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Postby Typod » October 14th, 2010, 3:41 pm

Dematas wrote:Yeah, MK recovered quickly. Blackhole also got injured on one play, good thing he is ok as well. And the encroaching catcher, aside from encroaching against PA, he bumped into the 1B as he was out at first causing the 1B to double clutch and the runner from 1B made it to third. You Florida players have such talent and are top athletes, I just don't understand all the bs.


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Postby Javy » October 14th, 2010, 3:42 pm

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kim dude wrote:I thought that the FC rules specifically spelled out the requirements for an injury sub, with the "injured" player being removed for the rest of tournament automatically.

That's what I thought, too. I told everyone on the sideline that after MK took himself out. I said it would work to our advantage because he couldn't pitch anymore.

It looks like it's up to the refs discretion, as the two rules addressing it conflict a little:

5) WAKA reserves the right to refuse play to any injured player and remove that player from the game. Players removed from a game in this manner may not return to or play in any WAKA kickball game that day. A player removed during a game for injury will be skipped in the kicking order.
6) Only runners who are injured while traveling to a base, and who successfully make it to a base may be substituted. The substitute runner must appear on the team’s kicking order for the game in progress, and be of the same sex as the injured player. A specific runner may be substituted only twice during a game; upon the second substitution, that player will be removed from the game and no longer allowed to participate (see Rule 17.06).

HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING here...

What if I twist or roll my ankle as i get to a base. I ask to be taken off, but I say I can still play cause my ankles heal up after a minute or 2.

These little pains are frequent, some hurt more then others but I would rather limp off the field and re-tape or re adjust my brace then limp to the next base and possibly cause my team to lose.
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Postby machinegunkelly » October 14th, 2010, 3:43 pm

Typod wrote:
Dematas wrote:Yeah, MK recovered quickly. Blackhole also got injured on one play, good thing he is ok as well. And the encroaching catcher, aside from encroaching against PA, he bumped into the 1B as he was out at first causing the 1B to double clutch and the runner from 1B made it to third. You Florida players have such talent and are top athletes, I just don't understand all the bs.


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they r from jax,,,which is georgia....so that prob why
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Postby G-Ray » October 14th, 2010, 3:44 pm

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Typod wrote:
Dematas wrote:Yeah, MK recovered quickly. Blackhole also got injured on one play, good thing he is ok as well. And the encroaching catcher, aside from encroaching against PA, he bumped into the 1B as he was out at first causing the 1B to double clutch and the runner from 1B made it to third. You Florida players have such talent and are top athletes, I just don't understand all the bs.


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they r from jax,,,which is georgia....so that prob why

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Postby Trey it Up » October 14th, 2010, 3:47 pm

Javy wrote:HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING here...

What if I twist or roll my ankle as i get to a base. I ask to be taken off, but I say I can still play cause my ankles heal up after a minute or 2.

These little pains are frequent, some hurt more then others but I would rather limp off the field and re-tape or re adjust my brace then limp to the next base and possibly cause my team to lose.

If a player obviously goes down due to injury, and he/she is able to return, it should be permitted. I saw a number of people not even try to fake an injury, and pull themselves out to get a faster baserunner on. It should be the refs discretion.
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Postby machinegunkelly » October 14th, 2010, 3:48 pm

Zen Trey wrote:
Javy wrote:HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING here...

What if I twist or roll my ankle as i get to a base. I ask to be taken off, but I say I can still play cause my ankles heal up after a minute or 2.

These little pains are frequent, some hurt more then others but I would rather limp off the field and re-tape or re adjust my brace then limp to the next base and possibly cause my team to lose.

If a player obviously goes down due to injury, and he/she is able to return, it should be permitted. I saw a number of people not even try to fake an injury, and pull themselves out to get a faster baserunner on. It should be the refs discretion.


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Postby 2_easy » October 14th, 2010, 3:49 pm

-MK- wrote:
Zen Trey wrote:
Javy wrote:HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING here...

What if I twist or roll my ankle as i get to a base. I ask to be taken off, but I say I can still play cause my ankles heal up after a minute or 2.

These little pains are frequent, some hurt more then others but I would rather limp off the field and re-tape or re adjust my brace then limp to the next base and possibly cause my team to lose.

