Thursday, April 30, 2009

League Schedules

Rockets Softball - Northrup Grunman in Woodland Hills
Thursday, April 9th, 2009, 6:30 PM vs No Fear
Thursday, April 16th, 2009, 6:30 PM vs Health Net
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009, 6:30 PM at Bomb Squad
Thursday, April 30th, 2009, 8:00 PM at Green Hornets
Thursday, May 7th, 2009, 8:00 PM vs Diablos - Postponed
Thursday, May 14th, 2009, 6:30 PM at The Dawgs - Postponed
Thursday, May 21st, 2009, 8:00 PM vs Blue Shield
Thursday, May 28th, 2009, 6:30 PM at No Fear
Thursday, June 4th, 2009, 6:30 PM at Health Net
Thursday, June 11th, 2009, 6:30 PM vs Bomb Squad
Thursday, June 18th, 2009, 8:00 PM vs Green Hornets
Thursday, June 25th, 2009, 8:00 PM at Diablos
Thursday, July 9th, 2009, 6:30 PM vs The Dawgs
Thursday, July 16th, 2009, 8:00 PM at Blue Shield

LegalZoom Basketball - LA Fitness in Hollywood
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009, 7:00 PM vs FLM
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs Usual Suspects
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs NYC Wonder
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs Milwaukee's Best
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs Trojans
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs LA Suns
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs FLM
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs Usual Suspects
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs NYC Wonder
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs Milwaukee's Best
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 7:00 PM vs Trojans
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 7:00 PM vs LA Suns
Season Ends - Playoffs:
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009, 7:00 PM - semi's
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009, 9:00 PM - finals (if necessary)

Cougar Bait Basketball - Mar Vista Rec Cen in Culver City
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009, 8:00 PM vs Pineriders
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs Final Score
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs VIPs
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009, 8:00 PM vs Nothing But
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009, 9:00 PM
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009, 8:00 PM vs Pineriders
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009, 9:00 PM vs Final Score
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009, 9:00 PM vs VIPs
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009, 7:00 PM

LBC Basketball - Banning HS in Wilmington
Saturday, March 28th, 2009, 5:20 PM vs Long Beach
Sunday, April 5th, 2009, 2:20 PM vs West Coast All-Stars
Saturday, April 11th, 2009, 3:20 PM vs Zoom
Sunday, April 19th, 2009, 12:20 PM vs Hitmen
Saturday, April 25th, 2009, 1:20 PM vs Pre-Eminent
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009, 3:20 PM vs Long Beach
Saturday, May 9th, 2009, 1:20 PM vs Sky Ballin
Saturday, May 16th, 2009, 11:50 AM vs Young Bucks
Sunday, May 31st, 2009, 11:20 AM vs That Team
Saturday, June 13th, 1:20 PM vs That Team

Dementors Basketball - Maywood HS in Maywood
Sunday, February 8th, 2009, 10:00 AM
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009, 12:00 PM vs Underdogs
Sunday, March 1st, 2009, 1:00 PM
Friday, March 6th, 2009, 8:00 PM
Sunday, March 15th, 2009, 11:00 AM
Saturday, March 21st, 2009, 12:00 PM vs Fellas
Saturday, March 28th, 2009, 3:00 PM
Saturday, April 25th, 2009, 3:00 PM
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009, 3:00 PM
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009, 9:00 AM
* i still need to pickup the schedule*

Key:
Green = Wins
Red = Losses

CB Wins

Arpil 28th, 2009, 9:00 PM PST @ Mar Vista Rec Center

I think we won this game by like 9 points after blowing a 21-point lead. We played these guys in the season-0pener. I don't know their team name.

Cougar Bait's Basketball Record: 6-0.

The Ballers:
Kevin
Viet
Matt
Jesse
Brett
Fredde

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

League Updates - April 2009

LegalZoom Basketball (Hollywood - LA Fitness)
Season #1: 7-0 season [finished 1st], 2-0 playoffs [won championship]
Season #2: 5-3 season [finished 5th], 3-0 playoffs [won championship]
Season #3: 7-1 season [finished 1st], 2-0 playoffs [won championship]
Season #4: 5-2 season [finished 1st], 2-0 playoffs [won championship]
Season #5: 5-4 season [finished 2nd], 2-0 playoffs [won championship]
Season #6: 11-1 season [finished 1st], playoffs start next week.
Next Game: Wednesday, May 6th @ 700pm.

