The Batter’s Box

Summer 2012 – Issue 1

• About The Batter’s Box

• Announcements

• Schedules.Scores.Standings

• Team Write-Ups

• Charities & Sponsor Bar

• Wiffle Ball for Dummies

• DOs & DONTs

• The Hookup

• Pictures

• The END

James Salgado, Charm Reyes, & Jon Reyes

Summer 2012 – Issue 1

The Batter’s Box

Double Pitcher Details on “Announcements” page.

Coming Soon To a “Batter’s Box” Near You

Then email them to me at backyardsportsclub@gmail.com

backyardsportsclub@gmail.com

Double Pitcher

Contests

Every team will be offered a space every edition of the Newsletter to submit something funny... write about their game... whatever...and since we’re doing a newsletter every Tuesday of every week, you have plenty of time to come up with something! If your team doesn’t submit anything, and isn’t in the newsletter, talk to your captain!

Ideas for Team Submissions When I say, submit something for your team, here are some ideas: • Play by plays of the game • Document the debauchery at the bar - i.e. describing someone’s amazing acting skills hobbling across the bar with a “sprained ankle” just to Ice a teammate. ] • Draw pictures!!!!! • Favorite quotes, poems, song lyrics, movie scripts, YouTube video, or motivational speeches! • Email chains from the morning after . • Funny pictures of you, your team, or something random on the internet • Give your team member awards - drunkest, loudest, person with the least shame, best off the face catch, etc.! • Anything. Really. Someone on your team is creative.

Submissions are due EVERY Tuesday by 7 p.m.

Backyard Sports Club’s email is

backyardsportsclub@gmail.com. I look forward to working with all of you!

** If you need extra time, email me and just let me know.

DISCLAIMER: if you have problems with keeping your language in check, not bashing refs, being overly nasty to other teams, and other no-no’s, the Editor does have the right to not include your write up in the newsletter if the content is deemed inappropriate or out of line. We will try to screen write ups as they are received, will try to let teams know so that they have time to resubmit, but there is no guarantee. The easiest thing to do is to keep it clean, be nice, and remember this is all in good fun.

Announcements

Please send any requests for “Announcements” to backyardsportsclub@gmail.com

REMINDER: There is NO smoking at the fields! And please be

discreet if you are drinking alcoholic beverages. Coolers and Solo cups are your friends!!! We do not want to lose these fields, so PLEASE respect the rules! Thanks

Hair Graphics

Owner and Master Stylist, Joy Gillenwater from I’d Hit That has been creating avant-garde looks for over 10 years. Educated by some of the leading companies in the salon industry; Vidall Sasson, Bumble & Bumble, Wella and Paul Mitchel, to name a few. She has a acquired a multitude of skills to give clients the exact look they want. Her work is inspired by the love of art and design specializing in texture cuts and creative color techniques. Joy believes that your hair is a very important part of your life, as well as your self-image and personality and looks forward to working with you.

Pembroke Chiropractic

Holly Hickson and Marcie Masterman from Holey Balls in Your Mouth work at Pembroke Chiropractic for Dr. Mark Soccio. Allow your body to “Fall Into Good Health” this season without the use of harmful drugs or surgery. Our holistic approach goes beyond the medical approach. Our first goal is to help you get out of pain as quickly as possible by assisting your body’s inborn ability to heal. Discover Chiropractic!

Don’t forget to like us on Facebook!

Happy Healing!

757-490-5828

American Red Cross Sand Wiffle Ball Open

In conjunction with Red Cross, Backyard Sports Club is hosting an

Open Tournament for teams everywhere.

Cost: $30 per player; Late registration after July 30: $40 per player. *Teams Co-Ed, minimum of 10 - maximum of 12 players (must have at

least 4 Females/Males). *Ages 21 and up.

... *Sponsor Bar: Calypso's Bar and Grill. *Pool Play Games and Top 2 from each pool will advance into single

elimination round.

*Register at www.backyardsportsclub.com, under the 'Tournament' tab: www.backyardsportsclub.com/tournaments.

If you would like to volunteer to help, please send me a message.

Please message me for any companies wanting to be a Tournament

Sponsor and I can e-mail or mail the sponsor letter.

