We have reports from players on-site that the weather has taken a turn for the worse, and games will have to be cancelled. This really sucks, I’m sorry we didn’t predict the severity and timing of this storm sooner. Games will be re-scheduled prior to the playoffs on 10/14.

But don’t go home mad! Go to the bar! We’ll be buying a bunch of beer and finger food. Show mother nature who’s boss my defiantly playing flip-cup till the wee hours!

Also, PLEASE help spread the word. Call anyone you know who might be heading to the fields. Sorry again!

Carter Rabasa, Founder, DCKickball

Wristbands, Ribbons & Rubbers (Yes!! you read that right)

• WHERE: Tom Tom – 2333 18th st., Adams Morgan – upstairs
• DATE: Thurs, Oct. 5th
• TIME: 7pm till whenever
• WHY: To raise some $$ for Whitman-Walker Clinic, support some DCKickballers running the Florence AIDS Marathon, and have a great time while we’re at it. This event will be hosted by Nikki Coletta and her marathon pace group.

Details →

$3 drafts, rail & house wines

At 9pm Group Therapy kicks in. And we all need some kind therapy. Group Therapy consists of 4 beers and 4 shots for $10. You can split this up too.. 2 beers, 2 shots for 5 bucks. You know in case you don’t need therapy as bad as the rest of us.

$5 donation at the door gets you a stylish paper wristband that probably will not go with your outfit and the drink specials.

$10 donation at the door gets you a stylish paper wristband AND 5 raffle tix. Extra tix: 2 for $3. There will be a separate table for extra raffle tix. There will be several prizes raffled off throughout the evening, including two certificates for FREE season of DCKickball!

Grand Prize: iPod Nano!!

Something was in the air last night at Tom Tom. Every lady in Tom Tom got a rose. It was a magical night.

A DCKickball Legal Defense Fund has been created. See:

http://dckickball.org/blog/pages/lawsuit

The LDF has two main purposes: raising money for the inevitable legal costs of the suit and to raise awareness that the lawsuit is, indeed, still ongoing.

You have no idea how many people ask me “So, is the lawsuit over yet?”. Trust me, the WORLD will know if and when the lawsuit is over. But it isn’t over yet, and I’m realizing that it could be a very long road ahead for DCKickball, despite the boundless generosity and energy of its council at Novak Druce & Quigg.

Many people, both in and outside of DCKickball, have asked how they can help. Here’s your chance!

When: September 30th at 4pm
Where: McFadden’s.

That’s right, we’re going to McFadden’s again, and this time DCKickball will have the ENTIRE place to ourselves. In fact, they’re opening up just for our flip cup debauchery!

To summarize, this is an 8-person, best-of-5, double elimination tournament. What’s that mean? Teams are made up of 8 people (duh). Games are best of 5 (duh, again). Lose one best-of-5 round, you’re still in the tournament, but lose two rounds and you’re out. A flip cup team can theoretically lose one round, but still end up winning the whole shebang. Sweetness.

To sign up for the tournament, please email your captains. We’ll collect flip cup rosters from captains later this week so please let them know by week’s end if you want to play in the tournament.

By the way, this flip cup tournament will be extra special because Adams Morgan is joining forces with Capital! That’s right, there’ll be double the amount of kickballers for you to mingle with during the tournament. Yeah! The possibilities man, the possibilities…

Here are some answers to questions we’ve been asked about the tournament so far:

• Yes, McFadden’s will be playing college football games during the tournament
• Yes, if you do not drink alcohol, you may play with water, soda, etc.
• Yes, kickball teams can field multiple flip cup teams
• No, you can only be registered for one flip cup team
• No, you do not need to bring them. DCKickball will hand out beer goggles at the event.

The Potomac Pirates command you to, arrrrrr, talk like a pirate today! September 19th is National Talk Like a Pirate Day! Don’t miss out, matey!

SMASHED, the folks who brought you the Idiotarod, the Scavenger Hunt, and the Rec Room Olympics, is looking for a few good men…

We are proud to announce Raise Some Cash, Grow That ‘Stache! 2006!

Yep, that’s just what it sounds like! Are you man enough to be a hirsute hero? Think you have enough testosterone to share? Well, share your hair for charity. You grow the lip ‘fro and money goes to charity! What’s not to love? Basically, you promise to grow a mustache, and friends donate pledges to your cause! Lip hair, because you care.

Pass this on to all your friends, co-workers, random passers-by, whomever! We’re capping the competition to 20 men—the first to sign up are in the contest.

To sign up email us at dcsmashed@gmail.com and include your first and last name, your preferred email address for details, and possibly define your ‘stache hero!

