Well put TK but you failed to mention that you are only 4 hits away
from that milestone yourself. So I put the extra ball in your game
pack for that ocasion tommorrow when you get there. The only thing is
I won't be there to see you get cause I know you will. Hey Cool where
you at we got new members and you didn't post your normal welcome to
them.

Budha or I will give an update of the league soon.

It was really nice to see Jim Tokos get his 500th career hit last
night in his first AB. Jim hasn't always been the best hitter in the
world, but, the fact that he has been in the league longer than some
of us have been alive shows that he is truly dedicated and loves
corkball. He has always been a gentleman on and off the field and
makes me feel proud to be associated with him and the League. Here's
to 500 more! Way to go Jim!

Well at the midway point, not really cause of rain outs, there is a
three way tie for first overall and it just seems to get closer with
every passing week. The ziggy boys are hanging on even with their
cather missing games hand over fist. TK has taken a his to the top of
the pack. And the Markwort guys are still holding on for dear life.
Which brings us to Jock He's got a team that scores runs this year so
he is a force to be sure. Rounding out the top 6 are Kreigshauser and
Kutis who can explode at any time. This is why we adapted Hair's
system and it is working like a charm. This has to be the closest
race I've seen and I've seen a few in my time but they usually are 3
or 4 teams not 6. Well that's all for now. Them Birds better get
their s##t together or their gonna be home watching the playoffs.

Well almost to the half way point and six teams are wihin 4 points of
each other. I forgot to post: The stats from 2002 are updated on the
site. Those Ziggy boys are right smack dab in the middle of it, but
they play Jock and I'm sure he's got something in store for 'em.
Markwort must sure be proud Their guys looking to take a lead into the
second half. Denny is ripping the cover of the ball can anyone catch
him?
Thats all from me get posting guys!

Wow! Sounds like some game!  The pitching duel that wasn't... --- In
corkballuniverse@yahoogroups.com, "Bob" <roberty@n...> wrote:
> In South St. Louis Corkball League play last night Markwort
Sporting
> Goods and pitcher Jeff (the ironman) Vilmer squared off against Tim
> Kobler and Reinhold Electric.  With two of the leagues top pitchers
> on the mound you would have expected a low scoring event.  But this
> wasn't the case.  After a scoreless first inning Markwort loaded
the
> bases and punched one across to take the lead in the second.  But
> Electric answered back with four runs of their own in one inning to
> take a 4 to 1 lead.  They then added another few runs on a Kobler
> triple and lead the game 6 to 1.  Trailing by 5 Markwort then went
to
> work.  In thier last at bat they loaded the bases and punched 4
runs
> across the plate making it a 6 to 5 game.  With bases still loaded
> and two out Kobler struck out the rookie John Amorso with one of
his
> nasty knuckly curves to end the game.  What a game!
>
> In another suprising development, the big lefty Mike Jockish
actually
> lost a game.  With the bases loaded and two out Jeff Greaves, one
of
> the leagues best hitters, stepped into the batters box to do battle
> with the mighty Jock.  Greaves got the best of the battle this time
> delivering a base hit to right field and giving Jock his first lost
> of the year.

Well. we are one fifth of the way through the season and it's a tight
race right now.  In the jacket race there are two teams tied for 1st
with 9 points and four teams tied for second with 8 points.  In the
Stege division AMG, Kreigshauser and Reinhold Electric are all tied
for first with 8 points.  In the Young division, Kutis and Ziegenhein
are tied for first with 9 points each with Markwort Sporting Goods
right on their tails with 8 points.  Divisional play continues this
week.

The hot batters so far are Denny Roedner .565, Pat meyer .500, Ron
Blest .444, Tim Sallee .406, and Jeff Vilmer at .390.The hot pitchers
and their ERA's, Mike Jockish .014, Mike Wyatt 0.29 Denny Roedner
0.55, and Bob Eller 0.66.

Mike Jockish hit a gram slam off of the tough Tim Kobler this past
week.  It was his second homer of the year and his 7th RBI.

Winter Green Development continues to struggle with starting pitcher
Terry Meyer still out due to injury.  But they're only four points
back and still not out of the race.

