South Oakland Ducks Baseball

Game Day [6] Ducks at OwlZ

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The South Oakland Ducks of the North Side will travel to middle of nowhere, PA and take on the Owlz at their home field at the Findlay Twp. Sportsplex.

DIRECTIONS

The Ducks will be without seven regulars.
Good luck to our green and gold PCB players as they take on some team in Utica for the National Club Baseball Championship of the World. (I think)

The University of Pittsburgh English Department prepared me well for the tough grind of the service industry, make this alumnus proud, boys.

So much about a baseball season is story-worthy. Not only in the way your journalism teacher taught you to “look for the story”, and have a lead that includes the most important elements of the game, and the 5H’s or whatever, but in a narrative sense.
The narrative arc, the conflict the climax and resolution. Good vs. Evil, internal and external struggles of individuals and teams, battles of wills and ideals;
Of photoshops and odd youtube videos.

With a five game winning streak in their wake our heroes travel to the edge of Ohio, under-manned, and hungover, to take on a team that doesn’t think they belong on the same field.

It would be a story if the Ducks won in Findlay on this mother’s day, one of the three busiest days in the restaurant business, but to do so without their starting catcher, center fielder, left fielder, two infielders, last years ERA leader and Gies, would be Philip-Rothian.

The deforestation in the Pacific Northwest is killing Owls.

Lumberjacks and the letter “s”
Bad Newz for the OwlZzzzzz


Quack.

Part Two to follow.

Game Day [7] Ducks at OwlZz: When Jesse Smith falls into water he doesn’t get wet, the water gets Jesse Smith.

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{Slight edit – contains profanity -]

I’d like to chastise the commissioner for not realizing that I would have to work on mother’s day, and that the Pitt club team would probably have a playoff game this weekend – due to Ryan Novak’s Abe Lincoln-esque leadership, mostly – I’m sure.

Seriously could this be any more unfair?

The OwlZz have been busy plotting against America.

The Owl is the symbol of all that is wrong with everything in this country.

the only more offensive symbol?

(Civil or Revolutionary? WOOOOOOO!)

I guess I’m retarded for associating gray uniforms and “rebels”
with the American Civil War.

Yousimete Sam was a key player in the Battle of Trenton.

Clearly that team is a group of Confederate sympathizers, there is no other plausible explanation, none, what so ever.
Seriously.

I would have gone with the Star Wars Rebel logo, no confusion.

Or name your team the Patriots.

check out the 0-3 Rebels my site news,

Another team crying conspiracy, and hating on my attempt at serious, intellectual, literary self-expression on my beloved blog.

Not much in the game recap department or even cheesy, “Get to know a Rebel” segments, but they made it clear they don’t like this blog, so from now on no more bad mouthing a team for naming themselves the rebels.

Calling the Ducks blog’s writing, “on a second grade level” is an insult to second graders.


George Washington was a slave owner so I’m sure he’d name his team the rebels.
And really, many of the revolutionary heroes who freed this country form British rule (after and during the slaughtering of the Native Americans,) laid the frame work for the fucked up social structure we have now, where poor whites blame poor blacks for their lot in life instead of the system that keeps them all poor, without a voice and without class unity, while the owl-worshipers (so to speak) get richer, and richer.

So it’s almost worse to name your team after the revolutionary war “heroes” than the Confederacy – at least the Confederates were honest – if that is the case.
But I’m not re-photoshopping that pic with George Washington so “The Confederacy” it is.

***

Keep trying to put that chip on your team’s shoulder.

It’s always someone else’s fault.

(I’m Larry, I’m old, but i can take a fucking joke)

On a lighter note, The Commish responds to the conspiracy claims on the bulldogs blog. Joe has clearly been conspiring to have the Rebels and Gray Bats combine to go 0-8 to start the season.

There was no conspiracy for the Ducks (5-0) to score four more runs than the Rebels (0-3) two games ago.

Since losing to the Rebels last season the Ducks have gone 12-2-1 in regular season games (that’s got to be near the top in the league, if not the best)
While the Rebels have gone 2-14
(definitely near the bottom, probably the worst)

Even a second grader can interpret those numbers.

Go Ducks.

Knock that “z” off the end of their name today.

OwlZ Week. Fundamentals are the Crutch of the Weak and Talentless.

