Awkward Playground Bullies

Electric Mayhem

What up pitch?

Kickhopopotamus

Kick In A Box

Red Balls and Vodka

Kick-Faced

Stay thirsty my friends

Superfreaks

Ball Busters

THE TEAMS

GHOST MAN ON THIRDGHOST MAN ON THIRD

MA IVY FALL 2010

WEEK 2

Week 3 9/26/10 Equipment Pickup – Electric Mayhem 2:00 PM Electric Mayhem VS Kickhop Stay Thirsty My Friends – Ref Duty Field A (Dirt Field) 2:00 PM Kick In A Box VS Kick Faced

Superfreaks - Ref Duty Field B (Grass Field) 2:45 PM Red Balls VS What Up Pitch Electric Mayhem – Ref Duty Field A (Dirt Field) 2:45 PM Superfreaks VS Stay Thirsty My Friends Kick In A Box – Ref Duty Field B (Grass Field) 3:30 PM Awkward Playground Bullies

VS BallBusters What Up Pitch – Ref Duty Field A (Dirt Field) Equipment Drop Off - BallBusters

This Week’s Schedule

Letter from the President, With Week 2 down I think we are starting to realize what we’ve gotten ourselves into.

This ain’t some rinky dinky kickball division where players toss the ball to and fro and then say “toodles” and head home to Muffy and Tinkerbelle. THIS is a division of 10 teams OUT FOR BLOOD who play their heart and soul on the field and THEN go to the bar to be with their fellow players and party for 30 MORE hours. You’re realizing that IVY is the REAL DEAL. We don’t mess around. We take fun seriously. In one season I have seen a major change in the ways teams interact with each other. This Fall season is amazing. People are reaching out to new players, veterans are meeting other veterans they’ve not met yet. New players are diving head first into “Fundom”. This is the reason I love Sundays in Ivy, and why I stuck around for almost 3 years here. The people make it so. If you don’t know someone and they seem interesting, say “Hey”. If there’s a kickballer that catches your eye and tingles your loins, buy them a drink. This is a social organization. So get social, we’re all in it together. More serious notes. If you are scheduled to ref a game, READ the rules. It is key to have refs who know the rules. It helps to keep games going smoothly. If a referee is solid with the rules it will prevent arguments on the field. It will also keep the game more fun. So, PLEASE learn your rules. Every teams captain received a written copy and can also be found at http://www.kickball.com/rules Don’t forget to vote for your favortite Superlatives. All donations go to the Boys and Girls Club of Middlesex County. Thanks everyone. Send me your game recaps, pictures, quotes, etc etc. (@ yourpness@gmail.com) Phil (aka Captain Monkeybutt)

Your Board Members Phil Provencher – Tyrant/Money Hoarder Superfreaks

Brian Caldwell – MC/Supplier of Awesomeness Kick in a Box

Liza Martiniello –Social Goddess Awkward Playground Bullies

Heather Byrnes – Super Awesome Girl Kick in a Box

Keith O’Connor – Men of men/ Superlative King Kick in a Box

Doug DiPietro – Birthday Boy/ Huggy Bear

Kick-Faced

Dates to remember:Dates to remember: Midseason Party Midseason Party –– 10/16/10 10/16/10 Improv Night Improv Night –– 10/21/10 10/21/10 Halloween Halloween Costume Contest Costume Contest -- 10/31/10 10/31/10 Date Auction Date Auction –– 11/7/10 11/7/10 End of Season Party End of Season Party -- 11/20/10 11/20/10

NEEDED! – Volunteer to put together the GMOT newsletter each week. Newsletter skills a must. Must enjoy having fun and using computers. EMAIL ME I will buy you beer and love you forever. - Phil

Although chill ing at Tommy's for hours on end after the games (playing fl ip cup, enjoying/detesting football , watching/participating in bar Olympics) has proven to be an amazing time, there is so much more that the MA Ivy League has to offer to accentuate everyone's social life. It all begins at our Mid-Season party, scheduled (tentatively) for Saturday, October 16th at Harvard Square's very own Hong Kong. If you're anything like me, there's no better way to spend a Saturday evening drinking from free kegs or enjoying a scorpion bowl with your fellow teammates. I also love guess ing who those sexy teammates are now that they're out of their sweaty colored t-shirts , sports bras, and obnoxious arm bands (well, I' ll probably still wear my arm bands).

Next we've got the Improv Asylum night lined up for Thursday, October 21st. The Improv Asylum offers prewritten comedy and on-the-spot comedy that is inspired by audience comments. So come out, bring your fr iends and hope that one of our own gets selected to be the butt of the main stages' jokes!

Two weeks later we've scheduled the 3rd Annual Date Auction on November 7th, where some of the friendl iest, sexiest, and fun-lov ing kickballers will auction themselves off for charity. It's a great cause and an even better way to get a free meal! Each auction couple gets a $25 gift certif icate to a downtown Boston restaurant. So far we have three volunteers, Katie, Aaron and Amanda (Sorry, last week's GMOT def said Amy, that's my bad!).

And finally, we have the End of Season. If you've been in Ivy before, you know that this night is the culmination of the social scene. It's scheduled for November 20th on the top floor of Jose Macs, which promises a good time in and of itself. It's also the perfect avenue if you happen to consume a little too much and go home with someone you either wouldn't normally or you've wanted for the entire season. Hey, I'm all for it! By that time, the season's over and there's a long span of time for people to forget before next season starts. ;-)

GET SOCIAL with Heather & Liza

Team Games

Played Points Win % Wins Losses Ties Paper

Forfeit Runs Against

Runs Scored

Run Diff.

