The Award Winning Official Newsletter of the MA Commonwealth Division
"The game's the same. Just more fierce" - Slim Charles
Playoff Quarterfinal Round:"She's a candle burning in my room. Yeah I'm like the needle, needle and spoon. Over the counter with a shotgun. Pretty soon everybody got one. I'm in fever when I'm beside her. Desire" - U2
I: The 3rd Degree
II: Disco Inferno!
III: Recaps
IV: Schedule and Standings
V: Announcements
VI: Charred Ashes
PART I: "Reluctantly crouched at the starting line, engines pumping and thumping in time.The green light flashes, the flags go up. Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup." - Cake
The Playoffs are here!
And with the start of playoff season, teams have questions regarding the rules, as things change some for the playoffs. Recently, League Rep Paul held a skype call with the eight captains to go over the playoff rules. Here is the transcript.
Tuesday August 9, 6:46:46 pm
Meghan S: Can we play 99 Problems again?
Paul: Well, maybe. This is a tournament, so in the first game, the #1 seed Ball Busters...
Tom C: BALL BUSSSSTEEEEEEEEEEERRRRSSSS!
Paul: Yes. Ball Busters.
Tom C: BALL BUSSSTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRSSS!
Tom C: BALL BUSSSSTEEEEEEEEEEERRRRSSSS!
Paul: Yes. Ball Busters.
Tom C: BALL BUSSSTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRSSS!
Paul: Um, that team (shut up Tom) will play the 8th seed, WAKA Flocka Flame.
Illana : WAKA FLOCKA, WAKA FLOCKA, WAKA FLOCKA FLAAAAAMMMEEEEE!
Tom C: BALL BUSSSSSTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRSSSS!
Paul: (face palm), Moving on then in the other 6:30 game 99 Problems will take on One Kick Wonders. So to answer your original question Meghan, you won't play 99 Problems this week. In fact you will play NASA at 7:15, while Looking to Score plays Pitch Please! for the second week in a row. Then in the next round the winner of Ball Busters/WAKA Flocka Flame
Tom C: BALL BUSSSSTTTEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRSSSS
Illana : WAKA FLOCKA, WAKA FLOCKA, WAKA FLOCKA FLAAAAAMMMEEEEE!
Paul: (raises voice) will play the winner of NASA and the Boston Kreamers in one bracket. The winner of 99 Problems/One Kick Wonders will play the winner of Looking to Score/Pitch Please! The winner of those two games will play for the title, and as our newsletter calls it IMMORTAL KICKBALL GLORY.
Allison: Can we wear costumes this week?
Paul: Yes. But you must have your WAKA shirts on, and everyone on your team must be a registered member this week. No borrowing of players from the Ball Busters.
Tom: BALL BUSSSSSTEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSS
Ilana: WAKA FLOCKA, WAKA FLOCKA, WAKA FLOCKA FLAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMEEE!
Paul: Oh good Lord. Any other questions, he asks himself, hoping the answer is no.
Vickie: What happens if we don't have a minimum four guys, four girls, like says someone is delayed because of our team's problem with your mustache?
Paul: What's wrong with my mustache?
Vickie: It's not a mustache. It's a portal to another world, a world we dare not speak of, but which I call 'Brocktoon'. And I think it distracts several of our team's female members and possibly a few of the males. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Paul: Oh. I see. Well ignoring this completely before I get into too much trouble, to answer your original question if your team does not have a minimum of four male and four female players by 15 minutes after the scheduled start of your game, your team forfeits, and the opponent (provided they too have the minimum players) moves on. If both teams forfeit, the next highest seed will move to the next round.
Jess: As you know, I'm a big photographer and I've noticed some light issues at the field. What do we do if games go into extra innings?
Paul: Thank you. Yes, there are extra innings in the playoffs. So far we made it through the regular season without a tie. But if a game is tied after 5 innings, we go into extra innings. However there is a time limit to games. If the game is still tied when the time limit expires, then the game will be decided by Rock Paper Scissors. Last year in fact the Ball Busters....
Tom: BALLLLLL BUSSSSSSTEEEEEEEEEEERRRRS
Ilana: WAKA FLOCKA WAKA FLOCKA WAKA FLOCKA FLAAAAAAAAMMMMMEEEE
Paul: Crap. Last year, one team ...
Tom: BAA---
Paul (shouting:) I DIDN'T SAY BALL BUSTERS!
Tom: You did there, Poindexter. BAALLLLLL BUSSSSSTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRSSSS!
