This will be only the 4th game of the season league-wide if we play, and there’s still plenty of time for it to rain.
Its been all down hill for South Side since they lost that lefty short stop, or quit playing him there or whatever.
We will probably get Adam Smith on the mound.
We’re rolling with 8 guys and an actual duck until sometime between the 7th-12th of May.
Bad News for the Eagles.
Rain is dominating the Pittsburgh NABA through two weeks of play, but it looks like we might actually play tomorrow.
Bullet Points.
YODA will show up at a bulldogs game and get into a fight with Trojan and/or Trojan’s “partner.”
The Militia will finish the regular season ahead of the Black Sox for the first time since they were the Rebels.
Clearly, the Sharks based their team name off West Side Story
The Bulldogs will finally win a playoff game/series…
in the 28+ league.
Elliot will lose to the Black Sox in the playoffs when that guy who yells ‘Kenny Powers’ climbs the fence at Moore Park and knee-drops Elliot’s Ace in the 3rd inning, sparking a rally and a controversial win for Brookline when, after a two hour delay for the paramedics to cart the guy off the field and half the lights go out and the game is decided in a beer shot-gunning contest in the parking lot.
Then the Sox lose to the Ducks in the semis.
Anthony DeFilippo for MVP – believe it.
I don’t think there were league awards awarded last season. And where’s our trophy. It belongs in Guthrie’s living room until someone dethrones us.
We should move to a title belt.
Militia vs. the Fightin’s wil be heated. The Canes have more heated intra-division rivalries than anyone.
Rumor has it the Militia made a run at Rafalski in the off season.
Halloway is not pleased.
The big question is will the Ducks repeat.
We’re taking applications for Ducks Manager for the 2012 Season.
Thanks for reading.
Quack.
Pitching for the first time since he lost to Guthrie and the Ducks in the 2010 Championship, Pete Chalfin tossed a perfect game against the Express Thursday night at Moore Park.
Brookline wins 6-0, and move to 1-0 in the Patrick Division.
Kenny Powers is pumped.
The Express did not reach first base Thursday.
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The Defending Champion South Oakland Ducks hare set to open the season against the Eagles on Wed, April 27, 9pm at Springview Field.
Quack.
Tonight’s game against the Oilers has been cancelled due to rain.
No word yet on rescheduling.
As of now, we’ll open our season at home next Wednesday against the Eagles.
Let’s Go Pens
South Oakland Ducks of the North Side (0-0)
at
Hebrew Oilers (1-0)
9pm, Springview Field
Naturally we’re the away team at our home field tonight.
It looks like April in Pittsburgh outside so who knows if we’ll get the game in.
Last year our 3-2 victory over the Oilers sparked a 15-1 run to end the regular season including a 13-game win streak after a 4-6 start.
We’ve got to get out of the gate faster this season.
Big Oil knocked off defending regular season champ Brookline, 4-2 on Monday in the only game to have been played this season.
Fightin’s vs. Elliot tonight should be interesting too.
School’s almost out, so the ducks blog will hopefully rise back to 2008-09 standards.
I wonder if they still have those sweet gold helmets?
The Oilers did.
It’s Captain vs. Warren Moon tonight, if the rain holds off.
5-time CFL Champion, former Eskimo.
NABA Champion.
Bad News for Big Oil
Amidst a flurry of shit talking via email correspondence, Big Oil boasted of their ability to receive government subsidies and enjoy tax-free status, while the middle class, as represented by the blue collar Brookline Black Sox and manager, Kenny Powers, continues to shrink and pay $4.00 a gallon.
South Oakland has a healthy respect and disdain for our long time rivals in Brookline who have been busy collecting seasonal unemployment and tossing beer kegs and cinder blocks at one another as part of an intense off-season conditioning program.
I imagine words insinuating milkshake drinking were thrown about while Oil management sauntered about Brooks Brothers buying polo shirts during lunch hour, and unwittingly hit ‘reply all’ on on of their team iPhones.
Big Oil plans to throw their ace tonight against Brookline with a game against the defending champion Ducks on Wednesday.
Clearly they think we’re a bunch of pussies. I don’t know what other conclusion can be logically drawn.
In other news, I finally saw There Will Be Blood, and the Oilers homepage finally makes sense. Solid flick.
Well played there for sure.
Ironically, the Black Sox picked their new team slogan, “Use a fucking piano leg with a nail in it if you have to,” from another Daniel Day Lewis movie, Gangs of New York.
If it doesn’t get rained out it should be a good one tonight at Spring View, as the revamped Big Oil squad takes on the always dangerous, Black Sox in a 2010 semifinal rematch.
Quack.
Our next scheduled game is Wed. April 20 vs. Big Oil.
Guthrie will start.
quack.
Fighting with mother nature to get the game in – as of 11am it’s looking bleak
We’ll have nine exactly for the first five games or so.
Sometimes the schedule just works out like that.
Projected starters:
Original Avenger, 2010 championship game 2 winner,
Mark ‘Last Thoughts on Woody‘ Guthrie
vs.
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Bad News for Cranberry
Cranberry brings an imposing starting rotation and a very shrill voice to the Allegheny Division in their inaugural season
No word if suspenders are part of the uniform.
Jack White for President.
Ducks,
Register online at pittsburghnaba now and send money if you still owe outstanding dues.
Once again,
send checks made out to Ben Gwin to
Ducks Baseball
PO box 9181
Pittsburgh, PA, 15224
Still waiting on the final cost per player. My fault there.
There are several players who have paid me nothing, this is not ideal.
If nothing changes it’s going to be over 250 thanks to the uniforms, but they look great and we won’t have to get new ones for eight more years.
This number should drop.
You won’t have to buy a hat if you still have last year’s and want to save a few bucks.
Anyone who wants a breakdown of costs let me know and I’ll pass it along.
If you’re sick of lame posts about admin shit that (almost) no one wants to help with and finances, then send in your money and I’ll get back to writing lame posts about amateur baseball that no one wants to read.
Seriously we will forfeit games if we have to.
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See Win Win. It’s hilarious.
Quack.
quack.
The title defense is upon us.
The first three weeks of the schedule are up on the league site Pittsburghnaba.com
Go there and register online, Immediately.
Then send money to the PO box listed in the post below this one if you still owe league dues.
make checks out to: Ben Gwin
Still waiting on news of the final amount of the contribution from Fago’s benefactor.
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I have no clue about Cranberry except it’s full of yuppies and strip malls and I fucking hate it there.
Guthrie will start the opener.
We’ll will start the season short handed, as Mike’s Duffy and Fletcher won’t return until late May, and the Waynesburgh, Thiel and Gannon University/College players won’t finish their seasons until mid-May.
I guarantee at least tree rainouts before then.
We’re built for post-season success and concede nothing.
quack, quack.
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