South Oakland Ducks of the North Side vs. The Fightin Rafalski’s
Brian Rafalski, Olympic Medalist, Stanley Cup Champion, Patriot.
Only Kenny Powers’ new bff, Cane’s head coach, Randy Shannon, knows if we’ll get reigning League MVP Brian Rafalski on the hill when we play the Fightin’s
Fightin’s Head Coach ponders the Sto-ROx opening day starter
The Hurricanes couldn’t have won two best of three series en-route to the title if they were a one man team.
Unable to get past the Fightin’s for the title last season
Ask the Sox how it was trying to hit Rekker with the title on the line last season. Regardless of who they throw, this game will give us an idea of how close we are to a championship caliber team.
Three days till the first pitch.
I’m lookin’ for writer in residence, Swoosh, to give us a post between now and Monday.
Good news Ducks! Even though we’re not officially a 2010 NABA team (according to the league website) we already have teams jockeying to play us.
The Fightin’ Eddies of the Butler-Eagle County Baseball League have informed me that they would like to celebrate our nation’s past time by playing a game our two against the South Oakland Ducks. I received a request from occasional Duck, PCB alum and coach of the Fightin’ Eddies, Christian Necheff. A requested time for a game would be any of the upcoming Saturdays or Sundays. Location TBD.
As a baseball enthusiast myself, I’ve had the opportunity to play with the Eddies, so I figured I’d give you a little information about the team from Natrona Heights.
First of all, most of them are convicts:
But since this is can be a common theme in the NABA (read Black Sox), the Ducks should have no issues with this. And although their name might suggest otherwise, the Eddies do more than just Fightin’. This spokeswoman from Natrona Heights can verify that the Eddies enjoy an oat soda every now and then.
Yikes
The Eddies are a good team that can play some baseball and have fun at the same time, much like the Ducks. So anybody who’s in for playing some non-league games in the next couple weeks as a warm-up, let me know and we’ll get a game or two set up.
Speaking of non-league games, now is the time to start planning the Barnstorming Tour of ’10. Last year was a good start; the weekend in Erie was a great success. The tournament in Butler County was a rather different story. However, that should only encourage the Ducks to increase their barnstorming for 2010.
If for nothing else, there’s always a good possibility of this happening What red-blooded American doesn’t want to watch that thing burn down? Ducks Barnstorming Tour ’10 is set to begin.
Live from Sir Pizza the 2010 Pittsburgh NABA draft has had some unprecedented occurrences. The Hurricanes and Bulldogs pulled off the first ever draft time trade when the Bulldogs traded a pick for two future Hurricane picks. Vinny Gala of the Bulldogs was quoted as saying “F***”.
The Hurricanes are out for blood against the Black Sox this season.
Rumor has it Kenny Powers neared fisticuffs with the Rafalski’s leader at a local watering hole over the weekend.
Who would have thought the Cane’s and Sox would engage in such behavior? Shocking. The ‘Canes manager must not know about Kenny’s training regime.
Things are going to get heated this season. I can’t wait for more Eastbound and Down so i have some new youtube clips to use.
anyway, sincere congrats to the Canes for winning the title last season. I look for the Buldogs to take the Campbell Conference this season, basically due to their collective sense of humor. They are in mid-season form
The Bulldogs blog has been much more active than i have ( i’ll get back in the swing come the end of the semester ) and consider the Ducks and Black Sox the favorites going into the season.
The Militia will be tough. The team with the best regular seaosn record last year has dispersed primarily into the Sox and Ducks, with a few guys scattered about the rest of the league.
Which leads me to the realignment issue.
Were going to A and AA this season. this is a good move.
In Graff we trust
We will be able to attract and retain more players this way.
The AA Division will be broken into Wales and Campbell Conferences again.
Campbell Conference: Fightin’s, Bulldogs, Warriors, ? Bombers/Matadors/Pythons (?) I forget who the 4th team is, the Oilers have moved down to A where they will play with three teams about whom i know nothing.
The Wales Conference is a three horse race already with the Sox, Ducks, and Millitia looking to try to avoid losing 8am games to the Eagles, who are rebuilding, but should return a solid core of players and fans who will throw batteries at Santa if they have to. Will the Eagles throw Adam Smith against us? There’s a nice subplot there.
