Monday, June 30, 2008

Rising Prices

Northgate Market:

Strawberries - $5
Brown Onions - $0.99 / 3lb
Roma Tomatoes - $0.99 / lb
Limes - $1.19 / 3lb
Bananas - $0.79 / lb
White Nectarines - $0.99 / 2lb
Gala Apples - $1.49 / lb
Cilantro - 4 for $0.99
Bell Peppers - $1.99 / lb

Trader Joe's:

Ice Cream Bon Bons Vanilla - $3.69
Tamari Almonds - $5.49
Mochi Strawberry - $3.29
Swiss Cheese - $4.29
Sliced Pepper Turkey - $4.29
Pastrami Columbus - $3.99

Missing In Action

June 25th, 2008, 8:00 PM PST @ LA Fitness Hollywood

I didn't go to this game because I decided to go play at UCLA instead. I played for 3 hours. I heard we won by forfeit. Great decision here by me.




June 27th, 2008, 7:45 PM PST @ Joe Rodgers Field

I left for Sequoia National Park late Thursday night/early Friday morning and was not able to attend this game. We forfeited because we didn't have enough people.


June 28th, 2008, 3:00 PM PST @ Best Fit Gym

I wasn't here either and I heard we lost by 2 points.


June 29th, 2008, 2:50 PM PST @ Banning HS

I didn't make it back until 7pm so I missed this game too. I heard we started the game down 18-0 because we didn't have enough players and lost by 17.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Bad Beat

June 23th, 2008, 9:00 PM PST @ Pan Pacific Park

I didn't have any confidence in my pitching for this game because I was hella sore from playing dodgeball and tossing the football all day on Saturday. At one point, I threw 8 consecutive balls in the 3rd inning.

So I let Kendy take over in the 4th inning and he walked 4 straight batters to start the inning and I came back in. I did okay from hereon except for the fact that I made two huge errors in the sixth and final inning. Not clutch. Bad loss.

Game notes: We had a 14 year old playing catcher for us. The other team had 3 girls batting for them. I'm in love with their second baseman/right fielder hah.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Bad Week

June 18th, 2008, 8:00 PM PST @ LA Fitness Hollywood

Games were canceled due to broken rims. What the?


June 20th, 2008, 7:45 PM PST @ Joe Rodgers Field

I didn't go to this game because I went to the Dodgers vs Indians game. I heard we lost.


June 22th, 2008, 2:50 PM PST @ Banning HS

We won this game in double overtime. I didn't play much and we've got major problems. We'll be lucky to get out of the first round this year.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Winners Again

June 16th, 2008, 7:30 PM PST @ Pan Pacific Park

LegalZoom continues to win against teams not named Dead Presidents, winning again Monday night, 16-10. I walked 3 batters in a bad pitching game but good enough to win.

Monday, June 16, 2008

Sunday Shopping

Northgate Market:

Cilantro - 4 for $0.99
Apples Gala - $1.49/lb
Cabbage Green - $0.99/3 lb
Bananas - $0.79/lb
Tomatoes Roma - $0.99/2 lb
Cantaloupe - $0.99/4 lb
Orange Navel - $0.69/lb
Limes - $0.99/2 lb
Bell Peppers - $1.69/lb

Kim Long Market:

Ban Xeo Mix - $0.89
Chinese Sausage - $2.69
Bean Sprouts - $0.49/lb

Hitmen Wins, LBC Crushed

June 13th, 2008, 7:45 PM PST @ Joe Rodgers Field

Hitmen bats came alive for the first time in a long time in the top of the 7th inning. We posted a fat 11-spot, running away with an easy win. Sam pitched solid as usual and we win for the first time in 3 seasons. Bye bye losing streak.

Hitmen 19, Cal Twerps 4.

Batted: 4 for 5.




June 15th, 2008, 3:50 PM PST @ Banning HS

LBC sucked again as we got hammered 74-61 on Sunday before the Lakers' game. It sucks that my teammates have been sucking big-time including my brother. I think we chalked up the win though because the other team had more than 2 ringers. Whatever, at least the Lakers' won. I said all along that after the game 4 debacle, we just have to win game 6!

Friday, June 13, 2008

Yep We're Good

June 11th, 2008, 7:00 PM PST @ LA Fitness Hollywood

LegalZoom ballers smashed the first place LA Suns on Wednesday night. We killed them from the get-go. The final score doesnt say it but we were up by 24 points at one point in the 2nd half. We used a 12-0 run to start the 2nd half. The score at halftime was 25-18

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Eating Losses

June 6th, 2008, 9:00 PM PST @ Joe Rodgers Field

Hitmen lost a close one 12-11 to drop to 0-1-1 on the season. We haven't won a game in like 10 years. Streak continues.

