Spring Softcore Kickball Downtown Tues/Thurs

A rare feat occurred Tuesday to end the final game of the night, and Kick Tease took full advantage of it. With 2 players on base, Anton Vaynshtok picked off a line drive from the kicker and quickly threw to second and first, completing a TRIPLE play to cap the win for his team. A terrific play, great job Anton!

Just when they needed it most, Christina Sullivan came up big for Kick In A Box in a game that came down to the wire. With their opponent scoring 6 runs in the bottom of the 5th inning, Kick In A Box desperately needed a big time play. With the bases loaded, Christina made a HUGE double clutch play in left field and kept all the runners at bay for fear of her Ichiro-esque cannon arm abilities.
That play proved to be the difference maker as Kick In A Box's defense held in the bottom of the 6th to preserve the win, 14-12.
Great game Christina!

"Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals" is what Ken Wall's elementary school PE teacher always told him. Little did he know that following his teacher's advice would earn him POTW honors in Underdog Kickball years later!
Ken played non-stop defense all game and limited the scoring of Kicktastrophe when needed in the 7th inning. Nice job Ken!

Eric Rupp was just following orders when he popped up in the 5th inning, after his coach told him, "Eric, just get it in the air." His next at-bat, his wise coach told him to keep it on the ground this time, and Eric did promptly on the next pitch with a huge game-sealing RBI single in the 7th inning. If only we could all follow orders to a "T" that well...Nice game Eric!

Pure athletic prowess as a kickball pitcher can be rare, but with Anton Vaynshtok, you can always bank on a superb performance. Anton decimated his competition by catching line drive after line drive, keeping their opponent at bay for the entire game. With the golden foot on his side for the night as well, Anton made the game a terrific all around performance. Great game Anton!

This weeks player of the week goes to Vanessa Carkonen for not one but two unbelievable catches. Vanessa played right field had stole two monster shots from her opponents ACE kicker. Both shots were deep, hard, and high and Vanessa was able to steal both kicks with excellent fielding which were applauded by the other team! Great job Vanessa!

This week's player of the week goes to Rob Jacobs of Team .08. This trash talking baller made an acrobatic catch at shortstop and got right up off the ground to turn a heads up double play. Fortunately for Rob and Team .08, this double play DID count, even though according to new rules created by Rob (called Rob's rules), this would not have been a catch b/c after he caught it, he didn't land on his two feet. Just one of many extremely creative rules in this wide spread, Barnes and Nobles best sellers. On a serious note, Rob made it a good time for his teammates and the opposition. Thanks for keeping it light, Rob...and sweet play at short!

Pitching is a key element in kickball. Where you place the ball can make or break the game. Dan had no problem with that. He was getting kickers to fly out, ground out, and just flat get out. What really stood out was his base running. Dan would kick the ball and not stop till he was home, producing a lot of runs for Purple Reign...Balls!!. He ran those bases like a bat outta hell. Dan put the team on his back and carried them to victory. Great job Dan!