Everybody Scores!
DCKickball
Capital Conference
Week Six: June 14-15, 2006

Find field maps, bar directions and other essential info at
www.dckickball.org/capital.
 
Inside this issue:
- PARTY Reminder
- A Guilt-free POWER POLL
- A Faaaaaabulous WEATHER Report
- Previews of MATCH-UPS
- Plus a Mysterious Mustachioed Stranger Driving a Conversion Van 
 
 
Party Time! (Yes, We're Having a Party!)
 
A word to the wise is sufficient, but we are going to use several dozen words right now -- because we don't want anyone saying, "There was a huge party and I missed it? WTF?!" ... So here's the scoop. ...
 
On SATURDAY, JUNE 24, your Capital Conference Social Committee will throw its first annual Mega-Super-Awesome-Fun MID-SEASON BASH at UNION PUB! Don't miss it!
 
A paltry $10 cover gets you THREE HOURS of open bar and all the kickball hotties you can stand. Do the math. How can you go wrong?
 
Union Pub is located at 201 Massachusetts Avenue, NE -- a short walk from Union Station. As always, please plan NOT to drive if you expect to get inebriated. There's a Metro stop right down the block at Union Station. (Duh.) And all cabbies should know where Mass. Ave. is. So get there! June 24. It's a Saturday. Mark it down. Plan on it. You're gonna have a blast. (Stay tuned for more info on official start time for the Mid-Season Bash.)
 
 
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Let the good times roll!
 
 
Results from Last Week
 
Big Kids 1, Team Lush 0
Seconds from Disaster 3, Your Mom's Team 2
Recess Appointments 10, Red Rovers 3
Lunchbox KC 1, YTBD 0
Thick Femur 6, AA-Team 0
Bad News Barristers 9, Here for the Beer 4
DC Detention 4, Got Balls 0
Kick-Ass Ballers 8, Afternoon Delight 4
 
 
Weather/Fashion Report
 
This week's Weather Report been compiled by Special Correspondent Shorty J, aka Yo Mama's Weather Girl. ...
 
Shorty J's Top 3 Fashion Statements in DCKickball:
 
3. The '70s attire has been fierce this year. We've seen afro wigs, ripped T-shirts, Elvis sunglasses and those tight, tight shorts -- and not on the ladies, if you know what I mean.
 
2. Skirts are in! Some girls trick us into thinking they're skirts, but they're really skorts. And the dudes have confused us by wearing the real deal.
 
And the No. 1 Fashion Statement is ...
 
1. Tube socks! Not only are they fashionable in kickball, but they are handy at the bar and on the field. Bar: You can put your cigarettes and even your wallet in them! Field: When you're sliding into home, they offer that extra layer of protection. Tube socks will never go out of style.
 
OK. Enough fashion talk. Here's some weather talk. ...
 
Wednesday: A low of 65 degrees and a high of 82 degrees. Scattered thunderstorms: 30-percent chance. Maximum humidity: 60 percent. Projected sunset: 8:35 p.m.
 
Thursday: A low of 64 degrees and a high of 82 degrees. Partly cloudy and a 20-percent chance of precipitation. Maximum humidity: 58 percent. Projected sunset: 8:35 p.m.
 
NOTE: Your board of directors will post rainout notices on the website by 5 p.m. on game days. If you check the site and there's no notice of a rainout, that means that the GAMES ARE ON! So head to the fields and weather be damned! And even if the weather IS ugly, remember that we always still go to the bar no matter what.
 
 
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Who gives a flip? These Rovers, that's who!
 
 
This Week's Match-Ups!
 
The wagering line has been drawn by Capital's very own BOOKIE -- JP. (Please, no actual wagers. Lines, which have been formulated by JP Himself, are for entertainment purposes only.) Pickers again this week are "Lawn Mower Man" Eric L.Hilary "HardCore" G., and "ScottPockets."
 
