Fall 2013 All-Peninsula 1st Team

We're down to the final 11 players. The top vote getters at each position. The Fall 2013 All-Peninsula 1st Team!

Another perennial All-Peninsula standout is The Situation's Courtney Efird. She's an all around awesome player, but if I had to highlight one part of her game, it's her ability to kick away. If we had a longest kick contest with every woman in the league, I don't know if Courtney would win. But I certainly wouldn't bet against her and her powerful leg!

About time Randy Devlin showed up for more than 1/2 his team's games. Congratulations on earning 1st Team All-Peninsula in what was definitely the toughest category, Utility!

Another season, another All-Peninsula award for Amanda Doolittle. She's made a name for herself as being one of the best female kickball players in the 757 by consistently getting on base and playing lock down defense at third.

In his last season of WAKA VA Peninsula, Scott Duncan went out with a bang. The talented first baseman lead The Situation to a 2nd Wentworth Trophy® by driving in runs by the buttload. His ability to hit a gap is unparalleled. Which is why he is also among the league leaders in intentional walks each season.
But his contributions didn't just end at the plate. On the other side of the ball, he's become a tremendous first baseman. Duncan's ability to stretch and snag a ball gives The Situation that extra fraction of a second difference between getting an out and letting a base runner on. Seriously, have you seen his splits? 

I mentioned above that Scott Duncan drove in a ton of runs. Well, you can't do that if there aren't players on base ahead of you. That's where Jeremy Edge comes in. As the lead off of the league's top offense (7.36 runs per game) it all starts at the top. Edge's ability to paint the line makes him almost impossible to get out. Once on base, he's a cagey base runner. Always knowing when to push the envelope and take the extra base.

The definition of a 5 tool player. Is there anything that Gene Efird can not do well? Quick answer: no. Amazing defense at the charger position. Efird's extremely quick to the ball and has a cannon for an arm. Seriously, he tosses a chest pass harder than most chargers' over hand throws. In the semi-finals, I had laid a perfect bunt down the line, only to find myself out by half a step after a Gene strike to first. (yeah, yeah, I know I don't exactly have A+ speed, but still. It was a great play).
On offense, he can bunt well if needed. But his ability to crush a ball is what gets the most attention. Just ask April Moore. In the quarterfinals of the Fall tournament, he crushed a Mark Flores fast ball about 50 yards for a home run, and a damaged car!

Pop Pop's Hassan Dubose is a hard throwing lefty who has the ability to absolutely dominate a game. Exhibit A: In the season finale against Peanut Butter Jelly Time, Hass had 3 strikeouts to go along with his 2 foul outs in Pop Pop's 3-0 victory. That's 33% of all the outs in that game! Ridiculous.

In my opinion, The Situation's Kyle Lewis is the most fundamentally sound bunters in all of kickball. Very rarely will you see him kick a ball farther than a 2 feet away from the foul line. And popping up? Forget about it. That's not how Ky-Lew rolls.
The word on the street is that Lewis is retiring from the game after this season. If this is the case, the game is going to be losing one of the best. But he's going out on top. A Wentworth Trophy® and a 1st Team All-Peninsula award!

Pound for pound, the best pure athlete in the league. Lenora Harper's quickness gives her an advantage very few ladies can match. An advantage she leverages to get on base, time and time again.

Alex Noctor contributed another great campaign behind the plate for Pop Pop. One of the quickest catchers in the league, Noctor's range allows him to make plays on balls that a lot of catchers just can't. On the offensive side, Noctor is a reliable bunter and a solid kicker who stretches opposing defenses.















In the immortal words of young runner 314: Speed kills. And Jillian Simms has that in spades. She has used that quickness along with gifted bunting skills to become one of the most difficult outs in the league.