Author: mightyeskimo

Gameday [21] Ducks vs. Rebels

2009 Ducks Baseball, NABA, pittsburgh NABA
Ducks (13-7) vs. Rebels (7-10)
9pm Spring View Field

BP 6pm-7:30 at Pitt

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The South Oakland Ducks of the North Side were helped by fellow bird team, the Imperial Owlz, who swept teh brookline Bullies in their double header yesterday.

Kenny Powers saw his team fall to 14-6
The Ducks are 13-7 after sweeping their season series with the Fightin’ Gray Bats in a 5-2 victory which the Ducks played without their starting middle infielders, their starting centerfielder, and Chris Wojton.

Wojton will be back in the lineup tonight vs. the Rebels.

The Ducks can roll three lines of SS, 2B combinations that are as good as any this team has ever seen.

We are built like a hockey team.

So, tonight’s game is key, a win moves South Oakland of the North Side one half game behind the Black Sox, setting up a showdown for 2nd place at Moore Park on Saturday.


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For the lady Warrior

The Bulldogs beat the Warriors 3-2 yesterday to take second in the Campbell Conference and lay claim to a .500 record.
why ?


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But the task at hand is not one that can be taken lightly.

We’ve ended a four game slide, and now we return home for the rubber match against the Rebels.

The Rebels have improved greatly since our last meeting, they have added armies from Missouri, northern Virginia, and Kansas.

The will attack at sundown and it will take every once of our mettle and every drop of courage to defeat this proud group of southerners.

Some of us may not return from battle tonight, but we must fight gallantly.
Death will look us square in the eye he will knock on our doorstep and try to take our women children, and livestock. They wish to burn down our houses and destroy our wagons.

We will once again be undermanned, weary from the summer-long war that has lead us once again, to the precipice of a first round bye and a chance to redeem early season defeats at the hands of the enemy.

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It’s not often a blog can agitate a team enough for them to have their mysite news admin revoked.

Let’s get it done tonight, and get a winning streak started.

On our side.

Bad News for the Rebels.

Quack.

Gameday [20]: Ducks vs. Gray Bats

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Ducks (12-7) at Gray Bats (3-17)
3pm
Pie Traynor Field
BP: 12-1:30 at PItt

Naturally these guys have added some players at the deadline.
They are still a joke – collectively.

if we lose to a 3-17 team down the stretch when we really need to right the ship and get our bats going into the playoffs we should disband.

Why keep score if winning doesn’t matter?

We have to win out and get help to get the 2 seed.
We can’t overlook anyone.
We’ve lost to some terrible teams this year.
We’ve beaten some very good teams this season.

Gotta have it today.

Abe Lincoln is back
in a warm-up game for the Confederacy on Monday

Bad News for the Gray Bats.

Quack.

Happy Birthday America: [Updated]

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FANTASTIC WORK ON THE BULLDOGS BLOG

Ducks
BP 12pm-1:30 at Pitt.

Ducks vs. Gray Bats
3pm Pie Traynor Field.
Undoubtedly some bad “fireworks” puns ahead on the Gray Bats blog.

Everyone take time to enjoy their freedom of speech today.

tipper is concerned for our nations youth, and potential PGH NABA players who would otherwise join our league, but upon reading my blog will change their mind.

Quack.

UPDATED: aLL sTAR GAME CANCELLED RESCHEDULED AT CONCLUSION OF SEASON…Gray Bats manager doesn’t understand the term "Model Franchise"

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No way this Ducks team loses five straight.

the Gray Bats are “playing this one like a playoff game”
whatever that means.

Larry hasn’t retired from blogging he just uses Wallis’ screen name.

the Ducks are reeling, but the whole Gray Bats organization, save a couple players, is a joke.

Wallis is a solid human being.

Solid work at Chicken Soup for the Gray Bats soul

I seriously quit if we lose on Sunday.

Full WWF-style preview in the days ahead.

All Star Recap by someone on Ducks Blog Staff who doesn’t have to work that night and is at the game.