Kickhoppopotamus 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 26 25 Electric Mayhem 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 8 6 Red Balls 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 4 11 7 Kick Faced 2 1.5 0.75 1 0 1 0 10 12 2 Awkward Playground Bullies

2 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 5 2 -3

Kick In A Box 2 0.5 0.25 0 1 1 0 4 2 -2 What Up Pitch 2 0.5 0.25 0 1 1 0 8 7 -1 Ball Busters 2 0.5 0.25 0 1 1 0 8 6 -2 Stay Thirsty My Friends

2 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 5 -16

Superfreaks 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 17 1 -16

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RULEZ KORNER: If you’re scheduled to ref games in the future read up in your rulebook or HERE online to make sure you really DO know the rules. Knowing the rules: It is a captain’s responsibility to provide knowledgeable referees to their games. Please make sure your teammates are up on their rules before sending them off to battle. Sometimes, at first it is intimidating so you could team up with a buddy with more experience to help ease you in (I swear I didn’t mean sex right there!). Reffing CAN be fun when you do it enough (Okay THAT time I meant sex). Starting on time: Each team is required to have 4 men and 4 women minimum to field a team. If at 2 PM you do NOT have the minimum, you have 15 minutes to produce your team or you will receive a forfeit. A Forfeit counts as a 5-0 loss and you lose 0.75 in your Winning Percentage. If you have a 2:45 OR 3:30 PM game you only have 5 minutes after your scheduled start time before you would forfeit. (Refer to sections 5 and 7 in the RULEZ). It is very important for refs AND teams to start on time so that teams playing later on don’t lose playtime/bartime due to your tardiness. Calling disputes: IF you notice an error in a ref’s ruling ONLY captains should be contesting to the referees. SO, if you are NOT the captain, bring it to their attention and the captains ALONE shall dispute. Remember that we’re all human and not everyone studies the rulebook once a week. This weeks Krazy Question: If a line drive ball is kicked by Westy (Awkward Playground Bullies) and hits his teammate Matt Varley square in the face (while he is still standing on 1st base) what is the ruling? AND What color was the blood? EMAIL ME YOUR ANSWER – Best submissions will be posted next week. Last weeks Krazy Answer: IF the Chupacabra did indeed exist, it would fly too fast to be hit by a pop fly. BUT, playing along, since the Chupacabra is NOT a registered player it would end up being called a dead ball foul. Foul balls can be caught for an out but any “dead” ball will be recorded as a foul but not as an out if caught (same goes for trees, non-participating players and small dogs) Stu da Capra

Standings

GAME RECAPS!!

Kick in a Box Recap The Kick in a Boxers played the Ballbusters in the beautiful game on a beautiful day. The Boxers raced out to a early lead, by posting up 2 runs in the first on the foot of Owen Nunyabiznus's triple. Owen's offensive feat (see what I did there? feat is a homophone. Ha, cross meaning of the feat of his kick and feet of his kick...heck even a stretch with the fete of his kick. Its funny for the pun of it.) led to a cushion that KIAB was able to keep for a good chunk of the game. Great defensive plays for KIAB were able to hold the meat of the order for the Might Busters of Balls to only one run. Sweet plays including a through the legs hike to first, and a three pitch three called strike strikeout; kept the fans excited. Most of the KIAB outfield was able to sleep most of the game because of bunts, and other infield kicks, as only one kick made it to the outfield. However, the 4th inning saw two Boxer errors that led to the Ballbusters pushing one over on what appeared to be a squeeze play. Heck, no losers on a great day of kickball? Boom goes that dynamite. Game MVP: Owen Nunyabiznus, rocking a two RKI triple in the top of the first lighting things up from the start. Bar MVP: Matt "Not just marshmallows in my mouth" McMahon for being one sweet chubby bunny.

Electric Mayhem Recap After nearly losing the season opener, the Electric Mayhem brought their A-game this week, defeating the Awkward Playground Bullies 5-0. The Electric Mayhem jumped to an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first off the powerful (and comely) legs of Robin Duguay, who smashed a 2 RKI single. The Mayhem never let up after that. Jason "the Senator" Graham, Matt Mahoney, and Camilo "Freddie Mercury" Aladro were the Mayhem pitching. Tiamat, shutting down the feet of the Bullies. In her debut as a Mayhem, Julie "Yes, my last name could use more consonants" Adamczyk made a great catch, icing an inning.

BallBusters 2 - Kick in a Box 2

Electric Mayhem 5 - Awkward Playground Bullies 0

Red Balls & Vodka 5 - Superfreaks 0

Kick Faced 5 - What Up Pitch? 5

Red Balls Recap When Captain Kristin said “just put something in there for me since there isn’t really much to say anyway

because it was a pretty straight forward game” to Captain Monkeybutt you know something bad’s gonna happen. Let’s give this a try.

In Red Balls’ game VS the Superfreaks, we narrowly escaped a 37-5 loss to them… luckily we staved off ALL 37 of those runs. With a winning cocktail of Defense, steroids, and Biomechanics we were unstoppable.

Our pitching was great (since Joe was being punished for a bad prior week). Our baserunning was stellar (except when Paymon ran BACK to 1st instead of 2nd on an overthrow). Our ladies were all looking mighty fine.

We gave the Superfreaks their comeuppins since they stole the RED out of Red Balls & Vodka (read: Blue Balls & Vodka) but we don’t care cuz we’re really fun and so are the Superfreaks. Woohoo!

P.S. Tall pitcher man – I think I saw you running early Monday morning near the JFK T stop. Hi! – Captain Monkeybutt

Kickhoppopotamus 14 - Stay Thirsty My Friends 0

Superfreaks recap below (in comic book form)

When asked to comment on the games the following 4 teams responded……………………………………………………… Maybe recaps NEXT WEEK?