Fall 2011 – Issue 5
Make sure you read the “Announcements” for more details on the “Double Pitcher Contest.” We can pass for siblings!!!
Fall 2011 2 – About The Batter’s Box 3 – Announcements 4 – Schedule & Standings 5-8 – Sandlot Recaps 9-11 – Blue Diamond Recaps 12 - Diamonds in the Rough 13 – “The Dirt” 14 – Social Calendar 15- Charities & Sponsor Bar 16-18 – Wiffle Ball for Dummies 19 – DOs & DONTs 20 - Pictures
James Salgado & Charm 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 Monday 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.
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Announcements Double Pitcher Contest “Roll Deep” The team who has the most teammates and friends at the bar will win the double pitcher contest. Make a Facebook invite, send out flyers…do whatever you have to, to get your team, friends, and/or family to the our sponsor bar, Uno Chicago Grill!
Polar Plunge – Anything Red WHERE: Virginia Beach Ocean Front WHEN: February 3rd – February 4th TIME: Early to Late Jon Reyes is looking for members of Backyard Sports Club who want to join him in doing a selfless act of jumping in the freezing cold water for the Special Olympics. The theme of his team, Anything Red, is just as it sounds…wear anything red. His usual plan is to get a hotel at the beach Friday night, party, wake up bright and early in the morning, drink, drink some more, and when you finally get enough liquid courage in you…jump in the Atlantic Ocean! If you want to join his team or if you would just like to donate, you can talk to him, or search “Polar Plunge Me Please!” on Facebook to find more information.
Hair Graphics Owner and Master Stylist, Joy Gillenwater from I’d Hit That has been creating avant-garde 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.
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
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Sandlot October 26 Schedule 6:30 Games • Da Bombers vs. Flying Wiffles – Field 1 • Wiffler’s Mom vs. Chicken N Wiffles – Field 2 7:30 Games • Wiffle Dat Azz vs. Flying Wiffles – Field 1 • Wiffler’s Mom vs. Da Bombers– Field 2
Sandlot Standings Team Name Flying Wiffles Chicken N Wiffles Wiffle Dat Azz Wiffler’s Mom Da Bombers
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6 4 6 5 5
4 3 3 2 0
2 1 3 2 4
0 0 0 1 1
Blue Diamond October 27 Schedule 6:30 Games • Sons of Pitches vs. I’d Hit That – Field 1 • Wiffle Crush vs. Take a Wiff of This– Field 2 • Wiffskey Militia vs. Holey Balls – Field 3 7:30 Games • Take a Wiff of This vs. I’d Hit That – Field 1 • Sons of Pitches vs. Holey Balls – Field 2 8:30 Games • Wiffskey Militia vs. Take a Wiff of This – Field 1 • Wiffle Crush vs. Sons of Pitches – Field 2
Blue Diamond Standings Team Name Take a Wiff of This Whifskey Militia Sons of Pitches Holey Balls in Your Mouth I’d Hit That Wiffle Crush
GP 4 3 4 4 4 3
W 4 3 2 1 1 0
L 0 0 2 3 3 3
T 0 0 0 0 0 0
Please submit all scores and write ups about your teams to backyardsportsclub@gmail.com
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Wiffle Dat Azz vs chicken n wiffles I love my team! Wiffle Wednesday happened to be on my bestie’s birthday, so I told them that the greatest thing we could give to Christie was a win. And they did it! I’m glad we pulled it off-it would have been embarrassing to lose with Mama Carla being at the game. MVP definitely goes to Danny “the Vacuum Cleaner” Byrd! He was on fire! Everything that got hit his way was caught. Someone from Roscoe’s even said as one of their players was going up to bat “Don’t hit it to that guy!” What a great night. Happy Birthday Christie…hope you enjoyed it! - Stella Solorzano
Roscoe's Chicken N Wiffles had a great turn out of players. The team played really hard, but we were unable to pull out a win. Sitting in the middle is not ideal, but if we keep working hard we should do great in the weeks to come. - Rene Vargas Jr.
