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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Black Day

November 25th, 2008, 7:30 PM PST @ Pan Pacific Park

This game was whack.

Not only did I have to check weather.com all day long to make sure the game wasn't canceled, I was worried that the other team might not show up. I finally got an email from Ryan (team captain from the other team - Watchmen) around 4pm.

As for the game, it was raining on-and-off, and the lights actually went out after the top of the 5th inning. Apparently the whole block was without light due to a blackout in the area. So then we had to go down the hill and kick off these soccer players playing on the other field (this other field, for some reason didn't get hit by the blackout). Those soccer players weren't very compliant nor were they very happy when 25 guys came rolling down the hill with their softball gear in-hand.

Fortunately, after about 5 minutes of deliberation they agreed to let us use the field for 10 minutes hah. They were actually hanging around in right center field while we played the bottom of the 5th inning which luckily finished in about 4 minutes. Watchmen only managed one hit: a flyout, single, popout, and a groundout. Ball game.

I yell thank you to the soccer fellas in right center as we walked off but they didn't even bother to look hah. I don't think I would of gotten off the field to let someone play softball so my props go out to those soccer guys.

Random note: This black dude named Dana (who plays basketball @ lunchtime @ LA Fitness) was randomly there with some chick that he said invited him. And that chick, Jenny, apparently, are good friends with Kendy and his boys. Weird day.

Here is the boxscore to the game (I struck out for the first time ever in this league; I was caught looking batting left-handed):

Standings:

Monday, November 24, 2008

Two on Two Basketball

November 22nd, 2008, 1:00 PM PST @ Eagle Rock HS

I didn't show. I've only played in 2 games this season. I'm close to dropping from this zero-competition league.

November 22nd, 2008, 5:20 PM PST @ Banning HS

We (LBC, 6-0) were scheduled to play Lucky Charms (now, 2-4) at 5:20pm on Saturday but only two of the fools on Lucky Charms showed up.

We were actually short a couple players too so Kev filled in. It was me, my brothers Nam and Tuan, James, and Kev. Too bad we didn't have an opponent to whoop on. James left at halftime and we played 2 on 2 just to break a sweat in. It was me and Kev versus my two brothers. Needless to say, we didn't play very good defense against each and all four of us were raining threes all day. I think we shot at least 60% as a whole from 3 point land. The final score was something like 82-74 (1's and 2's). The brothers won but it was more of a shooting expedition than a game.

I was thinking that it's pretty cool to have two brothers that can actually ball. I'd have to say that it's pretty hard to find people who are actually good in sports. It's not that easy to just randomly pick someone off the street and end up getting a good game from them (in any sport you choose). In other words, if you can play ball or can play solidly in any sport, you're pretty talented. And since Thanksgiving is coming up, you should be thankful -- not just because you can play but to have limbs that can move.

Friday, November 21, 2008

Dead Dawgs

November 20th, 2008, 6:30 PM PST @ Northrup Grunman in Woodland Hills

Rockets 15, Dawgs 11.

We (6-3) took down another undefeated team pretty easily. The Dawgs are now 7-1. We led by 10, 15-5, entering the bottom of the 7th inning. Good game dogs.

We beat Bomb Squad a few weeks back when they were undefeated.

Batted: 3 for 4, 3 RBI's.

I heard the Rockets never beat this team before. The Rocket also have never lost to this team since I've been here hah. Just kidding, I'm not that good.

We can definitely attribute this victory to Killer Kev in left-field. He made some killer plays. Let's just say at least 3 of them would of gone on ESPN top-ten. Solid.

Scores:

Current Standings:

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Late Surge Comes Up Short

November 19th, 2008, 7:00 PM PST @ LA Fitness Hollywood

This game was a thriller.

LegalZoom trailed as much as 24 points in the 2nd half but came storming back in the last 5 minutes. I don't think we miss anything in the last 5 minutes of the game. We needed to make every single shot and we damn did. If it wasn't for a turnover by Brian Murdock with 18 seconds remaining (we were down by 1), I think we would of pull it off. Brian caught the ball and then fell down, and was called for traveling. I'm not sure if he travel or not but he ended up throwing the ball to me in the backcourt anyway (we would of been called for backcourt). A knock on B: he has Kwame Brown hands, isn't the most coordinated of most people and isn't clutch. He is a useful big body for boards though.

We actually had two three pointers to tie the game but Kev couldn't hit one. He and Frank made everything else in the last 5 minutes before that though.

Anyway, we trailed by as much as 17 points with like 5 minutes and change left and somehow made it a game. It was a pretty crazy comeback. A lot of people were watching, yelling, and screaming which made it pretty cool.

The playoffs start and end on December 3rd.

Here is the schedule:

7pm: (2) LegalZoom vs (3) Milwaukee's Best
8pm: (1) Trojans vs (4) LA Suns
9pm: 7pm winner vs 8pm winner