THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE MA COMMONWEALTH DIVISION
“There can be only one...kickball.”
END OF SEASON EDITION: “Hail, hail the lucky ones, I refer to those in love.” - Pearl Jam
Table of Contents:
I: The Cheese
II: One More Round, Bar Keep
III: Such a Lonely Word
IV: On Top
V: Announcements
VI: Fin
PART I: “We're one, but we're not the same,We get to carry each other.” - U2
With grace, aplomb, dignity Care Scout have dreamed the impossible dream, fought the unbeatable foe, beared the unbearable sorrow to reach, the unreachable star, that is of course Immortal Kickball Glory.
Congratulations to Captain Dave and Alex, David, Andrew, Brett, Gabriel, David, Drew, Joshua, Kristina, Lindsay, Aditya, Matt, Sarah, Natalie, Sarah, Sheshi, and Victoria for their victory, etching their names in the stones of immortals, along with former teams Last Team Standing and ADPI as MA Commonwealth Division Champions.
PART II: “One more cup of coffee for the road.One more cup of coffee 'fore I go, to the valley below.” - Bob Dylan
Although our Division Champion has been crowned, the party is not yet over. Our partner this year, the Boca
Bar is graciously putting on a Costa Rican banquet for the league as a thank you for another great season. So be there tonight at 7 to eat, drink and bask in our last league function together...
That is until the END OF SEASON PARTY. Details are still being firmed up, but keep your eye out for an email from Tom regarding the who, what, when, where, why and how.
PART III - “And another one gone, and another one gone.Another one bites the dust. Hey, I'm gonna get you too. Another one bites the dust.” - Queen
Semifinal Games:
CareScout 9 over Allen Club 3.
A spirited effort early by Allen Club was ultimately overcome by the Care Scout juggernaut who ultimately took the win.. Congratulations to Joshua, AnnaMae, Anita, Andrew, Brendan, Casey, Dennis, Earl, Jillian, Kina, Leanne, Matthew, Kingsley, Robert, Sarah, Sarah, Stephanie, Steve and Ryan of Allen Club for a great season.
Wicked Awesome Helicopter Ninjas 7 over Looking to Score 4
Looking To Score ceded its Commonwealth championship belt with a 7-4 loss to the Wicked Awesome Helicopter Ninjas in the semifinals.
The Mighty Ducks-esque prophecy revealed after Week #1 by Captain Paul of the Ninjas came true as the Ninjas avenged their first week loss to LTS. LTS, being so preoccupied with the offensive side of things, got exploited on defense right from the opening at bat. The Ninjas took a different approach in their second match up against the defending champions – not getting shut out. The runs came early and often with 4 runs in the first inning,including a 3-run home run by the always entertaining Ed.
LTS was stymied early as the Ninjas usual stingy defense was helped by some creative tipping of catches to other players by Brandon and Dave. Still, LTS got on the board, as BDO continued his stellar 2010 campaign with a solo home
run in the bottom of the 2nd and cut the lead to 4-1.
Extra runs were added throughout using small ball and one more home run by Nick, pushin the lead to 7-1. It stood that way until the bottom of the 5th when LTS's boots finally woke up. Kramer's one out double got LTS a much needed base runner and he advanced to third with two outs after a Little General flyout. BDO took a free pass and then Mike M connected on a run scoring hit to make it 7-2. Jay K brought one in on a single to get the deficit to 7-3. Beth drove Mike M in to make it 7-4 and bring the tying run to the plate. Alas, Nick's sky high flyball came down in the arms of a Ninja so kicball glory and a birth in the title game went to the Wicked Awesome Helicopter Ninjas.
Cheers to last year’s gracious champions, who despite being thwarted in their repeat attempts had a great season. Congratulations to Jason, Bethann, BDO, Chris, Chris, Jeff, Alina, Julia, Jay, Kate, Nick, Ben, Jen Michale, Mikara, Michale, Melanie, Richard, Sara and Vera.