Thanks to everyone for helping to make a difference!

CONTEST

Roll Deep Bring your team, your friends, your family, your neighbors, bring whoever….just get them there with your team. The team that brings the most people to Uno Chicago Grill, our sponsor bar, on July 19th will win the double pitcher.

Please submit all scores and write ups about your teams to backyardsportsclub@gmail.com

Week 2 schedule – Thurs, july 19th

standings

Da Bombers 1 1 0 0 Make it Rain 1 1 0 0 Wiffskey Militia 1 1 0 0 Rec ‘N Ballz 1 1 0 0 Pitches & Hoes 2 1 1 0 Down Wiff It 2 1 1 0 Sons of Pitches 1 0 1 0 Wifflin Dixie 1 0 1 0 Holey Balls in your MOUTH 1 0 1 0 Ball Busters 1 0 1 0

Team Name GP W L T

Week 1 scoreboard

Teams Score Pitches & Hoes vs. Make it Rain 2-6 Da Bombers vs. Ball Busters 20-2 Holey Balls in your MOUTH vs. Down Wiff It 8-17 Pitches & Hoes vs. Down Wiff IT 11-3 Sons of Pitches vs. Rec ‘N Ballz 7-10 Wiffskey Militia vs. Wifflin Dixie 12-7

6:30 Games • Wifflin Dixie vs. Sons of Pitches Field 1 • Rec ‘N Ballz vs. Pitches & Hoes Field 2 • Make it Rain vs. Holey Balls in your MOUTH Field 3 7:30 Games • Down Wiff It vs. Da Bombers Field 1 • Wiffskey Militia vs. Ball Busters Field 2 • Rec ‘N Ballz vs. Holey Balls in your MOUTH Field 3

Pitches &

Hoes

Pitches and Hoes started out slow in the first game but made a comeback against the good looking tie-dyed team in our 2nd game of the night. Their shirts/socks may have been awesome but the extreme highlighters killed them in runs and action moves. Drew Short was named VIP making the catch of the night with his extreme dive across the outfield to catch a fly wiffleball. You could see and hear the excitement on Arlene’s face every time she hit the ball. The brightness of our shirt colors emphasizes our teams true personality… excited, energetic, and ready to WIFFLE!

- Jen Price

Team write-ups

Wow, what a crazy first game! We lost the coin toss, so we were visitors, but I thought that would be fine, since we have chosen bat at first many times, but it didn’t work to our advantage this time. Wifflin Dixie was able to get a jump on us from the start with three to zero, but with our strong ‘D’ we were able to keep them from scoring for three innings after that. Thank goodness for that too, because our bats stayed cold until the fourth inning. We got three runs do to Jessica, Joe, and Kevin. Whoop Whoop, we were back in the game! Our next inning, our bats seemed a little rusty again, but good old Doogy showed us how it was done and hit a Dinger! Way to go Doogy! We were up by one in the bottom of the fifth inning when Wifflin Dixie brought in four runs. We were getting a little rattled, but knew we had to do so work, and our bats were HOT! We almost ran through our whole batting line up and brought in eight runs, line drives and a dinger by Ryan bringing in three runs…Now there’s the team I know and love! We were pumped and held Wifflin Dixie from scoring! Great Job Wiffskey Militia! And a huge SHOUT OUT to our new players. Please Welcome, Kevin Carpenter, Elizabeth Edge, and Curtis Bartholomew! They were Awesome! Also, Thanks Wifflin Dixie for making us Sweat out there. You have a Great team and your infield is Killer!

- April Cook

WIFFSKEY MILITIA

Da Bombers brought their bats out. We got off to an early lead and went from there. Everyone did work so shout out too (Ash T, Ash B, Dee, Wade, Swift, Jen, Shy, Tom, Brett, Tiff, Colie, KP and me aka Gordon) What a way to kick off the season. Great job also to the Ball Busters and hats off for that Triple Play they pulled off also.