Reinhold Flooring also continues to struggle.  Their pitching has
been strong it's their hitting that needs to come around with a
team .172 batting average.  It's not too late for them to get back
into the race but they better get hot and fast.

Tonight marks the start of four straight weeks (seven games)of
divisional play at the South St. Louis Corkball League.  It's time to
seperate the men from the boys.  Speaking of boys, the Ziggy "boys"
with their two starting pitchers and two starting catchers (How did
that happen? Boy, talk about a rigged team!) will be taking on the
last place Flooring team as the flooring team looks to get back into
the race. Another good match up in the Young Division will be Kutis
and Markwort, seperated by just one point.

In the Stege Division, the first and second place teams will square
off against each other while the third and fourth place teams do the
same.  There are only two points seperating the first and fourth
place teams in the Stege Division so something has to give tonight.

Good luck to all.

After 3 games (one rain out) here's what going on in the South St.
Louis Corkball League.

Who's hot

Pat Meyer - Ave.     .750
Ron Blest - Ave.     .667
Jerome Bowers - Ave. .667
Jeff Vilmer - Ave.   .615
Denny Roedner Ave.   .538
Tim Kobler Ave.      .467
Jeff Vogt Ave.       .500
Kevin Dugan Ave.     .500
Bob Young Ave.       .400
Len Mayer Ave.       .400

Who's Not

Nick Ridenour Ave.   .000
Rick Spann Ave.      .000
Terry Landers Ave.   .000
Mike Jockish Ave.    .000
Jeff Buck Ave.       .000
Matt Nollmann Ave.   .000
Steve Zorick Ave.    .000
Dan Simpson Ave.     .091
Ken Nollmann Ave.    .091
Dan Finchem Ave.     .108

Told you those Ziggy boys were gonna be tough!!!!!




--- In corkballuniverse@yahoogroups.com, "Bob" <roberty@n...> wrote:
> In South St. Louis Corkball League play last night Markwort
Sporting
> Goods and pitcher Jeff (the ironman) Vilmer squared off against Tim
> Kobler and Reinhold Electric.  With two of the leagues top pitchers
> on the mound you would have expected a low scoring event.  But this
> wasn't the case.  After a scoreless first inning Markwort loaded
the
> bases and punched one across to take the lead in the second.  But
> Electric answered back with four runs of their own in one inning to
> take a 4 to 1 lead.  They then added another few runs on a Kobler
> triple and lead the game 6 to 1.  Trailing by 5 Markwort then went
to
> work.  In thier last at bat they loaded the bases and punched 4
runs
> across the plate making it a 6 to 5 game.  With bases still loaded
> and two out Kobler struck out the rookie John Amorso with one of
his
> nasty knuckly curves to end the game.  What a game!
>
> In another suprising development, the big lefty Mike Jockish
actually
> lost a game.  With the bases loaded and two out Jeff Greaves, one
of
> the leagues best hitters, stepped into the batters box to do battle
> with the mighty Jock.  Greaves got the best of the battle this time
> delivering a base hit to right field and giving Jock his first lost
> of the year.

In South St. Louis Corkball League play last night Markwort Sporting
Goods and pitcher Jeff (the ironman) Vilmer squared off against Tim
Kobler and Reinhold Electric.  With two of the leagues top pitchers
on the mound you would have expected a low scoring event.  But this
wasn't the case.  After a scoreless first inning Markwort loaded the
bases and punched one across to take the lead in the second.  But
Electric answered back with four runs of their own in one inning to
take a 4 to 1 lead.  They then added another few runs on a Kobler
triple and lead the game 6 to 1.  Trailing by 5 Markwort then went to
work.  In thier last at bat they loaded the bases and punched 4 runs
across the plate making it a 6 to 5 game.  With bases still loaded
and two out Kobler struck out the rookie John Amorso with one of his
nasty knuckly curves to end the game.  What a game!

In another suprising development, the big lefty Mike Jockish actually
lost a game.  With the bases loaded and two out Jeff Greaves, one of
the leagues best hitters, stepped into the batters box to do battle
with the mighty Jock.  Greaves got the best of the battle this time
delivering a base hit to right field and giving Jock his first lost
of the year.

The stats for South Saint Louis Corkball Club are now up for the 2003
season. Watch out for Ziggy they look pretty tough although they
aren't hitting up tho their potental yet.