Paul and Jason contributed to this report.
PART IV: “But I'm one. I am one. And I can see. That this is me, And I will be. You'll all see. I'm the one.” The Who
Championship Game
CareScout 10 over Wicked Awesome Helicopter Ninjas 3
The CareScout team won their 1st WAKA championship as they put up 10 runs against the Ninjas. Three runs in the first, two runs in the second, and five runs in the fourth, proved to be insurmontable in the face of CareScout’s defense. The key for CareScout where pitcher Matt K dominated both pitching wise and in the field, thwarting the Ninjas at almost every turn. CareScout limited the Ninjas to three solo home runs, and with a total team effort prevented the Ninjas from getting runners on and making any kind of a rally. Kudos for Care Scout go to lead-off man Brett scoring his 100th run of the season/playoffs, and Sheshi, lifting a pretty single that scored a run to break the Ninjas backs.
Carescout won the game, but the Ninjas won the hearts of America, or more specifically, Waltham and perhaps, even more specifically, the people on that one block where the field is Paul and Nick both kicked home runs in the first inning, resulting in 80% of the Ninjas home runs for the season happening on that night. It was close for a while, but Carescout’s momentum and general team player ratio became too much. For some reason, Looking to Score dumped an ice cold cooler of water on Captain Paul’s head, which resulted in a terrible ice cream headache without the joy of the ice cream. In the end we were the only team with cake and we stole the championship trophy for a bit to take some pictures while Carescout wasn’t looking – so we all feel like winners
Both Captains were magnanimous in their praise for their opponents and the league after the game. CareScout Captain Dave stated, “Congratulations to the Ninja’s and WAKA officials for a great season” where as Wicked Awesome Helicopter Ninja’s Captain Paul offered a special shout out. “A special thanks from the Ninjas. Kudos to Dave, the unsung hero of the division newsletter/weekly recaps. Without him we wouldn't have a newsletter, photos, or 12 e-mails a week reminding us to submit each of those things.” Here here.
Congratulations to the Ninjas. Annemarie, Brandon, David, Mike, Susan, Christie, Jo, Katie, Kyla, Andrew, Lauren, Nick, Jason, Paige, Jen, Vinay, Rob, Katherine, and of course Captain Paul.
Dave C and Paul contributed to his report.
PART V: "Give me a sign, hit me baby one more time" - Britney Spears
Announcements, Announcements, Announcements:
BOCA BAR: Come enjoy the free food tonight.
END OF SEASON PARTY: Keep an eye on your email for the information for the End of Season Party. Remember guests are invited for the nominal fee of $10, all of which goes to our league charity.
CAPTAINS: Special Thank You to the League's captains this year. Without their help this would be a poorly run, poorly attended, and poorly dressed league. Kudos to Kelly, Adam, Matt, Joshua, Jason, Dave, Paul and Tom.
PICTURES: Below find my photo archives of the season. To view the entire album, just click on the slideshow. (Note not all the photos loaded last night. More will be added later today. Please check back.)If anyone wants high resolution shots, especially you facebookian types looking for a new profile pic, please email me.
CAPTAINS: Special Thank You to the League's captains this year. Without their help this would be a poorly run, poorly attended, and poorly dressed league. Kudos to Kelly, Adam, Matt, Joshua, Jason, Dave, Paul and Tom.
PICTURES: Below find my photo archives of the season. To view the entire album, just click on the slideshow. (Note not all the photos loaded last night. More will be added later today. Please check back.)If anyone wants high resolution shots, especially you facebookian types looking for a new profile pic, please email me.
PART VI: “Now the world is gone I'm just one.” - Metallica
Well, that’s all he wrote. Congratulations to everyone for a successful season. Be safe. May the fall, winter and spring bring you good fortune, joy, peace, and a burning desire for more kickball that will be satiated next summer. Huzzah!
- David, GMOT Editor, Team Shenanigans
