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Sunday, August 31,
2008
Honestly, this was a boring day in history: in 1939, the Nazis pretended that Poland attacked a German radio station, and so they used that as a pretense for war. The original idea had been to claim that the Poles were working on a military nuclear program, but that was rejected as being “far-fetched.” Their fall back, of course, was to say “9-11”, but luckily, that proved unnecessary.
The field of course was as lovely as ever as we waited for a friendly hospital game to run its course. Standard: humid, with an east-west set, and two game of 7/11. Also, there were no chicken bones. Yay!
Team 1: Nathan, Marina, Coach, Showkiller, Dred, Seth, Mike, and the Anti-Mike.
Team 2: Pilgrim, Mr. Jeckyl, Pilgrim, Marathon (John D), Kink, Obama (Huseyin), Skrit, The Future, Jonathan the Pirate King, and Smarta-Marta
Game One: This was one of those rare blow outs, where nothing seemed to go right for the 2s. At the 2nd point, it was all tied up. After that, the 2s rode the elevator all the way into the basement. So it goes. Final: 11-4, Team 1.
Game Two: This was a more exciting game, with the 1s and 2s keeping it close through the 15th point. The 2s then opened it up with a 3-1 run, and so that was that. Final: 11-8, Team 2.
The LoSG did occur. Points: 19-15
Counts: still don’t have ‘em.
Boxscores (and totals eventually) are below the fold.
See you Wednesday (today!)
Game One Box score:
2s pull to 1s
1-0 Marathon2 turn, Seth1 to the Anti-Mike1 for first blood.
1-1 Jeckyl2 to Pilgrim2 for the score.
2-1 Nathan1 half, Nathan1 to
Mike1 for the goal.
3-1 XMike1 Hockey, Dred1 D, so Nathan1 to Seth1 for the point.
4-1 An Obama2 to Jeckyl2 throw fails, so Mike1 “hucks” it to Dred1 for the long score.
4-2 Jeckyl2 to Marathon2 for the point.
5-2 Dred1 D, Coach1 turn, Showkiller1 turn, Anti-Mike1 half-D, Nathan1 to Mike1 for the score.
6-2 Jeckyl2 turn, Anti-Mike1 turn, Nathan1 to Mike1 for the strike.
7-2 Marathon2 turn, Obama2 half-drop, Coach1 turn, Showkiller1 to Mike1 for the point.
7-3 Skrit2 Drop, Kink2 to Obama2 for the score.
8-3 1Coach1 half-D, Nathan1 to Mike1 throw fails, Coach1 to Showkiller1 for the point.X
8-4 The Future2 to Marta2 for the score.
9-4 Obama2 turn, Obama2 half-D, Showkiller1 half-drop, Showkiller1 to Mike1 for the kill.
10-4 Jeckyl2 Drop, Coach1 to Nathan1 for the conversion.
11-4 Jonathan2 drop, Jonathan2 half-drop, Coach1 half-D, so Coach1 to Dred1 for the game.
No bookends.
Game Two Boxscore
1s pull to 2s
0-1 X Pilgrim2 to
Marta2 for an efficient first blood.
1-1 .Coach1 turn, the Anti-Mike1 D, so Coach1 to Showkiller1 for the early tie.
1-2 .Marina1 turn, X Obama2 to Jeckyl2 for the point.
1-3 .Seth1 D, Coach1 turn, Seth1 D, Jeckyl2 turn, Skrit2 D, so Jonathan2 to Pilgrim2 for the score.
2-3 Skrit2 D, Coach1 to Dred1 throw fails, Seth1 D, so Coach1 to Showkiller1 for the goal.
3-3 Jeckyl2 D, Jeckyl2 turn, Seth1 D (x2), so Dred1 to the Anti-Mike1 for the score.
4-3 Obama2 D, Coach1 D, Dred1 D, Dred1 to Mike1 for the goal.
4-4 Obama2 to Jeckyl2 for an efficient goal.
5-4 Obama2 D, Skrit2 half-turn (drop), Dred1 half-D, so Mike1 to Marina1 for the kill.