The South St. Louis Corkball League kicked off it's season last
Sunday, but it wasn't a good day for ball.  It was 37 degrees and
raining.  The club was split on "weather" to play or not.  Some
player said nuts and went home.  But the Commissioner decided to play
and the first games were played.  As the day wore on the conditions
got worse and by the middle of the second set of games play had to be
stopped.  But the first games counted.  Wednesday league play
continues this week but the weather man is calling for thunderstorms
again.  Dave will probably start posting stats on the web site within
the next few weeks. Sunday pick up ball has been going for about
three weeks now with as many as 24 player showing up to play.

In the St. Louis Fuzzball (winter ball)scene two of the South St.
Louis Corkball league makeshift teams have won their divisions and
made it into the second round of the playoffs.   The playoffs will
continue this tuesday.

Our California and Missouri league affiliates have been playing for a
couple of months now and nobody has posted anything.  How many games
have been played? What are the team standings? What are the stats of
individual players?  Have there been any outstanding plays?  Could
someone possibly resume posting play-by-play and color commentary
from games?

I have never seen the board this quiet, not even during December,
when there weren't any leagues in play.  There are 22 members of this
group - somebody please post.


Thank you!

This group has been dead for a quite a while, despite the fact that
there are three affiliate leagues in play.  Nobody has posted game
highlights, scores or stats for this season here.  I hope that this
sorry state will change soon.  Meanwhile, the crickets chirp here.
Please feel free to post any corkball/baseball related messages,
files or photos.  Thanks for joining!

Welcome new members! Two people have joined since I last checked the
club about a week ago.  Feel free to use any or all of the features
and functions.  Post on this message board, email team/league
schedules to myself or any of the other moderators and we'll be happy
to post them on the calendar.  Post whatever pics you desire in the
photos section, or submit a link for a related site to myself or the
other moderators.  Articles pertaining to corkball or baseball can be
posted in the files section (Mr. Bennett, please re-submit your
excellent article - I can finally post it in its entirety due to this
convenient new Yahoo feature). If you are going to post a link on the
message board, please send it to myself or one of the other
moderators first for approval - we don't take kindly to spam here,
unless it pertains to corkball or baseball.

Spring training should have commenced here in Texas, but two of our
members have moved out of the area in the last year and we haven't
had sufficient recruits to replace them.  Hopefully that will change.

Spring training is commencing in the corkball "big leagues" of St.
Louis, MO, and league play has already commenced in northern
California... hopefully one of our members in one of those leagues
will post stats, scores, play-by-play or something quite soon.

Good luck to everyone in the 2003 season! Remember, it is only a game
and acrimony and disputes tend to detract from everyone's experience.

Thanks,

"Kilgore Trout"

All three major polls of sportswriters predict that it will be the
Yanks vs. Cards in the World Series.  They also predict that the
Yanks will win the series in five games.

This is the off season, so there isn't much happening here, but
expect things to pick up in about 6-8 weeks, when the drafts and
spring training commence.

Feel free to post anything you desire, as long as it isn't insulting
or offensive.  You get one spam message; after that I boot you unless
you are promoting an affiliated site or you have received permission
from myself or one of the other moderators.

Enjoy the group, and please hang in there until activity picks up in
the spring.


-Kilgore Trout

St. Louis is not only known for corkball but when the summer leagues
are over and the cold winter sets in, it's time for winter ball.  And
winter ball in St. Louis consists of fuzzball.

In fact, every winter the South Broadway Athlethic Club has a
fuzzball league that consists of most of the area corkballers who are
looking to keep their swings in shape.

Fuzzball in St. Louis is much like the version of corkball played in
the California corkball league. The main difference however, is that
the tennis balls have the fuzz burnt off of them making them black
and hard to see in the poor indoor lighting.  The burnt ball also
seems to have alot more movement then a regular tennis ball.

Now burning the ball is an art.  First you must find the right brand
of ball.  It seems that some brands burn better than others.  Most
guys perfer some kind of Penn ball but I haven't figured out just
which one yet.  Once the proper ball is selected, the burning process
begins.  The fuzz must be burnt down but not completely off the
ball.  If you hold the ball too close to the flame, the fuzz bubbles
and I don't think that is good.  If you hold the ball too far away
from the flame, the ball is not burnt enough.  Also it seems that a
number of pitchers like to "warm" the balls between innings.  I
haven't figured that one out yet.

