Bobby Knapp of RBar fame and HR Champ Runner-up would like to announce the Greenpoint Lions Club 21st Annual Toys for Tots Fundraiser.

When: Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

Where: at the WARSAW – 261 Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11222

What Time: 8PM-1AM

$20 donation at the door (which includes a buffet of food donated by local restaurants, and a raffle); you can bring an unwrapped gift for a child.

Cash Bar. Live bands in the main room. DJ’s in the other room.

You can also view their Facebook Page HERE.

For further information, please contact Bobby: bobbyknappjr@gmail.com

Godsy, Merhaut, Cesar, Jen10

Thanks to everyone who came out to The End of Season Party!! It was so damn good that it got crashed by an enitire marching band!

Special thanks to Jen of 4D Loggers for taking care of the raffle business and to Mike V’s firehousefolks for showing up and helping him out as well! There were peeps from 12 different teams there soaking up the scene at 4th Down and Mike V raised over $1000 for his NYC Marathon run for the Ronald McDonald House!

The Commissioner aint nothin' to F*** with!

We all won tons of prizes in the raffles including bar tabs, St. Johns tickets, autographed hockey pucks and Jason Merhaut of Black Betty even went home with this cool futuristic stereo thingy for his iPod!!

As promised, we presented our Commish, Joe Godsy, with an appreciation gift from the league which was an amazing framed personalized baseball card print and a small deck of cards that included all his lifetime WSL stats!

Up for sale now on CraigsList!

It was all put together by Jude Domski and my friend Mo McGowan from the original PourHouse team. With special guest Cindy from AT providing the Bio. He showed us all his gratitude by signing some of the cards from his collection and handing them out!

The Jenga tournament was a huge hit and the first round went down with wins from yours personally and Leigh Ann from The Gibson, Tim & Breeze from

Mike V divvies up the door prizes

Clems, Julissa & Jennifuh Pizza for Soft Spot, & Cesar with Jen10 for the 4th Down Loggers. LA & I were defeated in the 2nd round by those smooth boys from Clems and Jewels & Pizzette eked out a late win from Jen & Big Ceez’ with only minor injuries to spectators due to Cesar’s aggressive block blast-out technique. In the final it really came down to the wire with a good 34-36 block stack going…but Clems stole the prize from the Soft Spot vixens and

When Clems Wins... they win BIG!

went home with a season supply of Clinchers from BQE Sports, as well as a team cooler with easy velcro access from the Gibby’s.

xo

- Carly

The party benefits this guy... yeah...

Hey, Hey! The new 2011 WSL champs have been crowned and it’s time to get to the only thing we do better than play softball…PARTY!!

Geoff & Fourth Down are holding the End of Season Blow-out Benefit on Friday, October 21st, beginning @7pm. Check out the Facebook page HERE to view more details.

All proceeds will go to the Ronald McDonald House to sponsor everyone’s favorite WSL Baller Mike Vincitore who is running the NYC Marathon to raise money for his favorite charity. There will be an open bar from 7-10 and the first team member from each club to walk through the door will receive a door prize. We will also be holding tourneys for big prizes with the many bar games that 4th Down has to offer. Prizes were all donated by bars in the league and local establishments. Including Clems, RBar, Soft Spot & Pete’s!! You can even win a season supply of Clinchers for your team from BQE Sports! The cover charge is a mere $40 to support the cause. If you haven’t been to the neighborhood’s Best Sports Bar yet, I suggest you cancel your plans, book a sitter, do whatever it takes ’cause this is not an event you want to miss!! Get there early to secure a spot in a tournament.

If you can’t make it, you can hit the link below to make a donation for Mike V!! Remember it’s for the Ronald McDonald house so feel free to Super Size it, but no donation is too small:

https://www.rmh-newyork.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=335&tab=0&frsid=423

See you there!

2011 WSL Champions Spike Hill!

With the threat of another rain-out hanging in the air the final four teams packed up their gear, said a little prayer and headed to McCarren Park for the last Sunday of the 2011 season!!

The Turkey’s Nest and Spike Hill met in the Northside Division Championship on Field One. The Turk’s had a spectacular year and entered into the title match on an 8 game winning streak which included a one run victory over their opponent Spike Hill and were also the proud owners of the first ever T-shirted WSL Home Run Champion Mike Kornhauser! Spike Hill fell short as rookies in the 2010 playoffs, but made it back this season and defeated 3 Kings in their first ever play-off victory to be here this day.

