Meatballs vs Riff Raff - Rated PG

[Tweasy H Whoa]

We are 1 day away from this match up and not one word has been said.

WTF? OVER!

[Paniky 69er]

Meatballs win 3-1--starting a new win streak over RR.

[Tweasy H Whoa]

Both teams have been looking forward to this game since FC and not one word has been said. Are they that pumped that both teams have put a ban on smack talking.

Is it all via team e-mail?

[Paniky 69er]

I know that MB is pumped to prove to RR that FC was a fluke.

[Tweasy H Whoa]

I know that MB is pumped to prove to RR that FC was a fluke.

Do you think that if Riff Raff loses, they will use the excuse that they are saving themselves for SoFL and didn't want to get anyone hurt?

[Paniky 69er]

I'm sure they will have lots of excuses. Well, Flades will give MB credit for being the better team, but the rest will regurgitate excuses.

[Tweasy H Whoa]

Can we get any statements from the Meatballs or Riff Raff?

[Tweasy H Whoa]

Nothing eh? I have a feeling someone will get shanked during the game.

[TQO]

I should have just booked my flight a week earlier so I could watch this game and play vs. Balls Deeper.

[Tweasy H Whoa]

I should have just booked my flight a week earlier so I could watch this game and play vs. Balls Deeper.

Better yet, you should have never moved to Canada, you draft dodger!

[flades]

I am most interested to see what the new additions on both teams will contribute and how they effect the outcome. Jimmybeans/J Ro/Nik etc. for MBs and Joe/JD/High School (if he plays) for RR. Defensively we're lining up pretty much the same but both offenses are much more potent than they have been in past seasons (although we haven't really shown it yet). I have to admit Meatballs offensive lineup is pretty damn scary with the above additions to an already scary lineup.

[flades]

I also predict that if we win, it will DEFINITELY be because the Meatballs "didn't execute" and "get their bunts down" (MeatballKevin) hehe

[Tweasy H Whoa]

I am most interested to see what the new additions on both teams will contribute and how they effect the outcome. Jimmybeans/J Ro/Nik etc. for MBs and Joe/JD/High School (if he plays) for RR. Defensively we're lining up pretty much the same but both offenses are much more potent than they have been in past seasons (although we haven't really shown it yet). I have to admit Meatballs offensive lineup is pretty damn scary with the above additions to an already scary lineup.

You couldn't ask for a better game before SoFL. No scrimmage or practice can give you what this game will give you.

[machinegunkelly]

U can't stop pow u can only hope to contain him

[-TK-]

I also predict that if we win, it will DEFINITELY be because the Meatballs "didn't execute" and "get their bunts down" (MeatballKevin) hehe

If that happens... I agree with MBK

[Zak]

U can't stop pow u can only hope to contain him

may be the truest statement posted on the boards in 2010.

[flades]

I am most interested to see what the new additions on both teams will contribute and how they effect the outcome. Jimmybeans/J Ro/Nik etc. for MBs and Joe/JD/High School (if he plays) for RR. Defensively we're lining up pretty much the same but both offenses are much more potent than they have been in past seasons (although we haven't really shown it yet). I have to admit Meatballs offensive lineup is pretty damn scary with the above additions to an already scary lineup.

You couldn't ask for a better game before SoFL. No scrimmage or practice can give you what this game will give you.

No doubt.

So everyone is ready for it, the other Meatball excuse will be that they play 18 players vs. our 13/14. While granted, it is a slight advantage to get to the top of the order quicker, when you are the Meatballs and EVERY PERSON ON YOUR TEAM is virtually the same as the top of the order, this advantage is minimalized

[Karl]

This place opened less than a block from my apartment last night:


One-Stop Meatball Shopping: An old food gets a new stage.