If a player obviously goes down due to injury, and he/she is able to return, it should be permitted. I saw a number of people not even try to fake an injury, and pull themselves out to get a faster baserunner on. It should be the refs discretion.


i agree

Can you imagine the argument here. Ref tells someone that they can't enter the game. Person flips out and punches the ref
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Postby Jared It Up! » October 14th, 2010, 3:49 pm

Zen Trey wrote:
Javy wrote:HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING here...

What if I twist or roll my ankle as i get to a base. I ask to be taken off, but I say I can still play cause my ankles heal up after a minute or 2.

These little pains are frequent, some hurt more then others but I would rather limp off the field and re-tape or re adjust my brace then limp to the next base and possibly cause my team to lose.

If a player obviously goes down due to injury, and he/she is able to return, it should be permitted. I saw a number of people not even try to fake an injury, and pull themselves out to get a faster baserunner on. It should be the refs discretion.


no, it should be that if you can't run the bases, you are out for the game. Baseball does it that way. It would avoid people faking injuries.
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Postby Trey it Up » October 14th, 2010, 3:51 pm

I would be fine with that, too.
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Postby 2_easy » October 14th, 2010, 3:51 pm

Jared It Up! wrote:
Zen Trey wrote:
Javy wrote:HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING here...

What if I twist or roll my ankle as i get to a base. I ask to be taken off, but I say I can still play cause my ankles heal up after a minute or 2.

These little pains are frequent, some hurt more then others but I would rather limp off the field and re-tape or re adjust my brace then limp to the next base and possibly cause my team to lose.

If a player obviously goes down due to injury, and he/she is able to return, it should be permitted. I saw a number of people not even try to fake an injury, and pull themselves out to get a faster baserunner on. It should be the refs discretion.


no, it should be that if you can't run the bases, you are out for the game. Baseball does it that way. It would avoid people faking injuries.


I agree. But that still doesn't help the scenario when it is the bottom of the last inning and you are tied and you fake an injury so your fastest guy can pinch run.
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Postby G-Ray » October 14th, 2010, 3:52 pm

right now its just who can interpret the rules the most convincingly rather then it being cut n dry.
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Postby Jared It Up! » October 14th, 2010, 3:53 pm

AZ_Tweasy wrote:
Jared It Up! wrote:
Zen Trey wrote:
Javy wrote:HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING here...

What if I twist or roll my ankle as i get to a base. I ask to be taken off, but I say I can still play cause my ankles heal up after a minute or 2.

These little pains are frequent, some hurt more then others but I would rather limp off the field and re-tape or re adjust my brace then limp to the next base and possibly cause my team to lose.

If a player obviously goes down due to injury, and he/she is able to return, it should be permitted. I saw a number of people not even try to fake an injury, and pull themselves out to get a faster baserunner on. It should be the refs discretion.


no, it should be that if you can't run the bases, you are out for the game. Baseball does it that way. It would avoid people faking injuries.


I agree. But that still doesn't help the scenario when it is the bottom of the last inning and you are tied and you fake an injury so your fastest guy can pinch run.


just make it the last out, which I think it is right now. If they want to do it then, I am fine with that. They lose that player for extra innings.
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Postby 2_easy » October 14th, 2010, 3:54 pm

Jared It Up! wrote:
AZ_Tweasy wrote:
Jared It Up! wrote:
Zen Trey wrote:
Javy wrote:HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING here...

What if I twist or roll my ankle as i get to a base. I ask to be taken off, but I say I can still play cause my ankles heal up after a minute or 2.

These little pains are frequent, some hurt more then others but I would rather limp off the field and re-tape or re adjust my brace then limp to the next base and possibly cause my team to lose.

If a player obviously goes down due to injury, and he/she is able to return, it should be permitted. I saw a number of people not even try to fake an injury, and pull themselves out to get a faster baserunner on. It should be the refs discretion.


no, it should be that if you can't run the bases, you are out for the game. Baseball does it that way. It would avoid people faking injuries.


I agree. But that still doesn't help the scenario when it is the bottom of the last inning and you are tied and you fake an injury so your fastest guy can pinch run.


just make it the last out, which I think it is right now. If they want to do it then, I am fine with that. They lose that player for extra innings.

