Need I even mention that TOMORROW NIGHT is the awesomely outrageous MIDSEASON PARTY? If you've been under a rock, or if your email hasn't been working for the past four weeks, just remember. Union Pub. Party at 9. Open bar at 10. Covered patio for flip cup. 201 Mass Ave NE. $10 for kickballers, $20 for guests. Are you ready? Then let's begin.



THURSDAY DOMINATION

What a difference a league makes! Thursday night teams dominated the crossover week this time out, going 6-1-1 against Wednesday opposition, including a sweep on Wednesday night. For the season's two crossover weeks, Thursday teams won the battle 11-3-2. Quite a difference from years gone by in that other league.



GAME OF THE WEEK

There are a couple of games to choose from this week, but for sheer intensity and quality of play, we're going to give kudos this week to TEAM LUSH'S upset win over the KICKASS BALLERS on Wednesday night. The game featured three two-run home runs and a furious KAB rally to try and overcome their deficit, but Lush held on for a big win. Congratulations to both teams!

Honorable mention goes to Lunchbox's win over a yet-again-underrepresented AA-Team and some 1-0 game that took place on the lower field that involved the...



TEAM OF THE WEEK

We had to scan the record books to make sure we got this one right. The RED ROVERS hadn't won a game that counted in the standings since Week 5 back in 2004 (excepting last year's forfeit win, of course). Including the playoffs, that amounts to a 20-game losing streak over the past three seasons. So with their 1-0 win over DC Detention Wednesday night, the majorest schneid we have ever seen has finally been evacuated. Congratulations to them!



SPEAKING OF GETTING OFF THE SCHNEID

Congratulations to GOT BALLS, who played a game and DIDN'T LOSE for the first time in their history. A last-inning comeback sealed a 2-2 tie with the Recess Appointments and clinched a no-nine-loss season for our entire league. Well done!



"YOU OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES" OF THE WEEK

A CBS news crew was out on the fields last night taping bits of the the games on the upper field involving Thick Femur, Seconds from Disaster, Got Balls and the Recess Appointments. Apparently they're doing a story about adults playing childhood games like kickball and dodgeball. The thought that comes to mind, of course, is that we really would have a lot of fun if we created a league for playing Doctor.

Anyway, while we stew on that and figure out what the legal waivers would need to be, I promise I'll let you know about when the segment will air as soon as I can find out.



QUOTE OF THE WEEK.. UH, ACTUALLY, JUST WORD OF THE WEEK

You know, just in case there was any doubt in your mind that the Bad News Barristers are actually lawyers or not, we'll cite the quote from one of their lady players whose name I unfortunately didn't get, who said she and her team were going to "recuse" themselves from going to the bar last night. Next time I will get her to swear out an affidavit and get a continuance.

And hey, we could use your help with the legal waivers from above!



ACTUAL QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Team Lush's BRYCE is a Sox fan. The Big Kids' TOM is a Yanks fan. So when Tom caught Bryce singing along with "New York New York" at the Mug Wednesday night, he claimed "that would be like me singing I have a bowl of clam chowder up my ass!" Not sure if it was Aerosmith or the Cars who did that one, we'll have to look that up.



PLAY OF THE WEEK

It's hard to choose which one to go for, so let's just collectively honor the (at least) four home runs that THICK FEMUR slammed in their game against Seconds from Disaster last night. For once, a kickball bounced into a softball game and interfered with THEIR happenings.



SPEAKING OF BALLS GONE AWRY

For the second time this season, a deeply-hit softball from a game on an adjacent field hurtled into one of our sidelines Wednesday night and knocked a kickballer. Thankfully it was a leg shot and not a head shot like last time. Even with the permits we have for our fields, the softballers out there are getting a little more belligerent these days and holding their ground at all costs. Does anyone know who we can contact in CAN to let them know to stay away from field 3? If so, please let me know.

At any rate, if we can ask that people show up a bit earlier from here on out, so we can make it clear that our field is not open ground they can sit on, it would be mucho appreciated-o. Thanks!



TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN!

A number of people have come up to me this week to ask about tiebreakers. And by "people," I mean "the voices in my head." Thanks to a few tied games, it looks like we won't have as many logjams in the standings at the end of the season as in years gone by, but just in case, we'll pass along the list of tiebreakers that we've been using for the past few years...

1. Better head-to-head record, where applicable
2. Fewer forfeit losses
3. Better record against common opponents
4. Better run differential in games vs. common opponents
5. Harder strength of schedule
6. Better overall run differential
7. Coin flip
8. In absence of coin, rock-paper-scissors
9. In absence of hands, bribes

As of right now, the standings reflect these tiebreakers to the best of my ability to remember things, so they might not necessarily be perfectly accurate, but I promise they will be at the end of the season. Sound good? Good!



FUNNY PLAY OF THE WEEK

Team Lush's BRYCE, unaware that there were only two outs in their game, walked off of second base toward the sideline... and got tagged for the third out.





AND JUST BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE A TWTWTW WITHOUT POKING FUN AT HERE FOR THE BEER'S LAUREN...

Her teammates (who wish it to be known that she was definitely "not granny" this week) apparently think she's a big fan of Wichita State.

Oh, go look up their nickname yourself, I can't do everything for you...



CRYSTAL PITCHER UPDATE

Honestly? This was not a great week for Crystal Pitcher stories, overall bar turnout was thinner than expected both nights, there were no dance offs, and last night's heat seemed to sap some of the energy out of the teams who decided to show up. But there are a few notes worth mention...

DC DETENTION has been showing up at the bar in massive numbers all season long, and Wednesday was no exception.

SECONDS FROM DISASTER made their second straight impressive showing at the bar, though the flip cup games started later than usual (much to the chagrin of AA-Team's ELISSA, who paces the front of the bar with a pitcher and a bunch of empty cups).

YTBD not only showed up to the fields, but it looks like they brought everyone to the bar as well.

The usual suspects (the Big Kids, Lush, Here for the Beer, Lunchbox, Kickass Ballers) were out in their usual big numbers.

Okay, that's enough for one week. Get back to work, SLACKER! We will see you all SATURDAY NIGHT at UNION PUB! It's going to be a great night.

Questions? Comments? Unspeakable outrage? jp@ctam.com or AIM: jaypea99

John "JP" Powers
Co-Captain, Big Kids
President, Capital Conference
DCKickball

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