Written by: Jameson "The Angry Umpire" Vargas
Sad sack of monkey poop is the best way to describe the Drunkeyz current state of affairs. The once beloved champions have fallen on hard times. They use to be the peoples champ! But when you start pounding the cupcake teams like your making tortillas and you struggle against lesser competition, people are going to start to talk.
What elite team beats the Balls n Dolls 1-0? The Monkeyz do. That game should have been more like a merry-go-round for them. That uninspiring victory capped off a rather up and down season for them.
From the very beginning of their campaign I heard rumblings about them "paying" for a certain player new to their team. The Machine wouldn’t and didn’t need to do such a thing, so I blew it off as a rumor and innuendo and continued on my merry way. Much to my surprise, a few weeks later, I heard the exact same sentence coming from a different individual. Really?? “No way,” I can remember thinking. I threw the vicious rumor by the way side again. But for the third time during this Spring SCK season, I heard the malicious gossip being spouted from a third person that is extremely close to whole situation. I couldn’t believe my ears! Was Coach Reid really this desperate to get back on top of the kickball heap or was this nothing more than an elaborate hoax to stain the once honorable Monkey name???
I know everyone’s favorite primate is super competitive, but to go to that extent would be totally baffle-ling to me. Don’t get me wrong, if there was ever a player to be paid for, they sure picked the best one to invest their pennies in. Mr. Pitcher is awesome by all accounts and if it wasn’t for him the Monkeyz would definitely sport a couple of L’s this season.
Is Breid that desperate for one last hurrah that they’d stoop to the lowest of all lows? I honestly can’t say for sure. But where there is smoke there’s fire. Will their alleged investment pay off?? They better hope so because I hear that Mr. Pitcher is a free agent next season and looking to sign with a new team.
Strike 3 Im out
*Editors Note* - Please note that the Drunken Monkeyz have continuously denied claims that any new players or any existing players have their player fees paid for by the coach or the team. Their statement has been that these allegations are false, unfounded, and are downright lies.
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To put an end to this madness let me be the first to describe what went down. The Monkeyz had a verbal agreement to pick up this "free agent" at the end of the remix season. Upon hearing this, other SCK teams offered to pay for "his" entry fee (I was sitting in the stands and heard this offer). This free agent turned to Coach Reid and said will you offer to pay my fee to join your team? to which Coach Black Toe Reid replied "NOPE, absolutely NOT, but I can guarantee you will be on a winning team."
If you know your SCK history, the monkeyz have been to the finals 4 of 5 seasons, beat the "free agent" previous team the warriors in the playoffs last season, and have not lost to the former champs the shockers since season 1. Plain and simple, this "free agent" knew that the monkeyz would put him in a best spot to win a SCK title, something money can't buy!
"It's Just Kickball" really shouldn't be the name of this blog. There's hardly anyone out here, who comments here at least, that believes "it's just kickball." Believe what you will. Rumors start with one person and then spread like wildfire. It's not a surprise to me that your disbelieving ears have heard this rumor from three different people, one of which is so close to the whole situation. Face it, you're part of the rumor mill and have now made it viral.
If it's that important to you, the simple solution is to ask Reid AND Mike (oops, I said his name) what happened. Go see for yourself rather than putting more wood on the fire while sitting safely behind a computer. Who cares what other people think, find out for yourself. Or better yet, take those three omniscient folks with you so they too can bask in the glory. Then you can go out and celebrate and write about that, too.
If it's not that important, get over it and play the game.
I'm VERY competitive but kickball isn't going to put food on my table. So when I leave the field, I leave the field. Try that.
I started playing this for fun and had no idea how much strategy goes into this game. It's very intense and I love playing. But I haven't experienced this much drama in my five years playing softball and eight years playing flag football combined as I've seen in this one season of kickball. But I don't lose sleep over any of it. After all, it's just kickball.
Great blog Mr Angry Ump!! Way to put these villains on blast!! Rumor has it that the Monkeyz are going to be short players this sat. What a horrible way to end a season. Oh well, maybe next season guys.
Wether the Drunken Monkeyz paid for a top flight player is irrelevant. I just thought Id put it out there and see what happened. Not once did I say or take the rumor as gospel. Itsjustkickball is meant to be entertaining and allot of what we post is nothing more than an opinion and you all now what they say about opnions. Kickball doesnt "put food on my table" either, but its fun to stir the pot and see what sticks. Oh and I doubt Mr. Richards softball or flag football leagues had a blog this enjoyable.
haha, there is no drama and it was only a blog. I don't know what these guys are talking about, it is just kickball! All we wanted to do was to clear the air. Unfortunately, we Monkeyz will be missing one veteran female and our third baseman Dave for the second season in a row. It is going to only make things a lot more difficult.
I PAID FOR MY SHIT, I WAS ASKED TO RUN WITH THE MONKEYS, THEY NEEDED A PITCHER. I TOLD THEM TO GIVE ME A WEEK TO SEE IF WAS GONNA RUN WITH MY OLD TEAM "THE WARRIORS" CAME DOWN TO THE SIGN UP DEADLINE, WHEN I AGREE TO RUN WITH THE MONKEYS... BOTTOM LINE!!
NO ONES DESPERATE, NO MORE RUMORS , NOW YOU KNOW...PLAYOFFS BABY....
Don't listen to Mike "the Trader" pitcher. In his case Kickball did put food on his table :D He borrowed the money from me... he still owes me plus interest :-P Ha Ha JK Any who the Monkeyz play best with minimum players, that's why we are "The Machine" Hahaha! good luck to all of you. May the best team win ;) Oh and please don't blame a loss on the umps or missing players! A few players shouldn't make your team and if you have to beat the team AND the umps... then so be it! Everyone'll have more respect for u. SUCK IT UP Kickballa's!!! King Of Kickball here we come, Woop woo!!! It sucks that the King of Kickball would have had to play 21 innings to get there, but hey that's what it takes to be the KING of Kickball! Best of Luck Yall ;)
But john, there's only been 4 seasons in sck, or are you predicting that you make the championship again?
correction, my mistake. The monkeyz have been to finals 3 of 4 SCK seasons.
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