seasons
Kelly - 13 Seasons
Dave - 12 Seasons
Jimmy - 8 Seasons
Lauren - 5 Seasons
Jack - 2 Seasons
Katie Mae - 1 Season 

That's 188 Seasons of highly charged softball experience.  No wonder THE TEAM is awesome

GO THE TEAM!!!

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Game 1 - This is the Sucks

Let's start the way we always start.  The roster.  Everybody knows that

 1 Katie Mae
 3 Lou
 4 Lauren
 5 Kelly
 6 Rick
 7 Natasha
22 Dave
23 Melody
24 Peter
25 Dora
33 Jimmy
38 Jack

That's an athletic and attractive group.  That's not the part that is the sucks.

Losing an E League game that THE TEAM should have won is the thing that is dragging this whole blog to a halt.

OK now that's out of the way.  Let's get on with it

THE TEAM hit .515 so that's good.  There is always some defensive razzle dazzle and that's something.  There is a lot of softball left to play so let's celebrate THE TEAM being around for 10 years by winning a championship.

It's true!  THE TEAM started in the Winter of 2008.  There are only two players that have been there for the whole thing.  A lot of people have come and gone.  It could be millions but who cares about them.  Let's focus on who is here now and having a great season.

GO THE TEAM!!!

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

THE TEAM - THE BLOG

It's not clear where we should start.  Do we acknowledge the new roster?  Do we mention the victory in the placement game?  There seems to be a lot of hostility where that team is concerned.  Maybe that one guy isn't there anymore.  He was a real class act.  Classy like pulling his gym shorts out of his ass before being seated at the Olive Garden and saying it is his birthday when it isn't his birthday.

Let's not do that.

The Fall Season was a brutal 2-8 deal.  It sounds like a roaring furnace of bad softball but really it was more like glowing coals of bad softball.

Here's what you did:

3 Lou played in 10 games. He hit .765 with 17 RBIs with 3 Walks, 4 Doubles, 2 Triples and 3 Home Runs.  He collected his 500th career hit making him the all-time leader for THE TEAM.  He deserves a medal.

4 Lauren played in 9 games.  She hit .379 with 5 RBIs.  She deserves a medal.

5 Kelly played in 10 games.  She hit .371 with 4 Walks giving her on OBP of .436.  She had 2 Triples and 4 RBIs.  She deserves a medal

7 Natasha played in 8 games.  She hit .480 with 2 Doubles and led the ladies with 9 RBIs.  She collected her 200th career hit.  She deserves a medal

15 Debbie played in 3 games and went 2 for 5 before vanishing and she does not deserve a medal

21 Miriam played in 5 games.  She hit .100 with an RBI.  She deserves a medal.

22 Dave played in 6 games.  He hit .438 with 2 RBIs,  He deserves a medal.

23 Melody played in 9 games.  She led the ladies hitting .583.  She had 6 Walks for an OBP of .667.  She had a Double and 2 RBIs.  She deserves a medal.

24 Peter played in 10 games.  He led THE TEAM hitting .778.  He led THE TEAM with 27 RBIs passing 400 RBIs for his career.  He had 2 Doubles, 3 Triples and 5 Home Runs.  Guess what he deserves.

25 Dora played in 9 games.  She hit .393 with 5 RBIs.  She deserves a medal.

33 Jimmy played in 10 games.  He hit .765 with 21 RBIs.  He had a Triple and a Home Run and led THE TEAM with 7 Doubles.  He deserves a medal.

38 Jack played in 9 games.  He hit .704 and led THE TEAM with 6 Home Runs.He had 2 Doubles and Triple and 23 RBIs.  He really went bananas in the second round.  AND he deserves a medal.

There you have it

GO THE TEAM!!!