Month: July 2009

Ducks win: Ducks 2 Bulldogs 1

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Captain America: CG, 4h 1er, 7 k.

Casale: 2 for 3, 2 R
Gwin 1-2, SF rbi
Depo, Gies, and Coby all had infield hits.

Casale scored the game winning run after two consecutive throwing errors by the bulldogs.

The South Oakland Ducks of the North Side finish the 2009 regular season with a record of 16-8.

Recap later.

Gameday [24] Ducks vs. Bulldogs

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Ducks (15-8) vs. Bulldogs (12-11)
12pm
Ohio River Blvd. Field
(right off rt. 65)

The Black Sox (16-6) beat the Matadors [ (11-10-1) by a score of 9-3, and clinched 2nd place on Saturday.

Congrats Kenny Powers.

It is official, we play the Gray Bats in six days.

***

Martin is here

Today’s game against the Bulldogs is “meaningless” for both teams.
The Bulldogs (by way of the Matadors forfeiting too many games) have already locked up a conference semi final game against the Warriors, while the Oilers and Bombers will have a play-in game the winner of which gets the Fightin’ Rafalski’s.

16-8 looks a lot better than 15-9.
Primarily we want to get everyone in and get our pitchers some work.

I have no idea what this is about.

Bad News for the Bulldogs.



Quack.

Ducks & Graybats – Playoff Preview?

2009 Ducks Baseball
The 2009 NABA playoffs are quickly approaching, and matchups are being determined with each passing day. However, one contest looks like it may already be set, with potential epic consequences.

Ducks vs. Graybats
It is coming

Much has been said of the previous meetings between the two teams. Guaranteed victories and threats of retirement have both been parts of the division series. Now it comes down to this.

Playoff time.
With the new format this year, all teams make the playoffs (not counting forfeiting teams) regardless of regular season record. This was voted on by all teams during the offseason, and it passed with little opposition. While there are a number of positives about this format, it takes away some of the intensity of the regular season as well. We all know the great playoff run by the Ducks at the end of 2008.

But now teams in the basement of the division standings have a chance to upset better teams in the first two rounds of the playoffs. The Graybats are counting on this.

They are praying for it.

Praying for more juice, just like the Bats

But while much has been said of the previous games, much is expected of the one to come. The Graybats have one vision of what will happen

Larry Z wants to be flying high

The Ducks, however, also have a vision of what is to come

The booted ball has been the calling card of the Graybats all season and now that the pressure of playoffs is upon us, will they perform any better?

Graybats Home Run Ball

Not likely.

The Ducks enter the game ready to dive, dip, dodge, duck…
and smash the cover off the ball.


Get ready for the playoffs.

Quack

Bulldogs Week: Day 1 (Dog Days,…blah…)

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(Is Playmaker our troll?)

The Bulldogs (11-11) are .5 games out of second place.
The Fightin’ Rafalski’s (15-8) [interesting that 15-8 is the best record over there, huh?] have clinched the Campell Conference regular season title
the warriors (11-9) and Matadors (11-9-1) have 3 and 2 games at hand respectively.
The Ducks (15-8) are most likely stuck in 3rd unless the Matadors, Warriors, and Eagles all beat Kenny Powers, and the Ducks beat the Bulldogs.

UPDATE – The Eagles Beat the Fightin’ Rafalskis last night 21 – 5.
Don Henley is a beast.

The Sox can clinch Saturday.
Gray Bats like men.

Friday Night: Get Your Crayons Out!!!

Ducks Pulled Pork Extravaganza and Drink Fest at Dr. Jones’ house.

Bring booze, food, or a Ducks donation of $5-1,000,000 to join in the festivities.
no free loaders!!!
8pm-4am
the Ducks know how to throw a Drink Fest.

***

Enter your team in the Steel City Classic.
It will be a great way to extend the season, play against some teams from other leagues, and potentially lose to the Ducks again.

Quack.

Game 23 Recap: Wojton gives 100%. Ducks 5, Bombers 4

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The South Oakland Ducks (15-8) had their hopes of a 1st round bye all but eliminated on Saturday night, and entered their final home game against the six-win Bombers with little to play for.
Despite the dramatic nature of the Ducks win, in which Chris Wojton drove in the game winning run in the bottom of the seventh with a walk off bases loaded single to break the 4-4 tie, the post game reaction was somewhat subdued.

This was a trap game if ever one existed, and with the win, the Ducks at least force the Kenny Powers and the Sox to win one of their final three games to clinch the 2nd seed.
The Black Sox (15-6) magic number is 1. A loss by the Ducks or win by Brookline clinches for them.
balls.

The Ducks turned a sweet double play to end the first, The Ducks jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom half.


Castle singled Gwin was hit by a pitch, Novak singled, and then Guthrie drove in two with a single up the middle.


The Ducks would go up 3-0 in the 3rd, Gwin was hit by another pitch, stole second, and Captain moved him to third with a well placed ground ball.

Then
Ducks all-star firstbaseman, Kirk Gibson singled to right.

it was 3-0 for a bit, The Ducks turned another great double play, the Bombers got angry when Guthrie made a sick diving catch in center that they said hit the ground, but didn’t.

Then the bombers went ahead 4-3 after a couple walks and a chopper got past the Ducks 3rd baseman, and then they hit a double and someone singled.
that sequence may have been spread over 2 innings.

Fletch relieved Smith, with South Oakland trailing 4-3 and held the Bombers scoreless the rest of the way.