5-5 Jonathan2 to Pilgrim2 for the tie.
5-6 Jonathan2 to
Jeckyl2 for the lead.
6-6 .Coach1 hockey, with Showkiller1 finding Mik1 for the take.
6-7 .Coach1 throw-away, Coach1 drop, MARTA2 turn, Obama2 to Kink2 for the goal.
7-7 .Showkiller1 to Seth1 for the score.
7-8 .Coach1 turn, Pilgrim2 turn, Jeckyl2 to Marta2 for the score.
7-9 .Coach1 turn, so Marta2 to Pilgrim2 for the point.
8-9 Jonathan2 drop, Coach1 turn, Mike1 to Showkiller1 for the point.
8-10 Jeckyl2 to Marta2 for the take.
8-11 .Showkiller1 turn, Jeckyl2 to Pilgrim2 for the game.
*Pilgrim earns a perfect bookend.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 29,
2008
On this day in 1786, Shay’s rebellion happened. What a shock: Americans didn’t want to pay their taxes.
Tonight, disaster struck as half the stats just simply disappeared. They’re gone, I tell you. Gone! Bloody hell. Standard stuff: The weather was nice and humid, and just the best way to end August, with an East-West set, and a field that is as good as it’s going to get. What’d I miss?
Team 1: Kink, Surly (Nathan), Mike, and Josh
Team 2: Johnny, Coach, Smarta-Marta, Huseyin, Robber (Ashton), and the bruiser we simply call “Wayne”
Game One: You know, it was a 1s kind of night as we played on a ¾ field, surrounded by lovely cans of concrete with dangerous looking poles sticking out of them. Vlad the Impaler would have been excited. Anyway, the game was close, but the “older gentlemen” plus Josh proved to be just a bit too much. Final: 11-9, Team 1.
Game Two: This too was a fairly tight game, with a hard cap declared at 9, which eventually made it to the universe point. Ties, by the way, happened at every single even score. Final: 9-8, Team 1.
There was no LoSG. Points: 20-17, respectively.
No updated counts of games as of yet.
Boxscores are below the fold.
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Game One:
2s pull to 1s
1-0 Nathan1 to an unknown1 for first blood.
2-0 Robber2 turn (x1.5), Johnny2 turn, Nathan1 turn, Mike1 to Nathan1 for the goal.
3-0
4-0 Nathan1 hockey, Josh1 to Kink1 to finish the score.
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5-1 Coach2 turn, Kink1 to Mike1 for the huge 1s lead.
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6-2 Nathan1 to Mike1 for the goal.
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7-3 Huseyin2 turn, Josh1 to Mike1 for the kill.
7-4
7-5 Nathan1 half, Kink1 half, so Robber2 to Coach2 for the goal.
7-6
7-7 Josh1 turn (x2), Marta2 turn, Wayne2 to Robber2 for the tie.
8-7
9-7 Robber2 turn, so Mike1 to Kink1 for the goal.
?-?
10-8 Kink1 hammers to Josh1 for the score.
10-9
11-9 Nathan1 to Josh1 for the game.
*Nathan earns a lopsided bookend.
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Game Two Boxscore
1s pull to 2s
1-0 Kink1 to Nathan1 for first blood.
1-1 Kink1 turn, Marta2 half, Coach2 half, but Marta2 to Johnny2 for the goal.
?-?
2-2 Josh1 half, Johnny2 half, Marta2 half, Huseyin2 to Coach2 for the kill.
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3-3 Kink1 to Josh1 for the tie.
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4-4 Nathan1 hammers to Mike1 for the goal.
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5-5 Coach2 to Wayne2 for the point.
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6-6 Mike1 finds Nathan1 for the conversion.
6-7
6-8 Johnny2 D, so Johnny2 to Marta2 for the score.
7-8
8-8 Josh1 D, so Mike1 to Josh1 for the goal.
9-8 Nathan1 to Kink1 for the game.
*Nathan and Kink earn double-dog bookends.