Blue Diamond League

The Batters Box

Summer 2011 – Issue 2

2 – Schedule and Socres

3 - Wiffle Dat Azz & Take a Wiff of This Page

4 – Wiffler’s Mom & Loose Cannons Page

5 – Holey Balls in Your Mouth & Pilot Media Bombers Page

6 – Roscoe’s Chicken N’ Wiffles & Sloppy Seconds Page

7 – Diamonds in the Rough

8 – “The Dirt”

9 – Announcements

10 – Social Events Calendar

11 – Bar & Charities

12 – Rules

13 – DOs & DONTs

14 - Pictures

James Salgado & Charm Reyes

Winning!

Winners of the Facebook Logo Contest. Wiffle Dat Azz won 2 double pitchers of beer at Uno Chicago Grill for getting the most “likes” on

Facebook. Ya’ll definitely got that tiger blood and Adonis DNA, congrats Wiffle Dat Azz!

Check out page 9 for details on the next “Double Pitcher Contest.”

6:30 Games • Take a Wiff of This vs. Roscoe’s Chicken N” Wiffles– Field 1 • Wiffler’s mom vs. Holey Balls in Your Mouth– Field 2 • Pilot Media Bombers vs. Wiffle Dat Azz– Field 3 7:30 Games • Take a Wiff of This vs. Sloppy Seconds – Field 1 • Pilot Media Bombers vs. Roscoe’s Chicken N’ Wiffles– Field 2 • Loose Cannons vs. Holey Balls in Your Mouth– Field 3

To submit a drink of the week, please email Name of drink, Ingredients, and Instructions on how to make it to backyardsportsclub@gmail.com

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Blackout Punch Ingredients • 1 Bottle Vodka • 6 Liters 7-Up • 4 Liters Tonic Water

Instructions Combine frozen lemonade with vodka to create a slush, add the rest of the ingredients. STIR WELL!!! Yields about 5 gallons.

• 2 Frozen Lemonade Concentrate • 16 oz Blue Curacao Liqueur • 24 oz Pineapple juice

Week 2 Score Board

Drink of the Week

Week 3 Schedule, Thursday, July 21st

Teams Score Take a Wiff of This vs. Wiffle Dat Azz 18-6 Loose Cannons vs. Wiffler’s Mom 6-4 Holey Balls in Your Mouth vs. Pilot Media Bombers 5-1 Take a Wiff of This vs. Wiffler’s Mom 13-9 Loose Cannons vs. Sloppy Seconds 9-9 Roscoe’s Chicken N Wiffles vs. Wiffle Dat Azz 6-3

Wiffle Dat Azz

Take a Wiff of This

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Take a Wiff of This vs. Wiffle Dat Azz I have to give it up to Stella Solorzano and her team.

They are a lot of fun to play. They did drop some bombs, but luckily my guys were awesome on defense. Good

thing I stacked my team with baseball players who have amazing defensive instincts. Can’t wait to play ya’ll

again.

Take a Wiff of This vs. Wiffler’s Mom Ok, I have to admit, I did get a little nervous at the

beginning of the game. Wiffler’s Mom were mashing the ball left and right. Balls kept going over our outfielders heads in outfield, over the fence. Yea, they have some

big hitters! And my boys were striking out left and right…but then I think they started to get the hang of

things, and we were making some key offensive plays. We pulled ahead in the 2nd inning and kept going from

there. I do have to say though….ya’ll do have some cute hats!

Wiffle Dat Azz vs. Take a Wiff of This Don't call it a comeback....ok we didn't. But we made

good effort....we scored all 6 of our runs in the last inning. Charm was getting skurred!

Wiffle Dat Azz vs. Roscoes Chicken n Wiffles Ummm....apparently all we care about is winning the

beer! Winning!

Loose Cannons

Wiffler’s Mom

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Loose Cannons vs. Sloppy Seconds Well, to sum it up...the guys couldn't hit luckily our girls held it down and we made a miracle comeback in the

bottom of the last inning against Jon's team that is all...

