The Batter’s Box Summer 2012 – Issue 1
Fall 2012 – Issue 1 •
About The Batter’s Box
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Announcements
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Schedules.Scores.Standings
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Team Write-Ups
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Charities & Sponsor Bar
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Wiffle Ball for Dummies
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DOs & DONTs
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The Weekly Catch
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Pictures
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The END
James Salgado, Charm Reyes, & Jon Reyes
Coming Soon To a “Batter’s Box” Near You Every team will be offered a space every edition of the Newsletter to submit something funny... write about their game... whatever...and since we’re doing a newsletter every Tuesday of every week, you have plenty of time to come up with something! If your team doesn’t submit anything, and isn’t in the newsletter, talk to your captain!
Ideas for Team Submissions Then email them to me at backyardsportsclub@gmail.com
When I say, submit something for your team, here are some ideas: • Play by plays of the game • Document the debauchery at the bar - i.e. describing someone’s amazing acting skills hobbling across the bar with a “sprained ankle” just to Ice a teammate. ] • Draw pictures!!!!! • Favorite quotes, poems, song lyrics, movie scripts, YouTube video, or motivational speeches! • Email chains from the morning after . • Funny pictures of you, your team, or something random on the internet • Give your team member awards - drunkest, loudest, person with the least shame, best off the face catch, etc.! • Anything. Really. Someone on your team is creative.
Submissions are due EVERY Tuesday by 7 p.m. ** If you need extra time, email me and just let me know.
backyardsportsclub@gmail.com
Double Pitcher Contests
Backyard Sports Club’s email is: backyardsportsclub@gmail.com. I look forward to working with all of you! DISCLAIMER: if you have problems with keeping your language in check, not bashing refs, being overly nasty to other teams, and other no-no’s, the Editor does have the right to not include your write up in the newsletter if the content is deemed inappropriate or out of line. We will try to screen write ups as they are received, will try to let teams know so that they have time to resubmit, but there is no guarantee. The easiest thing to do is to keep it clean, be nice, and remember this is all in good fun.
Announcements BYSC American indoor karting
WANNA ADVERTISE? If you have a business or an event that you want to get out to the league, email me with details.
We have AIK reserved for Tuesday, October 23rd from 7-8ish. For $25, you get 2 races (8 min. each.) Teams of 4. Minimum 1 guy/1 girl. It’ll be relay style where you switch drivers after your 8 minute race. If you can't form or find a team, sign up as a free agent. When: Where: Time: Why:
Tuesday, October 23rd American Indoor Karting 2736 North Mall Drive (by Lynnhaven) 7 PM – 8 PMish Cause it sounds FUN!
You can register on our website: www.backyardsportsclub.com
Hair Graphics Come out and get a true sports conditioning burn at Mt. Trashmore! You will learn Speed, Agility and Quickness techniques to improve overall Speed, footwork and quickness. Time: 9 AM – 10:15 AM Cost: $10 per person Where: Mt. Trashmore Instructor: Terence Boone Contact: 757-561-1923
Owner and Master Stylist, Joy Gillenwater from I’d Hit That has been creating avantgarde looks for over 10 years. Educated by some of the leading companies in the salon industry; Vidall Sasson, Bumble & Bumble, Wella and Paul Mitchel, to name a few. She has a acquired a multitude of skills to give clients the exact look they want. Her work is inspired by the love of art and design specializing in texture cuts and creative color techniques. Joy believes that your hair is a very important part of your life, as well as your selfimage and personality and looks forward to working with you.
Hour Escape Massage Therapy 1427 Picadilly St., Norfolk, VA Everything from relaxation massages to injury rehabilitation. Swedish to Deep Tissue. We are all about customizing your massage to fit your specific needs. You deserve an "Hour Escape", you're worth it! Social Sports Club Special If you are a member of any Hampton Roads Social Sports Club you get $10 off your Hour long massage.. or $15 off an hour and a half! That's only $40 for an hour, or $55 for an hour and a half!! Call to book an appointment 757-717-1931 Gift Certificates available www.hourescape.massagetherapy.com
Pembroke Chiropractic Holly Hickson and Marcie Masterman from Holey Balls in Your Mouth work at Pembroke Chiropractic for Dr. Mark Soccio. Allow your body to “Fall Into Good Health” this season without the use of harmful drugs or surgery. Our holistic approach goes beyond the medical approach. Our first goal is to help you get out of pain as quickly as possible by assisting your body’s inborn ability to heal. Discover Chiropractic!