The game is played in a cage and double innings are played.  Four
inning make a complete game.  One swinging strike is an out if the
catcher holds the ball and two strikes are an out regardless of
whether the catcher holds the ball or not.  A catcher catching a foul
tip with a man on base constitutes a double play.  The pitcher does
not throw off a mound.

Currently there are eight or nine teams in the league.  Players from
the local coorkball clubs sometimes cross club lines to play on a
team made up of two or three player from various local clubs.  But
mostly the local corkball clubs are represented.

Currently the South St. Louis Corkball League has a five man team
that is, so far, undefeated.  The team consists of Bob Eller, Tim
Kobler (TK), Jeff Vilmer (JV), Tim Salee, and Bob Young.  A tough
team to beat with three starting pitchers and plenty of good hitting.

It's a fun game to play.  You guys in California might want to try
burning a few balls yourselves and seeing if you like it.

On Sunday afternoon, the first three games of the 2002 Cambrian corkball world
series were played. Tensions between the two teams were as high as anyone on
either squad expected but, though the competition was friendly enough, still,
the contest proved fiercer than the Feds anticipated. Doubt, nevertheless, about
which organization was fated to win never factored itself in among Federal
league players.

"I just knew we were going to walk away with at least two victories, today."
claimed Sweet Lou Brinckwirth, the chairman of the Fed who stygnatized the
Players league with what turned out to be a kind of "lesson in psychology,"
dubbed so by sweet Lou, "for the benefit of the Players."  Sweet Lou, from the
outset of the day put the Players on the defensive with his competeive edge but,
as the day wore on, relaxed his disposition towards the Players League, relying
confidently on his team to deliver on their own promise of getting satisfaction.

In gane one, Doc Willis set the tempo by driving in the only runs of the first
match with a two-run home run. Then, the Doc proceeeded to shutting down the
Players completely, allowing only one hit in nine innings and fuzzing Chente
Salinas every time he stepped up to the plate.  Slurring disbelief in himself,
Chente Salinas, showed up early but served his team with a slow wit, as he
slumped all day and got boxed in. What surprised many was that the Players
overrated  slugger never caught on to the strategy behind the savvy Fed nor
caught up to the Doc's masterfully located fastballs abd sliders.

In game two, Skoot Bayer pitched a no-hitter, a post-season first in the
California League, to bring the Players even with the Fed. Nate Borne, the "Big
Train," pitched beautifully but without any offensive support.

Game three showcased a match-up between Kyd Hasket, who pitched a gem of his
own, and Jason "Cricket" Brookes, who eventually homered against Hasket and won
the game for the Fed.

Games four through six will be played next. If the Players defeat the Fed, game
seven will played on the third weekend.

On Sunday September 22 the the two remaining teams of the South St.
Louis Corkball League, Reinhold Electric AKA old-timers and
Kreighauser Mortuaries, met in a battle for the play-off crown.

The Starting Pitcher for the Kreigshauser boys was last years MVP Bob
Eller.  Mike jockish, the oldtimers regular starting pitcher (ERA
0.03) was unable to play and thus, the crafty veteran Vern Weida had
to take the mound.

Both pitcher threw well and it looked like it was going to be a long
afternoon.  However in the fourth inning Kreigshauser loaded the
bases for Buddha who put his belly behind a low fastball and punched
it to left field for a one to nothing lead.  Bob Eller then went to
work scattering just a few hits over the last three innings on his
way to the playoff crown.

The day marked the last game for two veterans, Joe Fisch (28 years)
and Vern Weida (26 years) who have decided to retire from the
league.  Thanks for all the great times guys.

I read this morning an article in a bay area newspaper that asserted that the
San Francisco Giants, and not the St. Louis Cardinals, were this year's team of
destiny, and that St. Louis fans could expect their beloved Cardinals to bow to
the Giants, a greater team. What surprises me most is not that this sentiment
runs prevalently among San Francisco fans but among bay area sports writers, who
haven't figured out the meaning of our pastime.