2011 WSL HR Champ Mike Kornhauser receiving his t-shirt from Carly!

The Turkeys put up two runs and Zac shut Spike down in order in the 1st inning as us spectators slowly started wandering into the park to show our support. Spike’s short stop Eric Lebron blasted a homer in the bottom of the 2nd to tie it up, and then CF Mike Powell followed suit in the 4th to put Spike Hill up 4 to 2.  Still holding The Nest scoreless O’Malley’s crew batted in 4 more in the 6th to take an 8-3 lead. Turkey’s finally was able to string some hits together to tack on 3 runs in the 7th, but Spike Hill was not to be denied their shot at the title this year and eked out the win 8-6 Final. The Nest showed great sportsmanship and headed right over to Field Two, Turkey John Louis sporting the “new guy” Spike Hill Jersey, to root on the final two teams in the 2011 Showdown!

The Turks!

Here’s a little something from Turkey’s pitcher Zac who was bursting with pride for his flock: “The Turkey’s Nest ended another great season with a disappointing outcome, losing to Spike Hill 8-6 in the North Division Finals.  Despite great effort from all involved, the Turkey’s have now lost to the eventual champion 3 of the last 4 years despite overwhelming fan support (which is much appreciated, thanks to those who showed up).  We’re feeling a Boston Red Sox pre-2004 vibe here with the Turks (much loved but tough losses abound, Louis=Ortiz, Shafer=Manny) the question is: How many years are we going to wait?  All in all, it was a terrific year, highlighted by a 7 game winning streak to end the regular season and a 1st round Playoff win versus always tough R2R.  Mike Kornhauser topped the 1st annual HR leader Board and led the Turks in Hits, Runs, HR, RBI and Avg.  That sounds like a League MVP Season to us.  We’re not as old as you think we are, and we’ll be back for another run at that trophy and world peace next year.  Congrats to Spike Hill for an amazing team effort on Sunday, and to Betty for their 5 year run.”

'Doza

Meanwhile it was Mendoza Line vs. Black Betty in the Southside Division Championship on Field 2. Mendoza was looking to get back into the Final for the first time since 2006 before they have more kids out there than teammates! Christian would like to provide the recap:
“Black Betty brilliantly exposed our true weakness in the conference championships.  They know Mendoza Line pretty well after all these years.  And they know we’re a team chock full of douchebag music snobs.  Everyone’s a musician, or dates a musician, or is a music journalist, and we all dismiss any popular music as total crap.  True to their form as fierce competitors, Black Betty created a morale-destroying playlist for our game.  How were we supposed to concentrate while they’re blasting shit from their bench like this:

I’m not even joking.  Adding insult to injury, Shab, JB, and Jen Cooper were all in the dugout doing Rockettes-style leg kicks in unison!  This was quite a breakthrough strategy for the WSL.  I felt like I was watching an episode of “So You Think You Can Field A Ball While We Dance?” There was nowhere for us to run, and no earplugs in sight.

JB$ as John Cussak in "Say Anything"

But suddenly, late in the game there was a glimmer of hope.  We were coming up to bat and there was some Rihanna or whatever playing and the boom box just shut down.  I insisted this was because the boom box simply refused to play that song, and we were all quietly hoping that it was going on the DL for the rest of the season.  However Black Betty quickly regrouped and got the shitty music playing again and crushed any chance we had for a comeback.

Hats off to them for a great win!  There was simply no way we could compete.

But the secret’s out now.  You can forget about recruiting jocks through the internet in the offseason.  Next year some crafty team will get the WSL title by cranking up the smooth jazz.  Maybe even fire up some scented candles.  It’s gonna be an awesome lavender & sage scented 2012 season!”

The Last Betty Pre-Game Huddle of 2011!

Betty ran away late on Mendoza line beating them 11 to 4 for the Southside crown.

So we all excitedly, Big Bud’s in hand, crowded around Field Two, muttering under our breaths in envy, to watch Black Bettydefend their title against 2nd year Spike Hill.  Mike Camarra huddled up his champs for their last 2011 line-up chant as O’Malley and his club took over their bench and prepared themselves for their first ever shot at the legendary WSL Trophy!

Here’s the recap straight from the 2011 WSL Champion Captain Mike O’Malley!!

“This was a defensive battle that either team could have won.  We scored one in the bottom of the first on an RBI by Lebron.  Betty answered in the top of the second on a single by Mike Camarra, who drew a throw at 3rd on a single and then scored on an errant throw.  Betty went up 2 to 1 in the fourth, but that was all they would get.  We pushed across 3 in the 6th and one more in the 8th to take the game.  Key plays – 3 double plays and a ridiculous back hand grab by Lebron in an inning that started with 2 singles leading off.  JB was great mixing it up, but

Champs!

