G.D. Newsletter "Sure to Entertain" 10th ed.

Warm greetings to all new and returning players of the Glory Days Sports Coed Softball Fall League! Glory Days Sports would like to welcome three new teams to our league: Burlington Blazers, JM & Sons Landscaping, and Just Us. We would also like to thank returning teams Dazzy O’s Team Awesome, Dazzy O’s Here for the Beer (formerly Green Monsters), The Buttermakers, and TriState (formerly LawnKrafters). Good luck to all and remember we are all here to have fun!

That being said, this (The G.D. Newsletter “Sure to Entertain”) is one of the venues we have huge amounts of fun with. We will continue to write a weekly recap of the games from the prior week. This recap will include any highlights and low lights that we witness or are given information to. I personally invite as much information from all team captains, all players, all spectators, and even umpires; as this will only make the writings more interesting and compelling to read for all. Just email those thoughts, scores, high and low lights to glorydayssports@gmail.com. Thank you in advance!

Week 1 of the Glory Days Sports Coed Softball Fall League was absolutely awesome! One newcomer team was surprising some and other newcomers felt the wrath of the Spring League mainstays. Some teams can add new players or change their change their team name (rather eloquently so, might I add) but a leopard never changes his spots. One team seems to have found the “Fountain of Youth”, one found (payed off) some Champions, and luckiest of all TriState found me!


Now To The Scores:

Games 1 & 2
Buttermakers lose two to JM & Sons Landscaping. 21-0 and 4-3.
Highlights- Team Captain, Alicia Buttermaker chucks her team scorebook after one of several disputed calls (nice throw but please make note GDS only provides 1 score book to teams per season). Plan B: JM & Son’s Landscaping has stocked their team with a few ex-pro and semi-pro players. I guess knowing all the umpires (Plan A) was not enough. One player in this game (remaining nameless, only because we don’t know it though) hit an awesome triple, then on the very next play runs to the plate to score a run! Rules…Rules…Rules…go to the bag or your out.

Game 3& 4
Title America double up on Just Us. 14-13 and 23-9.
Highlights- After the long anticipated start to the Fall Season, Frank Adomaitis of Just Us appears to have broken his finger on one of the first plays of the season. We hope you are felling ok…soooo are you hurt or are you injured, the rest of your team wanted to know. Carmen Midili and Ricky Watson bring that much needed (let’s just say youthful energy) to Title America. The mercy rule was needed to end this debacle in the second game. Look out folks Title America is looking rather “fresh”!

Game 5 & 6
Dazzy O’s “Here for the Beer” welcomes Burlington Blazers with a sweep. 16-1 and 11-9.
Highlights- The Green Monsters change of their team name to “Here for the Beer” is rather apropos. Their MVP on the day was Catie Scardino for turning 4 double plays (sounds freaky to me)! Gilligan and Galletta (sounds like a Law Firm) each hit an in the park Home Run. Ashlee Galletta continues to be one of our leagues most outstanding players ! ***Burlington Blazers did not forward any comments and my game was at the same time on the other field. Please note this will happen to 1 game every week and I could use all the help I can get with some information. Thanks again.***

Game 7 & 8
TriState and Dazzy O’s “Team Awesome” are the only split on the day. 29-22 and 5-7.
Highlights- Matt DeNafo and Jamie Connor (commissioners) make their debut memorable for TriState. Right from jump street Jamie was pissing off people by stealing the second base position from teammate Alex Gordon! Next, Jamie lets a routine pop up drop right by his head, without even getting a glove on it (pissing off their extremely, intense pitcher Mark DeNafo)! Conversely, Matt DeNafo was stellar at third base and at the plate…hitting the most unheralded home run ever! No one even noticed! Jamie’s second baseman counterpart Kendall Patton (that’s right, a former ARH player from the Fall League) was as hot as ever Saturday! She also played well, catching anything hit her way and hitting the hell out of the ball…right down the third base line every time, for future reference. Kevin Curcio (also a former ARH player…I see a trend forming) started off as Awesome’s pitcher but was yanked after letting in just a couple of runs…must not be pitching to Team Awesome’s standards. Awesome also scored a Heggan (about half of the ARH squad was Heggans) this season. They did though think they were getting Spring League Standout Ricky Heggan…sorry Flipper, Ricky will be back in the Spring of 2010…collecting his players too, I am sure!


Updates

***Continue to forward all game highlights and low lights to glorydayssports@gmail.com to keep the G.D. Newsletter “Sure to Entertain”.

***Please continue to show umpires respect, even after questionable calls.

***COMING SOON this Fall…Glory Days Sports KickBall Tournament “Kicking it old school baby”!

Until next week...this is Jamie Connor signing off!