Don’t forget to like us on Facebook! Happy Healing! 757-490-5828
REMINDER: There is NO smoking at the fields! And please be discreet if you are drinking alcoholic beverages. Coolers and Solo cups are your friends!!! We do not want to lose these fields, so PLEASE respect the rules! Thanks Please send any requests for “Announcements” to backyardsportsclub@gmail.com
Week 2 schedule – Thurs, oct 4th 6:30 Games • Holey Balls vs. Clown Babies • Ball Bangers vs. Sons of Pitches • Rec ‘N Ballz vs. Wiffskey Militia
Field 1 Field 2 Field 3
7:30 Games • Holey Balls vs. Sons of Pitches • Friends Wiff Benefits vs. Wiffle While You Twerk • Down Wiff It vs. Make it Rain
Field 1 Field 2 Field 3
Week 1 scoreboard Teams Make it Rain vs. Holey Balls Friends Wiff Benefits vs. Down Wiff It Clown Babies vs. Ball Bangers Wiffskey Militia vs. Wiffle While You Twerk Make it Rain vs. Ball Bangers Sons of Pitches vs. Rec ‘N Ballz
Score 3-10 8-19 20-2 19-15 8-7 11-9
standings Team Name Clown Babies Holey Balls in Your MOUTH Down Wiff It Sons of Pitches Wiffskey Militia Make it Rain Rec ‘N Ballz Wiffle While You Twerk Friends Wiff Benefits Ball Bangers
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1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Please submit all scores and write ups about your teams to backyardsportsclub@gmail.com
Team write-ups What a FANTASTICALLY fun start to the season! Down Wiff It had already seen what Friends Wiff Benefits had to offer in the scrimmage game and we knew we would have to bring our A-game. Despite being a newer team, they have some maaaaad skills. The first inning brought in a lot of runs for DWI, but by the third or fourth inning, FWB had found their stride. We had also found that Antonio, must dive for the ball at least every game, Pazos and Mike, I got every ball no matter where it lands on the field, Mars should NOT be playing side-byside! They looked like me and Beth in the outfield! DWI finally pulled together with returning teammate Andrew, no injury can stop me, Wozniak, and newcomer Krista, plays like a pro, Sowers to bring in a score of 21-8! All-in-all it was a GREAT game with good music, drinks, and awesome teams. Looking forward to playing FWB again!! - Sabrina Lane There are a lot of new faces and a couple of old returners back on the team this season for Make It Rain. We were short of guys and girls in this game, but we still played and came out a little short. I think we just need to knock out some of the rust and teach some of our players the art of hitting and fielding. I think it's time to get some practice on! Holey Balls played hard, but no avail we could not keep up with their ferocity. What a tough match-up. Nadia the Terrible over there screaming to get Homeruns everytime anyone is at bat. Finally more people show up to play for our team. With 8 girls on the roster this season. We should never be short with girls "right". MIR Took a lead in the beginning and then Ball Bangers retook the lead in the bottom of the 5th. I still had faith in our new people to get on and tie the game, and of course we did and went up by one in the bottom of the 6th. With good defense played we shut them down to end up winning in the end. Well played game Ball Bangers. - Jon Reyes
Team write-ups
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Ahhh the smell of freshly cut grass, the crack of the bat, the sound of beer vendors walking up and down the aisles… Wiffleball is back baby! The Pitches are back to defend their title but have a new look defense after losing some key members. Hopefully we can play solid for the next few weeks and go into the tournament strong. We opened up the season against a formidable foe, Rec ‘N Ballz who beat us handedly last season. In fact, we’ve played wifflin’ for 4 or 5 seasons now and have NEVER won an opening game so it wasn’t looking good. Through the first four innings the defense was great for both teams. I think it was 2-1 bad guys going into the fifth. We couldn’t focus offensively because Charm and Jonell were doing the Gangnam Style dance. Both teams then scored three runs making it 5-4 going into the top of the sixth. Wasn’t looking good as we quickly got two outs but then POW! Starting with the bottom of our order, we got eight straight hits and 7 runs and ended up holding on in the bottom half for an 11-9 win. Good start to the season! - Will Buker
So, apparently our goal for the season is to have a .500 record. I wasn't aware of this until I arrived to the fields late from the congested HRBT. It's a goal that can be accomplished from the way we were playing last Thursday. Solid base hits and great defense is a start. Having returning players for the fall season is another. We held Make It Rain down to one run buuuut...the ump didn't see a player kick the ball as she was running towards first. A defensive play by Andrew Hass by tagging a player running towards home. It was a solid game for Holey Balls and I can't wait to see how we do in our double header this week. - James Salgado