Here’s How it Works:

1. Sign Up (by October 4) Let us know that you think you have the hair to make a difference. Once you commit, you follow the simple rules below.
2. Come to the kick off happy hour on Thursday, October 5 at Buffalo Billiards at 6:30 (Dupont Circle). We’ll take your mug shot, go over the guidelines and give you some info about the charity.
3. Select a Moustache Hero – you’ll be asked to complete a profile (see http://www.mustachecontest.com/) for all the world to admire.
4. Commit to grow a moustache of your choosing for a period of 1 month (weekly happy hour check-ins are optional; but please update your ‘Stache profile).
5. Compete in ManPageant on Saturday, November 4.
6. Raise lots of money with your facial hair to help Special Love

Even though we are in no way affiliated with the groups mentioned below, please feel free to view their websites for a better idea of what we’re doing. Plus you’ll laugh so much that you’ll want to participate!

http://www.m4kny.org/

http://www.m4ksf.org

Basic Rules to Remember

• When people ask what that dirt is on your upper lip, you tell them that you are using your masculinity to raise money for charity. Spread the word, man.
• We understand that not every man out there has the ability to walk a mile in Geraldo’s shoes. Pick your own Mustache Hero. You’ll be judged on your own personal goal. Mustache golf, if you will. Maybe you aim to be Geraldo, or maybe you remember that sweet ‘stache that Uncle Otis sported sitting on the porch spitting tobaccy. You choose.
• No Hitler Mustaches allowed!
• The use of growth hormones or permanent coloring agents is not condoned or sanctioned. Performance enhancers violate the spirit of the contest. It is pure testosterone, baby. But if you use Rogaine on your lip, we’re not responsible for what happens.
• You agree to use the power of your ‘stache for good. The minimum pledge goal of each participant should be $50. But no potential Grower should be discouraged because he doesn’t think he can make the Pledge Goal. All the money goes to a good cause. We do ask, of course, that growers be aware of and obey all local laws when soliciting donations. We don’t know what these laws are, but we’re pretty sure they exist. For example, while merchandising is encouraged, sales tax regulations may apply. And all profits must be donated.
• The official growing period will be from Thursday, October 5 through the Saturday, November 4 ManPageant. Late registrants may be accepted, but the deadline will not be extended.
• Other ‘Stache programs require that you start with a clean shaven face. We’re still debating this. We think we may allow a start with facial hair. We get it. You have a job and all that may require some degree of professionalism. We prefer straight ‘stache, but we may make exceptions. Sign up and we’ll make allowances.
• For the duration of four weeks, sweet ‘staches will be grown for the world to behold. Within that time, there will be weekly MUSTACHE CHECKPOINT HAPPY HOURS. These events are not mandatory—we do, after all, believe in the honor system—but they are a great opportunity to meet and encourage your brothers-in-stache during the growing period. If you can’t make the happy hour for your weekly update photo, we ask that you take one yourself and send it in.

The Charity

Capital Queen for a Day is dedicated to helping raise the self-esteem and confidence of pediatric cancer patients by hosting special events at an area hospital where local volunteers, pageant queens, and servicemen help to transform little girls into “queens for a day” and little boys into “heroes for a day.”

The nuts running the show

As always you can learn more about SMASHED at smashed.geekpad.com Questions? Send an email to dcsmashed@gmail.com and we’ll do our best to fill you in.

DCKickball was featured in today’s New York Times: Getting a Kick Out of Kickball (if the link doesn’t work, just go here and search on “kickball”)

Jason Kutcher (Capital Division, Stifler’s Taint) and Christine Kohlmeyer (Capital Division, Stifler’s Taint) were quoted warmly. I do wish they had sent a photographer to one of our games, c’est la vie.

Update: For those of you leafing through the paper edition, the article is on the front page (D1) of the Escapes section.

This is a frustrating thing to write, but I want to be explicit on this website. Despite what the WAKA DCVictory homepage says, their games are not being played at Stead Park on Wednesdays this Fall. I have no idea why their webpage has not been updated to reflect the new location. DCKickball has Stead permitted on Mondays and Wednesdays this Fall.

Update: The website has since been updated. Thanks!

Players,

Capital Division will hold the Mid-Season Party next Friday, September 15th from 9:30pm to 1am at Union Pub. For a small door fee of $5 for players and $20 for guests you can drown yourselves in Domestic Draft Beers (Miller Lite, Bud Light, Union Pub Amber), Domestic Bottles, House Red and White Wine, Rail Liquors.

After 1am domestic drafts will be $2.

Flip Cup will be played on the patio until midnight. After midnight – Beer Pong!!!

Union Pub is located at 201 Massachusetts Avenue, NW. 2 blocks from the Union Station Metro (red line.) Hope to see y’all there!

Make sure you thank your events board chair – Laura “Polly Pants My Ass” Turowski for her remarkable work in getting this set up.

Make sure you put September 30th (flip cup tournament) and October 14th (Playoffs and End of Season Party) on your calendars.

Rebecca Bitch Be Cool President, Capital Division

DCKickball is in the news again, this being featured in this past weekend’s Washington Post Magazine. Congrats to everyone who got quoted, including Sarah “short and friendly with a blond ponytail” Renner and Matt “chain-smoking lobbyist in plaid shorts” Mullin.

It’s always nice to be validated as an insane and hard-drinking bunch of maniacs by such an august publication.