All the balls: Vegetarian, salmon, chicken, beef with tomato sauce, spicy pork.
(Photo: Hannah Whitaker)

Unless you’re living in a red-sauce-free bubble, you must know we’re having a bit of a meatball moment. The omnipresent orbs have been entered into hard-fought contests like Meatball Madness and the Meatball Slapdown, glamorized on glossy-magazine covers, and reinvented by upscale chefs with luxe ingredients like duck and foie gras. But this week, the humble foodstuff truly rolls into the spotlight, with the opening of the Meatball Shop on the Lower East Side. It makes perfect sense: Burgers, pizza, and fried chicken have all enjoyed recent resurgences and remakes. But it took a couple of nice Jewish boys from the Upper East Side to recognize the potential of the meatball as a single-subject attraction, a comfort food that could appeal to carbophobes, late-night revelers, and everyone in between.

Daniel Holzman and Michael Chernow grew up in the East Eighties, were delivery boys for the (meatless!) Candle Cafe, and played wind instruments at La Guardia high school of performing arts (flute and tuba, respectively). Most of all, they ate at Gino’s pizzeria, almost incessantly. “They had the best chicken parm and meatball heroes,” Chernow says dreamily. Holzman became a chef, Chernow a bartender, but all the while, they fantasized about opening a place together. An early plan to serve meatballs out of a takeout window evolved into an obsession to focus on meatballs exclusively. And thus was born the idea for the Meatball Shop: a counter-service operation with a build-your-own-meal menu, featuring five kinds of two-ounce, house-ground balls (plus a weekly special), various sauces, and a range of options (slider flights, heroes, pastas, and sides). As befits a chef who’s worked at San Francisco’s Campton Place and SPQR (whose sister restaurant, A16, is known for its Meatball Mondays, incidentally), ingredients are well-sourced, including beef from Creekstone Farms and prosciutto from La Quercia. The look is Olde New York, with reclaimed wood and antique milk bottles. Chernow’s wife makes ice-cream sandwiches. The cumulative effect: a retro vibe for a thoroughly modern meatball (84 Stanton St., nr. Allen St.; 212-982-8895).

Read more: New York Restaurant Openings - Meatball Shop Opens on the Lower East Side -- New York Magazine http://nymag.com/restaurants/openings/63650/#ixzz0f92gj4rd

[AmericanMike]

KP is that what they did with that noodle place that never got business?

[Tweasy H Whoa]

What is your prediction Flades?

[-TK-]

No doubt.

So everyone is ready for it, the other Meatball excuse will be that they play 18 players vs. our 13/14. While granted, it is a slight advantage to get to the top of the order quicker, when you are the Meatballs and EVERY PERSON ON YOUR TEAM is virtually the same as the top of the order, this advantage is minimalized

So, you're only playing 13 or 14? Nice.

[Zak]

No doubt.

So everyone is ready for it, the other Meatball excuse will be that they play 18 players vs. our 13/14. While granted, it is a slight advantage to get to the top of the order quicker, when you are the Meatballs and EVERY PERSON ON YOUR TEAM is virtually the same as the top of the order, this advantage is minimalized

So, you're only playing 13 or 14? Nice.

Well they have people who "don't like playing in the competative games".

[Tweasy H Whoa]

No doubt.

So everyone is ready for it, the other Meatball excuse will be that they play 18 players vs. our 13/14. While granted, it is a slight advantage to get to the top of the order quicker, when you are the Meatballs and EVERY PERSON ON YOUR TEAM is virtually the same as the top of the order, this advantage is minimalized

So, you're only playing 13 or 14? Nice.

Well they have people who "don't like playing in the competative games".

They do have lives outside of kickball

[-TK-]

No doubt.

So everyone is ready for it, the other Meatball excuse will be that they play 18 players vs. our 13/14. While granted, it is a slight advantage to get to the top of the order quicker, when you are the Meatballs and EVERY PERSON ON YOUR TEAM is virtually the same as the top of the order, this advantage is minimalized

So, you're only playing 13 or 14? Nice.

Well they have people who "don't like playing in the competative games".

They do have lives outside of kickball

What do you mean? They have "other commitments"?

[Paniky 69er]

Mostly 10s.

[flades]

What is your prediction Flades?

3-2 RR

[Tweasy H Whoa]

What is your prediction Flades?

3-2 RR

I believe the pitching along with the D will dominate and it will be a 1-1 game.