Ilana: WAKA FLOCKA WAKA FLOCKA WAKA FLOCKA FLAAAAAAAAMMMMMEEEE
Paul: Good grief. As I was saying. in the rare event we lose sun, or the time limit expires, there will be a rock paper scissors match to decide the game.
Jen: Ow. My computer just fell off my desk. I slide and grabbed it before it hit the ground, but man did I make a poor decision to use broken glass and razor blades as a floor covering. I should have gone with something that wouldn't give me copious amounts of rug burn (SHUT UP!). Do you have any bandages, and perhaps a few yards of skin I could borrow? It doesn't have to be human. I'm not picky.
Paul: Ugh. Ewwww. Speaking of poor decisions, are we done with this chat? I need to go bleach Jen's question out of my mind and wax my musta...search for amputee po...I mean re-read the rules so everything runs smoothly on Thursday.
Jason: LOL. TMI for LTS. BTW WHW Kramer or BDO have 14 RBI bte of the 1st? LTS! FTW! MMAS!
Paul: Oh, there is a mercy rule. If after three full innings a team is ahead by 12, then the game is called. Also if a game has to be called because of darkness, wetness, or extreme odor...
Jess: COUGH, Ball Busters COUGH
Paul: Oh no, you didn't.
Allison: PITCH PLEASE! - What, we keep getting ignored, despite being dressed up as male and female pornographic fantasy characters. I'm Sir Edmund Hilary!
Illana : WAKA FLOCKA, WAKA FLOCKA, WAKA FLOCKA FLAAAAAMMMEEEEE!
Paul: (face palm), Moving on then in the other 6:30 game 99 Problems will take on One Kick Wonders. So to answer your original question Meghan, you won't play 99 Problems this week. In fact you will play NASA at 7:15, while Looking to Score plays Pitch Please! for the second week in a row. Then in the next round the winner of Ball Busters/WAKA Flocka Flame
Tom C: BALL BUSSSSTTTEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRSSSS
Illana : WAKA FLOCKA, WAKA FLOCKA, WAKA FLOCKA FLAAAAAMMMEEEEE!
Paul: (raises voice) will play the winner of NASA and the Boston Kreamers in one bracket. The winner of 99 Problems/One Kick Wonders will play the winner of Looking to Score/Pitch Please! The winner of those two games will play for the title, and as our newsletter calls it IMMORTAL KICKBALL GLORY.
Paul: Yes. But you must have your WAKA shirts on, and everyone on your team must be a registered member this week. No borrowing of players from the Ball Busters.
Tom: BALL BUSSSSSTEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSS
Ilana: WAKA FLOCKA, WAKA FLOCKA, WAKA FLOCKA FLAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMEEE!
Paul: Oh good Lord. Any other questions, he asks himself, hoping the answer is no.
Vickie: What happens if we don't have a minimum four guys, four girls, like says someone is delayed because of our team's problem with your mustache?
Paul: What's wrong with my mustache?
Paul: Oh. I see. Well ignoring this completely before I get into too much trouble, to answer your original question if your team does not have a minimum of four male and four female players by 15 minutes after the scheduled start of your game, your team forfeits, and the opponent (provided they too have the minimum players) moves on. If both teams forfeit, the next highest seed will move to the next round.
Jess: As you know, I'm a big photographer and I've noticed some light issues at the field. What do we do if games go into extra innings?
Tom: BALLLLLL BUSSSSSSTEEEEEEEEEEERRRRS
Ilana: WAKA FLOCKA WAKA FLOCKA WAKA FLOCKA FLAAAAAAAAMMMMMEEEE
Paul: Crap. Last year, one team ...
Tom: BAA---
Paul (shouting:) I DIDN'T SAY BALL BUSTERS!
Tom: You did there, Poindexter. BAALLLLLL BUSSSSSTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRSSSS!
Paul: Good grief. As I was saying. in the rare event we lose sun, or the time limit expires, there will be a rock paper scissors match to decide the game.
Jen: Ow. My computer just fell off my desk. I slide and grabbed it before it hit the ground, but man did I make a poor decision to use broken glass and razor blades as a floor covering. I should have gone with something that wouldn't give me copious amounts of rug burn (SHUT UP!). Do you have any bandages, and perhaps a few yards of skin I could borrow? It doesn't have to be human. I'm not picky.
Jason: LOL. TMI for LTS. BTW WHW Kramer or BDO have 14 RBI bte of the 1st? LTS! FTW! MMAS!