Kevin and our defense prevailed in the end.  From Morgan’s double play, to Matt’s diving grab at 3rd, to Jake’s splits at first to convert a double play in the 8th, it was a team effort.  Hard to pick out an MVP.  Mulcahy was clutch, Powell and Lebron were clutch at the plate and Morgan started both our rallies in the 6th and the 8th to put us up for good.   And, Kane was great as always – it was only right that he fielded the come-backer and tossed it over to first for the final out.  I can’t pick an MVP – it was a team effort and everyone contributed – despite the jokes and the rumors that I pay players (just heard that one – that was a good one, but please don’t give anyone ideas – ha) – this was a team, we pulled together, we care about eachother and we won together, each of us playing our part in winning this championship.  Betty was very classy in defeat and this game, like the Nest game, could have gone either way… There were great teams this year in this league and up and comers, and we are happy to have one and look forward to next season where I’m sure that the league will continue to be more competitive and more fun, and where we still won’t go to Spike Hill after the game.  Gibson baby, Gibson!”

The Umps: Locke, Buttah & Deitz Doppelganger

So there you have it! After a half of a decade long dynasty the Great and All Powerful Black Betty is shockingly outscored 5-2 in a fantastic match-up that had us all on the edge of our lawn chairs for the extent of the game! Congrats to Spike Hill who rallied together and showed real team chemistry to put an end to the Black Era. All four of the teams played like real champions out there on Sunday and showed nothing but class all around! Also, a special shout-out to Umps- Locke, AlButtah & DeitzDoppelganger for a hell of job!

Let’s get some good old fashioned fun games going in the park in the final sun-filled weekends!! Thanks for all the website support!!!

-Carly

Spike Hill Wins It All!

Congratulations to Spike Hill for winning the 2011 WSL Championship.

Recaps, updates, pics and all sorts of fun stuff to follow!!

JB$

For the WSL Championship Preview, we are very fortunate to have Christian Ver Halen of Mendoza Line and JB$ of Black Betty contribute to the site and put to together their very own preview.  Take it away fellas!!

CVH: Yo Monet, so Carly asked (demanded) me to ask you to do some sort of point/counterpoint preview for the WSL playoffs.  Your answer is “yes.” Go!

JB:  Well, I was trying to get out of that line of work…I feel like Mel Gibson explaining myself to Michelle Pfeiffer.  Yeah I just called you Michelle Pfeiffer.  Good luck and God bless America.

CVH: Do you have any idea how much cooler it is to be Michelle Pfeiffer than Mel Gibson??  Think about it.  If you’re Mel then you have to walk around knowing everyone thinks you’re an ass bag. But if you’re Michelle Pfeiffer you can just get naked and stand in front of a mirror all day.

JB: Michelle Pfeiffer back in the 80’s or Michelle Pfeiffer today?

CVH: C’mon man.  80’s.  Although she’s still a GILF today.

CVH!

JB: Agreed.

CVH: Which team do you think she would like in the North?  Turkey’s Nest or Spike Hill?

JB: I don’t think she’d waste her time on either of them.  I’m pretty sure she prefers men.

CVH: Wow.  Ok. What happens if at some point during the 1^st games Godsy and John Louis hit bombs at the exact same time and they collide midair?  Will it create some sort of space-time vortex?  And if so, could we work it out so that we arrive in the late 80’s so we can have Ms. Pfeiffer decide which team she would want to win?

JB: That’s not physically possible!  Godsy can’t hit my pitching.

CVH: I don’t know about that.  He told us he’s dropping mad bombs on 9/11.  And Derek promised to take down the Twin Towers of Black Betty and Spike Hill.  But knowing Derek he was probably referencing Lord Of The Rings.

JB: With 5 straight championships I AM THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

CVH: Whatever, back to the North.  I’m definitely rooting for the ol’ school.  But after witnessing Turkey’s collapse against Betty a couple years ago I’m just not sure.  They do have a pretty incredible lineup.  I don’t really know the players on Spike Hill because I don’t hang out at that bar.   Turns out they don’t either.  I guess it’s a long way from Connecticut or wherever they’re coming from to play at McCarren.  But I did go to one of those  “what if they did it” websites and created a lovechild between Spike (Lee) and Hillary (Clinton):

JB: You can’t beat that.

CVH: That’s what I’m sayin’. Spike Hill in the North. 