The Ducks tied the score in the bottom of the fifth when Wojton tripled home someone, i think, and it was 4-4.
So it was tied in the top of the sixth and Gwin threw out the guy with one sock who tried to go from first to third on a single to left center.
Then Fletcher struck out one of their 3-hitter, and he was pissed.

The Bombers broke at least 2 bats by slamming them down in frustration after strikeouts.

Tied at 4 bottom 7.

Gwin lead off the seventh with a walk, stole second barely, Novak walked, then after an out, McCray walked to load the bases for Wojton who singled off the Bombers secondbaseman who waas pitching at the time.

Wojton also went from 1st to third on a single at one point.
Great game Chris, and Ducks.

one of the bottom 3 recaps of the year.

Can we start the playoffs already?

One more tune up against the Bulldogs on Sunday.
Depo’s slider is filthy, beware, Gray Bats…

Quack.

Secret Batting Practice

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People come up to me all the time and ask me, “Depot, your a pretty decent hitter. Whats your secret?” Well today is the day I divulge that secret. Here’s is some super secret video shot of Ben and I at bp yesterday.

Don’t even ask me for my super secret pitching video. I’m keeping that one under wraps until were through with the Grey Bats.

In other news, the South Oakland Ducks are now on Twitter under the username soaklandducks. I have no idea what I’m going to do with that but I thought what the hell, maybe we’ll get mentioned on Conan O’Brien twitter tracker.

Quack.

Game 22 Recap: Kenny F_ing Powers. Black Sox 9,…{Ducks rebound to beat Bombers 5-4 }

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Giving up a total of 15 walks to anyone does not give you a good chance to win, unless of course you are me, Kenny F-ing Powers. Yeah we gave up 15 F-ing walks but we still won because not only I am the shit, but we, the Black Sox are the shit.

I am not really going to talk about the Ducks much just because I would rather talk about how great we are for that matter. This is why so many people may hate me, but people that hate me are haters and haters can suck it.

In the top end of the first the Ducks failed to score despite 3 walks. In the bottom half of the 1st the Black Sox put up 2 runs, with Florian, Klayko, and Brocollo each getting a hit.
After this inning I thought to myself there is no way we will lose this game because we are F-ing that damn good.

It became apparent in the 2nd inning that we would just toy with the Ducks by walking people, and when the time was right we would just shut them down. This way, the loss would be much harder to take rather than if we just ten-runned them. The Ducks did get a run in the second on 1 hit and 3 walks. Then the Black Sox put up two more runs in the bottom half to go up 4-1. Going into the third, JT calmed down and struck out the side. The Black Sox then followed with another run with doubles by Goldie and me, Kenny F-ing Powers, to extend the Black Sox lead to 5-1.

The Ducks would manage another run in the top of the 4th on 2 walks and an error, but the Black Sox would then put up 4 on 5 hits, yeah I had another F-ing double, to extend the lead to 9-2.

In the fifth JT again found his composure and struck out the side. The Black Sox failed to score a run in their half of the inning.

The sixth inning proved to be the best inning for the Ducks, mainly because someone from the stands kept screaming at the top of his lungs, “that is a balk” on almost every pitch. Guaranteed, this guy did not know what a balk is and let alone may have been on crack. It is what it is, and the Ducks put up 4 runs on 4 walks and two hits. Score 9-6 after 6.

The Black Sox made a pitching change in the 7th hoping this would cure the curse of the free pass. This was not the case. Jim Cannon ended up walking the first three batters to give the Ducks the bases with no outs. So I decided to call time out and talk to my pitcher. I told him, “What are you, some kind of pussy? Throw a F-ing strike! These walks are F-ing killing us!” He listened because I am F-ing great! Cannon struck out the next batter, got a ground ball out for the 2nd out, and picked up another K to end the game. Final score Black Sox 9 Ducks 7.

After that being said, I still am better than everyone alive, but the Ducks have come along way these past two years. They are a good team and deserve all the credit in the world. I look forward to seeing them again in the Playoffs. That is of course if they don’t lose to their rival Gray Bats first…

By Kenny Powers

full Ducks Bombers recap to follow

Gameday [23] Bombers at Ducks

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Bombers at Ducks
Spring Hill
9PM

BP
6PM

Here is the latest press release from the Ducks front office:

Our umpires work hard hours and have unexpected expenses like new glasses and rule books and they need our support. BRING YOUR MONEY TONIGHT! If you owe money bring it tonight or face the rath of the ducks.

The South Oakland Ducks of the Northside take on the Bombers tonight at Spring Hill. I don’t know much about this team since I missed it due to a Mr. Kenny Chesney and my contract being subsequently slashed. Here’s a link to the recap of these team’s last meeting: http://www.southoaklandducks.com/2009/06/game-thirteen-recap-fletch-lives-ducks.html

Bombers are going down.

Go Ducks!

Quack.

Labor Day Tournament Update.

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Ducks.
TC and I need to know ASAP whether or not you plan to play in the Steel City Classic so we can recruit other players as needed.

We will be without Homa and Fletcher, but we’ve already taken steps to solidify our pitching rotation.

The Tournament will cost between 50 and 60 per player, and will take place from sept. 5th-7th.
We’re trying to get sponsors to drive down this cost further.

No more Tourney talk on the blog until after the season.

Kenny Powers’ Sox/Ducks recap will be up within the next 24 hours or so.

Quack.