Ducks Team Preview will be up in April.
Added to the Ducks lineup is former Pirate, Chris Duffy, Friend of Tony Casale
Congrats to former Skip, all time winningest Ducks coach, TC Jones for getting a short story accepted for publication. The Ducks lead the league in published writers. I’m not linking any work here.
There will be a best of three series between the Wales and Campbell Conference winners to determine the AA Championship and the top seed in the League Tournament. We have to win our division to have a shot at the AA title, this adds to the regular season what everyone making the playoffs takes away, in some regard.
This will be fine. The Ducks will be right there at the end. The division title is huge as is the AA title, but the ultimate goal is the league championship tournament.
I have always been more of a baseball purist, so i am sad to see the traditional playoff format go. Still now we can win the AA title and the League title if things fall into place.
Artist’s interpretation of Ducks beating other teams in Pittsburgh NABA I can’t wait to feel the hate in Moore Park this summer, it lets me know I’m alive.
Ducks, starting this weekend we will practice sundays at 1:30. That’s the only time i will definitely have free every week until school is over April 23rd.
The roster is just about set. We will compete for the title this year. So much for in-depth team previews i have had no time. Unless someone else with admin access wants to do it or someone wants to email me something, that may not happen until the season is already under way, which might help in the accuracy department. Although I don’t even know what teams are in the league right now.
briefly
the militia will be good, but underachieve.
the Black Sox will be the best team on paper and win lots of games. there will be a fight in the stands when they play the hurricanes.
the eagles will finish under .500 Smith will get plenty of playing time – i wish him success against everyone but us.
I think we’ll have a new team in our division who will probably be better than the new team in the other division.
cranberry will be good.
the bulldogs will win the regular season title in the other division the warriors will beat them in the playoffs the hurricanes won’t repeat the bombers might fold and join the militia.
there will be some new teams with awesome aggressive nick names.
feel free to elaborate.
The Ducks will be better than last season. this could be the year we get back to the conference finals. I want to beat the black sox on the way to the championship. that is our goal. Let’s not count chickens yet.
Business:
Dues will be $200 plus plus the cost of hats, which i am in the process of figuring out. That includes umpire fees so we won’t have to pass the hat before games.
I need your money by April 3rd. and the hat money by the beginning of the season.
The schedule will be released on march 28th
I will sit guys if they aren’t paid by the time the season starts. which will be shortly after the 3rd. There’s no one on the roster who will hurt us if they’re in the lineup, we have plenty of depth on the bench. I don’t think I’m even a starter at this point.
Well this Saturday is one of the greatest holidays ever, second only to St. Patrick’s Day. Christmas sucks and Thanksgiving is OK (the day before it is better). In order to better prepare you for this Saturday, I’ve decided to compile a list of things you will definitely see.
1. Celtic DancersThese magical ladies are the equivalent to a prostitute on Valentine’s Day, the holiday is just not the same without them. Unlike hookers, these ladies have class, are better dancers, and can definitely handle their alcohol. My only hope is that the rain doesn’t scare them away this Saturday. On second thought… maybe a little rain would be a good thing.
2. Green Beer Damn whoever thought green beer would be a good idea. The last thing I need on the all day hangover that is the day after St. Patrick’s Day Parade Day is having to call my super because there is a lime green substance overflowing out of my toilet.
3. Market Square O wait no you won’t. Screw you Luke Ravenstahl.
4. Some douchebag telling everyone how he is Irish
Listen, we all know you think your Irish, your t-shirt says so. Try going to Ireland and telling them your Irish, you’ll have a bigger problem than my bathroom will have Sunday morning. Just because someone in your family moved to the New World 5 generations ago doesn’t make you Irish. Your American douchebag.
5. A family friendly parade.
Ummmmmmm, Yeah, good luck with that.
Everyone have fun and be safe on Saturday and next Wednesday. Ill be on the corner of 4th and Grant if you wanna drop by for the parade.
Opening Day:
Brian Rafalski, Olympic Medalist, Stanley Cup Champion, Patriot.
Fightin’s Head Coach ponders the Sto-ROx opening day starter
Unable to get past the Fightin’s for the title last season
South Oakland Ducks Baseball 