Unless the pinch runner scores.
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Postby machinegunkelly » October 14th, 2010, 3:56 pm

i know little league does this....u just have a special pinch runner...who can only be a pinch runner...u can use him twice a game...guy n girl
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Postby Edge » October 14th, 2010, 4:40 pm

This thread title needs to be changed to, "Top P*ssy from Meatballs" :lol:

In all seriousness, if you were really hurt MK, I wish you a speedy recovery.
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Postby Dematas » October 14th, 2010, 4:51 pm

Typod wrote:
Dematas wrote:Yeah, MK recovered quickly. Blackhole also got injured on one play, good thing he is ok as well. And the encroaching catcher, aside from encroaching against PA, he bumped into the 1B as he was out at first causing the 1B to double clutch and the runner from 1B made it to third. You Florida players have such talent and are top athletes, I just don't understand all the bs.


FTR- We played Cobra Kai and they were cool as hell, classy and non douche-ey. No arguing or shit talk or silly antics. Maybe they're the Florida exception.


Yeah, it seems to only be the teams who play in the Ft. Lauderdale area.
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Postby Typod » October 14th, 2010, 5:10 pm

-MK- wrote:i know little league does this....u just have a special pinch runner...who can only be a pinch runner...u can use him twice a game...guy n girl


In most softball co-ed leagues you can use a courtesy runner. It's generally softball dude who hits a zinger to left center with two knee braces on and a bad back who hobbles to first, and then some dude runs for him. Clearly you could take advantage of the rule if you wanted to roll like that.
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Postby machinegunkelly » October 14th, 2010, 5:35 pm

Edge wrote:This thread title needs to be changed to, "Top P*ssy from Meatballs" :lol:

In all seriousness, if you were really hurt MK, I wish you a speedy recovery.



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Postby Catch D » October 14th, 2010, 6:05 pm

Dematas wrote:
Typod wrote:
Dematas wrote:Yeah, MK recovered quickly. Blackhole also got injured on one play, good thing he is ok as well. And the encroaching catcher, aside from encroaching against PA, he bumped into the 1B as he was out at first causing the 1B to double clutch and the runner from 1B made it to third. You Florida players have such talent and are top athletes, I just don't understand all the bs.


FTR- We played Cobra Kai and they were cool as hell, classy and non douche-ey. No arguing or shit talk or silly antics. Maybe they're the Florida exception.


Yeah, it seems to only be the teams who play in the Ft. Lauderdale area.


PHEW...good thing this horrible trend hasn't made its way up to Boca. We're in the clear.
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Postby Dematas » October 14th, 2010, 6:55 pm

Catch D wrote:
Dematas wrote:
Typod wrote:
Dematas wrote:Yeah, MK recovered quickly. Blackhole also got injured on one play, good thing he is ok as well. And the encroaching catcher, aside from encroaching against PA, he bumped into the 1B as he was out at first causing the 1B to double clutch and the runner from 1B made it to third. You Florida players have such talent and are top athletes, I just don't understand all the bs.


FTR- We played Cobra Kai and they were cool as hell, classy and non douche-ey. No arguing or shit talk or silly antics. Maybe they're the Florida exception.


Yeah, it seems to only be the teams who play in the Ft. Lauderdale area.


PHEW...good thing this horrible trend hasn't made its way up to Boca. We're in the clear.


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Postby wilson » October 14th, 2010, 8:07 pm

Typod wrote:
-MK- wrote:i know little league does this....u just have a special pinch runner...who can only be a pinch runner...u can use him twice a game...guy n girl


In most softball co-ed leagues you can use a courtesy runner. It's generally softball dude who hits a zinger to left center with two knee braces on and a bad back who hobbles to first, and then some dude runs for him. Clearly you could take advantage of the rule if you wanted to roll like that.


haha. i remember playing men's leagues against these 300lb samoans who would hit the ball a mile but only get to 2nd cause they were too big to run any more.

sounds like mkelly to me.
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Postby kim dude » October 15th, 2010, 2:41 pm

Typod wrote:
-MK- wrote:i know little league does this....u just have a special pinch runner...who can only be a pinch runner...u can use him twice a game...guy n girl


In most softball co-ed leagues you can use a courtesy runner. It's generally softball dude who hits a zinger to left center with two knee braces on and a bad back who hobbles to first, and then some dude runs for him. Clearly you could take advantage of the rule if you wanted to roll like that.


hahaha, that was my job when I played softball coz I can't hit for shit but I'm fast
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Postby Dematas » October 17th, 2010, 1:37 pm

Extra, Extra!