Loose Cannons vs. Wiffler’s Mom We won the first game despite the guys sucking in the

batter's box. We had two girls hit homeruns and I have to give a shout out to my girl Courtney

Thacker, who hit a homer with two outs in the bottom of the sixth to tie up the game...awesome! I wouldn't

believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes!

Wiffler’s Mom vs. Loose Cannons Wiffler's Mom had a double header and a lot of fun! We definitely represented with our trucker hats! They were a huge hit. Since most of us our kickballers, it took a little bit to get adjusted to the small ball and the close bases. Our first game was close.....lots of good plays in the field

and home runs by Nicky Peterson and Amy Raybuck.

Wiffler’s Mom vs. Take a Wiff of This Our second game we started out real strong bringing in

lots of runs. Our fielders had some quick hands, including a snow cone by Bryan Storholm. Our men stepped it up with 2 home runs by Mike Vollmer, a

home run by Eric Jaudzimas, and a home run by Bryan Storholm. Great Job team! Can’t wait for our next game

this week!

Holey Balls in Your Mouth

Pilot Media Bombers

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Pilot Media Bombers vs. Holey Balls

in Your Mouth “We had a great time trash talking Holey Balls

in your Mouth and it turned out that they definitely had the power to back it up. We had fun learning how to actually play wiffle ball and

what positions we like and are ready to kick some butts next Thursday. MVP was Angie

Vega who had a home run for the game and our only run of the night! Everyone did great and we look forward to our double header on

Thursday!”

Holey Balls in Your Mouth vs. Pilot

Media Bombers A lot was on the line...a first win for Holey Balls and bragging rights til the next game. It's hard to face a team when I work with most people

of them everyday, but that didn't stop me from saying some competitive banter throughout the

week. The Pilot Media Bombers have had practices and scrimmages prior the season

starting, but that didn't phase my team. Holey Balls started the game strong with great

offense followed with some strong defense. James 'El Capitán' went 3 for 3. No balls went

passed Jason 'Elmer's Glue' Barba and Theresa ' Sticky Fingers' dominated the first base. We

were going for a shut out win until it came down to the bottom of their line-up when

Angie 'The Sleeper' Vega cranked a homerun that literally slipped from our hands. It was a

great game by both teams. Whose balls....HOLEY BALLS!

Roscoe’s Chicken N’ Wiffles

Sloppy Seconds

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Chicken ‘N Wiffles vs. Wiffle Dat Azz We knew Wiffle Dat Azz was pumped because they were

in the lead for the logo contest so we had to bring it early. We came out swinging and scored all our runs, 6

of 'em in the first inning, a lot compliments of Rene Vargas who cranked a homerun (maybe a grand slam,

can't tell from the books). Wiffle Dat put up a fight and was chipping away at our lead by scoring a run in the

2nd, 3rd, and 5th. But our "D" was tight, with two back to back diving catches by Mike Mars. Our debut game was a lot of fun and our defense is what kept us in the game. Next week we plan on pulling it all together by firing up our bats as well. It was a blast playing some

great friends...a little friendly rivalry never hurt, right!!!

Sloppy Seconds vs Loose Cannons This was a fierce battle between both teams. Not a lot of smack talking, but just a little to make it a fun game. The game itself went back and forth. They took a lead, then

we took the lead. So in the bottom of the 6th inning Sloppy Seconds were up by 5 runs, and unfortunately the

Loose Cannons came back with a fury to hit a HR to tie the game. Both teams showed that they need a little work on both ends of the ball, but I'm sure we will get

our stuff straight by the time the playoffs come around. Looking forward to playing them again.