- Gordon Boothe

Team write-ups

Promoting Ball Awareness...Since 2008

Ahhh, the start of a new season. Hope springs eternal. Everyone is undefeated with dreams of a championship run. The smell of fresh cut grass, the crack of the bat. Dreams of a perfect season abound.... Well that was over quick. We played Charm, Robbie, and Rob's team and they continued their winning ways from the Spring. The former champions did just enough to outlast us. The game was well played and the difference was the home run ball. They hit two or three and we didn't hit any. We played solid defense and didn't allow extra bases which is a marked improvement. I'm encouraged by the play of several of our new players and how they adjusted from life on the competitive softball circuit. When they get the swing down, may god have mercy on those wiffleballs because there are going to be some serious fireworks coming out of those bats. As always, we played missing 6 people so good to see that has carried over from the Spring. All in all, weather was perfect, bar was fun, two good teams. We were happy with the performance. Looking forward to the rest of the season!

- Will Buker

Team write-ups

Well, we took a bit of a beating in the first game, but we did see some positive signs as well. We started hitting VERY well towards the end of the game. Chris hit a MONSTER home-run and Shaun showed real hustle around the bases. Defensively we didn't look too bad. There were a lot of well hit line drives and hard grounders that were tough plays for anyone. That will come in time.

- Glenn Krinsky

I was pumped to go into the season….I got most of my baseball players back! I wasn’t going to captain a team this season, but when I found out most of the guys wanted to come back, I couldn’t not bring my team back. I have a couple new additions, and I must say, adding Tatum to the team was a great move. Although some people (ahem, Tatum & Brett) were down playing her, saying she has no athletic bone in her body, she proved that talk wrong. Another new addition, our intern…Jason Hodge, was another good move. His first time playing wiffle ball, and he hits a BOMB! And of course the usual people hit bombs, Brett and Baham. John, don’t worry, you’re bombs will come in time! Great game guys, and thanks to the Pitches for giving us a good game!

- Charm Reyes

Team write-ups

I could speak for my team, but thank goodness wiffle ball is back. I was happy to come back to a beer drinking team who drinks before, during, and after the games. I think Wiff It Good came into game fueled by the bitterness of losing to Holey Balls in the first round of last season's tournament. It was proven by Mike Mar's homerun and his great defense. The game was neck and neck til the 3rd inning when we couldn't stop the loaded bases. We were eaten up by base hit after base hit. I, myself, was a bit rusty and struck out a couple of times! Caleb had 2 homeruns which put 6 runs on the board. Although he didn't sign up til the day of wiffle ball, it's better late than never. We lost 17-8 but I know Holey Balls will come back as the season progresses. We are known for upsets and we'll have the whole season to perfect it by the tournament time. Great game by all.

What can I say? We are the team that not only decided to tie-dye their shirts, but dyed their socks as well. We are pretty awesome and it shows. I will say that for a team that looks like a bunch of hippies (correction, Tree Huggers), we are probably the cleanest bunch. Oh well, we all have dreams, I guess. I think we should all pitch in our savings, buy a nice, comfy volkswagen mini-van and tour around the country with a cool band like Pink Floyd or the Wailers. We could live of the earth or Mickey D's, it's all the same to me. We also happen to play wiffleball and we're super awesome at that too. Better luck next time Holey Balls and to the guys and gals of Pitches and Hoes, hope to see you in the playoffs.

- Antonio Pazos

Team write-ups

I wasn't sure how our team was going to perform since half the team have been playing together for a couple of seasons and the other half are completely new to the team. I didn't have too much expectations but to just go out there and have some fun. To my surprise we didn't do too bad. We played excellent defense and hit the ball pretty well. There is still a couple of things we can still improve on but I'm sure that will come along during the season. We did have a really fun game against Pitches and Hoes. They have a lot of good hitters once they get a figure out their line-up they will be a tough team to beat. Fortunately we got to play them early and edged them out to a 6-2 victory.

- Jon Reyes

We came, we saw and we.......almost conquered. We led the defending champs Wiffskey Militia the entire game. A huge upset was brewing (felt like Appalachian St vs Michigan) until...alas, Wiffskey showed everyone why they were champs. They finished us off 12-7. Maybe if yours truly didnt go 0-3 with nothing to offer but warning track power. Kudos to them, they turned it up a notch defensively and great timely hitting in the last inning with 2 hrs to boot. Im proud of everyone on Wifflin Dixie with only 2 of our 12 players having played before. The newbies are coming. Shout out to Kevin K for our only 4 bagger of the day. Shout out to Zac, Kevin V and Seth for their defensive prowess. Great job to my girls getting at least 1 hit each. Unos was fun as usual. Met some new people, looking forward to doing the same next Thur. Although I was mildly dissapointed very few could keep up with me. Lightweights!