LBC Basketball (Wilmington - Banning HS)
Season #1: 5-5 season [finished 5th], 3-2 playoffs [reached semi's]
Season #2: 7-3 season [finished 2nd], 1-1 playoffs [reached quarterfinals]
Season #3: 6-4, season [finished 4th], 0-1 playoffs [eliminated in semi's]
Season #4: 10-0 season [finished 1st], 0-1 playoffs [eliminated in quarterfinals].
Season #5: 3-2 season.
Next Game: ..

Rockets Softball (Woodland Hills - Northrup Grunman)
Season #1: 7-4-0 season, [finished 5th], no playoffs
Season #2: 3-0-0 season.
Next Game: Thursday, April 30th, 2009 @ 800pm

Dementors Basketball (Maywood - Maywood HS)
Season #1: 1-7-0 season.
Next Game: ..

Cougar Bait Basketball (Mar Vista Rec Center)
Season #1: 5-0-0 season.
Next Game: Tonight, April 28th, @ 900pm

LegalZoom Softball (Los Angeles - The Grove)
Season #1: 4-8-0, no playoffs
Season #2: 4-8-0, no playoffs
Season #3: 8-4-0, no playoffs
Season #4: 8-4-0, no playoffs
Unregistered.

Hitmen Softball (Long Beach - Joe Rodgers Field)
Season #1: 7-3-0 season [finished 2nd], 0-1 playoffs [eliminated in semi's]
Season #2: 8-2-0 season [finished 2nd], 0-1 playoffs [eliminated in semi's]
Season #3: 0-10-0 season [finished last], missed playoffs.
Season #4: 2-7-1 season [finished last], missed playoffs.
Unregistered.

NotGuiltyBrand.com Basketball (Pasadena - Eagle Rock HS)
Season #1: 3-7 season [finished 5th], 2-1 playoffs [lost in finals]
Season #2: 2-8 season [finished 5th], missed playoffs.
Season #3: 6-4 season, [finished 1st], 1-1 playoffs [lost in quarterfinals]
Season #4: 10-0 season [finished 1st], 0-1 playoffs [lost in quarterfinals]
Unregistered. These guys are still playing but this league is just too far for me.

CrookedStraight.com Basketball (San Marino - San Marino HS)
Season #1: 5-5 season [finished 3rd], 0-1 playoffs [eliminated in 1st round].
Unregistered.

Dementors

April 25th, 2009, 3:00 PM PST @ Maywood HS

Again, I was in San Jose. I heard we lost by 34, 118-84. We really suck in this league.

Dementors' Basketball Record: 1-7

LBC

April 25th, 2009, 1:20 PM PST @ Banning HS

I heard we dropped this one by 13 or so to Pre-Eminent. I was in Santa Clara for the weekend.

LBC Basketball Record: 3-2.

Rockets

April 23rd, 2009, 6:30 PM PST @ Northrup Grunman in Woodland Hills

I didn't go this one because of a friend's fundraiser at the Science Center @ USC.

I heard we won 12-11 to stay perfect for the season.

Rockets' Softball Record: 3-0

Thursday, April 23, 2009

LZ Closes Season With a Win

April 22nd, 2009, 7:00 PM PST @ LA Fitness Hollywood

We beat LA Suns by 12 points. I think the final score was 86-74. The season is over and the quest for the 6th consecutive championship starts in 2 weeks.

LegalZoom Basketball Record: 11-1

The Hoopers:
Brian
Viet
Miles
John
Nick
Ryan

I won't be able to make my softball game tonight because I'm attending a fundraiser. We're playing the Diablos.

Cougar Bait Stays Perfect

April 21st, 2009, 8:00 PM PST @ Mar Vista Rec Cen

I don't remember the final score but it was something like 56-44. We beat Nothing But by 12 points.

I didn't dominate or anything but I had a solid game.

This was a happy night because of what happened after the game.

Cougar Bait's Basketball Record: 5-0

The Ballers:
Viet
Kevin
Frank
Nesta
Jesse
Brett
Matt

Monday, April 20, 2009

LBC beats Hitmen

April 19th, 2009, 12:20 PM PST @ Banning HS

I didn't attend this game because I went the Long Beach Grand Prix.

I heard we won by 13 points. The Lakers also won by 13 points.

LBC Basketball Record: 3-1

Friday, April 17, 2009

Health Net-Loss

April 16th, 2009, 6:30 PM PST @ Northrup Grunman in Woodland Hills

We cruised to an easy win last over Health Net. I believe the final score was 21-2. Mike Chan batted me in the leadoff spot for the first time (apparently I impressed him enough last week with 2 hit and a couple ribi's including a hustle-triple).