Baseball, our national pastime, is a vast allegory that turns on a vital contest
between two teams: the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Yankees are no doubt the evil empire of baseball. The Yanks represent
corporate America, big business, a conglomerate of super-salaried all-stars,
ringers yawning on the bench while other ringers exhibit half of the American
identity: the domination of Money, or the Fix. Everthing is already
predetermined in a Yankee victory because there arsenal dwarfs all others. The
Yankees live by pillaging the talent of small market teams.

The Cardinals represent the American individual's undying effort and spirited
labor harmonized with other like-minded individuals in pursuit of destroying the
Yankees and all that they represent. The Cardinals are from the heartland of
America, Mark Twain country, and demonstrate the other half of America's
identity: the indomitable spirit to fight against every Fix and predetermined
outcome confronted. Players leave big market teams to join the Cardinals because
their baseball souls find salvation and redemption in St. Louis, baseball's
heaven. The Cardinals embody romantic baseball, revel by showboating for the
sake of showboating, organize to bring out the beautiful game in baseball, and,
when they win, their victory belongs to all of baseball, to the pastime.

Baseball is an allegory about good and evil, what is best in us and what is
worst in us. The other twenty-eight teams are minor players on the stage. Some
of them have storied histories, and many of them have won the world series in
years which the Yankees or Cardinals did not, but all the other teams are
inferior versions of either the Yankees or the Cardinals or suffer the greater
crisis of trying to be both teams.

All honor to the Giants, and all honor to Barry Bonds--all the same, San
Francisco is not this year's team of destiny.  The Giants must suffer another
loss to St. Louis in the National league Championships. The Giants are perhaps
no longer cursed with bad baseball karma, but they have not yet received the
blessings which make the St, Louis Cardinals the true team of America. The
Braves have always been pretenders to this title. What sports writers haven't
figured out is that baseball, as our national pastime, is a spiritual game.

What makes St. Louis this year's team of destiny is not how they dealt with
losses of Darryl Kile and Jack Buck; the Cardinals would have played this season
with dignity even if they had finished last in the league. St. Louis is this
year's team of destiny because our nation of baseball fans needs to be reminded
of what is best about our pastime and ourselves. This explains why the
significance of every world series won by the New York Yakees is found only in
reference to the next Cardinal championship. And why not? The Yankees are the
greatest ever in the American League and the Cardinals are the greatest ever in
the National League. Sports writers should be lamenting that we must wait
another year to see if the two greatest teams will face off in world series.

The 2002 season regular season came to an end for California Corkball. The year
at Cambrian Park featured more players than ever before and survived without the
kind of controversy that plagued last season. The biggest stories of the year
were the emergance of rookie Hops Hansen, whose 12 victories led the Cambrian
leagues, and the increase of overall talent around the league. Hansen finished
the year with a .300 batting average and 25 home runs and was third in runs
batted in. The batting title went to Doc Willis, the Home run leader was Lou
Brinckwirth, and Skoot Bayer led all pitchers in earned run average.
What makes this season special is the coming world series between the Players
League and the Federal League. Aside from idealogical and personal differences
between the opposing squads, the league's talent is equally distibuted between
the two teams.

The Players League is skippered by Johnny Brickwirth and Skoot Bayer, and
features perhaps the best clutch hitter in the league in Chente Salinas, super
rookies with Hops Nansen and Greg Kinney, and the veteran Kyd Hasket. Johnny
Brinckwirth is likely to catch at least six games for the Players. Pitching for
the Players in games one and two will most certainly be Skoot Bayer and Hops
Hansen. After Bayer and Hansen, the rotation remains uncertain; however there is
depth in their bullpen and Jack Brinckwirth could come in to pitch himself. In
the field for the players will be some of the leagues best: Hasket, Bayer and
Kinney are among the best.

The Federal League captains are Lou Brinckwirth and Doc Willis. The starting
rotation for the fed will be Doc Willis, Nate "the Big Train" Borne, prospect
Jason Brookes, and Lou Brinckwirth.

