Who's Going to Win?

[Zak]

I like the Tricky Bunnies, Frosty, LIU!, Riff Raff, The Others and MiR.

It's TRICKY to pick between those teams.

Sleeper team to have a great tournament is Balls Deeper.

The real question is - where can we place our bets on who will win the Cup? Pete Rose's Steak House?

Pick a team, if they win it all I'll buy you a shot. They don't win the cup you buy me one.

[pDuncOnYourFace]

Good luck to everyone in Vegas!

If it's not "The Others" winning the crown I have my money on

Meatballs/Mir
Frosty

[Karl]

Listen the Meatballs are the best there is plain and simple

We tied a comparable squad in DC (MIH), and lost 2-1 the Meatballs twice this year (SoFLA/DC). We would love a rematch and the chance to prove you wrong.

[Bacchus]

:yawn:
Okay: Kate can't catch and should never be thrown to at 3rd. Wilkinson sucks at reffing and will cost some team from Texas the Founders Cup. People from Florida are overrated in general. Ummmm, I'm old. Tweasy's team deserved t be wait listed. Hellooooo.... is thing on???

wow kim thats bold. haha i cant catch after i drink 12 beers and have 4 firefly shots. so dont put me @ 3rd. the last time i stood up for john & another ref i call a dumb ass.....by the ref


so sloppy seconds....oh shit never mind we are still on the wait list

[kim dude]

:yawn:
Okay: Kate can't catch and should never be thrown to at 3rd. Wilkinson sucks at reffing and will cost some team from Texas the Founders Cup. People from Florida are overrated in general. Ummmm, I'm old. Tweasy's team deserved t be wait listed. Hellooooo.... is thing on???

wow kim thats bold. haha i cant catch after i drink 12 beers and have 4 firefly shots. so dont put me @ 3rd. the last time i stood up for john & another ref i call a dumb ass.....by the ref


so sloppy seconds....oh shit never mind we are still on the wait list

This is lame, if Vegas is this bad I'm gonna die of boredom before the tourney even get started.

[CONNOR]

Let me preface this post by saying I have no knowledge of mid-west - west coast teams so I won't include in my pics.

I wouldn't mind coming up against any of those teams and think it would be great for kickball in general to see some of them make a deep run.

Teams that can make the finals - Meatballs, MIR, and Frosty

I'm not sold on MIR after our ONS game against them. I didn't see a whole lot of depth or fight in them which is essential for a tournament run.
Obviously a good team though and look for better results in this tournament.

Meatballs might be the deepest team in the tournament, but have one very distinct weak spot.

Teams that can make final four - BT, The Others (long shot), Balls Deeper (going to surprise people), Riff Raff (barring their patented errors), LIU (Reeeaaal long shot)

Tricky Bunnies is a toss up, lot's of talent, not much depth. Watch out if they get hot, turn out the lights if they get frustrated.

[Duh]

umm so i know a lot of frosty left today for vegas. i hear other people did also & this is the MB?? seriously! someone talk shit. i am so bored & almost happy now that i am not playing. it doesnt seem intense @ all. WTF people??

I just think that nobody is that confident about their team taking it all...

With the two bounce rule now in play I think it evens out the playing field a lot. The frosty pitcher was absolutely nasty last year and this year I don't think he will be as dominant.

A lot of teams think they have a shot at winning it but deep down really know that the favorites are Frosty Balls/MiR/Meatballs/Others/Tricky Bunnies.

I'm taking my Meatball brethren to win it all.

[kim dude]

I'm gonna put together a team of drunken referees and challenge the winners after its over. We will take home the cup.

[Zak]

...With the two bounce rule now in play I think it evens out the playing field a lot. The frosty pitcher was absolutely nasty last year and this year I don't think he will be as dominant...

Is his pitching as dominant as it was? No. Is he still one of if not the best pitchers off the mound? Hell Yes.

[STU]

Listen the Meatballs are the best there is plain and simple

We tied a comparable squad in DC (MIH), and lost 2-1 the Meatballs twice this year (SoFLA/DC). We would love a rematch and the chance to prove you wrong.

It was a movie quote Karl.
Dumpster Fire aint nothing to fuck with........