JB: Damn right.  I’d tap that, by the way.

CVH: Yikes!  What about the South?  Everyone knows that the Evil Empire has won 5 straight.  But Mendoza Line has always had great games against Betty.

JB: Not in the playoffs.

CVH: Whatever, jerk.  In the last 7 years we’ve won 1 Championship, been to the Finals 2 more times, and been to the Conference Finals 3 more times.  Not bad for a bunch of nice, patient people.

JB: Depends on your definition of “not bad.”

CVH: You’re right.  That attitude gets us nowhere.  Betty in the South.  What about the Finals?

JB: You can call me the new “Craigslist Killer,” because I’m going to no-hit Spike Hill.

CVH:  OK, there you have it folks.  Black Betty is our pick to win their 6^th straight WSL championship!  Thanks for another great season. 

DISCLAIMER: Some characters appearing in this article are fictitious.  Any resemblance to a real person named “JB”, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

The Hurricane Is Coming!!

Rain-out.

Okay, fine! Let’s just pretend that we are not 100% going to get hit by the rainiest, hurricaniest, weekend ever.

FIELD ONE THE NORTHSIDE DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP:

Spike Hill: They made it! I wonder what O’Malley’s going rate is per RBI during the play-offs? Don’t be surprised if Silverman is sportin’ a new pair of cleats this Sunday! So, they got The Turkey’s Nest and from the poll, this is the team we all want to win it all! The Nest is on an 8 game winning streak heading into the Northside Championship and they’ve already beaten Spike Hill… But only in their second meeting. If The Nest pulls it off rumor has it they have a secret weapon for the WSL Championship game: John & Chirstie Louis have a new little gobbler, Jack Louis (CONGRATS!!!), that apparently has his eyes set on Little Miss Violet already. These guys will stop at nothing to bring the trophy to The Nest!

FIELD TWO THE SOUTHSIDE DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP:

Black Betty vs Mendoza Line. Mendoza is back in the Final Four! They’ve beat Rbar, finally, and they don’t know what that means but they’re going to roll with it anyway!! Mendoza got their hands on Clem’s Black Betty playbook, so this could get interesting, indeed! In case you haven’t heard, The Black is back to make their Sixth Run for the Title, and amazingly Sunday playoffs are STILL more exciting then Saturday!

I’m not going to predict where it’s going to go from here. We got four great teams vying for a shot in the final and they’ve all got what it takes. Let’s just be safe and hope that Battleship Clemerica doesn’t sweep in on Irene to pillage the WSL trophy!

This is it! (Until 9/11 when these games will actually be played!)

- Carly

Buy popcorn from Julissa's nephew Sam and help support the Cub Scouts!!

WSL:

Great season!

I have got a favor to ask.  My nephew Sam is a cub scout.  He loves it!  There is a ‘popcorn’ fundraiser that the scouts get 70% of their sales.  If you are not a fan of popcorn, there is also an option to send popcorn to our TROOPS!  The deadline is October 16th.

You can order directly through the website: http://www.trails-end.com/estore/scouts/email_referral.jsp?id=14603943

Thanks all and see you soon!

Julissa Rosado
(Soft Spot Yeti)



I know, it's a little extreme...

Hello Sportsfans!!

Well, you voted, they were counted and the results are in and it looks like you know the pulse of the league. We got all the votes right, except one. Not bad!! Let’s take this hot streak to Vegas, baby!

I would love to say we have a FINAL vote count, but it looks like people are still voting for games… that have already been played. Who knows?

But let’s analyze these things shall we?? This is as of 10:26am this morning.

Good Co vs. 3Kings – WRONG!
You voted that Good Co would beat 3Kings. 99 People voted and 65% went for Good Co. Unfortunately, Good Co did not hold up the vote and was the only team to get upset in the playoffs this year, losing to 3Kings 16-3.

Turkey’s Nest vs. Reel 2 Reel – RIGHT!
This was a close vote, we had a solid 100 people vote for this one with 54% voting that the Nest (not Teachers) would come out victorious over their rivals, R2R and it looks like that was correct!!

3Kings/Good Co vs. Spike Hill – RIGHT!
In our hypothetical poll (hypothetical because we didn’t know who Spike Hill would face) 74% of you voted that Spike Hill would beat either of those teams… in fact, I think Spike Hill could have beaten both of those teams COMBINED. They were on fire as they had big win against 3Kings.

A/T vs. Soft Spot – RIGHT!
With 91 people voting, 62% of you said that the Yetis would come out victorious over the A/T All-Stars and you were right.