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14
 
Bad News Barristers vs. DC Detention (-3)
6:30 p.m.
Field A
Umps: AD, TF
BNB is slowly moving up in the standings, and DCD is holding it own as one of the top Wednesday teams. According to our sources, DCD feels threatened and has issued a warning to the Barristers: "If you take us down on the field, you MUST buy us beers at the bar." That should be enough of a disincentive for BNB to throw the game. 
LMM: DCD
HC: BNB
SP: DCD
 
Here for the Beer (-2) vs. Got Balls 
6:30 p.m.
Field B
Umps: KB, AAT
People keep sayin' it's gonna happen, and it probably will: Got Balls will have to win a game sooner or later. That's just the way the Law of Kickball Averages works. Of course, it probably won't happen this week. And it'll probably be the result of a forfeit. But the Balls will probably still party like they just won the lottery. (Here for the Beer does that every week. Maybe they could share a few pointers.)
LMM: GB
HC: GB
SP: HftB
 
Afternoon Delight vs. Thick Femur (-4)
7:15 p.m.
Field A
Umps: BNB, DCD
Too bad this game is in the evening instead of the afternoon -- because it ain't gonna be delightful. (Don't worry. None of your player fees go toward paying for comedy-writing talent. (That should be fairly obvious.)) Thick Fetus is expected to wallop the heck out of Afternoon Delight. Yes, AD stands a chance. Stranger kickball things have happened. Of course, they all involve Thick Femur pulling off some miracle to win a game.
LMM: TF
HC: TF
SP: TF
 
Kick-Ass Ballers (-2) vs. AA-Team
7:15 p.m.
Field B
Umps: HftB, GB
If ever there were two teams that should be Jell-O wrestling instead of playing kickball, these are the two teams. They'd probably be a lot better at it, too. But alas! Your player fees would never cover all the Jell-O needed to allow 52 people to wrestle properly. Maybe they could just wrestle over a Jell-O shot instead.
LMM: KB
HC: AAT
SP: AAT
 
 
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KISS ... without the make-up.
 
THURSDAY, JUNE 15
 
Seconds from Disaster (-2) vs. Red Rovers
6:30 p.m.
Field A
Umps: YTBD, TL
If you've ever watched a show called "Star Trek," you might be aware that it's usually the guys in the red shirts who get bumped off by the mysterious alien creature/life-force/lasagna monster fairly early on. And so it could very well go with this game this week. SfD is from the planet Boisterus-11, and they crave human flesh. But the Rovers have been known to give some life forms indigestion. SfD better pop a Pepcid just in case.
LMM: RR
HC: SfD
SP: RR
 
Big Kids vs. Lunchbox KC (pick 'em)
GAME OF THE WEEK?
6:30 p.m.
Field B 
Umps: RA, YMT
Avid readers of JP's "That Was The Week That Was" will notice that nearly every TWTWTW features the Big Kids game as the "Game of the Week." That's because JP is a Big Kid. So why should you believe anyone when they tell you that this game will be the "Game of the Week"? You shouldn't. It's almost always a crock. But this game just might legitimately be the Game of the Week. BOTH of these teams are tough. BOTH of these teams are undefeated.
LMM: BK
HC: BK
SP: LKC
 
Yet To Be Determined (-3) vs. Team Lush
7:15 p.m.
Field A
Umps: SfD, RR
After getting their hearts ripped out by the Big Kids last week in a 1-0 game, the Lushies will look to displace their frustration by attempting to rip out someone else's heart. And YTBD seems like a perfect victim. They are polite. They don't make threatening eye contact. They comb their hair. In other words, they would seem to be a perfect team to pick on. Of course, in the movies, it's always the quiet, unassuming, well-groomed kid who knows karate and kicks @ss when provoked. Clearly, legs will be sweeped.
LMM: YTBD
HC: TL
SP: TL
 
Recess Appointments vs. Your Mom's Team (-3)
7:15 p.m.
Field B 
Umps: BK, LKC
 
Our advice to RA this week: Don't get cocky, but relish that first win from last week while you still can. YMT is still TOed after their loss last week to SfD -- thanks in part to some "out-of-the-ordinary occurrences." Our lawyers have advised us not to comment on the matter further, but suffice it to say that YMT will keep its foot to the floorboard this week. The Appointments better get out of the way fast or throw up a roadblock ... or just throw up.
LMM: YMT
HC: YMT
SP: YMT
 
 
The Power Poll
 
The Power Poll means absolutely nothing. Don't take it seriously. If you take it seriously, you will be forced to sing "I'm a Little Teapot" in front of a live, belligerent audience.
 