[-TK-]

And btw Flades... Riff Raff cutting down your lineup to 13 or 14 so that you and the top get up 3 times is a huge advantage against any team. You saying that the advantage is minimalized against the MEATBALLS sounds silly to me, simply because you wouldn't cut your lineup against a team that wasn't strong top to bottom- I mean, that's why you're cutting your lineup right?

[Paniky 69er]

Cutting your lineup is always an advantage, but particularly for teams without much depth.

[Tweasy H Whoa]

And btw Flades... With Riff Raff cutting down your lineup to 13 or 14 so that you and the top get up 3 times it's a huge advantage against any team. You saying that the advantage is minimalized against the MEATBALLS sounds silly to me, simply because you wouldn't cut your lineup against a team that wasn't strong top to bottom- I mean, that's why you're cutting your lineup right?

If the Meatballs are deep with talent offensively vs a team that has to cut to be deep, it is only an advantage for the slimmed down team because they have a chance to see the pitcher the first time around. However, both teams have faced both pitchers numerous of times. So no huge advantage on this match up.

[-TK-]

Cutting your lineup is always an advantage, but particularly for teams without much depth.

Yeah, but what I'm saying is... Teams like Riff Raff don't cut their lineup against teams without depth... They cut their lineup against teams with depth, so saying that it doesn't matter as much against a team like MEATBALLS is not only BS, but also an excuse to defend cutting their roster cause they know they're gonna get shit for it.

[-TK-]

I mean come on... It's huge... Especially with the top 1/2 of the lineup that RR has.

[Dematas]

Cutting your lineup is always an advantage, but particularly for teams without much depth.

Yeah, but what I'm saying is... Teams like Riff Raff don't cut their lineup against teams without depth... They cut their lineup against teams with depth, so saying that it doesn't matter as much against a team like MEATBALLS is not only BS, but also an excuse to defend cutting their roster cause they know they're gonna get shit for it.

Sorry, some people just are not into logic and the obvious.

[Zak]

Cutting your lineup is always an advantage, but particularly for teams without much depth.

Yeah, but what I'm saying is... Teams like Riff Raff don't cut their lineup against teams without depth... They cut their lineup against teams with depth, so saying that it doesn't matter as much against a team like MEATBALLS is not only BS, but also an excuse to defend cutting their roster cause they know they're gonna get shit for it.

but don't those people "sit themselves cause they don't like playing the highly competative games"? I think I heard that somewhere

[TQO]

No excuses, play like a champion.

[JellyDogg]

Yeah, but what I'm saying is... Teams like Riff Raff don't cut their lineup against teams without depth... They cut their lineup against teams with depth, so saying that it doesn't matter as much against a team like MEATBALLS is not only BS, but also an excuse to defend cutting their roster cause they know they're gonna get shit for it.

As well they should. Last I checked everybody on the team pays the same $60+ to play.

[Tweasy H Whoa]

Yeah, but what I'm saying is... Teams like Riff Raff don't cut their lineup against teams without depth... They cut their lineup against teams with depth, so saying that it doesn't matter as much against a team like MEATBALLS is not only BS, but also an excuse to defend cutting their roster cause they know they're gonna get shit for it.

As well they should. Last I checked everybody on the team pays the same $60+ to play.

And it is in the WAKA rules that everyone must be in the kicking lineup if they show to play. You can't get benched offensively

[Zak]

Damn it I'm getting tired of saying it, where's PoW to state that people on Riff Raff sit themselves and that Gussack doesn't do the line up cutting?

[JellyDogg]

And it is in the WAKA rules that everyone must be in the kicking lineup if they show to play. You can't get benched offensively

Even WAKA doesn't enforce that rule, though. Not even at Founders Cup.

[Tweasy H Whoa]

Damn it I'm getting tired of saying it, where's PoW to state that people on Riff Raff sit themselves and that Gussack doesn't do the line up cutting?

That I just don't understand. Why pay to play for a team that don't want you around for the big games. Those games are the reason to play competitive kickball. Make them pay to fill up the ghost spots.