Week 1 – August 23 – 24

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT:

Welcome to the Fall Season of DCKickball’s Capital Division! We have a lot of returning teams and players from the summer league and as an added bonus –Columbia has been merged with Capital. If you are a new player or have just changed over from one of the other leagues, check out this division’s rules. See some of the changes in the rules section below.

We have a new bar this season: McFadden’s so treat your bartenders well. Flip cup is allowed and our specials are $7 pitchers, half price burgers on Wednesdays, and half price apps on Thursdays. Make sure you bring your id- regardless of the fact you have your DCKickball T-shirt they won’t let you in without something that says you are legal.

Thanks again to everyone for coming out to play this fall. Let’s make it a great season!

Rebecca Captain, Bitch Be Cool

SOME OF THE RULES: (THANK YOU MARC)

1. The games must start on time. The 6:30pm can not start any later than 6:40pm and the 7:15pm must start no later than 7:25pm. If the game has started and time is an issue for the 6:30pm game and it is past 7:15, the game has to end at the end of the current inning (if it is not the 5th). Remember, daylight will be an issue very soon! (ignore 6.1 in the rules…it says 15 minutes but the rule for the fall is 10)
2. Flip a coin to see who will be the home team (ignore 6.2 in the rules…the season schedule does not list home or away teams)
3. 3 fouls is an out.
4. The pitcher must be on the pitching strip at all times when pitching…no running up to the strip and then pitching. Also, the pitcher has to be behind the strip until the ball is kicked, if not then the pitch is a ball (this is covered in the rules).
5. The catcher can play past the kicker but not past home plate…the entire rule is listed in the rule book.
6. A team must have 4 girls and 4 guys to be a legal team.
7. Everyone must wear their DC Kickball shirt to play.
8. All teams must provide a line ref before or after the game they play each week. If you do not provide a line ref – one of your wins will become a forfeit.

WEATHER POLICY:

If we need to cancel due to rain, your board of directors will send out an email to the division by 5pm on game days. If you don’t receive an email – come to the fields because the games are a go!

Games in progress will be called off in the event of lighting or the fields become unsafe to play on. Games called after 3 innings are played are considered full games.

VOLUNTEER:

Interested in helping out this fall with squatting, umping, parties or charity? Your board could certainly use your help. Questions or comments on how the division is run? Talk to one of your board members: Rebecca, Marc, Erin, Laura or Christine.

We desperately need volunteers to be head umps – especially for Wednesday nights. The only way to make this season work is if you volunteer an hour out of your evening before or after your game. You’ll receive half ($25) of your registration fee back if you ref 5 games and entrance to the mid and end of season parties for free. It’s easy! Balls, Strikes, Fair, Foul, Safe, Out. You’ll even have line refs to help you.

THIS WEEK’S GAMES:

We play near the intersection of 17th and Constitution Avenue, NW on the Washington Monument side of the street. Two fields will be set up. Take a look around for people you know or call your captain to find out where they are. Since we have to squat for these fields they may or may not be in the exact same spots as the summer.

Wednesday, August 23

6:30 PM Field A Big Blue Mamas on a Plane vs. The Freqs Umps: STober, RR

Field B ABCTE vs. PP&C Umps: YTBD, STaint

7:15 PM Field A Sotally Tober vs. Riffraff “The Sequel”