Thursday, April 24, 2014

VA Peninsula Spring '14 - Week 3 Recap


Let's take a quick look around the league with week 3's results.

Battlestar 11, NKotB 3
If it's true that chicks dig the longball, than the gentlemen on Battlestar definitely got lucky last night. The Ballsacks combined for 5 home runs in their rout of the Kickheads, including back to back to back round trippers by Michael Machie, Casey Heck, and Peter Switzer. Switzer also added another home run and a triple to fill up the stat sheets. But it wasn't all offense. Jason Wieszeck flashed some D by single handily turning an unassisted triple play early in the game to escape a bases loaded jam.

Breaking Brad 9, WAKA Shame 0
Whoa? Who saw this coming? After two games, the Brads have shown an explosive offense, putting up 9 runs in each contest. The "Mailman" Jonathan Williams delivered. Williams went 2-2 with 2 RKIs and a run scored. Defensively, they played solid kickball lead by charger Justin Waddle's recording several put outs.

Wrecking Balls 4, Chaotic KILFs 0
The Wrecking Balls defense shut down the KILFs, allowing no runners past 2nd base all evening. Thane Osterdahl snagged a line drive in stride and doubled off a runner at 2nd to put an exclamation on the Wreckers' victory.

Ballz Deep 13, Foul Balls 3
The Foulie's Joe Preseault launched a BOMB in the first inning that landed by the pitcher's mound in field 2. The impressive blast was described by onlookers as perhaps the farthest anyone has ever witnessed a ball being kicked. But that was a lonely highlight for the Foul ones, as this game was all Ballz Deep. The offense teed off and scored in every inning, including a six run 4th where they kicked through the entire lineup.

Just For Kicks 8, PBJT 0
The Jellies were looking to knock off another heavyweight this week, but it wasn't meant to be. "JFK, as a whole, epotomized the meaning of small ball," the Jellie's Jeremy Smithey said in a post game locker room interview (just out of the showers, nude, only wearing a Jushin Thunder Liger mask), "They got people on base and then rocketed kicks in every unoccupied spot on us." Bryan Freed particularly did some damage, going 2-2 with a double and an RKI.

Kick in a Box 2, DCOMB 0
This was a match between two exciting rookie squads. D-COMB turned some heads in week 1 with their impressive win, Luckie's performance, and overall enthusiasm. So much so, that they actually ranked #15 in all of WAKA Hampton Roads according to pundits. Meanwhile, the Box had a late inning collapse in week 1 that cost them the game. This week, it would be a different story. The KiaB defense locked down the athletic COMBS, lead by charger Todd Gular. "He is a nasty charger," Rumspringa's Geoff Morehart was quoted after observing the game, "[Gular] single handedly held DCOMB scoreless." High praise and a great showing by the young maroon team.

Boom 5, Ballsagna 1
The Boomers earn win number 1 in an impressive fashion over Ballsagna. Bailey Brown had a triple and 2 RKIs.

Rumspringa 14, #WAKAholics 1
'Springa sprung for two touchdowns. Afterwards, Holics coach Fagel Baer said, "My team got murdered. Slaughtered? Sacrificed? Rumspringa is just too good. But Jennie Stoeker did score a run for us."

Kick Ass 5, Plan B 4
Aggressive base running and timely kicking helped KA earn the walk off victory against the #1 ranked WAKA team in Hampton Roads. Manny Anderson lead the way, going 2-2 with 2 runs scored. Brent Wentworth (3rd person!) went 2-2 with 2 RKIs, including the game winner. (Please keep this in mind when filling out your All-Peninsula ballots at the end of the season)

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