Rbar vs. Mendoza Line – RIGHT!
In the closest vote of the whole shebang, 92 people voted that Mendoza Line would win and 51% of you were correct! The vote was just as close as the game as The Line pulled out a close victory over the Bums of RBar.

A/T All-Stars/Soft Spot vs. Black Betty – RIGHT!
In a runaway vote, with 93 people voting, 73% said the Betty would win and you were right… barely! Soft Spot and the Betties put on a classic rain-slopfest and the Betties barely pulled out a victory over their rivals 10-9.

Who Will Win The North?
96 people voted with 36% of you saying Spike Hill is going to the big dance… but now that you’ve seen Turkey’s Nest play and Spike Hill play… are you still confident that SH will make it??

Who Will Win The South?
In the Southern Division, 96 people voted with 47% stating the Betty would make it to the big dance again with RBar coming in 2nd and Mendoza only getting 12% of the vote. But now, Rbar is out, the Betty eked out a victory and Mendoza is in the Semi-Final game. What will you vote now?!

Who Will Win The 2011 WSL Championship?
A whopping 112 people voted for this one and oddly enough you voted for Turkey’s Nest to win it all at 16%! Not that it’s odd that Turkey’s would win, but it’s odd that Turkey’s didn’t even get the vote to win their division, but get the nod to win it all, which means 87% of you were drunk when you voted. Statistics never lie!!

Now, what, do you ask do all these statistics mean?? Absolutely nothing.

So, let’s do it again!!! Now that we’ve got our Semi-Final games set we only have 4 teams to vote for. Here we go!

North Semi-Final Vote:

South Semi-Final Vote:

2011 Williamsburg Softball League Champion Vote:

And the weather vote!!

Remember, this is an open vote, so you can have anyone you want to vote, just send them to the site. But, please try to vote once so we can keep this as unscientifically accurate as possible.

Well, there you have it. Hopefully the rain will hold off and we can finish up this season. If we have to push it back, who knows what’ll happen, but I’m sure we’ll vote on something.

Thanks!

- H

Getting Cuddly during the Rain Delay!

Down to the Final Four! Last year it was Reel2Reel, Phantom (Good Co.), RBar and Black Betty, but the only team to make it back into the final four in 2011 is the defending Champs Black Betty! Everyone had a great 2011 season and there were a lot of surprises. Here’s how Round One of the 2011 WSL Playoffs went down! If you missed it you’re a chump!

Rainbow Sprinkles!!

NORTH - 3Kings vs. Good Co
3 Kings and Good Co played a hell of a game and kept it really close until the 9th when the Kings showed off their offense and gained quite a lead on the pink ladies. 3 Kings pulled off the upset and won their first ever playoff game and advanced to meet Spike Hill in the 4:30 slot!! Congrats are in order! Now someone try and top Good Co’s season BBQ.

SOUTH – A/T vs. Soft Spot
AT gave it their all in their first trip back to the playoffs, but the Yeti’s would hear nothing of it. They wanted their yearly shot at the Betties and wouldn’t budge. They sealed it by 7 runs and moved on to game 2. All-Star Daniel broke his shoulder on a slide into 3B, but still stuck in there to play first for his team! He’s the one of the MVP Rookies of the North this year, fo sho!

A/T O.G.'s

Here’s a recap from A/T Manager Gerald: Both teams went blow for blow and the game was tied up 9-9 until A/T stop hitting and Soft Spot kept hitting. But in what has been A/T’s season long custom of never say die, we loaded the bases in the 9th, but it was not meant to be. We were beaten by a team that has been together for many years and many wars and this was our first entrance into the playoffs as the New A/T. Even though we are the original team of WSL, starting way back when it was just a handful of guys/girls playing catch behind the red brick shit house, we were a new unit this year with a new attitude and determination. Vinny and Justin along with myself lead a team filled with fun awesome people who’s real intention was to have a fun time on a Sunday afternoon and enjoy the best softball league in NYC. With that attitude we won more game this season than in the three past seasons combined. We will just build on what we experienced this year and look forward to playing better in 2012.

Da Bums!!