Paul: Oh, there is a mercy rule. If after three full innings a team is ahead by 12, then the game is called. Also if a game has to be called because of darkness, wetness, or extreme odor...
Jess: COUGH, Ball Busters COUGH
Paul: Oh no, you didn't.
Tom: BAALLLLLL BUSSSSSTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRSSSS!
Ilana: WAKA FLOCKA WAKA FLOCKA WAKA FLOCKA FLAAAAAAAAMMMMMEEEE
Paul: THEN AFTER THREE COMPLETE INNINGS THE RESULT STANDS...Wait, Sir Edmund Hil...
Jess: ONE KICK WONDERS!
Vickie: 99 PROBLEMS BY MY PITCH AINT ONE - THOUGH PAUL'S MUSTACHE IS
Meghan: Oh what the hell. BOSTON KREAMERS
Jen: NINJAS IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCEEEE. OW! Two boulders just fell on me. But I caught them!
Jason: LTS FTW!
David: FREEBIRD!
Paul: They don't pay me enough to deal with these nuts.
Tom: BALLLLLLLLLLLLL BUSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSS!
End scene.
Jess: ONE KICK WONDERS!
Vickie: 99 PROBLEMS BY MY PITCH AINT ONE - THOUGH PAUL'S MUSTACHE IS
Jen: NINJAS IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCEEEE. OW! Two boulders just fell on me. But I caught them!
Tom: BAALLLLLL BUSSSSSTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRSSSS!
Ilana: WAKA FLOCKA WAKA FLOCKA WAKA FLOCKA FLAAAAAAAAMMMMMEEEE
Jason: LTS FTW!
David: FREEBIRD!Paul: They don't pay me enough to deal with these nuts.
Tom: BALLLLLLLLLLLLL BUSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSS!
End scene.
PART II: "Let's party, everybody stand up. Everybody put your hands up. Let's party, everybody bounce wit me. Some champagne and burn a little greenery. It's hot, disco inferno, let's go. You're now rockin' wit a pro." - 50 Cent
If you thought the above scene was crazy, it can't hold a candle to the:
END OF SEASON PARTY
Where: Hong Kong - Harvard Square
Time: 7-10pm
Free for Registered WAKA Members. $5 for Guests!
For more information, check here.
Also, don't forget the 1st Ever MA Commonwealth League All-Star Game on Thursday, August 25th! Keep an eye on the emails for details.
Also, don't forget the 1st Ever MA Commonwealth League All-Star Game on Thursday, August 25th! Keep an eye on the emails for details.
PART III: "Love is a burning thing. And it makes a fiery ring. Bound by wild desires. I fell into a ring of fire. I fell into a burning ring of fire. I went down, down, down, but the flames just went higher." - Johnny MF Cash
6:30 PM Games
In the season finale, the NASA fiendish plot was realized as several Ball Busters missed the game due to food poisoning, or something. It most certainly had nothing to do with the special lunch that Captain Jen made for Tom, Max and Richie prior to the game. Andrew managed a couple of slick double plays at first base and Amy had some awesome kicks. In the end it was as kickball should be - people kicked, people caught balls and some had wings afterwards. All was well.
Ball Busters rested their starters since the division #1 seed was already all sewn up. We didn't want to see the NasaNOTS cry again so we gave them the W so they didn't fall to a .500 season. As a wise man once said, "I'm too drunk to taste this chicken."The Boston Kreamers 5 over 99 Problems 2
The Kreamers beat 99 Problems 5-2 last week. Patrick N kicked a homerun in the top of the 5th to take the lead, and Meghan S and Laura S came in to score to take the lead. The Kreamers held a tight defense to end the game and become the first new team to take down the former champions.
Meghan of The Boston Kreamers wrote this report.
7:15 Games
Looking to Score 8 over Pitch Please! 3
With a likely third meeting in the playoffs looming on the horizon Pitch Please played
possum, only fielding a squad of ten and as a result the game had the meaningless feel of Week 17 in the NFL.
LTS was able to put up a couple of big innings. Offensive leaders of the day were Chris, Mike C, Alina, and Jay P as each had two hits and two runs apiece. Driving in the runs were Jay K who had 3 hits and 3 RBI, BDO with two hits and two RBI, and Kramer and Leland each had run scoring hits as well.
BDO pitched the complete game shutout, which was preserved by nice catches in the outfield by Richard and Sara J.
Jason of Looking to Score wrote this report.
