:: 2017 - Week 3 ::

The season is now full swing and battles are being had on (and at times off) the field. Two teams remain undefeated, while one team remains winless after a record setting day on the field.

The daily opener saw the Sexpos and Seymour square off in what would become a secondary affair as Sexpos Outfield Ian D suffered a freak accident in which a ball ricocheted off a branch during a fairly routine pop-up and ended up plunking him between the eyes. Our thoughts are out to Ian and we wish him a speedy recovery and to have him back on the field soon. On the field, the Sexpos walked away with a 12-5 victory, leaving Seymour with a 1-3 record.

In the 1130 slots, we had the Aces and Dawgs squaring off in the south field while the Sexpos and Riddlers locked up on the north field. What resulted is something that has never happened in the history of the FBL and likely for almost any coed softball league and likely to never happen for another 50 years - both games were won with shutouts!

Yes, dual goose-eggs took home the highlight of the weekend as the Dawgs smothered the Aces 8-0 while the Riddlers jumped on the Sexpos 17-0. The Sexpos fall to 2-2, while the Aces from the undefeated ranked to 2-1.

The early afternoon match ups had the Skeleton Crew and Riddlers setting up shop on the south field, the Riddlers fresh of that 17-0 lambasting of the Sexpos. The North field has the Dawgs defense looking to suffocate the surprisingly winless Marvels.

The Skeleton Crew and Riddlers battled it out with each team taking serious blows, but keeping their feet under them and never letting the other team get out of reach. A few bases-loaded situations were squandered by the Riddlers, enivitably costing them their chance for victory as the Crew eked out a 9-7 win. That pushed the Crew up to 3-0 while knocking the Riddlers from the undefeated ranks and leaving them at 3-1.

On the north field, the Dawgs defense held tight for 5 more innings of shut out ball, but only after giving up a big 5-run first and followed it with 5-run 6th, but wouldn't let the Marvels do anymore damage whilst pounding out 18-runs and moving their record back to .500.

In the mid-afternoon affair, the Franchise and Marvels hooked up  - the match up of the last two winless teams. The bats were warming up for both squads, but the Franchise took advantage of their opportunities to squeak by with a 12-10 win, their first of the year. The Franchise moved to 1-3, while the Marvels fell to 0-3.

The final match up of the day had the defending champs, the Nads, hosting the newcomers - the Canniballs. The Nads continued their torrid scoring pace with another 15 runs score, while holding the upstart Canniballs to 5 and closing out the day in first place, at 4-0. The Canniballs fell to 1-3.

On a note related to the injury to Ian - it is reminded that EACH team should have their own first aid kit at the field and properly stocked. Please do not depend on other teams or the league provide all first aid materials. Your players are your safety concern, The league will have some back up materials, but should not the lone source of first aid materials at the field.


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:: 2017 - Week 1 ::

Well the season opened under gray, but dry skies! Unfortunately, our newest league member was met with the unfortunate situation where their opponent forfeited 45 minutes before the game. Not a great start to the season. Thankfully, there were plenty of game- bodies available and the Canniballs managed to get a fun game together and sit atop of the FBL standings momentarily, undefeated!

Following that, another forfeit - as the Sexpos opted to take a forfeit as opposed to utilizing the Auto-Out rule as they had sufficient males, but only 1 female from their roster. As a result, the Aces were awarded the victory and both teams squared off in a meaningless fun game.

Oddly enough, the third game on the slate ended up being the official season opener, where playoff champions from two of the last three years met - the Skeleton Crew vs the Marvels. What resulted was a back and forth affair, lead by early season MVP candidate Simon Lee. In the end, the Skeleton Crew managed to claw back and throw up a 2 run 7th to take a 12-10 lead and held on as the Marvels cashed in one, but couldn't get another runner across the plate, leaving the final at 12-11.

In the mid-afternoon affair, the defending Playoff Champs wasted little time in staking their claim as THE team in 2017, taking down Seymour Results 15-4. The bats and gloves were solid for the Nads keeping Seymour in check for most of the game. Now, if the Nads can just get that Playoff Cup passed around a little quicker, everyone could have their day with the Cup BEFORE the playoffs start again this year.

In the weekend finale, the Riddlers squared off against the Franchise. Two teams looking to improve on last years solid records hooked up, but the Riddlers were the team to walk away with the win and the very early season momentum chalking (literally) up a 11-4 win.

On a league set up note - special thanks to Willy (as always) for his tireless efforts in getting gear to the field even though his team forfeited and helping set up the lavatories. For the teams responsible for the end of day clean up, if there were any issues, please contact House directly. There would have been additional things required to return as Willy brought some extra things just in case. Hopefully all garbage was cleaned up and the grounds were left as they should be - clean and free of any evidence that we were there.

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