2PM SOUTH – Rbar vs. Mendoza Line

Joe Godsy’s lucky playoff beard came through for the Mendoza Clan and they finally, finally, FINALLY beat the Bums! Right from the get go you could see that this was going to be a low scorer. Mendoza lead 1 – zip in the fourth when Josh Rodriguez hit a two run blast, then Mendoza would tie it up in the bottom half of the inning. Both clubs stayed quiet until the 6th, when Mendoza took a four run lead, but Rbar answered right back with 5 runs in the seventh on seven hits! The Bums, nervous with a one run lead, fell apart in the bottom of the 8th and gave up a crucial hit to ‘Doza, giving the fancy hats a two run lead which they held through the last inning to win it 9-7! The Men of Doza were even allowed to grunt at each other for a couple beers before their women called them home in time for dinner.

2PM NORTH – Reel 2 Reel vs. Turkey’s Nest
Over in the North, Reel 2 Reel takes an unfortunate early exit this year. Without key teammates, Jordisco and Mr. Right Next Door, the Nest cleans house anyways and Turkey’s hurler Zac earns the recap of the week spot:

The HR Champ, and the swing that produced all those bombs!

The Turkeys jumped out to an 8-5 lead in the 4th. R2R tied the game in the 5th at 8-8 with a sun-aided 3 run homer, but then the Nest answered right back with 5 in the bottom of the inning on 4 straight 2-out singles (Andy, Mike, JL, Chris) all followed by a huge clutch 3 run homer by George Taramona, who was 4-4 with 6 rbis (George said it was his best game as a Turkey, I’ll bet you agree) Reel to Reel did not score in the last 4 innings due to terrific defense highlighted by several Kornhauser to Kornhauser plays, great range in the OF and the incredible stretching abilities of giants Andy Breving and Chris Newmayer. The Turkeys added 4 more in the 8th because you can never have too many insurance runs in the playoffs. Everyone in the Turkeys lineup had a hit or an RBI! The Turkeys look forward to playing Spike Hill this weekend, may the best team win!!

I would like to personally give a shout-out here to Mama Kornhauser for baking Victory Cupcakes for everyone that was close enough to gobble them up!! The Nest wins Most Delicious Game of the Week!! And speaking of the Kornhauser Clan, we didn’t have a pic to show you our Home Run Champ last week, but fortunately we’ve gotten one now.

4:30pm SOUTH – Black Betty vs. Soft Spot
With the threat of rain lurking to all of us who remained sober until an unimaginable 4:30, the 1st place teams swaggered in with nerves of steel to play the winners of the 11:30am games. O’Malley set up his bat display rack for what he prayed wouldn’t be the last time, and Black Betty started pumping old hits on their iPod stereo for motivation.

April getting cold from the rain, but staying warm with a beer!

Spike Hill took an early 10 run lead against 3 Kings, and Soft Spot and Betty kept it close as usual when the storm hit! Tension broke under the big tree as we all snuggled up close under any shelter we could find and took a few minutes to share the league love. That was nice… it’s been a while.

Then the storm passed and the competitors all headed back out to the rainy and sloppy fields to find Camarra still planted firmly on 1B. He’s not falling for any of your rainy tricks Yeti’s!! Soft Spot opted for the rally no-shirts over the rally caps and what a game this became!! Black Betty took a nice little lead midway, but Baby-Boy closed in on it by clearing the bases on a late inning triple! Camarra threw out Yeti Zak trying to tag up from third and slid into JB$ at the plate to end the threat. The game was tight the entire way until the last inning. The score was 10-9 Betties. The Betty had a run that the Yeti’s missed somewhere, somehow, and the defending champs walk away with the W once again! OUCH! To advance to the semi-finals. Jody Camarra took a bunch of pictures of this sloppy rain game that you can view here. Enjoy!!

Jake and Silverman: SH4Life

4:30pm NORTH – Spike Hill vs. 3Kings
3 Kings rolled in against Spike Hill after a big win against Good Co earlier in the day. After their huge victory, 3 Kings was feeling pretty confident going up against the North Regular Season Champs and top offensive club in the league. But, Spike Hill dominated the Kings with a big win to send a shudder through the league. They scored 10 runs in the first three innings, Matt Silverman had 2 – 3 run HR’s and the defense held it down for a crazy solid victory. Matty No Times and crew deserve props for winning their first play-off match up ever in the earlier game, though, and making a name for themselves this year in the WSL!

So, it’s Spike Hill vs Turkey’s Nest for the North Division Title, and Black Betty vs Mendoza for the South.

This Sunday will determine our division titles as well as crown the champs! Let’s all pray for sun!!

- Carly

(Editor’s Note: We have officially removed the Forum from the WSL Site. It’s a pain in the ass to maintain and now that we have a fully working Facebook page, we can use that as our Forum. Please feel free to use that if you want to look for players, or for lost and found and anything else you can think of. Thanks!)