Either way, it gave us all the courage and fortitude to rally together and absolutely destroy Old Enough to Know Better.
I'm Kick James (2-1) 11, Old Enough to Know Better (1-2) 0
Not only the shut out, but three weeks in a row we have utilized the mercy rule... Let's only ever talk about the last two weeks though. I'm Kick James and I had an amazing game.
MVP's
There was totally a bolt of lightning in the air (I lied when I said there wasn't), but it was just trying to match Shelley's performance from the mound. Shut out shut out shut out shut out! We need more chanting.
A shut out, two base kicks including an RKI, and two plays to first. Shelley was spitting hot fire.
Class gets cancelled, Sweeney saunters in like he owns the place, refuses to try because it's not playoffs yet, and then dominates the rest of the game. Laser rocket arm from short, solid base kicks, he brought Heather, which inherently make him better. If he plays this well during the regular season he better be around when we actually make it top layoffs. (I was going to say if, but we'll go with when.)
Special Chugs
Hoffy brought five super cold sweet girly drinks, so Sweeney and Shelley wouldn't be alone in their pain.
Sandy, Brian, Coop, and Katie rounded out the painful chugging.
Sandy, for his philanthropy and short stop cannon, Brian for almost earning MVP for another great game, Coops for stepping on the ball instead of kicking it and then getting an RKI, and Katie for being born and because Shelley didn't want to finish her drink.
Hoffy is going to be painfully missed once he chooses golfing like an old man/Pearson over fun with Kick James.
Timmy was also an MVP contender simply for making fun of the way Katie upper cuts the air while she runs. That and destroying the ball that ended in a triple and chant of "Run back to third. Run Back to third." (We have not been making fun of each other enough and we need way more cruelly intented nicknames.)
Throw a few candles in a grilled cheese sandwich and Katie will be a happy girl though! Even if you order he tator tots that she bitterly hates with every fiber of her being.
Big thanks to PJ (who is getting better and better and I think even more confident week after week) for bringing cookies and getting an RKI.
Last night's game proved a couple things I've always said:
1 - Smitty ruins everything. (Sidenote: Smitty wasn't there so he didn't actually ruin or do anything, but it's safe to say that if he was there he would have done something nefarious)
2 - Everything is better with tator tots. (Except Katie's dinner)
3 - Heather's face is not actually a magnet for balls.
4 - Marshall Street is a fantastic meeting spot after a game.
5 - Never open mouth kiss a horse.
6 - My wife is good at ordering food... that BLT was delicious.
7 - I'm Kick James and I make kickball look good.
P.S. Blogs are hard to write when everyone has a great game. I didn't talk enough about everyone individually. Jim,
Maybe next week we'll just take down an 18 pack of Sparks or 4Loko as a team... maybe I shouldn't have said maybe... let's just do it.
Nice article Thomas, but I would be remiss if I didn't point out that Brian caught the final out one handed without spilling his beer (from deep left field no less) only moments after arranging a deal with Coops and Timmy that if he did so they would have to shotgun a beer. That "Babe Ruthian" callin your shot should go down in Kick James history.
ReplyDeleteBrian got robbed for MVP. I had no idea that's how that went down. That should have been the main focus of the entry.
ReplyDeleteIf Sweeney shows his dirty little face tonight, we're stripping him of all titles, glory, and clothes.