[WeveGotTheRuns]

After playing Frosty Balls last year, I've got to put my money on them. I mean, you never know who could have an on/off day, so it's anyone's tournament, but they're a strong squad. As long as We've Got The Runs (GA) takes a few teams down along the way, I'll be happy!

We Got the Runs,

What was the score when you played Frosty Balls last year?

We got dominated. We held them 3-1 for most of the game and then we ended up finishing the last 2 or 3 innings with 8 players and I think the final score was somewhere around 9-1, but that's unofficial. It was a cool experience though, we patched up our holes, and should have a good showing this year. Plus, we have a full team which helps.

[Sleeveless]

Listen the Meatballs are the best there is plain and simple

We tied a comparable squad in DC (MIH), and lost 2-1 the Meatballs twice this year (SoFLA/DC). We would love a rematch and the chance to prove you wrong.

DF had some solid defense there in the NYC tournament. You turn 3 double-plays against any team, you give yourself a great chance to win.

[Jimmybeans2]

[quote="CONNOR"]Let me preface this post by saying I have no knowledge of mid-west - west coast teams so I won't include in my pics.

I wouldn't mind coming up against any of those teams and think it would be great for kickball in general to see some of them make a deep run.

Teams that can make the finals - Meatballs, MIR, and Frosty

I'm not sold on MIR after our ONS game against them. I didn't see a whole lot of depth or fight in them which is essential for a tournament run.
Obviously a good team though and look for better results in this tournament.

Meatballs might be the deepest team in the tournament, but have one very distinct weak spot.

Teams that can make final four - BT, The Others (long shot), Balls Deeper (going to surprise people), Riff Raff (barring their patented errors), LIU (Reeeaaal long shot)

Tricky Bunnies is a toss up, lot's of talent, not much depth. Watch out if they get hot, turn out the lights if they get frustrated.[/quote]

Tricky Bunnies have no depth? Out of all people you should know how I manage and run a team...We will be having 8 guys and 4 girls playing which means more times up for the top of the order....


I'll tell you one thing...the team that is going to win it will be the team that makes the least amount of errors and GETS the calls by the REFS!!! The refs play a HUGE part in this game and it sucks that you might get stuck with a ref who is BIAS!!!

[Karl]

Listen the Meatballs are the best there is plain and simple

We tied a comparable squad in DC (MIH), and lost 2-1 the Meatballs twice this year (SoFLA/DC). We would love a rematch and the chance to prove you wrong.

It was a movie quote Karl.
Dumpster Fire aint nothing to fuck with........

mea culpa #moviequotefail

a woman in my office was like "i'm having speghetti with meatballs for lunch!" i nearly dropped her. i'm having a rough week...god help the person who tells me it might rain this weekend.

[JellyDogg]

Tricky Bunnies have no depth? Out of all people you should know how I manage and run a team...We will be having 8 guys and 4 girls playing which means more times up for the top of the order....

That also means more times up for the bottom of the order...

[GldGluv]

We're getting close to the big day. It's time for everyone to put out their prediction.

Name the team you think is most likely to win (and if you're playing in FC, name the team other than your own that you think is most likely to win it).

I say MEATBALLS

I think you missed this part Mr. Gluv

The Others.

[GldGluv]

GETS the calls by the REFS!!! The refs play a HUGE part in this game and it sucks that you might get stuck with a ref who is BIAS!!!

Looks like we've had our first "Blame the Refs" post!!!!

[CONNOR]

Let me preface this post by saying I have no knowledge of mid-west - west coast teams so I won't include in my pics.

I wouldn't mind coming up against any of those teams and think it would be great for kickball in general to see some of them make a deep run.

Teams that can make the finals - Meatballs, MIR, and Frosty

I'm not sold on MIR after our ONS game against them. I didn't see a whole lot of depth or fight in them which is essential for a tournament run.
Obviously a good team though and look for better results in this tournament.

Meatballs might be the deepest team in the tournament, but have one very distinct weak spot.

Teams that can make final four - BT, The Others (long shot), Balls Deeper (going to surprise people), Riff Raff (barring their patented errors), LIU (Reeeaaal long shot)

Tricky Bunnies is a toss up, lot's of talent, not much depth. Watch out if they get hot, turn out the lights if they get frustrated.[/quote]

Tricky Bunnies have no depth? Out of all people you should know how I manage and run a team...We will be having 8 guys and 4 girls playing which means more times up for the top of the order....