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Sources tell me that the Owlz in fact put their pants on two legs at a time.

(you can take your stinkin’ trophy and shove it up your ass – Lupus, Bears secondbaseman)
(thanks for the edit #9)

The double header against the Owlz (2:30 Findlay Sportsplex) is going to give the first place South Oakland Ducks of the North Side a good idea of what has to be done to knock off the defending champs.

Hopefully that does not include adding Jose Canseco to our roster. (If he’s not already on the Owlz)

Their team is a mystery.

Can they be THAT good?
Are they as unbeatable as they think?
Will they ever update their “My Site Newz”( I think they should start a blog that is more condusive to comments/anonymous cheap shots and harassment. )
will Rob Cool be held liable when someoen has a seizure while reading their current team site?
Will their disregard of the letter “s” be their charmic downfall?
Will Kirk Gibson and RolandThompsonGunner steup up their blogging during a week where I’m up to my balls in work?

We will find out.

Everyone hates these guys, and most of their roster is new.
I’ll reserve judgement.

A hidden camera has captured footage of a recent attempt on an Owlz pitching prospect.
&
Kenny Powers talks about what it takes to excell in the Pittsburgh NABA.

I hope the PCB schedule doesn’t interfere with the availability of some of our starters.
If so we will get by and not make excuses.

I am in favor of the Owlz raising the bar in terms of competition and talent in our league.
it forces the rest of the teams to do the same if they want to contend for a title.
I welcome the challenge, so do the rest of the Ducks.
We are heading towards breaking into A and AA divisions.
Coach Bombay has tried to aquire the best talent he knows, so has Rob Cool.
Sentence structure is a crutch for the talentless.

***

I recommend anyone who has a problem with the way Joe runs our league, to volunteer to take his spot as commissioner, or to provide potential solutions to the problems they have (perhaps during winter meetings), instead of just complaining.
(some people do offer these suggestions)

Don’t let his hulking pecks fool you. Joe (above left) is actually quite approachable and welcomes ideas to imrpove our league.

The minor problems this league has today would have been welcomed four years ago.
Pittsburgh NABA all-time HR champion and six year veteran, Kenny Powers agrees, I’m sure.

(I owe Kenny another $1.65 for using this image.)

The undefeated Ducks are ready to shock the PGH NABA world this weekend.

Quack.

Game 5 Recap: I once knew a man with a wooden leg named Smith. Ducks 9, Eagles 2

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A. SMITH: 7IP, 8H, 3BB, 9 K, 2ER
K. GIBSON: 2 for 3, 2B, 3 rbi, fundamentally dominant play at 1B

Adam Smith (2-0) scattered 8 hits and 3 walks around 9 strike outs as he allowed 2 runs over seven innings to record a complete game victory, and lead the South Oakland Ducks of the North Side (5-0) to victory over the Peaceful Easy Feelings (2-2).

The Heartache Tonight’s jumped out to an early 2-0 lead thanks to a walk a triple and a single in the top of the second.

A key double play was turned by third-baseman, MVP candidate, Jesse Smith, and McWatson with no out and runners on first and second.
The Desperadoes could not capitalize on their early momentum.

Screamin’ Eagles coach, Craig T. Nelson was thrilled with the early lead.

The 2-0 deficit was the first time the Ducks trailed this season.
South Oakland responded.
Novak walked, and Kirk Gibson stepped to the plate,

Gibson doubled to right, Novak scored.

The Ducks would add another run in the third when Gwin and J.Smith both walked, and Darren Daulton, playing in his second game as a Duck, singled home Gwin.

the former Phillie had a huge game.
2 for 3, 2B, 2 RBI

The score remained tied 2-2 until the bottom of the fourth, when the You Can’t Hide Your Lyin’ Eyes’ pitcher, and NORML supporter, Slater’s high wore off, and he gave up five runs before Craig T. Nelson gave him the hook in favor of Bobby Hoying.

The rally very well may have started with Spags and Kolaja walking, then Gwin singling them both in two to take a 7-5 lead over the Confederacy in RBI. Jesse Smith then hit the fence in center, and slid in for a triple just like an MVP would. Daulton doubled in Smith, and Gibson singled him home. Novak added a double of his own, and scored on a Watson single.

Holmes and Watson form an elite double play combo.