A couple of years ago, we figured it would be interesting to take some common kickball phrases, put them into Google's translation tool, translate them into another language, and then translate again back into English to see how well the translator worked. The results were often hilarious. Well NOW the Google translator has Arabic, Japanese, Korean, and simplified Chinese to work with. How could we resist!
 
The phrases as shown below are almost all unedited, except where a little tweak made them funnier. If you're interested in trying it out for yourself, visit http://translate.google.com.
 
1. Big Kids
JP is so old, when God said "let there be light" he had to ask JP to get out of the way. (JAPANESE)
As for JP "there is there, it is light, but" you must ask him JP in order to come out of method, when allots God said thing, it is very old.
2. Lunchbox KC
That's not fair, they have a guy who used to kick for Yale! (ARABIC)
This is not fair to them, men are accustomed to being kicked by Yale!
3. Kick-Ass Ballers
They are aching for a chance to play DCD so they can redeem themselves. (KOREAN)
Them the chance which divides DCD hazard it is sick, so it seeks back.
4. Thick Femur
Every other week, they play like they could beat anyone in the world. (JAPANESE)
Every other week, as for those in order to be able strike with for anyone of the world, you play.
5. DC Detention
Dynamike reluctantly returned Porkchop's Mom to its proper owners. (ITALIAN)
Dynamike has given back reluctant the Mom of the Porkchop to the relative owners adapts to you to you.
6. Yet To Be Determined 
A two-game losing streak meant that they needed to avenge themselves playing flip-cup. (PORTUGUESE)
A losing ray of two games meant that they had needed avenge such that they play cup of the wing.
7. Your Mom's Team 
After last week's game, Marc is now the most anti-frisbee man we have ever met. (JAPANESE)
Now after the game of the last week, it squeezes the refuse of the person most counter which is met in us.
8. AA-Team
Elissa was threatening softball players when one of their balls hit her bike. (ARABIC)
Elissa threatens the ball when players hit her bicycle's balls.
9. Seconds from Disaster
Hey, where can I get a funky disco wig like that? (KOREAN)
The hollo, I that get the disco wig which withdraws together from where?
10. Team Lush
Do they clean out that inflatable pig before they drink from its butt? (CHINESE)
Not remove, from the buttocks to pig carbonated beverages?
11. Bad News Barristers
So are they all law clerks, paralegals, or just groupies? (KOREAN)
To be like this, are them all law clerk, paralegals, or the female pan of the rock group which is legitimate?
12. Afternoon Delight
It's hard to look tough when wearing lime green, but somehow they pull it off. (ARABIC)
And to consider very seriously when he wears lime green, what of the building.
13. Recess Appointments
They got their first win last week! Congratulations to them. (KOREAN)
Them the last week their first victories it gets! Where it congratulates in them.
14. Here for the Beer
Lauren threatened to never help TWTWTW again after last week's comments. (JAPANESE)
Lauren did not threaten the fact that never TWTWTW is helped for the second time after the comment of the last week.
15. Red Rovers
It's a shame, they seem to find a new way to lose every week. But they're having fun. (ARABIC)
Shame that, and it seems they find a new way to lose every week. But they're comfort.
16. Got Balls 
Unfortunately, their practice session led to the same results on the field. (KOREAN)
Unfortunately, their practice sessions led with the result which is identical in the field: they put out.
 
 
Kickball Classifieds
 
Why do we even bother asking you? Nobody cares about Kickball Classifieds. Still, we'll ask one more time: Got something to sell? Need a roommate? Want to confess a secret crush? Everybody Scores! welcomes your announcements in the Kickball Classifieds. DCKickballers may submit noncommercial announcements at no charge. Send announcements to LSTillett@yahoo.com.
 
 
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