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Wiffler’s mom vs flying wiffles Going up against my brother is always a big deal to me. I couldn’t wait to seek revenge for our lost against Flying Wiffles from last time they whooped up on us. Last Wednesday, Wiffler’s Mom brought their A game. It was a slow start to the game, but we put up points where it mattered! So proud of this team! We started out really rocky start to the season, but we’ve managed to pull ourselves together quite nicely! Great job Wiffler’s Mom! - Charm Reyes
Wiffler's Mom was a scoring machine right from the get go. They scored in every inning. Flying Wiffle's could only put a point here and there and where big time to Wiffler's Mom. We did have a late rally and almost came back in the end but came up a little short. Good game to Wiffler's Mom.
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Da bombers vs flying wiffles Well, going into the night thinking that we were going to be short on people, I didn’t really know what to expect! When we started, we ended up having 11 people, so we were ok! We played hard- hit well, had some good defensive plays, but being that the field was a mud pit and really slippery, and the fact that it was really windy, it made for a very interesting game. The other team was fun to play and had good hitters- we gave it our all for what we had, and even though we lost, we still played great! I think that we are saving everything we have for the tournament in a couple weeks- so watch out, haha!!! J - Ashley Burres
Flying Wiffle's scored in every inning and played some tight defense in our second game. Luckily we played good enough to take a victory. We are still trying to figure out some things on Defense, so hopefully come tournament time we will have our A game in check. Great game to the Da Bombers it's always fun to play you guys. - Jon Reyes
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Wiffler’s mom vs chicken n wiffles Awesome game played by both teams! Wiffler’s Mom is on a 3 game winning streak, and we’re loving it! We just took the momentum we had from our previous game and ran with it. Chicken N Wiffles is a talented bunch, and it was very satisfying to pull this win out against them. Even when our own Captain, Jeff Bouely, was working against us… he struck out Howard three times in this game…we still managed to pull out a victory. Jeff, if you pull this stunt again, we’re pulling your butt out! But good job guys - Charm Reyes
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Take a Wiff of This Take a Wiff vs. Holey Balls Holy moly was it cold out Thursday night! Honestly, all I wanted to do was stand there bundled up with my hands tucked into my hoodie. I was praying no balls were hit to me in the outfield, and hoping that if they were the guy next to me would run over and catch it so I didn’t have to bring my little fingers out of hiding. But about the game….valiant effort on Holey Balls! I know they were hoping for a win to work towards knocking us out of the first place spot, AGAIN! But Take a Wiff of This held our ground, and we pulled out the W. Good work to both teams.
Take a Wiff vs. Sons of Pitches Well well well…..Sons of Pitches definitely brought their A game Thursday night! They are definitely a force to be reckoned with! Their first 5 or 6 at bats were home runs, which kinda took our confidence away, great job guys! I do need to vent though…..one of their guys robbed me of my first homerun of the night with his one handed snatch right by the fence in center field. I was so determined to knock one out, but every time at bat, the wind seemed to be blowing in the WRONG direction, which seemed to be the case for the whole team. The Pitches must’ve done some voodoo or some wind dance before the game so that the wind would be on their side! But great game, and hopefully we’ll see ya’ll in the tournament! - Charm Reyes
Holey Balls in Your Mouth Holey Balls vs. I’d Hit That Can we make this game any more suspenseful? Will I have enough girls coming? Will my team show up on time? Will Dominic get here on time when his car wouldn't start? Will there be ENOUGH beer to drink? The game had great defense and hits from both sides of the game. Honestly, I was surprised from Joy's hitting ability and how fast she would get the ball back after making a catch. Holey Balls rallied back to get the W on the last inning. Our aggressive base running and solid hits down 3rd base line got us the win.