The Founders Cup competition has never been tighter than it was this year, especially in the Final and Semifinal rounds. Each matchup in the Semis involved a come-from-behind victory and ended in walk-off fashion, and each game involving FCXIII Champion Panik Attack required extra innings to clinch.

Sofa King Good (#11) put a healthy scare into The Other Shot Callers (#2), scoring 2 runs in the first - but OSC roared back and scored 2 of their own before the inning was through. After the defenses locked down, it wasn't until the bottom of the 5th that OSC broke through with a walk-off sac fly. Meanwhile, Panik Attack (#4) took a 1-0 lead on MEATBALLS (#1) into the 5th, only to find it tied and sent into extras. MB went ahead in the top of the 6th and looked poised to return to the Finals, when a 1-out PA kick to the outfield scored the winning run from 1st base and sent the top seed packing.

In the Finals, PA scored early and forced OSC to keep their heads and chip away, finally catching up to tie it 2-2 in the bottom of the 5th and send the World Kickball Championship into extra innings for the first time. The frenzied Panik counter-attack put up a decisive 4 runs in the top of the 6th, but the final score won't reflect how close the game truly was.



Don't Panik! It's just déjà vu...

It's a small world at the top of the Kickball heap. Panik Attack (#4) of VA Recess Division won it all in their Founders Cup debut - but many of PA's players had been there before, as members of 2008 champs Frosty Balls. Also comprising the PA roster were players from Make It Rain, who in 2009 made it to the Sweet 16 before losing 2-1 to eventual champs The Others.

Players from The Others roster largely turned up on two FCXIII teams: IB (#7), and The Other Shot Callers (#2), who would face PA in the finals. OSC's roster was an amalgam of past FC greats from the DC area, going back to the legendary Kick Asphalts and their longtime rivals Gonzo, who faced off in multiple championships circa '05-06.

New teams with new names - but a lot of familiar faces in the Founders Cup Finals!



Top 5 Most Interesting Games (that weren't in the Final or Semifinal rounds)

#1 - Sofa King Good (#11) def. Your Balls Are Foul (#3) 4-1

This Quarterfinal match between the last two West Coast teams standing gave the vast crowd of KO'd California teams a lot to cheer for - at long last, a showdown between LA's best and SF's best, with statewide bragging rights on the line. YBAF's roster featured numerous players from FCXII's runner-up Best Coast Ballers - a team whose sweetheart run had East Coast teams wondering if the West could consistently contend for the Cup, and West Coast teams eager to prove they could get as far given the chance. SKG had led the field in LA for years, but had twice made early FC exits after unlucky 1st round draws against the likes of MEATBALLS and The Others. This year, with a Semifinal berth on the line and a chance to make their statement in this inevitable rivalry, SKG came out newly energized - pressing their speed attack, scoring early and often, and never looking back.



#2 - Cobra Kai (#19) def. IB (#7) 6-4

The longest game of this or any Founders Cup tournament was the classic played in the Sweet 16 round between the stalwart DC-area veterans of IB (A.K.A. Inglourious Basterds) and the pride of Jacksonville, Cobra Kai. Heavily favored with a roster of former champions, IB struck first and led 1-0 until the 4th, when Cobra Kai rallied to take a 2-1 lead. On the verge of defeat, IB mustered a tying run in the bottom of the 5th. In dramatic extra innings, a deadlocked 6th was followed by trading runs in the 7th. Finally, in the first 8th inning played in FC history, a Cobra Kai 2-run triple proved the decisive blow. Understandably spent, the Cobras would fall in the Quarterfinals to OSC - but the team from NoFL left its mark on the tournament with this gutty performance.