Too bad in my first at-bat I only took one ball and then swung at the second pitch that was clearly out of the zone and hit a weak grounder for an out. I did crush the ball in my next 3 at-bats including a left-handed at-bat. 3 for 4 with a couple more RBI's and runs scored.

That pitcher was weak though so we'll see how it goes next time out.

Rockets Record: 2-0

The Players:
Ron
Mike
Michael
Ryan
Morgan
Dana
Gary
Peggy
Viet


Thursday, April 16, 2009

Payback

April 15th, 2009, 7:00 PM PST @ LA Fitness Hollywood

I didn't show up to the first outing when we played the Trojans. I got a text from Kev that night telling me that we lost...by 20. It's our only lost of the season. I'm not saying that I would of made a difference but three guys that did show up to that game were not there last night (John, Marlon, & Miles).

Either way, that wasn't good.

Round two was a different story. We beat the Trojans last night by eight points and were up pretty much all of the 2nd half between 8 and 11 points. They did cut the lead down to 4 points but never got closer than that.

I think the final score was 84-76.

The Players:
Viet
Kevin
Frank
Ryan
Brian
Nick

Finally

April 14th, 2009, 7:00 PM PST @ Mar Vista Rec Cen

I finally had a good game at the Mar Vista Rec Cen. Actually, my first game was pretty good but the last 2 were pretty bad including last week's in which I thought it was one of my worst games ever. Good thing my teammates are pretty solid and they made up for my suckiness.

It was my turn in this game versus VIPs.

For some reason we just didn't play well all game and there was a point in the game that all our buckets were just coming off me making breakaway layups and slashing after a quick pump fake for easy points in the paint (I'm just too fast for the defense to rotate over).

As for some notable moments..Jesse hit a big three with about 5 minutes left to tie the game. Frank hit two free throws in overtime right after they stole the tip and got an and-1 to go up 3. We got a stop and then I got one of my layups to put us up 3. After they scored to cut it to 1, Brett hit a baseline jumper to put us up 3 and they missed a couple 3's after that and Kev iced the game with a couple free throws.

We won by 5 points in overtime. I think the final score was something like 59-54.

Cougar Bait's Record: 4-0

The Players:
Viet
Kevin
Brett
Jesse
Matt
Frank

Monday, April 13, 2009

Buzzer Misser

April 11th, 2009, 3:20 PM PST @ Banning HS

We lost by 3 points to this team called Zoom. I played pretty well in this game except we didn't really play any defense. We were down by 9 at halftime and led by 7 after three quarters.

We were down by 3 points with 11 seconds and had 3 cracks at tying it with me missing the final shot as time expired. It was a wide-open shot, after James tapped out a missed 3-pointer that went straight into my hands. I'm not sure how I missed this shot but I just missed it. Good game us.

LBC Basketball Record: 2-1

The Players:
Nam
Viet
Tuan
Manny
James
Steve
Louis



Friday, April 10, 2009

Ouch

April 9th, 2009, 6:30 PM PST @ Northrup Grunman in Woodland Hills

We got off to a solid start for our softball team in the valley. We used a 9-run 4th inning to beat No Fear fairly easily.

I played right field for the first 2 innings, dropping one fly ball on a tough looper. I then replaced the injured shortstop and played there for the rest of the game.

As for the bat, 2 for 3 with a couple RBI's and runs scored. Not bad for a couple months layoff.

Rockets Softball Record: 1-0

Gamenote: There was a play in the 5th inning that kinda sucked for this white chick on the other team where our left fielder gunned the ball home trying to throw her out and the ball just zipped straight for her ankle (I heard a nice pop and thought it had just hit her shoe - unfortunately it didn't). She ended up scoring but was down and out and done for. I checked her out after the inning ended and there was a nice softball mark on her ankle-ball. She was pretty cool about it and definitely a true trooper as she came out and high-fived everyone on our team on a good game (traditional softball gesture after the game) on one leg. I told her that mark definitely makes her leg look a lot more sexier and she laughed. FYI, I didn't get the number. Nonetheless, props to this chick.

The Players:
Mike
Michael
Ron
Dana
Dana's Dad
Scott
Viet
Morgan
Peggy
James
Ryan


Thursday, April 9, 2009

Bounce Back

April 8th, 2009, 7:00 PM PST @ LA Fitness Hollywood

Our LZ basketball team improved to 9-1 with a 82-69 win on Wednesday night over Milwaukee's Best.

I didn't play great but definitely a lot better than my last 2 basketball games.