The Witchay Women brought in a reliver and the Ducks scored two more runs, both charged to Slater.

Slater was lit up.

Adam Smith finished strong striking out two batters in the top of the seventh.

If I used the scorebook for these recaps, I’d know more.
Feel free to correct me in the comments.
Haters, chime in please, don’t just call me names on the main website write-in ballot.
I’ve been called worse by better.

I’m off to sleep in the right center gap at Spring Hill tonight so I’ll be ready to get my five hour pre-game routine in tomorrow.

The Ducks have the best record in the league.

  • Five and
  • Best start in team history by a million miles, figures everyone makes the playoffs this year.
  • Jones manages to get everyone at least an at-bat every game, and still win.
  • Trap game against the Gray Bats tomorrow night, before a six day lay-off prior to a double header against the Owlz.
  • Adam Smith leads the team in K’s, our team ERA is under 3.
  • Get your notebooks ready.
  • Kirk loves hitting at Pie Traynor
  • Jesse Smith’s OPS is 1.380
  • Former team MVP, A.Smith is having his best year since 2007 and leads the team in K’s.
  • The Rebels are 0-3.
  • The Owlz open the season against the Hotel California’s on Wednsday. How good are they?
  • 5-0.
  • Mantis and Dr. Jones tomorrow.
  • To be 6-0 heading into the Owlz double header is huge, they are going to pose a formidable challenge.
  • Haters, so many haters.
  • We’d have hit 4 hrs today on a NORML field.
  • Legalize it.
  • The Gray Bats have been hard at work making excuses for their poor start, lets give them something more to complain about tomorrow.
  • I’d like to welcome rolandthompsongunner and kirk gibson to the blogging staff, and for reminding me of the weird ass youtube roots of this blog.
  • O00h.

Quack.

Game Day [5], Ducks at Eagles.

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The first place South Oakland Ducks of the North Side (4-0) look to remain unbeaten, as they take on the upstart Hotel Californias, (2-1) in an important divisional game
at 12 pm at Pie Traynor Field.
The Ducks beat the Black Sox 5-3 the Black Sox beat the Eagles, 8-0, clearly an 8 to -2 victory is in order.

The Eagles Greatest Hits vol.1 isn’t one of the best selling albums of all-time for nothing.

Don Henley should not be taken lightly.

The Ducks have a chance to go 5-0, The Eagles are in second place at 2-1
the the Black Sox are a suprising 1-2

the Owlz (0-0) are still busy talking about how great they are and how their play is going to do the talking not some gay blog.
the Gray Bats (0-3) need Sorosky, and their other starting pitcher, neither will be there Monday.
The Confederacy (0-2 ) still haven’t knocked in more runs (5) than Chris Wojton or Ben Gwin.
If Wojton or Casale scores more than once today, they will eclipse the five runs the Confederacy has scored through two weeks of the season.
Feathers and Tremmel deserve better.


The Pittsburgh Marathon takes place today, adjust travel plans accordingly.

Joe Walsh goes solo
Bad News for the Eagles.


Who was coaching the bases yesterday?

Quack.

Game Day [4] Ducks vs. Hurricanes.

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Ducks at Hurricanes
Saturday, 5:30 pm Warrendale Park.

Who does Miami think they are leaving the Big East.

I’m kind of hoping for a rain-out,–gotta work.
Dr. Jones or Capatin America will be on the hill tonight.


***

New Jersey Police Officers:
Bad News for the Hurricanes.

Quack.

(Eagerly awaiting the recap from Rolandthompsongunner, and Kirk Gibson)

-BG

4-0, do it.

Thursday

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Monongahela Update.
The Black Sox (1-2) won their first game, dominating the Eagles (2-1) 8-0 behind 19 K, 3 hit monster of a game by pitcher J.T. Slavicek (sp.)

On a slightly-related note, Kenny recently released his personal assistant.

Until Kenny Powers tells me otherwise I’m going to assume Ron Florian is injured, he only played 2 innings last game.
The Black Sox are a better team with Florian in the lineup, he hits doubles and runs fast.
The Ducks are in first place in the Monongahela Division.

There’s a crap-ass Allegehey Division game tonight.
The Matadors (0-0) start their season against the Oilers (0-1).
These guys are playing out the rest of the season for the right to lose to the Bulldogs in the playoffs.
It’s certainly not too early to make such an assumption.