Holey Balls vs. Take a Wiff of This The game looked good before it started! It was a close game for about 2 minutes! My neck started to cramp up from watching the balls fly over my head. Take a Wiff may have won the game, but we took their team colors for this season. BOOM! - James Salgado
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I’d Hit That I’d Hit That vs. Wiffle Crush Where was Jon??! Oh, that’s right. He has a “wiffleball injury”. Slack… Anyway. (You know you're gonna get some crap!) Our team was stoked with our new dynamics, and we brought some game. I think if we could feel our fingers, we would’ve taken the game ;) We had some awesome plays: Tim hit his first homerun. We almost had a double-out on 2nd & 1st by Matt & Ronnie—Very professional boys, kudos! Joy started catching balls like crazy; maybe she spotted a scout we missed. Best of all? No coolers were harmed during the game ;)
I’d Hit That vs. Holey Balls in Your Mouth We had a good lead throughout the game and thought we had it in the bag, but it turns out that James and his team kept the good plays until the last inning… Well played, friend, well played. We still had fun, though. Joy continued her catching streak, even though Roman tried to break her nails (Come on, man, the girl does beauty for a living!). Everybody was on their A-game; we came to play (despite freezing our arses off & fighting over the lone blanket!)… Next time we’ll have to remember James’ old delay the clock trick so we can keep our lead before he has a chance to come back in the last inning ;) - Besos! Becks
Sons of Pitches Sons of Pitches vs. Wiffskey Militia We came in pretty intimidated against Wiffskey Militia as last time we played, they beat us pretty bad. But walking up to the field, it was clear the playing field had been leveled by the hellacious winds at our back. their team is designed to hit the long ball almost every time up and with that wind, we got a little confidence thinking we could do the same. Marcus hit a towering three run homer for the Militia. Home runs by Ricky Jemiola and Caroline Gorham (Of course it was those two again) powered the offense. solid defense was enough to hang on for a win. Ignoring some dispute over runs scored in one particular inning, the game was challenging and exciting and the Sons of Pitches ended up beating last season's runners up by a score of 11-9.
Sons of Pitches vs. Take a Wiff of This Finally we get another shot at the champs, Take a Wiff of This. We LOVE playing this team because they're all good sports and understand that wiffle ball is truly ridiculous in the best possible way. They did what they always do: hit home runs at an alarming rate. but there was one particular home run we didn't let them have. Charmy mashed a ball that was destined for the river but Willie jumped above the fence and robbed it with one hand. not so fast lady Reyes! that was the third out of the inning in which Willie then led off the next inning with his own home run. solid back-to-back plays by the big man. We hit eight home runs in this game, two from Caroline, two from Brian, one from Ricky, one from Jay, one from Willie, and one from Billy. We needed all of them as Take a Wiff of This scored ten runs in the final inning (all with two outs) to make this a tight battle. In the end, Sons of Pitches beat the champs 1816.- Will Buker
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Wiffskey Militia Wiffskey Militia vs. Sons of Pitches This was a game that we would like to have had one more inning! Congratulations goes to the Sons of Pitches for handing us our first lost of the season! There was some controversy with the score during the 5th Inning. I hope that there is no ill will between us and everybody keeps on having a good time! This is a team I can’t wait to play again. Especially, since they went on to defeat another strong team by the name of Take a Wiff of This! On a side note, I would like to welcome back star players Ryan Roebuck and Brian Poole, aka RED! Ryan was lucky enough to vacation in Hawaii last week and Red played in a golf tourney where he shot 7 under.
Wiffskey Militia vs. Wiffle Crush This was a break out game for the Wiffskey Militia. We figured out how to get points on the board with the help of the Brandy Tallaksen, Ryan Garland, and me, Marcus Blagen! Brandy scorched the ball all over the field with a triple a pair of doubles and singles, Garland smacked a grand slam, and I hit for the cycle! Also a great defensive effort was made by Joe Sorenson playing 3rd base, aka the Hot Corner, and by Garland playing 1st base! Great job by the entire Militia, as we were able to break a franchise record by scoring over 30 points in a game! BOOM!!!