Looking to Score 8 over Pitch Please! 3
With a likely third meeting in the playoffs looming on the horizon Pitch Please played
possum, only fielding a squad of ten and as a result the game had the meaningless feel of Week 17 in the NFL.LTS was able to put up a couple of big innings. Offensive leaders of the day were Chris, Mike C, Alina, and Jay P as each had two hits and two runs apiece. Driving in the runs were Jay K who had 3 hits and 3 RBI, BDO with two hits and two RBI, and Kramer and Leland each had run scoring hits as well.
BDO pitched the complete game shutout, which was preserved by nice catches in the outfield by Richard and Sara J.
Jason of Looking to Score wrote this report.
WAKA Flocka Flame 1 over One Kick Wonders 0
WE FINALLY WON A GAME! (edit note: Huzzah!) Although, no one actually knew that we
had won for a good minute and a half. Woops. Title of MVP is split this week between Carlos for getting the game winning run, and Jon S. for kicking the ball that brought Carlos home!Illana of WAKA FLocka Flame contributed to this report.
PART IV:""The room is burning with the noon sun. Your bittersweet taste on my tongue.
The fuse is burning. Shut out the lights. The fuse is burning. Come on let me do you right " - Bruce
Standings:
Schedule Quarterfinals Week: Thursday, August 11
6:30 PM
Game 1: Mud Dirt:(8) WAKA Flocka Flame v.(1) Ball Busters
Game 1:
Referees: The Boston Kreamers
Game 2: Grass: (7) One Kick Wonders v.(2) 99 Problems
Referees: Pitch Please!
7:15 PM
Game 3: Mud Dirt:(5) The Boston Kreamers v.(4) Ninja Awesomenauts
Referees: Losing Team Game 1
Game 4: Grass: (6) Pitch Please! v. (3) Looking to Score
Referees: Losing Team Game 2
Equipment: To Be Determined
PART V:"Here's your ticket pack your bag: time for jumpin' overboard. The transportation is here. Close enough but not too far, Maybe you know where you are fightin' fire with fire. All wet hey you might need a raincoat. Shakedown dreams walking in broad daylight
Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees. Burning down the house!" - Talking Heads
Announcements, Announcements Announcements
SUNLIGHT: PLEASE TRY AND GET TO THE GAMES ON TIME. WE DON'T WANT ANY FORFEITS. WHY AM I SHOUTING?
TWITTER: Follow the league twitter account for all you twatters out there. Get the latest news and information about the MA Commonwealth Division (including stuff about the All Star Game) from our twitter feed. Follow us @macommonwealth
BOCA BAR: After tonight, and next week, we only have one week left (All Star Game week) to party hard at the Boca Bar. Come out and thank our sponsor for their support for this awesome, awesome season.
WEATHER: Field may be a little damp, but the day should be sweet.
PART VI: "Soon you're gonna be running down, those burning streets, come on. And you're waiting for your flag to be unfurled. And the late news breaks early. So how should life be lived around the world, if London is burning? And it takes every day to be surviving in the city ready to face that dawn with no pity, come on!" - Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
If you lose tonight, there is no need to riot, like London or Vancouver. If you win tonight there is no need to riot like Montreal. Whether your dreams of Immortal kickball glory turn to ashes, or the flicker of hope lasts one week longer, any flames of hurt and sadness should be doused with the cool waters of sportsmanship and copious amounts of beer. And I think I've bust...aww crap....ed the fire metaphor to death.
Tom: BALLLLLL BUSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRSSS
Vickie: 99 PROBLEMS BUT MY PITCH AIN'T ONEEEEEEE!
Jason: LTS! FTW!
Jen: NINJAS IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCEEEEEE
Meghan: BOSTON KREEEAAAAMMMERRRRSS!
Alison: PITCH PLEASE!
Jess: ONE KICK WONDEERRRRRSS!
Ilana: WAKA FLOCKA WAKA FLOCKA WAKA FLOCKA FLAAAAAMMMMEEEEEEE!
Tom: BALLLLLL BUSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRSSS
Vickie: 99 PROBLEMS BUT MY PITCH AIN'T ONEEEEEEE!
Jason: LTS! FTW!
Jen: NINJAS IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCEEEEEE
Meghan: BOSTON KREEEAAAAMMMERRRRSS!
Alison: PITCH PLEASE!
Jess: ONE KICK WONDEERRRRRSS!
Ilana: WAKA FLOCKA WAKA FLOCKA WAKA FLOCKA FLAAAAAMMMMEEEEEEE!
Good luck and Happy Kicking.
- David, GMOT Editor