Quack

Machiavelli and NABA Baseball

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I was doing some pondering tonight like I sometimes am known to do and I couldn’t help but think about Machiavelli and his debate on whether it is better to be feared or better to be loved. The NABA seems to follow the same sort of distinct juxtaposition between teams that are loved and teams that are feared and a case can be made as to whether a team should be feared or loved.

Here in a nut shell is what Machiavelli says:

“Upon this a question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with……….for love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.”

So where do the teams of the NABA fall according to Machiavelli? I would venture to say that most would agree that the Owlz and the Blacksox fall under the feared category, whereas the Ducks and Bulldogs tend to fall under the loved category. The current records go to show that perhaps Machiavelli is correct.

But is being feared really all its cracked up to be? Sure it might give you the best shot of winning, and no doubt it gives you the psychological edge in a head to head matchup, but one point that Machiavelli grossly underestimates is the loyalty between players on teams that are loved and the lack there of on teams that are feared. For example, the custody battle over pitcher Warren between the Owlz and the Blacksox and how about the comments Fago made about his former skipper Mr. Cool.

In conclusion, I must disagree with Machiavelli when it comes to NABA baseball and say it is better to be loved than feared. Being feared might be the quick and easiest way to a title, but the loyalty of the players toward their loved teams trumps fear any day. Success might not come as quickly, but when it does it is nearly impossible to break a loved team apart.

Ducks For Life.

Game 19 Recap: Black Sox 1, Ducks 0.

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This game is not going to get the time it deserves.
Chalfin dominated us.
We had guys in scoring position several times and we did not drive in runs, our best hitters did not come through, except Guthrie that is why he is Captain America.

He had our only hit, which if it didn’t deflect off the Black Sox SS, glove, (who did not look like he wanted to punch anyone today, although i didn’t get a good look at him for most of the night, as I was not on base) may have drove in the potential tying run, but kirk had to hold to make sure it wasn’t caught.
In the bottom of the seventh Captain hit one to the warning track in right center that would have fallen if Goldie wasn’t really a robot.

Fletcher allowed 1 unearned run.
I can not over state how important he has been to this team.
With Our best pitcher from last season, 2008 league strikeout leader, Nick Homa on the bench (with a hip injury he suffered banging the Hurricane’s female accuantences afterg a 2-0 one-hitter against the Fightin’ ‘Canes in the thrid game of the season)
Fletcher has been phenominal.
He fits our team well in that he locates and induces groundball which our infield then makes outs.
We turned 4 double plays in the game, I think including one on the Black Sox, SS, who is one of the fastest guys in the league.

Thanks for sending Fletcher our way Mr. Cool, more reason for the Black Sox to hate you.
Especially when we beat them in the playoffs.
quack.

Anyway. Kenny f-ing Powers scored the only run on a single by some dude who is probably in jail right now for robbing one of the liquor stores in the North Side after the game.

the ball beat him there, the throw one hopped our catcher and he couldn’t hold on.
Tough play. our left fielder is a homo with no arm, he’s got to get the throw there in the air.

Some rivalries are born out of hatred, like the Owlz Black Sox, I’d like to think the Ducks Black Sox is one that is now, at least, based more on mutual respect.
This game was nothing like last year’s playoff debacle that is for sure.

Both teams played hard.
Both teams left the field thinking they didn’t hit.
Chalfin and Fletcher both deserved to win.

I think Fletcher only allowed 5 hits to statistically the 2nd best hitting team in the league.
Feel free to fill in the blanks in the comments, guys.

It will take a complete collapse by the Black Sox, and the Ducks winning out for South Oakland to earn a bye.
Our magic number is 2 with the Connfederacy to Clinch the 3 spot.
Let’s finish strong.

Ryan Novak is my favorite baseball player.

We have to start hitting.

If we lose to the Gray Bats on Sunday I am quitting baseball.

“Quack” sign was huge, literally.

BP Wednesday. 6:30 pm at Pitt.

Better to struggle to score runs now than in the playoffs.

Quack.