Match-ups:
The Players League appears to have the edge in pitching over the Fed but
newcomer Jason Brookes could make a giant difference in the series. The bullpens
are about even. Where the difference will play itself out will be in starters
Bayer and Hansen: if the Players win, it will be because these two guys pitch
gems.  Doc Willis will be preassured to pitch a gem himself but can at least
rely on the Fed's big bats to give him a lead. One question remains: will Kyd
Hasket, the the league's only left-handed pitcher be healthy enough to start
game four.

The Fed clearly has decisive advantage in hitting over the Players.  From top to
bottom the Fed's line up can hurt most pitchers. Nate Borne, Doc Willis, and
Sweet Lou Brinckwirth all hit over twenty home runs, the Fernandes brothers
switch hit for power and average, and Jason Brookes appear to wield a capable
bat. The Players have hitters, too, but they must step up by putting more
runners on base and driving them home. Their power hitters, Hansen, Salinas, and
Bayer must drive in the big runs. The Players are resting their hopes on Hansen
and, especially, Salinas. If the Fed shuts these two down, there doesn't appear
to be much of a chance for a Players' victory, no matter how many times their
other hitters reach base.

I give the edge in the field to the Fed. The Players and the Fed match up well
in both fielding pitchers and third fielders; however, in is behind the plate
where the Fed once again takes its advantage.  Quite simply, Lou Brinckwirth is
best cather in the league, and Borne, Willis, Brookes, and Thom Fernandes are
all competitive. The Players catcher, Johnny Brinckwirth, cannot afford to miss
his opportunities to fuzz batters.

Prediction:  The Fed over the Players in Five games.

Hey wait a sec Boomer had to drank more than 52 beers all year long
what you taking some off cause he brought his once or twice?

Here are the So. St.Louis Corkball League Leaders at years end.

Offensive

Average          Tim Kobler                  .514
On Base %        Tim Kobler                  .551
Hits             Tim Kobler                    56
Walks            Bob Young                     26
Hit by Pitch     Jerome Bowers                  7
Doubles          Bob Eller & Brad Kestler       6
Triples          Arron Darnell & Tim Kobler     3
Home Runs        Tim Kobler                     4
RBIs             Tim Kobler                    28
Runs Scored      Harry Leip                    18

Pitching

Innings Pitched  Jeff Vilmer                  175
Wins             Jeff Vilmer                   16
Loses            Mike Jockish                   1
Ties             Tim Kobler                     2
Hits             Mike Jockish                  45
Walks            Tim Kobler                     9
Hit Batsmen      Tim Kobler Denny Roedner       1
Runs             Mike Jockish                   1
ERA.             Mike Jockish                0.03

Drinking Other Member's Beer Bob Baumann        52 beers

The past weekend proved the axiom that the playoffs are truly a new
season. The teams were paired off according to the place they
finished the regular season. 1st vs 8th, 2nd vs 7th and so on, with a
single elimination tournament to determine the playoff champs.
  In the first round, the Jacket winners, Reinhold Flooring held off a
spunky and determined Wintergreen team, led by Pitcher Terry
Meyer,and some fine relief work by Chuck the Butcher Koenig, 2-0.
  The Ziegenhein crew avenged themselves from their last loss of the
season by defeating Greedy and his L&H team.
  The Oldtimers dispatched of the Markwort Yellow team.
  In probably the tightest match of the first round, Ol' Eller and
Team Meyer took care of Denny and Pop, with Robert C pitching 6 no
hit innings.
  In the second round, the team formally known as Kriegshauser, but
now known as team Meyer, used some clutch hitting from Jeff Meyer,
veteran Len Meyer and catcher Pat Meyer to stake Pitcher Robert C
Meyer to a 2-0 lead over the jacket winning Reinhold team, forcing
Harry the Fossil to bring TK to put out the fire, but TK turned out
to be the arsonist as he gave up a back breaking RBI to Jeff
Meyer."We knew that by switching everyone on the teams name to Meyer
would give us an edge over these guys today. " said Jeff.
  Rumor has it that next year, instead of an oldtimer team, the club
will have a team made up of all Meyers. Team Meyer advanced to the
finals, winning 3-0.
  The other semi was won by the old guys, backed by a stellar and
gutsy pitching performance by Mike Jock, I believe 8-5 on total bases.
Note, props go out to Jeff V, whom also pitched his @*! off in a
losing cause. JV pitched almost every inning for the whole season,
not an easy thing to do.
  Good Luck to both Reinhold Electric and Kriegshauser for reaching
the finals, and capping off another great season.
  Make Don proud Boys.