I'll tell you one thing...the team that is going to win it will be the team that makes the least amount of errors and GETS the calls by the REFS!!! The refs play a HUGE part in this game and it sucks that you might get stuck with a ref who is BIAS!!!

I agree with your sentiments, especially the ref part. Every team I know is bringing a short roster to the elimination games though.

[Sleeveless]

[quote="Jimmybeans2"]Tricky Bunnies have no depth? Out of all people you should know how I manage and run a team...We will be having 8 guys and 4 girls playing which means more times up for the top of the order....[quote]

8 games gets you the championship - 9 if you have a play-in. that's a lot of kickball for 12 people, even if they are in their 20s.

[kim dude]

GETS the calls by the REFS!!! The refs play a HUGE part in this game and it sucks that you might get stuck with a ref who is BIAS!!!

Looks like we've had our first "Blame the Refs" post!!!!

yeah, what are you saying

[Sleeveless]

We're getting close to the big day. It's time for everyone to put out their prediction.

Name the team you think is most likely to win (and if you're playing in FC, name the team other than your own that you think is most likely to win it).

I say MEATBALLS

I think you missed this part Mr. Gluv

The Others.

Nice work.

[pDuncOnYourFace]

I wouldn't kick it anywhere near sleeveless all tourney...

Dude's been on a kickball training regiment for the last 2 months.

[GldGluv]

HAHA...What happened to that last post KA? Trying to not give away strategy?

[McCoy]

All FL final...Meatballs vs Tricky Bunnies...Tricky Bunnies win it all.

[Kickin]

Kim, I'm in with ya. Not sure what kind of talent the refs have but I bet ya we beat Maine and Vegas!

Ok Zak, I disagree with you on Dan as a pitcher per se. He is not nearly as dominent as he was but yeah he's still very good but not the best. I did see him back some months ago so he may have honed his skills with the 2 bounce and I could be wrong. What makes him great overall is his athleticism off the mound and how good of a fielder he is. That won't change. But we saw him in game 3 with the wind to his back throwing one hoppers and it was the most dominent pitching I've ever seen and probably ever will.

As for biased refs Beans? Really? We're already playing that card? I can tell you that while there weren't that many refs on the conference call they all brought up the fact that they were happy being placed in neautral pools in the opening round just to avoid an stigma. I'd be willing to bet there won't be issues with biased calls on the field.

As I mentioned before the Trickies are my wild card. Good depth in certain areas and not as much in others but a good lineup that can get hot. All four FL teams got a shot and Balls Deep will surprise as they are hot and cold. Riff Raff can be great or impload. The Meatballs have to be the favorite coming out of FL. Mir and Frosty will most certainly be in the mix w the FL teams. The Others have put it together once so who knows and people have spoken highly about BP Tigers. Cobra Kai has another year of experince and it won't be their first tourney anymore so they are an outside shot along with LIU and it's experience. I just can't get excited about AZ kickball. We played Ludicrus Speed after the Frosty game and we were so down on the field we were terrible on the offense. I thought they were mediocre. That's why I really don't consider WKYB either. Maybe a Best Coast Baller team can compete with a fairly easy run (whever WAKA decides how the playoffs will be set up). TX has to have some athletes right? No tourney experience though.

[JohnPWilks]

:yawn:
Okay: Kate can't catch and should never be thrown to at 3rd. Wilkinson sucks at reffing and will cost some team from Texas the Founders Cup. People from Florida are overrated in general. Ummmm, I'm old. Tweasy's team deserved t be wait listed. Hellooooo.... is thing on???

Kim will be relieved of his reffing responsibilities for having too much fun calling players douchebags, or because his feet smell funny.

[Karl]

while we're on the topic of refs, can we not have the ref from last year who started our game 15 mins late because he was trying to get one last beer at the beer tent. that'd be awesome.

[McCoy]

while we're on the topic of refs, can we not have the ref from last year who started our game 15 mins late because he was trying to get one last beer at the beer tent. that'd be awesome.

1st Round of Elimination, right? vs Blue Balls? That guy was wasted and was the home plate ref. Terrible.

[Karl]

while we're on the topic of refs, can we not have the ref from last year who started our game 15 mins late because he was trying to get one last beer at the beer tent. that'd be awesome.