#3 - Pitch, Please! (#22) def. Riff Raff (#12) 4-3

This match from the first Elimination round marked the first ever Founders Cup knock-out victory of a SoCal team over a SoFL team. Both teams came out with something to prove: for RR, that their run to the 2009 FCXII Semifinals was no fluke; for PP, that they're more than the best team left standing after Sofa King Good left CA Hollywood for CA Studio. Last year in FCXII these two teams met in Pool Play and tied 1-1... this year's rematch gave SoCal's oldest division a prized pelt for the trophy case back home. In the key play, captured on video, Riff Raff walk the bases loaded to pitch to a girl - and pay dearly for it.



#4 - Tie: A.K.T. (#38) ties Relax and Let It Happen (#10) 3-3

A.K.T. (#38) ties Cobra Kai (#19) 4-4

Back home in their new digs of CA Studio Division, A.K.T. (A.K.A. A Kickball Team) currently lead their conference with 5 wins and 3 ties. So it should come as no surprise they advanced from Pool Play as the one team with the distinction of tying 2 of their 3 games. Their magnanimity turned a potential "Pool of Death" into a free-for-all, as all three involved teams advanced from Pool Play. A.K.T.: They're as good as you are... exactly as good.



#5 - Your Mom (#46) def. Capital Punishment (#18) 2-0

Denver's Your Mom nearly saw their FC ambitions slip away when an upset in the CO Mountain finals cost them the division title. Fortunately, they made the cut as a runner-up, and set about to prove their worthiness on the big stage. Their win against the NC Capital champs and FC veterans Capital Punishment proved one of the subtle turning points of the Pool rounds, as it made Your Mom the lowest-ranked team to survive Pool Play, and Capital Punishment the highest-ranked team not to. Hopefully we can look forward to a long and bitter rivalry between Denver and Raleigh!



Florida: The Gauntlet

Although Florida has only one Founders Cup championship title (DWAKP, 2007) to boast of, and no FL team has made the Finals in 2 years, it is clear that any team with aspirations to be World Kickball Champs will have to work their way through a formidable gauntlet of talent from the Sunshine State. MEATBALLS (#1) leads the pack, but all 7 of the attending FL teams made it out of pool play, and for the 2nd straight year comprised 3 of the Elite 8. Miami, and FL Beach Division in particular, is quite rightly considered one of the foremost strongholds of competitive adult kickball.



New York: The Other Gauntlet

Nearly matching Florida in quality if not yet in quantity, New York City saw all 3 of their participating teams make the Sweet 16. NY Victory's Team Ramrod (#43) was the lowest ranked team to win their pool, while Panik Attack (#4) had to survive tough games with both NY Freedom's Lock it Up (#13) and NY Liberty's Wu-Tang Killers (#5) en route to the Final.



The Cruelest Cut
The first round of elimination proved the most brutal, as all 4 Wild Cards and 12 of 14 Pool Runners-up got knocked out. 10 of 16 matches were shut-outs, and only 3 were decided by 3 or fewer runs: LA's Sofa King Good (#11) 3-0 over OC's The American Gladiators (#36), DC's IB (#7) 3-1 over LA's The Monster Cartel (#32), and of course LA's Pitch, Please (#22) 4-3 over FL's Riff Raff (#12).


California Kings... of the First KO Round
FCXIII helped to show the Kickball Nation what Los Angeles kickballers already know - that North Hollywood's CA Studio Division is the emerging elite division of the West Coast. (Known to locals as The Greatest Show on Dirt, or 3 Dirt Fields and 1 Grass Field That's Still Mostly Dirt.) All four participating CA Studio Teams made it to the Elimination rounds - only FL Beach (Miami) can boast more associated teams (5) surviving Pool Play.

FCXIII Semifinalsts Sofa King Good (#11) carried the torch the farthest, and Pitch Please! (#22) made a great splash, but they were far from alone in the rising tide of quality SoCal teams. There was Irvine's The American Gladiators (#36), Santa Barbara's Multiple Scoregasms (#27), and - sing along now...