--- In corkballuniverse@y..., nanook63010 <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> After a long hard fought season it came down to two teams on the
final
> night.  The Flooring boys led by TK's 3rd dong of the year took
their
> game against Greedy and the L&H squad while Ziggy tied Krieg's which
> gave the Floor the jackets for 2002. So the playoff matchups have
been
> set and hopefully TK's boys are still hungover from their win so the
> Wintergreen crew can pull off an upset on their way to becoming
> playoff champs. Congrats go out to Electric for their division
> championship and a shout out to the rest of the league for another
> great season here's looking foward to next year and a word of
warning:
> the lumberjacks are coming, the lumberjacks are coming, the
> lumberjacks are coming. In the words of Jack Buck 'So long for just
> awhile'.

Just to set the record straight, that homer was my 4th of the season.
I don't think that our crew will be hungover come Sunday.But, with
the regular season over anything can happen. Usually the team that
wins the jacket tends to be a little flat in the playoffs, while the
other teams have more to shoot for. I'm also glad I hit over .500 for
the season, 'cause as I get older, that will become even more
difficult to accomplish.
I fully expect to get a good game with you guys on Sunday. See ya
there around 10:30am. Good Luck.
TK

After a long hard fought season it came down to two teams on the final
night.  The Flooring boys led by TK's 3rd dong of the year took their
game against Greedy and the L&H squad while Ziggy tied Krieg's which
gave the Floor the jackets for 2002. So the playoff matchups have been
set and hopefully TK's boys are still hungover from their win so the
Wintergreen crew can pull off an upset on their way to becoming
playoff champs. Congrats go out to Electric for their division
championship and a shout out to the rest of the league for another
great season here's looking foward to next year and a word of warning:
the lumberjacks are coming, the lumberjacks are coming, the
lumberjacks are coming. In the words of Jack Buck 'So long for just
awhile'.

Boo how misinformed are you? Kutis blew a 2 run lead as Wintergreen's
CK went yard and shut down the K boys for a 5-3 win and Denny was the
one holding his arm after blowing a fast ball by the Lama.

With just three games remaining in the regular season, the two Jacket
contenders squared-off last night in a battle for first place.

Reinhold Flooring, lead by pitcher Tim Kobler (TK) went into the
night just one point ahead of John L. Ziegenhein and pitcher Jeff
Vilmer.  Both teams managed to get some hits had a shot at scoring a
run but could not come through with any clutch hitting, thus ending
the night with a tie.

Tim Kobler of Flooring stated "We really wanted to win but we'll take
the tie.  Afterall, they are chasing us and this tie helps reduce our
magic number."

Kobler, who normally stays around for a cold one after the games, was
seen leaving early and holdong his pitching shoulder thus spurring
rumors of possible shoulder problems.  Will he be able to pitch next
week?

By-the-way Flooring boys, for the first time this year you'll have to
deal with the pressure of beingin first place.  The pressure of not
being able to lose, not being able to drop a pitch, not being able to
miss location with a pitch, and worring about what the Ziegenhein
team is doing.  Don't fold Harry.

Both Flooring and Ziegenhein must play Kreigshauser and L&H Erection
in the next two weeks.  Both Kreigs and L&H are capable of beating
either of the two jacket contenders and the last two weeks should be
fun to watch.

In the Stege division the race for first place got a bit tighter as
Kutis beat Wintergreen Development thus moving themselves just three
points behind Jock and the Old-timers.  Jock and the old-timers tie
the Markwort team.  If Kutis stay hot things could get interesting in
that division.

In the race for the batting title Bob Eller, ave. .455 did have
another good night at the plate while Kobler, ave. .531 did not.
However there may not be enough time left for Eller to catch Kobler
unless.......that rumored sore shoulder keeps TK from swinging a hot
bat.  we'll just have to wait and see.

Someone emailed that to me yesterday, but it didn't have the pledge
form at the bottom, classic. Alright the birds get to rip on the
cubbies in  2 1/2 hours as they reached a deal.