Spring Softcore Kickball at Denny Park Tues/Thurs

Andrew wins this week's Player of the Week award for a couple of BOOOOMING shots, including a 3 run home run that started the scoring for his team. He almost kicked one out to right field, but was called back because he was a little too eager and kicked it early. No worries, he came right back and smashed the next one to left field to plate 3. Congrats Foo!

Julie M earns this week's Player of the Week award for her stellar pitching performance, allowing only 1 run in 7 innings. That is quite the feat for baseball, which makes it that much more difficult for kickball. She was a very pitch-to-contact pitcher, letting her defense do all of the work and she just basked in the glory of being a phenomenal kickball pitcher. And did it all with a great smile on her face. Congrats Julie!

Julie the birthday girl earns this week's Player of the Week award. Why? Well, for one, it was her BIRTHDAY! And second, she played a great game, placing great bunts and getting on base every time. She also wreaked havoc on the bases, taking the extra base every opportunity she could, including a daring slide into second. Congrats Julie!

Ahh, the final inning. The inning where heroes are made and legends are born. Legends like Milan, who kicked in 3 runs to tie the game in the top of the 7th inning, then raced around and scored the go-ahead run on a single 2 kickers later. It was because of Milan that his team won, and that is why he is the Player of the Week.

They had an uphill battle, fielding only 8 players against a powerhouse Mama. Bjorn put the team on his back, and willed his team to victory. Whether it was pitching brilliantly, fielding his position, or kicking in numerous runs, Bjorn did it all en route to an upset victory and willing this week's Player of the Week award. He ended the game in style, fielding a ground ball from the pitcher position, touching 1st base and whirling around to nail a runner on the way to the plate in the foot just before the run scored. Awesome job Bjorn and team!

Seth had a tremendous offensive night and was very solid on defense as well. He mastered the right field line kick which is a toe-punt to right field that stays fair and goes far--good enough for 2 HRs and 5 RKI. He also made some great plays at first using a quick redirection to tag a runner not once but twice and made a big double play that ended a huge opportunity for Work Friends and prevented a big inning. Seth takes his kickball seriously but also seems to have a good time as well--thanks for keeping it fun!

Coley really came through on both sides of the ball and in both games of a huge playoff double-header for Kickin' the Balls. In game 1 he was nearly shutdown in CF and at the plate he came through nicely with a sac fly, single and double with 3 RKI. But in game 2, to earn a trip to the championship, his defense in CF was special and ended up being the difference in a 1-run victory. Two amazing twisting line-drive running catches late in the game were nice, but he set the tone in the 1st inning. It was a monster kick with runners on that surely looked to be over the fence--Coley turned and ran up the hill and over a few steps and immediately turned and jumped up in front of the fence to make the best catch at Denny park this season.