Diamonds in the Rough

Q: What team do you play for? A: Loose Cannons….BOOM! Q: Do you have a nickname? A: I have like ten: Ryno, Buck, Double R, Buckroe Beach to name a few. Q: If you could have 1 superpower, what would it be? A: X-ray vision would be pretty sweet. (Ryan,you perv!) Q: Boxers, briefs or commando? A: Boxers unless it’s laundry day, then commando. Q: Who is your celebrity crush? A: But there are so many…Charlize Theron is the first one I thought of. Q: Have you ever had any part of your body waxed? A: No…sorry to disappoint. (ah, weaksauce!) Q: Tall or short girls? A: Well, I’m 5’9”, so tall girls aren’t usually interested. Like I said, I don’t discriminate. Q: In your opinion, what is your best physical feature? A: I have nice calves…haha, I can’t believe I answered that! (ladies, go check em out!) Q: Who’s your favorite football team? A: Redskins Fo Sho!! (lost a lot of cool points here!) Q: Can you dance? A: I dance for comedic effect only. (DANCE OFF!!!)

Q: What team do you play for? A: Sloppy Seconds Q: Do you have a nickname? A: The Hammer (hmmmmmm……) Q: If you could have 1 superpower, what would it be? A: To harness the power of Mel Gibson, in the movie "What Women Want". (Are you a Marketing major? All marketing majors have and LOVE this movie) Q: In your opinion, what is your best physical feature? A: Slicked back (I think he’s talking about his hair?) Q: What’s your favorite feature on a girl? A: Da Booty (Have you met Ms. Assley yet?) Q: Who’s your favorite professional football team? A: PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (cool point!) Q: What cologne do you wear? A: Natural Pheromones, or whatever is featured on page 12 in GQ Q: What’s 1 thing you’re really good at? A: Making the perfect omelet. Q: Tall or short, blonde or brunette? A: I love them all! Q: Can you dance? A: I cut rugs period (this sounds naughty)

Ryan Roebuck Chris Pomponi

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The Dirt

Favorite Feature of the Week Seriously girls! Look at that bottom lip! When I laid my eyes on this bottom lip, I was like “dayum, now that’s a good bottom lip” Marcus Blagen of Loose

Cannons wins the best feature of the week. Dude, I am totally jelly of that lip.

Uh Oh of the Week There was a big “uh oh” in the girls bathroom! When

Rebecca Wipf returned to the table from the bathroom, she brought it to our attention that someone had puked all over the sink. There was an Uno employee baffled at

this horrific crime scene. I think he might have saw some guacamole chunks in there…hmmmm who could

this have been?

Crush of the Week “He caught my eye at the scrimmage games” says one certain lady on

Loose Cannons, who’s name I need not mention. He was def a hot topic after he left Uno last Thursday night. There was even a dude from Holey Balls in Your Mouth who wishes to remain anonymous

that said…”If I were a chick, I’d bang Chris Pomponi, no homo” Chris, now that you have this insider info, don’t let it get to your head…girls

don’t like cocky…we like confident! Now go get em, tiger!

No pukie here!

Winners of the Logo Contest After 2 straight days of harassing friends, family, co-workers, and strangers…Wiffle Dat Azz pulled out a win for the most “likes.”

Congrats guys, and I hope you enjoyed your 2 free pitchers of beer!

Stella Solorzano – “Yay, we won the beer” Erica Ehret – “We may not win games…but we win the beer!”

He Needs to Be Dropkicked in the Throat

Quote of the Week Charm to Jessica: “You’re a dirty girl!” Jessica to Charm: “Yes, I am…sometimes I have to fart”

I don’t know how it happened, and I don’t even know WHY cameras have a feature to erase ALL photos from it….but somehow Will

Somerindyke found that one option on my camera and erased all the pictures I had. GRRRR, Will!!! Since I’m too nice, and don’t want to slap anyone other than my boyfriend, I had other people to do my

dirty work!

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Announcements

Summer Ghent Bar Tour • SUMMER IS HERE! Warm weather is in full swing meaning we are getting primed and ready to hold our big annual

summertime bash, the Ghent Summer Bar Tour, on Saturday, July 30th to raise money for a terrific local charity - Hope House Foundation! To participate in this event, you will need to register online with a credit card or in person the night before or the day of the event. All Registrants will receive a registration bag with an event T-shirt, souvenir cup, souvenir magnet, souvenir koozie, guide map of crawl locations, other promotional items, a wristband good for specials at all sponsoring establishments, and free entrance to the big tent party and closing ceremony. For more info contact:

Please send any requests for “Announcements” to backyardsportsclub@gmail.com

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Floatopia Chicks Beach • Labor Day 2011, at Chix Beach right behind Don Julios

on Shore Drive. Bring your floatation device, big or small! They will be tied together to create one big floating island that will be anchored down. Stella Solorzano, the organizer, will be pre-selling t-shirts for $15, in which the proceeds will benefit the Special Olympics of Virginia Beach. If you would like to purchase a shirt, please contact her at:

Stella Solorzano – Captain of Wiffle Dat Azz Email: mextisa@gmail.com

Friend Floatopia Chicks Beach on Facebook!