The Bulldogs were the Ducks blog’s pick to upset the perennial Campbell’s Conference power Warriors.

After securing the first 3-0 start in team history, the Ducks are enjoying some down time before a hectic stretch in which South Oakland plays three games in three days.
The Ducks play the Hurricane-Carters Saturday at 5pm, the Eagles on Sunday at 12pm, before returning to the Pond to play the rival Gray Bats Monday night.
Our pitching depth will be tested.
This is clearly the best Ducks team of the wood bat era, no stretch of the imagination; we had a couple terrible teams.
If we were 0-3 I wouldn’t be panicking, so we shouldn’t get too worked up over a 3-0 start.
There are still 21 to play.
It’s always nice to beat the Black Sox.
I will say, it will be fun to see what we look like with Darren Daulton catching and Life on Mars in Center, and all of our infielders there at the same time.
It’s good to be 3-0 while still getting out the kinks.
TC and Adam Smith have been clutch. Whenever you can win without your ace pitching it’s a big deal.
Will we see the much anticipated debut of Mantis this weekend?


Link to Captain America’s Origin

Is it lame that the Owlz get to wait to start the season because their players are still being genetically engineered in some secret lab in West Virginia?
Sure, it is. There is a lot that is lame about that team (about everything but the talent-level), but the Ducks have a half dozen key players who are still playing college ball as well, and we’ve managed.
The 50-man roster is key.
90% sure the Owlz lured a potential Ducks recruit to the Dark Side.
That reeks of fear to me.

Quack.

So high he fell.

Pitt Club Baseball is in the NCBA Regionals after beating PSU last weekend, I think.
To be fair, the Penn State squad was probably suffering from withdrawl after that epic drug bust at State College the other day.
I always find the wording of these drug bust articles amusing in an antiquated 1950’s kind of a way. The trib from Tuesday was hilarious.
Just Say “No”, to trafficing 400lbs. of pot across state lines.
That type of thing would never happen at Pitt.

***

New hats are finished, and in my posession.

I will give a free hat to the first Duck to agree to write one blog post per week.

Go Ducks.

Game 3 Recap: The "Northern Agression". Ducks 9, Rebels 5

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We fight for those whose poetry has not yet been written.

In a Ulysses S. Grant-esque move, Dr. Jones started Captain America in left field, and gave The Invisible Hand the nod on the mound.

(knows what he’s doing.)

Adam Smith responded with 4 scoreless innings, to help propel the South Oakland Ducks to a 9-5 victory over the Confederacy(0-2), securing the Ducks first 3-0 start in team history, and ensuring the sate of the Union.


MVP candidate Jesse Smith led the way offensively, going 2-3 with a double and and RBI.
The Ducks led 2-0 going into the bottom of the fourth when, Les is more ripped a double to left center that was misplayed by CF, Jefferson Davis.

(Mars would have had it)

Mars followed with a walk, then after two failed bunt attempts, Ben Gwin doubled to right giving the Ducks a 4-0 lead. J. Smith selflessly moved Gwin over to third, and Novak, Kirk Gibosn, Watson, Wojoton, Depo, and Cheese, all reached base safely in some manner.
That inning got a little out of hand.

When the dust settled South Oakland led 9-0, after 4 innings.

Both teams left runners in scoring position in the game’s early going, Feathers and Smith both pitched out of trouble.

Ray Finkle’s single in the third inning was the first hit of the year for Monroeville.

(laces out, Dan)

The Rebels can cry and talk shit all they want, but through two weeks of the season, Wojoton, and Gwin each have as many RBI (5) as their team has runs scored.

That almost wasn’t the case, in the top of the second with South Oakland nursing a 1-0 lead, Former MVP John Tremmel hit a ball to the wall with the bases loaded, but CF, Mars made a tough running catch to keep the game close.
Mars proceeded to drive in the Ducks second run with a sac fly, and
would later throw out a Rebel at second who foolishly tried to take second on a hit to right center in the seventh inning.

Captain took the mound in garbage time, the Rebels battled back, but their supply lines were cut, and they were drastically outnumbered.

The Ducks closed the door in the bottom of the seventh.

The Rebels really wanted this one.
What a shame.
That’s what you get for naming your team after the greatest atrocity in American history.