From the South Bay: Playground Posse (#20)

To the Valley: The Guy Fawkes Conservatory (#17)/The Monster Cartel (#32)/A.K.T. (#38)

From the West Side: Hot Box (#23)

To the East Side: Los Brew Crew (#26)


New Regions on the Rise

Four regions can now boast they have advanced a team out of Pool Play for the first time: CA's Silicon Valley (#29 WAKAmole!), Denver, CO (#46 Your Mom), Greenville SC (#24 5'11" And Hits Like A Truck), and Kansas City, MO (#34, El Guapo: Peleones Legendarios de Pollo). In the cases of Denver and Greenville, this was accomplished in their first year of participation. And you just know they learned a lot in the process to take back home...


Honorable Mentions

Blue Ballerz (#54) of Long Beach's young CA Big Kahuna Division showed great promise, losing only 4-3 to San Francisco powerhouse Your Balls Are Foul (#3). CA Junction's YoJabbaWAKAs made the most of their rock-bottom #56 seed, beating ABQ's Howie's Heavers (#28, NM Mesa) and opening the door for Sunnyvale's WAKAmole! (#29, CA Solar) to advance out of the ensuing 3-way tie on Fewest Runs Allowed.

Even among the teams going 0-3 in Pool Play there is at least one worth a sincere acknowledgement: New Orleans all-stars Nothing But Fun (#35) lost all 3 games by a single run: to Hartford CT's Choochamungas (#50) 4-3, to Pitch, Please! (#22) 2-1, and a mere 1-0 to IB (#7). The 7 runs allowed by NBF was the lowest total by any non-advancing team, and better than all 4 advancing Wild Cards. In fact, only 16 teams in the tournament allowed fewer pool runs. Clearly a defense worth watching, as they hopefully reload for a 2011 return to the FC stage!
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Postby McCoy » October 17th, 2010, 2:30 pm

[quote="Dematas"]Extra, Extra!

The Founders Cup competition has never been tighter than it was this year, especially in the Final and Semifinal rounds. Each matchup in the Semis involved a come-from-behind victory and ended in walk-off fashion, and each game involving FCXIII Champion Panik Attack required extra innings to clinch.

Sofa King Good (#11) put a healthy scare into The Other Shot Callers (#2), scoring 2 runs in the first - but OSC roared back and scored 2 of their own before the inning was through. After the defenses locked down, it wasn't until the bottom of the 5th that OSC broke through with a walk-off sac fly. Meanwhile, Panik Attack (#4) took a 1-0 lead on MEATBALLS (#1) into the 5th, only to find it tied and sent into extras. MB went ahead in the top of the 6th and looked poised to return to the Finals, when a 1-out PA kick to the outfield scored the winning run from 1st base and sent the top seed packing.In the Finals, PA scored early and forced OSC to keep their heads and chip away, finally catching up to tie it 2-2 in the bottom of the 5th and send the World Kickball Championship into extra innings for the first time. The frenzied Panik counter-attack put up a decisive 4 runs in the top of the 6th, but the final score won't reflect how close the game truly was.

Pretty sure there were no outs when George kicked that ball. Robbie started on 2nd, Dan bunted to get on first...Robbie to 3rd. George blasts one to left...Dan scores from 1st, game over.
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Postby Dematas » October 17th, 2010, 2:34 pm

Extra, Extra!

The Founders Cup competition has never been tighter than it was this year, especially in the Final and Semifinal rounds. Each matchup in the Semis involved a come-from-behind victory and ended in walk-off fashion, and each game involving FCXIII Champion Panik Attack required extra innings to clinch.

Sofa King Good (#11) put a healthy scare into The Other Shot Callers (#2), scoring 2 runs in the first - but OSC roared back and scored 2 of their own before the inning was through. After the defenses locked down, it wasn't until the bottom of the 5th that OSC broke through with a walk-off sac fly. Meanwhile, Panik Attack (#4) took a 1-0 lead on MEATBALLS (#1) into the 5th, only to find it tied and sent into extras. MB went ahead in the top of the 6th and looked poised to return to the Finals, when a 1-out PA kick to the outfield scored the winning run from 1st base and sent the top seed packing.In the Finals, PA scored early and forced OSC to keep their heads and chip away, finally catching up to tie it 2-2 in the bottom of the 5th and send the World Kickball Championship into extra innings for the first time. The frenzied Panik counter-attack put up a decisive 4 runs in the top of the 6th, but the final score won't reflect how close the game truly was.