1st Round of Elimination, right? vs Blue Balls? That guy was wasted and was the home plate ref. Terrible.

Yup. Ridiculous.

[Kickin]

That's pretty bad. I can only promise (sorta) no bias refs not sober ones. Friggin hilarious. In the later rounds designate one of your girls to be a beer runner for the refs!

I think I read beer tent won't be open til 6pm so less time for retardedness.

[Zak]

...Ok Zak, I disagree with you on Dan as a pitcher per se. He is not nearly as dominent as he was but yeah he's still very good but not the best. I did see him back some months ago so he may have honed his skills with the 2 bounce and I could be wrong. What makes him great overall is his athleticism off the mound and how good of a fielder he is. That won't change. But we saw him in game 3 with the wind to his back throwing one hoppers and it was the most dominent pitching I've ever seen and probably ever will...

Isn't that what I said?

[MEATBALLKEVIN]

DUMPSTER FIRE aint nothing to f with !!

(I know they are not that name for vegas)

[GldGluv]

DUMPSTER FIRE aint nothing to f with !!

(I know they are not that name for vegas)

Stop kissing ass and give us your pick!!!!

[MEATBALLKEVIN]

DUMPSTER FIRE aint nothing to f with !!

(I know they are not that name for vegas)

Stop kissing ass and give us your pick!!!!

DF. I played against them 3 times in 09 and watched them win the NYC tourney .

Never saw MIH play so cant pick them . Fb is my # 2 pick . So im saying my pick from outside of Fla is DF.

[Jimmybeans2]

What I meant by the refs is. Sometimes ref have to make a call that is close and can go either way with arugment. The team that wins it must have some calls go there way.

Unless a team just pure dominates everyone which I don't see that happening.

[Speedy]

Kim, I'm in with ya. Not sure what kind of talent the refs have but I bet ya we beat Maine and Vegas!

Ok Zak, I disagree with you on Dan as a pitcher per se. He is not nearly as dominent as he was but yeah he's still very good but not the best. I did see him back some months ago so he may have honed his skills with the 2 bounce and I could be wrong. What makes him great overall is his athleticism off the mound and how good of a fielder he is. That won't change. But we saw him in game 3 with the wind to his back throwing one hoppers and it was the most dominent pitching I've ever seen and probably ever will.

As for biased refs Beans? Really? We're already playing that card? I can tell you that while there weren't that many refs on the conference call they all brought up the fact that they were happy being placed in neautral pools in the opening round just to avoid an stigma. I'd be willing to bet there won't be issues with biased calls on the field.

As I mentioned before the Trickies are my wild card. Good depth in certain areas and not as much in others but a good lineup that can get hot. All four FL teams got a shot and Balls Deep will surprise as they are hot and cold. Riff Raff can be great or impload. The Meatballs have to be the favorite coming out of FL. Mir and Frosty will most certainly be in the mix w the FL teams. The Others have put it together once so who knows and people have spoken highly about BP Tigers. Cobra Kai has another year of experince and it won't be their first tourney anymore so they are an outside shot along with LIU and it's experience. I just can't get excited about AZ kickball. We played Ludicrus Speed after the Frosty game and we were so down on the field we were terrible on the offense. I thought they were mediocre. That's why I really don't consider WKYB either. Maybe a Best Coast Baller team can compete with a fairly easy run (whever WAKA decides how the playoffs will be set up). TX has to have some athletes right? No tourney experience though.

Doesn't really say much about Screw The Team then. If Ludicrous Speed was mediocre, then you should have easily run up the score. All you needed was 8 runs in the final game to get the final Wild Card spot last year. Technically we screwed "Screw The Team". Score was 0 ~ 2.

[MEATBALLKEVIN]

All FL final...Meatballs vs Tricky Bunnies...they split the founders cup in half . refuse to take a picture together then go to the bar while each team pisses in the other teams half of the trophy .

FIXED

[Zak]

All FL final...Meatballs vs Tricky Bunnies...they split the founders cup in half . refuse to take a picture together then go to the bar while each team pisses in the other teams half of the trophy .

FIXED

[Jimmybeans2]

I hope the kickball world is ready for me!!

See u all in Vegas!!

[Karl]

yah, safe travels everyone. see some/most/all of you tomorrow. cheers