New poll up!

Answer it.

Maybe instead of doing a Tron-a-thon tournament, we do an East v. West tron game that weekend. We can also do the Girls v. Mans game before that... Whatever...

I'm open to suggestions...

Animal Kingdom takes the Crown at the 3AJDMCPAKBCI>FCY2K+10!

Once again, the Annual Joey Danger Memorial Celebrity Pro-Am Kickball Classic Invitational and Good Times Fun Celebration went off with out a hitch. Well, except for the torrential rains and frigid temps, but you can't have it all, all of the time. All in all, there was a great turn out and someone even had the foresight to bring a grill. It didn't function that well for some reason or another, but you have to appreciate the effort. Anyway, on to the good stuff...

Semi-Final 1 #1 seed 1/8 Mexican- 20

#4 seed Call Me I$hmael-10

In the first game, the Whalers, coming off of their first win of the season, were expecting to keep their momentum going against the Mexis. And through the first several innings, that's exactly what they did, jumping out to a 10-4 lead after 4. In the bottom of the 4th however, the Mexis came storming back, serving the Whalers up their 2nd 10 pc. McNugget in as many weeks. From there, the Mexis didn't look back and cruised into the finals.

Semi-Final 2 #2 seed Walruses of Mass Disapproval- 13

#3 seed Animal Kingdom- 18 Extra Innings!

Another hard fought game on both sides. The WMDs seem to have a knack for taking teams to extra frames, but couldn't pull this one out. A couple of defensive miscues and some untimely pop outs proved to be the nails in the coffin for the WMDs. The Animal Kingdom however, once again played their asses off with a solid team effort from all.

A big 5 run top of the inning in the extra frame from the Animals put the pressure on the WMDs to come up with some runs, but the Animals were able to shut it down and move on to the finals.

3rd Annual Joey Danger Memorial Celebrity Pro-Am Kickball Classic Invitational and Good Times Fun Celebration Y2K+10! Championship Game!

#1 seed 1/8 Mexican- 11

#3 seed Animal Kingdom- 18

The mighty Mexis have fallen! In spite of the aforementioned torrential rains and frigid temps, that only got worse as the game went on, The Animal Kingdom was able to keep their momentum going from the 1st round into the championships and sent the Mexis to their 1st ever defeat. Jumping out to a 10-1 lead after 2, the Animals put the pressure on early with contributions from everyone on the team. The Mexis fought back in the 3rd with 5 of their own, but just couldn't muster enough offense through the later innings to get them back into the game. A couple of runs here and there for the Animal Kingdom put the game out of reach and they cruised to W in the season's first tourney. Congrats, dudes and chicks.

Here's the bracket. I'll try to get some pics up later...

The Bracket is set!

Here it is... The official bracket of the 3rd Annual Joey Danger Memorial Celebrity Pro-Am Kickball Classic Invitational and Good Times Fun Celebrations Y2K+10!

1/8 Mexican claimed the 1st seed, starting the season at 4-0. From there, The Walruses of Mass Disapproval slid into the 2nd seed at 2-2. Animal Kingdom edged out Call Me I$hmael by 2 runs in the run differential department to claim the 3rd seed and a 1st rd match up with the WMDs.

Dig.

Week 5 Recap! (That's right. Week 5. What happened to Week 4? We'll see...)

Game 1- Animal Kingdom- 18

1/8 Mexican - 21

What a game! Someone finally put a bit of a scare into the Mexis! Animal Kingdom kept it close for most of the game and held the Mexis, relatively, in check. Nina, aka the aNinalator, was a cold blooded killer for the Animal Kingdom, getting on and around the bases at will. Zach and Gena, aka Jack and Zena, aka Wrecking Machine and Demolitionator (aka MVG, aka OMGena), were wrecking shop for the Mexis, keeping them in it, inspite of a rough offensive outing from their cap'n.

Coming into the 8th inning with the Mexis up 16-10, the Animals put up a huge 7 run inning to take the lead, but the Mexis answered with a 5 run inning of their own. The Animals couldn't answer in the 9th and the Mexis kept their win streak alive going into the tourney.

Game 2- The Walruses of Mass Disapproval- 24

Call Me I$hmael- 35

We knew this game was going to be a shoot out after the first inning. The WMD's came firing out the box, serving the Whalers a 10 pc. McNugget in the top of the inning. The Whalers fired right back in the bottom of the inning with a 10pc. of their own tying up the game.