Wiffle Crush
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Diamonds in the Rough
Christie Ballard– Wiffle Dat Azz 21st
She just celebrated her birthday last week, and she’s ready to go out and party. This little firecracker has a really thick southern accent that will melt anyone’s heart…just the accent, not the words that come out of her mouth! Christie is a hot momma for sure, she’s got plenty of “assets” to offer any lucky fella. She is a busy chick that likes to keep herself occupied with WODs, kickball, wiffle ball, hanging out with her BFFs and if the right guy comes along, she’ll squeeze him into her busy schedule!
Rebecka Wipf – I’d Hit That Now, this is a fun girl to be around. When she’s around, you’re guaranteed to have a good time. The first time really hanging out with her, I witnessed her pick a sticker off of a dude’s crotch with his GF standing just feet away, and then she went back to get a sticker for me! Crazy girl! Becki is a pediatrics nurse for CHKD. So when she’s not spending her time on the fields, you know where to find her. Well there and the bars! She’s always up for a good time. And if you’re lucky, you might get to see her in her nurses outfit!
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The Dirt Backyard Sports Club Representing It’s been a long time coming, three tournaments later…we finally WIN! Our very first tournament, where none of us had even touched a wiffle ball since 1st grade, we went out in the semi-finals. We were hungry for that trophy, so we competed in the next tournament which was held on the beach. That tournament we came in 2nd! Oh man, I’d rather go out in the first round than be so close and not bring home the gold. So this tournament, I REALLY wanted to win. Backyard Sports Club put together an All-Star team which consisted of James Salgado, Charm Reyes, Ashley Burres, Robbie Wright, Jon Reyes, Nicky Dewey, Rene Vargas, Daniel Reyes, Doug Werner, Colie Schaeffer, and Amanda Elliott. We went undefeated, and even got to play against a team made up of The Peninsula Pilots in the finals. I was nervous going up against them, but in the end we pulled it out! Now another trophy to go into the Reyes trophy case!
The Exterminator Sooo…do ya’ll remember the young, drunk guys that used to play on Becki’s team, I’d Hit That? The one guy who was so drunk he stumbled over coolers. The one guy that Becki wrote about in her write-up saying she’s not a babysitter, and how she wished she could stick him with a needle to calm him down? Yea, she ended up making the boy and his friends quit. Mean girl, you say? No, she just doesn’t take crap from anyone, especially if you’re going to yell at her. She is not a person you want to have as an enemy. She will exterminate your azz! Crown goes to you, Miss Queen B!
NO SMOKING!!! This weeks game, I noticed a couple people out there smoking on the fields. Please, please refrain from doing so. We were given specific rules from the field manager to not smoke, not to bring glass bottles, and not to throw away evidence of alcoholic beverages into their trash cans. So please, people follow these rules!
Winning! The winners of the Double Pitcher contest for having the most tweets about Backyard Sports Club are Katherine Pereras from Da Bombers and Dan Herbert from Take a Wiff of This! These two tweeted their butts off, and helped get the word out about our league. But all I have to say is….finally a week that Stella Solorazano’s Wiffle Dat Azz didn’t win the Pitcher! YAY! Not hating on you’re team girl, but share the wealth, dayum!
BE ON TIME!!! This is only in this section because I know ya’ll read this part of the newsletter. But this is to remind everyone to please be on time to your games. There is a 15 minute grace period for the 6:30 games ONLY! If the 6:30 games start late, then you’ll have a shorter game. The 7:30 games will start on time NO MATTER WHAT! The refs are only paid up to an hour and nothing more! So please make any arrangements you need to, to be on time. If you know you’re going to be late, make sure you let your captain know, so he/she can make arrangements to add a substitute to the roster. If the refs and Jeff White, who is coming all the way from Newport News can came it, then so can you. Ok thanks!
Social Calendar of Events
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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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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!
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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!!!
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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 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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**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 19
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Norfolk, Virginia Backyard Sports Club, Blue Diamond & Sandlot Divisions