Pretty sure there were no outs when George kicked that ball. Robbie started on 2nd, Dan bunted to get on first...Robbie to 3rd. George blasts one to left...Dan scores from 1st, game over.


Let me help you out with the quoting :D

Since when does waka have to report accurate information?
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Postby G-Ray » October 18th, 2010, 9:59 am

Dematas wrote:
Extra, Extra!

The Founders Cup competition has never been tighter than it was this year, especially in the Final and Semifinal rounds. Each matchup in the Semis involved a come-from-behind victory and ended in walk-off fashion, and each game involving FCXIII Champion Panik Attack required extra innings to clinch.

Sofa King Good (#11) put a healthy scare into The Other Shot Callers (#2), scoring 2 runs in the first - but OSC roared back and scored 2 of their own before the inning was through. After the defenses locked down, it wasn't until the bottom of the 5th that OSC broke through with a walk-off sac fly. Meanwhile, Panik Attack (#4) took a 1-0 lead on MEATBALLS (#1) into the 5th, only to find it tied and sent into extras. MB went ahead in the top of the 6th and looked poised to return to the Finals, when a 1-out PA kick to the outfield scored the winning run from 1st base and sent the top seed packing.In the Finals, PA scored early and forced OSC to keep their heads and chip away, finally catching up to tie it 2-2 in the bottom of the 5th and send the World Kickball Championship into extra innings for the first time. The frenzied Panik counter-attack put up a decisive 4 runs in the top of the 6th, but the final score won't reflect how close the game truly was.

Pretty sure there were no outs when George kicked that ball. Robbie started on 2nd, Dan bunted to get on first...Robbie to 3rd. George blasts one to left...Dan scores from 1st, game over.


Let me help you out with the quoting :D

Since when does waka have to report accurate information?

Yeah there were no outs becuase I was supposed to bunt there according to the book. Or kick there, I don't know, I didn't read the book, just ask the blackjack dealer.
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Postby Trey it Up » October 18th, 2010, 10:10 am

G-Ray, I heard you practically bankrupted the casino and you were a ra-tard all weekend.
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Postby G-Ray » October 18th, 2010, 10:26 am

Zen Trey wrote:G-Ray, I heard you practically bankrupted the casino and you were a ra-tard all weekend.


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Postby BeavHass » October 18th, 2010, 2:14 pm

you have to be kidding me right? "best defense ever"? i mean, we barely let up a run all day. Funny how you guys lose and become sore losers about it. was your pitcher great? yes he was. that was about all that was great. how can you possibly say that we would have lost 3-2? i mean, we both were affected by the field. funny how no it becomes a disadvantage to you guys, but helped us? what else was funny was how you tried to argue that our first basemans foot was on the "wrong" bag. your runner was out by 10 feet and you tried to sit there and argue. look, you guys are good, but obviously not good enough. what else was even funnier, was when you guys decided to walk me and we made you pay for it. maybe you should think a little harder....i went up to your pitcher after the game and asked why you guys did that. his response, "thats what my team told me to do, i just pitch." why would you automatically think that you would beat us in extra innings? sorry to rant, but im sick of us not getting any respect. OSC game us respect and ill take that, considering they won it last year and were runner up this year. i guess its good to not get respected, cause it nips you in the bud sometimes. how do you tell me riff raff d is better than us? they lost to a team we have NEVER lost to. without your pitcher, you guys are mediocre at best....
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Postby -TK- » October 18th, 2010, 2:18 pm

BeavHass- I'm assuming you are talking about something that Duh said in this thread somewhere? Is that correct?
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Postby G-Ray » October 18th, 2010, 2:23 pm

hmm....play nice in the sand box maybe? :?:
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Postby Trey it Up » October 18th, 2010, 2:25 pm

BeavHass wrote:you have to be kidding me right? "best defense ever"? i mean, we barely let up a run all day. Funny how you guys lose and become sore losers about it. was your pitcher great? yes he was. that was about all that was great. how can you possibly say that we would have lost 3-2? i mean, we both were affected by the field. funny how no it becomes a disadvantage to you guys, but helped us? what else was funny was how you tried to argue that our first basemans foot was on the "wrong" bag. your runner was out by 10 feet and you tried to sit there and argue. look, you guys are good, but obviously not good enough. what else was even funnier, was when you guys decided to walk me and we made you pay for it. maybe you should think a little harder....i went up to your pitcher after the game and asked why you guys did that. his response, "thats what my team told me to do, i just pitch." why would you automatically think that you would beat us in extra innings? sorry to rant, but im sick of us not getting any respect. OSC game us respect and ill take that, considering they won it last year and were runner up this year. i guess its good to not get respected, cause it nips you in the bud sometimes. how do you tell me riff raff d is better than us? they lost to a team we have NEVER lost to. without your pitcher, you guys are mediocre at best....