Team write-ups We are a brand new team, we didn't know what to expect. We all said we are just going to go out there and wing it. That being said we all had a good time at the game and at the bar afterwards. As far as the outcome of the game, we as a team were all MVP's. We all hit and fielded like we were seasoned veterans. The final score was 17-3 in favor of us (you might want to check with the Ball Bangers to confirm their score). Until next week...see all yall at the fields for Clown Baby Domination!!! - Clown Babies
First game of the season and first heartbreaking loss. I don't know what exactly made us lose that bad to a new team Clown Babies. It could have been a drastic shortage of players (girls especially) or David's cold. Maybe a lack of chemistry between new players who are just getting used to hitting and catching. It could have been all of the above. But I know that we are a good and fun team. Yes we did make many mistakes but I'm sure that the chemistry that we have yet to find will bring us many wins during this fall season. Good start, Clown Babies. Second game showed that we definitely have great players on the team. With a little bit of practice and more communication between players we almost beat one of the best teams on the league. Having more players show up helped also. Great catches from Jason and Joy made Make it Rain home run hitters nervous. Make it Rain beat us only by one point. That made us realize what a good team we are and we'll try our best to show it to the rest of the league. P.S. And we have the best logo!!! - Nadia Kraft
BALL BANGERS
Team write-ups The Militia is glad to be back! We have 5 new players this season, and are excited to have them on the squad. The game started out with an amazing line drive snag by one of our new players Amery Thurman. Colin Shields our veteran 1st basemen also made a great catch. He climbed the ladder to make a one handed catch. Scott Baldwin, our new left fielder, had a busy day with multiple catches. John Duncan had a great day at the plate and hit a homerun to get us rolling in the offense department. Overall the Militia rallied together to get a come from behind victory! Great job Wiffskey Militia! The best play of the day goes to Joe Sorenson and John Duncan. During the celebration of our victory, Joe and John went up for a chest bump. John was then sent flying into Joe's cooler tripping and flipping John over a camping chair! Quite a hilarious site! We all got a great laugh from it. Overall a great first game! - Marcus Blagen
Thursday was our first debut as Friends Wiff Benefits. Overall, we all played great! Down Wiff It was a tough team, as they constantly were hitting the holes. But by the end of the season, all yall will want to be our friend Wiff benefits ;) By the middle of this game we all found out that Lee shouldn't be allowed to consume more than one beer! Our outfield was unstoppable and we had some kick ass at bats!! Be on the lookout these next few weeks fellow wiffleballers..... - Marcie Shreve
Team write-ups Wow what a great game. Congrats to Wiffskey Militia in beating us 19-15. Both teams pounded the ball and by far the most thrilling game of the night. At one point my team was down early 10-0. But we put our rally caps on and actually got in front of wiffskey 15-11 heading into the final inning. Alas, they scored 8 on us in that inning. I guess this is how the U.S. Ryder Cup team feels right about....meow! Kudos to my team tho for not giving up and coming back from being all the way down to one of the best teams in the league, Wiffskey Militia. Shout out to Kevin V and Kevin K for being the RBI machines they always are. And also to Ashley B and Jenny for spraying line drives all over the field. - Joe Equitan
First game of the season, and we lost! But rest assured, we won’t let this bring us down. What can I say, we played the returning champions of last season. Just kidding. The Pitches played a helluva game, so good job! Jonell and I tried to distract them by dancing on the sidelines, but that only worked for so long. Both teams did awesome over all, but the Buker and his team pulled through and found our holes in the last inning. Shout out to Johnny Kasiski, he’s movin on up and actually getting a piece of the ball! And good job to our homerun hitters, Brett and Timmy. - Charm Reyes
Charities & Sponsor Bar
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Wiffle Ball Well, since no one wants to read the official Backyard Sports Club Wiffle Ball rules, here is a simple Wiffle Ball for Dummies to help you out as the season starts out! •
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When running to first base, remember to run across the outside base. The reason for this is so the first baseman doesn’t crush you trying to tag you out. However, if you’re running to 2nd, you can touch 1st base and book it to 2nd.