- Joe Equitan

Charities & Sponsor Bar

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Wiffle Ball

Well, since no one wants to read the official Backyard Sports Club Wiffle Ball rules, here is a simple Wiffle Ball for Dummies to help you out as the season starts out!

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When running to first base, remember to run across the outside base. The reason for this is so the first baseman doesn’t crush you trying to tag you out. However, if you’re running to 2nd, you can touch 1st base and book it to 2nd.

Wiffle Ball

Well, since no one wants to read the official Backyard Sports Club Wiffle Ball rules, here is a simple Wiffle Ball for Dummies to help you out as the season starts out!

NO SLIDING! NO CLEATS! Unless the ground is wet!

NO GLASS BOTTLES! NO SMOKING!

Wiffle Ball

MOST IMPORTANTLY….DO NOT, DO NOT THROW YOUR TRASH

BAGS WITH EMPTY CANS OR BOXES OF “ADULT BEVERAGES” INTO THE TRASH RECEPTICALS THEY HAVE AT THE FIELDS.

These DO NOT Go Into the Trash Cans at the Fields:

The Field Manager has already warned us about this, and if he has to tell us one more time, he

will take away our drinking privileges at the fields…or worse, he can end up kicking us off these fields all together! So PLEASE take your trash bag full of cans, cups,

and boxes with you!!!

The Dos and DONTs • DO NOT bring alcoholic beverages to the field….or at least be discreet about it! • DO clean up after yourselves! Unfortunately, maid service was cut out of Backyard

Sports Club’s budget due to the economy. • DO be friendly to the Refs: Please do not yell at them…just remember, you’re the one

that will look like a jerk if you yell at them. • DO NOT be “that guy.” We do not own Uno Chicago Grill or the premises around it; so

when you do something stupid, you’re not excluded from any laws just because you are wearing a Backyard Sports Club t-shirt.

• DO NOT leave a fellow wiffleballer behind; we take care of our own. Don’t let your

teammate drink like a champ and drive home. Find the closest decent looking guy/gal, introduce them, and have them go home together.

• DO NOT be bitter. It’s super important that if you end up having a “sleep over” with a

fellow wiffleballer, be cool with them for weeks to follow. We’re a small community, you’re gonna end up seeing them all season! When they drop you off at your car, hug it out, smile…and say “hi” the following week.

• DO NOT try to guess that persons name! • DO go to our sponsor Bar, Uno Chicago Grill. It’s what the cool kids are doing. • DO NOT fight! This is a fun league, HAVE FUN! If you fight, fun’s over for you, you’ll be

kicked out. • DO always wear your Backyard Sports Club shirt. I know laundry once a week may be

too much, so it’s cool if you go a couple weeks without washing….unless you’ve got bad B.O. like Robbie Wright!

• DO NOT smoke at the fields!

**DISCLAIMER** Nothing in the Backyard Sports Club Newsletter is to be taken seriously, except for the schedules and scores! Please send scores, recaps, pictures, questions, funny quotes, and/or any information that you would like to be added into the week’s newsletter to backyardsportsclub@gmail.com

T h e H o o k u p

Ok ladies, how can you turn down an adorable face like this? With his big…HUGE…eyes. They’re just mesmerizing. And if his massive brown eyes don’t getcha, then his Vidal Sassoon hair cut should definitely seal the deal! Ok joking aside….Johnny is a really sweet guy; he’s like a big ole teddy bear! He’s a smart one too, he’s a “retired” lawyer. He’s a great conversationalist, we’ll just say that no topic is off limits! Johnny K loves baseball, he’s been playing since a little tot, he even went on to play at Virginia Wesleyan. His other love is taunting my fiancé about how his beloved Giants are better than the Eagles.

Johnny kasiski – rec ‘n ballz

Errday I’m wifflin

Wiffle wiffle wiffle

Norfolk, Virginia Backyard Sports Club, Blue Diamond Divisions