OSC didn't exist last year. BSC existed, but they didn't do so hot. The Others existed, but just as many (or more) players from The Others were on Inglorious Bastards as were on OSC. :wait:
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Postby JellyDogg » October 18th, 2010, 2:29 pm

OSC did not win it last year. :wait:
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Postby Catch-22 » October 18th, 2010, 2:52 pm

BSC made it just as far at Founders Cup last year as Make It Rain.

Sofa King Good is definitely a top ten team, possibly a top five team, in my opinion.
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Postby Trey it Up » October 18th, 2010, 2:55 pm

Catch-22 wrote:BSC made it just as far at Founders Cup last year as Make It Rain.

Sofa King Good is definitely a top ten team, possibly a top five team, in my opinion.

Yeah, and FC was the worst tournament in the team's history. Way to compare your Super Bowl to the one tournament nobody on our team cared about. :lol:

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Postby Jared It Up! » October 18th, 2010, 3:01 pm

Zen Trey wrote:
Catch-22 wrote:BSC made it just as far at Founders Cup last year as Make It Rain.

Sofa King Good is definitely a top ten team, possibly a top five team, in my opinion.

Yeah, and FC was the worst tournament in the team's history. Way to compare your Super Bowl to the one tournament nobody on our team cared about. :lol:

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trey, FC is just another tournament.
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Postby Catch-22 » October 18th, 2010, 3:04 pm

Zen Trey wrote:
Catch-22 wrote:BSC made it just as far at Founders Cup last year as Make It Rain.

Sofa King Good is definitely a top ten team, possibly a top five team, in my opinion.

Yeah, and FC was the worst tournament in the team's history. Way to compare your Super Bowl to the one tournament nobody on our team cared about. :lol:

BTW, does anyone know where we can get our Super Bowl Trophy polished?


You're the one who brought up BSC's performance at Founders Cup and called it "not so hot."
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Postby -BK- » October 18th, 2010, 3:08 pm

BeavHass wrote:you have to be kidding me right? "best defense ever"? i mean, we barely let up a run all day. Funny how you guys lose and become sore losers about it. was your pitcher great? yes he was. that was about all that was great. how can you possibly say that we would have lost 3-2? i mean, we both were affected by the field. funny how no it becomes a disadvantage to you guys, but helped us? what else was funny was how you tried to argue that our first basemans foot was on the "wrong" bag. your runner was out by 10 feet and you tried to sit there and argue. look, you guys are good, but obviously not good enough. what else was even funnier, was when you guys decided to walk me and we made you pay for it. maybe you should think a little harder....i went up to your pitcher after the game and asked why you guys did that. his response, "thats what my team told me to do, i just pitch." why would you automatically think that you would beat us in extra innings? sorry to rant, but im sick of us not getting any respect. OSC game us respect and ill take that, considering they won it last year and were runner up this year. i guess its good to not get respected, cause it nips you in the bud sometimes. how do you tell me riff raff d is better than us? they lost to a team we have NEVER lost to. without your pitcher, you guys are mediocre at best....


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Postby Trey it Up » October 18th, 2010, 3:09 pm

I agree, it wasn't "so hot." Neither was MiR's lackluster performance.

Jared, you are correct, it is just another tournament. By far the weakest competition, too. I can't remember a tournament where PA has ever Mercy Ruled more than one team.
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Postby machinegunkelly » October 18th, 2010, 3:11 pm

Zen Trey wrote:I agree, it wasn't "so hot." Neither was MiR's lackluster performance.

Jared, you are correct, it is just another tournament. By far the weakest competition, too. I can't remember a tournament where PA has ever Mercy Ruled more than one team.



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