Wiffle Ball Well, since no one wants to read the official Backyard Sports Club Wiffle Ball rules, here is a simple Wiffle Ball for Dummies to help you out as the season starts out!
NO SLIDING!
NO CLEATS! Unless the ground is wet!
NO GLASS BOTTLES!
NO SMOKING!
Wiffle Ball MOST IMPORTANTLY….DO NOT, DO NOT THROW YOUR TRASH BAGS WITH EMPTY CANS OR BOXES OF “ADULT BEVERAGES” INTO THE TRASH RECEPTICALS THEY HAVE AT THE FIELDS.
These DO NOT Go Into the Trash Cans at the Fields:
The Field Manager has already warned us about this, and if he has to tell us one more time, he will take away our drinking privileges at the fields…or worse, he can end up kicking us off these fields all together! So PLEASE take your trash bag full of cans, cups, and boxes with you!!!
The Dos and DONTs •
DO NOT bring alcoholic beverages to the field….or at least be discreet about it!
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DO clean up after yourselves! Unfortunately, maid service was cut out of Backyard Sports Club’s budget due to the economy.
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DO be friendly to the Refs: Please do not yell at them…just remember, you’re the one that will look like a jerk if you yell at them.
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DO NOT be “that guy.” We do not own Uno Chicago Grill or the premises around it; so when you do something stupid, you’re not excluded from any laws just because you are wearing a Backyard Sports Club t-shirt.
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DO NOT leave a fellow wiffleballer behind; we take care of our own. Don’t let your teammate drink like a champ and drive home. Find the closest decent looking guy/gal, introduce them, and have them go home together.
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DO NOT be bitter. It’s super important that if you end up having a “sleep over” with a fellow wiffleballer, be cool with them for weeks to follow. We’re a small community, you’re gonna end up seeing them all season! When they drop you off at your car, hug it out, smile…and say “hi” the following week.
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DO NOT try to guess that persons name!
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DO go to our sponsor Bar, Uno Chicago Grill. It’s what the cool kids are doing.
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DO NOT fight! This is a fun league, HAVE FUN! If you fight, fun’s over for you, you’ll be kicked out.
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DO always wear your Backyard Sports Club shirt. I know laundry once a week may be too much, so it’s cool if you go a couple weeks without washing….unless you’ve got bad B.O. like Robbie Wright!
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DO NOT smoke at the fields!
**DISCLAIMER** Nothing in the Backyard Sports Club Newsletter is to be taken seriously, except for the schedules and scores! Please send scores, recaps, pictures, questions, funny quotes, and/or any information that you would like to be added into the week’s newsletter to backyardsportsclub@gmail.com
The weekly catch Joe equitan – wiffle while you twerk Now it’s MY turn to pimp out people from our league! It took awhile for me to figure out who I was going to spotlight, but then Joe Equitan came to mind. I don’t know how we never crossed paths, cause he is EVERYWHERE. Every time friends post pictures on Facebook, there’s Joe! He’s like the creepy guy in the background in all the pictures. Joe not only gets the party started, he also closes down the party. Every time we’re out, when we’re leaving to go home, he’s leaving to go to a different bar. So if you’re young and/or if you can hang like a college frat guy who’s on the prowl for some booty, Joe is your man! I must say, the most exciting thing about Joe is that he’s related to Gangnam Style’s PSY. He actually taught PSY all his dance moves. His sense of style is on point. You think Daniel Reyes, James Salgado or Jeff White brought back the bowtie obsession, think again. That was all Joe! He also invented “duck lips” in pictures. The picture you see below was taken when he was 5 years old. And the glasses…they’re fake! He has 20/20 vision. He’s only trying to keep up the Asian stereotype that ALL Asians are smart.
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