Webpage: www.ghentsummerbartour.com Like Ghent Bar Tour on Facebook!

2011 Summer Wiffle Ball Classic • WHEN: August 27th & 28th • TIME: 10 am • WHERE: Virginia Beach Ocean Front (7th & 8th Street) • IN CONJUNTION WITH: East Coast Surfing Competition (ECSC) • REGISTRATION DEADLINE: August 15th

Registration fee per team is $300 with ALL proceeds go to The Noblemen. Minimum of 8 players (5 guys & 3 girls), Max roster 7 guys 5 girls max on roster. 10 max in the field. Registration fees get you a free t-shirt and free entrance into the sponsor bar.

Webpage: www.hrsocialsports.com Like Hampton Roads Social Sports on Facebook!

REMINDER: There is NO smoking at the fields! And please be discreet if you are drinking

alcoholic beverages. Coolers and Solo cups are your friends!!! We do not want to loose these fields, so PLEASE respect the rules! Thanks

Double Pitcher Contest Whoever “likes” Uno Chicago Grill | Norfolk on Facebook will be entered to win a double pitcher for your team. You

can find their page on Backyard Sports Club’s Facebook Page. Winner will be determined at Uno Chicago Grill!

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July Calendar of Events

• Vans Warped Tour

• Ghent Bar Tour

• Crush ALS Party @ Waterman's

• Brew Fest @ Town Point Park

• Jazz Fest @ Town Point Park

• 17th Street Art Fest

• Week 2 Games

• Week 1 Games **RAIN OUT**

• Week 3 Games

• Week 4 Games

• Janet Dobson’s Birthday

• Rolly Padilla’s Birthday

• Rob Baham’s Birthday

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The Dos and DONTs

• DO NOT bring alcoholic beverages to the field….or at least be discreet about it! • DO clean up after yourselves! Unfortunately, maid service was cut out of Backyard

Sports Club’s budget due to the economy. • DO be friendly to the Refs: Please do not yell at them…just remember, you’re the one

that will look like a jerk if you yell at them. • DO NOT be “that guy.” We do not own Uno Chicago Grill or the premises around it; so

when you do something stupid, you’re not excluded from any laws just because you are wearing a Backyard Sports Club t-shirt.

• DO NOT leave a fellow wiffleballer behind; we take care of our own. Don’t let your

teammate drink like a champ and drive home. Find the closest decent looking guy/gal, introduce them, and have them go home together.

• DO NOT be bitter. It’s super important that if you end up having a “sleep over” with a

fellow wiffleballer, be cool with them for weeks to follow. We’re a small community, you’re gonna end up seeing them all season! When they drop you off at your car, hug it out, smile…and say “hi” the following week.

• DO NOT try to guess that persons name! • DO go to our sponsor Bar, Uno Chicago Grill. It’s what the cool kids are doing. • DO NOT fight! This is a fun league, HAVE FUN! If you fight, fun’s over for you, you’ll be

kicked out. • DO always wear your Backyard Sports Club shirt. I know laundry once a week may be

too much, so it’s cool if you go a couple weeks without washing….unless you’ve got bad B.O. like Robbie Wright!

• DO NOT smoke at the fields!

**DISCLAIMER** Nothing in the Backyard Sports Club Newsletter is to be taken seriously, except for the schedules and scores! Please send scores, recaps, pictures, questions, funny quotes, and/or any information that you would like to be added into the week’s newsletter to backyardsportsclub@gmail.com 13

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