Abe Lincoln would not name his amateur baseball team the “Rebels”

  • Thank you to the fans who showed up to support both teams.
  • Les Gies will be a factor this season, solid game at 3rd, clutch hit to start the 7 run rally.
  • Everyone contributed to another solid team win.
  • Lots of HBP.
  • Depo had a fantastic infield hit.
  • Coby has not recorded a hit since he cut his hair.
  • The season debut of Novak and Mars was welcomed.
  • We were 3-9 at one point last year, this is better.
  • We still haven’t had all our players show up at the same time, good luck with that, skip.
  • Who better to get the W for South Oakland’s first 3-0 win that A. Smith (1-0) who has suffered through some tough times, and has embraced a reduced, but key role on a better team.
  • Adam Smith has seven K’s in five innings pitched to lead the team.
  • Since losing to the Rebels last season we’ve gone 10-2-1 in regular season games.

More later, maybe.

Quack, Quack, Quack.

Quacksburgh, Ducksylvania: Game Day [3] Ducks vs. Rebels

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Home Opener tonight 9pm at Spring View Field.
(The map quest directions aren’t great, try to get to the Pitt field and follow someone if you are unsure how to get there.)
***

Another important, early-season divisional game.

The 2007 Champions are looking to rebound after a sub-par 2008 campaign.

The Confederacy is still looking for their first hit of the season.
South Oakland looks to go 3-0 for the first time in team history.
The Rebels have some talented players, but are outnumbered by the Union 2-1.
There’s some bad blood here. and here.
The Ducks have never beaten this team, except by forfeit.
Time to change that.

Who better to put on the hill vs. the Rebels than Captain America.

***
Batting Practice: 6pm-730pm at the Pitt IM field.

Abe Lincoln. Bad News for the Rebels.

Quack

Game 2 Recap: Black Sox Down. Ducks 5, Black Sox 3.

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Nick Homa (1-0) earned the complete game victory out-dueling Black Sox ace, NCB All-American PSU pitcher, “Joe Paterno” Chalfin (0-1). (no idea what this kid’s first name is, he was good, though.)

The Ducks (2-0) scored two in the first, Jesse Smith helped his MVP cause when he singled in Tony Casale, after a Britton Dickey sac bunt. Cheese would knock in Smith later in the inning.
The Black Sox (0-2) tied it at two.

For four innings it was Pitcher’s Duel City.

In the top of the sixth, KT Murphy stepped to the plate with the score still tied at 2.
Murphy Delivered with an inside the park home run to center to put the Ducks ahead 3-2.

(Part man, part machine, all Duck.)

Murphy is as clutch a hitter as we have on this team.
Big time hit.
Murphy is giving Ducks’ legend Matt Pease a run for his money for the best EH in Ducks history.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Black Sox tied the score when Kenny Powers followed the second best flair to right field in the game, with an rbi ground-rule double to right.

(Kenny is a beast.)

That outfield is treacherous.

In the top of the seventh, Gwin came to the plate with two out and runners on first and third.
A well-placed single to right plated what proved to be the winning run, and moved Whalen to third. “Slick” Rick Whalen scored when Gwin stole second, drawing a wild throw.

Homa allowed a single in the bottom of the seventh before enticing a double play and a ground out to end the game.

  • Both teams were missing key players, but the first-place Ducks’ depth played a huge role in the victory and our solid 2-0 start.
  • I want to beat that team with Goldie and Florian in their lineup.
  • The infield continues to make all the routine plays. Depo was a vacuum at first.
  • Coby would have had that one to left if he didn’t cut his hair.
  • Homa is picking up where he left off last season, and will factor into the Pitcher of the Year conversation. Homa is every bit the pitcher that kid is.
  • Homa for NCB All-American and Pittsburgh NABA Pitcher of the Year.
  • KT Murphy leads the team in HR.
  • The Flyers have no heart, Let’s Go Pens!
  • Somebody check the cover on that ball, I think I knocked it off with that laser to right.
  • It’s a line-drive in the website’s, stats link though.
  • The Duck Pond will be rocking for the home opener against the Confederacy on Monday, bring green and yellow shirts. The Union must not fall.

2-0.

The Ducks have never been 3-0 in our history.

Quack, Quack, Quack.