Batted: 2 for 4.


June 7th, 2008, 9:00 AM PST @ Best Fit Gym

Crookedstraight was eliminated in a nail biter. This game was close all the way from start to finish. We trailed by 7 points with about 5 minutes left in the game until I hit a couple 3's in a row plus a and-1 layup sparking a comeback. We actually took the lead and were up 5 with under a minute left but I donked off 2 free throws near the end and they somehow tied it to send it to overtime.

In overtime, we won the jumpball and scratched first on a jumper by Tuan to take a 2 point lead. On their first possession, they missed a corner 3 pointer but got the offensive rebound putback plus one when I fell down and got up and fouled the guy. He made the free throw. Kevin hit a leaning jumper on our next possession putting us up by 1 point again. We then got a defensive stop and then they had to foul us. Kev hit both free throws to put us up by 3 with 8 seconds left. We had 2 fouls to give so we gave one in the backcourt, leaving them with 7 seconds left. After a deflection, they had possession with 4 seconds left on the baseline and managed to hit a game-tying 3 pointer. That guy that made it hadn't shot a 3 pointer the entire season (so he said after the game). He also made the sudden-death layup in double overtime to send us packing.

Here are some pictures:








June 8th, 2008, 10:50 AM PST @ Banning HS

I arrived at this game late (there was 8:24 left on the clock left in the 1st quarter). The other team was credited with 6 free points (you get 3 free points for every minute that ticks off if the other team doesnt have at least 4 players present at start of gametime). They got 8 more technical free throws because Manny couldn't make the game and he has our jerseys. Usually one of us would go to his house and pick up the jerseys but he gave us a late notice and forgot to leave the jerseys outside. Solid stuff.

As for the game, we dominated the first half with a random pick up off some team named Top Guns. That foo was balling for us. We led by 3 points at halftime. The second half was a different story. One of Tom's callups showed up and he took over for the Top Gun dude. He wasn't as good and was a definite factor in killing our flow. We lost by like 9 or something.

Terrible weekend.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Still the Team to Beat

June 4th, 2008, 7:00 PM PST @ LA Fitness Hollywood

We're too damn good. Big white Brian beasted for the second consecutive game. I'd have to say his line was somewhere on the lines of 18 points, 8 rebounds, 4 blocks, 3assists. Pretty solid.

My first game back (after missing a couple weeks) for LegalZoom wasn't too bad either. An effortless 20 points. My guy Marlon added a fat 30 including seven 3-pointers and Larry dropped 15 dimes. Edgar chipped in with a small double-double. We're just too damn good.

The second rematch of last year's finals wasn't even close. We made the Bulls looks average, leading by as much as 22 points and eventually winning 93-83. Good game Bulls, the 90's over. It's Lakers vs Celtics now. GO LAKERS!

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Easy Win

June 2th, 2008, 7:30 PM PST @ Pan Pacific

Neither starting pitcher in this game walked a single batter.

This league is weak.

Monday, June 2, 2008

A Lot of Basketball

May 31th, 2008, 12:00 PM PST @ Nogales HS

This was a good win. It was a good, tough game. We led throughout and pulled away late.

Boxscore: Click here.


May 31th, 2008, 1:00 PM PST @ Nogales HS

Crookedstraight was down by 12 points at halftime due to a barrage of three-pointers by the Ninjas. After we switched on defense from 2-3 to 3-2, we went on a big run in the 2nd half, eventually, taking the lead. We were up by 4 points with 5 minutes left but we couldn't hold it. The refs missed some calls and we kinda lost our cool a little bit again.

It was CrookedStraight's fourth consecutive lost. We're not necessarily steam-rolling into the playoffs here but I still think we can win it all.

We're in the playoffs! Solid.

Boxscore: Click here.


May 31th, 2008, 2:00 PM PST @ Best Fit Gym

I arrived with 2 minutes left before halftime and decided to just play the entire 2nd half. I was killing to start the 2nd half but then decided to miss 3 straight gimme layups. That other team sucked and they were really old. We should of won by 20but instead we lost by 10 or something.

Boxscore: Click here.

This game hurts because we would of made the playoffs if we had won!


June 1st, 2008, 3:50 PM PST @ Banning HS

We were suppose to play the team that beat us the first time around this season but they didn't show. We ran a scrimmage game with another random team and the final score was 106-106. We blew a 20 point lead. Sweet.

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