The Players:
Kevin
Viet
Frank
Miles
Nick

LegalZoom Basketball Record: 9-1



Wednesday, April 8, 2009

League Schedules

Rockets Softball - Northrup Grunman in Woodland Hills

Thursday, April 9th, 2009, 6:30 PM vs No Fear
Thursday, April 16th, 2009, 6:30 PM vs Health Net
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009, 6:30 PM at Bomb Squad
Thursday, April 30th, 2009, 8:00 PM at Green Hornets
Thursday, May 7th, 2009, 8:00 PM vs Diablos
Thursday, May 14th, 2009, 6:30 PM at The Dawgs
Thursday, May 21st, 2009, 8:00 PM vs Blue Shield
Thursday, May 28th, 2009, 6:30 PM at No Fear
Thursday, June 4th, 2009, 6:30 PM at Health Net
Thursday, June 11th, 2009, 6:30 PM vs Bomb Squad
Thursday, June 18th, 2009, 8:00 PM vs Green Hornets
Thursday, June 25th, 2009, 8:00 PM at Diablos
Thursday, July 9th, 2009, 6:30 PM vs The Dawgs
Thursday, July 16th, 2009, 8:00 PM at Blue Shield

LegalZoom Basketball - LA Fitness in Hollywood

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009, 7:00 PM vs FLM
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs Usual Suspects
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs NYC Wonder
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs Milwaukee's Best
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs Trojans
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs LA Suns
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs FLM
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs Usual Suspects
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs NYC Wonder

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs Milwaukee's Best
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 7:00 PM vs Trojans
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 7:00 PM vs LA Suns
Season Ends - Playoffs:
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009, 7:00 PM - semi's
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009, 9:00 PM - finals (if necessary)

Cougar Bait Basketball - Mar Vista Rec Cen in Culver City

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009, 8:00 PM vs Pineriders
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs Final Score

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009, 7:00 PM vs VIPs
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009, 8:00 PM vs Nothing But
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009, 9:00 PM
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009, 8:00 PM
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009, 9:00 PM
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009, 9:00 PM
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009, 7:00 PM

LBC Basketball - Banning HS in Wilmington

Saturday, March 28th, 2009, 5:20 PM vs Long Beach
Sunday, April 5th, 2009, 2:20 PM vs West Coast All-Stars

Saturday, April 11th, 2009, 3:20 PM vs Zoom
Sunday, April 19th, 2009, 12:20 PM vs Hitmen
Saturday, April 25th, 2009, 1:20 PM vs Pre-Eminent
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009, 3:20 PM vs Long Beach
Saturday, May 9th, 2009, 1:20 PM vs Sky Ballin
Saturday, May 16th, 2009, 11:50 AM vs Young Bucks
Sunday, May 31st, 2009, 11:20 AM vs That Team
Saturday, June 13th, 1:20 PM vs That Team

Dementors Basketball - Maywood HS in Maywood

Sunday, February 8th, 2009, 10:00 AM
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009, 12:00 PM vs Underdogs
Sunday, March 1st, 2009, 1:00 PM
Friday, March 6th, 2009, 8:00 PM
Sunday, March 15th, 2009, 11:00 AM
Saturday, March 21st, 2009, 12:00 PM vs Fellas
Saturday, March 28th, 2009, 3:00 PM

Saturday, April 25th, 2009, 3:00 PM
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009, 3:00 PM
* i still need to pickup the schedule*

Key:
Green = Wins
Red = Losses

Bay to Breakers


I just registered to run in this baby on Sunday, May 17th, 2009 @ 8am in San Francisco.

I chose option A which says that I need to do 8 minutes per mile.

Sucked Again

April 7th, 2009, 7:00 PM PST @ Mar Vista Rec Cen

I shot like crap again but the important thing is, we won again (thanks to Frank). I think the final score was:

Cougar Bait 68,
Final Score 63

Cougar Bait Record: 3-0

The Players:
Kevin
Matt
Viet
Nesta
Brett
Frank

Monday, April 6, 2009

12 Straight Regular Season Wins

April 5th, 2009, 2:20 PM PST @ Banning HS

We win even though I missed my first 6 shots. I think I finished around 3 for 13 from the field. Weak.

LBC Basketball Record: 2-0

The Players:
Viet
Tuan
James
Manny
Steve
Louis

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Cougar Bait

March 31st, 2009, 8:00 PM PST @ Mar Vista Rec Center

To my dismay, I found out last night that our team name is Cougar Bait and not the Assassins - not as I had hoped. That was the bad news. The good news was that we won the game by 26 points over Pineriders, 61-35.

The Players:
Kevin
Matt
Viet
Jesse
Nesta
Bret

Cougar Bait's Record: 2-0