From there, the Walruses offense slowed quite a bit, thanks to some defensive wizardry by Dean "the Machine", who basically shut the Walruses down by himself. Throw in a rough defensive 3rd and 4th inning for the WMDs, allowing the Whalers to put up 9 and 7 runs respectively, and the game was a wrap like Saran.

Ryan tried to pull the WMDs back into the game, blasting a couple of big home runs including a grand slam, but it wasn't enough in the long run and Call Me I$hmael picked up their first W of the season.

Check out the standings as we head into the tourney...

New Contest!

To celebrate the coming of the 3rd Annual Joey Danger Memorial Celebrity Pro-Am Kickball Classic Invitational and Good Times Fun Celebration Y2K+10!, I'm gonna have a contest with some kind of prize. Who ever can name all of the Dicks on the flyer is gonna win something. Put it in the comments section. Go!

It's coming!

Behold! The 3rd Annual Joey Danger Memorial Celebrity Pro-Am Kickball Classic Invitational and Good Times Fun Celebration Y2K+10!

Now in 3-D!

May 23rd! Lindsey Gardens! Games start at 3:30! Be there or be a dick!

All Star Skills Competition Poll

Apparently, no one liked my selections for the likely All Star Skills Comp winner, as the winner of the Poll was a resounding "Other", with 80% of the vote. I guess we'll see who comes up with the prize in that contest 4th of July weekend.

To recap, the All Star Skills comp is going to be a 3-parter, with individual and overall prizes.

The first contest is going to be the "Long Ball" contest. This contest will consist simply of a ball, a foot, and a long-ass measuring tape. The rules are simple: longest ball wins.

The 2nd is going to be the "Target Shoot". This contest consists of targets placed on the ground around the field. The object is to get as many balls as possible into the targets and accumulate the most points. We'll probably roll with 10 balls or so per combatant.

The 3rd contest is the real deal. The culmination of all of the skills necessary to succeed in the IDKA. I need to think of a clever name for this one (and the others for that matter), but it's coming. It breaks down like this: vertical targets will be placed on the 1st and 3rd base lines. A contestant will attempt to kick the ball through one of the targets and run to 1st. At first they'll be given an open beer and a kickball. There will be a target between 1st and 2nd the contestant will need to hit with the ball. As the contestant rounds 2nd, he/she will have a ball thrown at s/him s/he'll need to dodge. From there the contestant must finish their beer and sprint their way home. Fastest time wins. Time penalties will be assessed for not accomplishing the tasks, including not finishing the beer before crossing home.

I'm going to talk to some of the sponsors and try to line up some prizes for this jazz... Or if yr a sponsor and would like to get yr name on one of these things, get at me...

New poll coming soon.

Breaking News! Mother's Day postpones kickball!

So, seeing as Sunday is Mother's Day, and people have locally residing mothers they'd like to, or are obligated to (depending on the particular mother/child relationship), spend time with; we'll be postponing this weeks games until a later date, TBD.

Anybody that will not be spending time with Mom and wants to play, roll up. We'll try to get a fun times game goin'...

Week 3 in the books!

Week 3 is wrapped up, and damn, it was a tough one. Turn out, for all 4 teams, was less than stellar, but a couple of key subs turned up and we got the games in regardless. Thanks Jeremy, Michelle, Greg and Rodney. So, let that be a lesson to you all who didn't get on to a team: Show up, yr services are needed and appreciated. On to the rad...

Game 1 Animal Kingdom- 28

Walruses of Mass Disapproval- 38

Animal Kingdom got off to a bang in this one scoring 7 runs in the 1st and shutting down the WMDs in the bottom of the inning. The Walruses proceeded to tusk (walruses don't have claws) their way back into it in the ensuing innings with some well placed kicks and tough D; The 10 run 6th inning being the difference maker. A couple more late inning rallies put the WMDs out of reach and they cruised like missiles to the W.

Game 2 1/8 Mexican- 34

Call Me I$hmael- 17

This one came down to the subs. 1/8 Mexican was missing several key players and picked up 3 subs just to get in the game, each of whom came up huge in the end. For the "Whalers", it was another tough loss in a tough start to the season. Struggling on both sides of the ball, they couldn't manage to put together any runs to cut into the lead that the Mexis built through the early innings. Collin and Zach both hit, arguably, the longest shots of the season for breezy home runs and played some tough D. With the victory, the Mexis remain undefeated going into a week 4 rematch with the revamped Walruses of Mass Disapproval. Shit will hit the proverbial fan. In the other game, Call Me I$hmael will be looking for their first win and some redemption against the Animal Kingdom.

Currently, the standings look like this...