Don't Stop Believin'

"Bullshit!" or "Are you serious?" or "Wow...." These were the most common responses uttered as "the news" cam down from Alta Vista field and spread from player to player. It started as rumor and made absolutely no sense, but it did happen and there were folks there to see it...

Now "Any Given Wednesday", as a phrase many kickballers have heard. Some prescribe to it, but many don't believe in it. Most feel the most athletic, most practiced, or most cut-throat teams will always win and be on top. Although this may be true most of the time, it is NOT true ALL of the time. As we enter the final stretch for the playoff season, kickballers need to start believin' in this new creed, " Any Given Wednesday", if they want any chance at being crowned SCK's King of Kickball, because it ain't over yet.

So what happened?! Well we will get to that...

But first, there is something going on in the Lone Star Division that is really catching my eye. Most of Kickball Nation knew that veteran teams 2 Legit 2 Kick and Los Totally Awesomes, would earn their play-in spots with no problem at all. But what is surprising is the other Lone Star favorite, Suck My Kick, is currently on the outside looking in. This is the same Suck My Kick that surprised many and won the old Wreck Division last season. Not sure what has changed, but they have very little time to turn it around if they hope to make the playoffs. Instead we have new league comers Kickers with a Drinking Problem and the Kick Ballaz raising all sorts of eyebrows.

Interestingly though, it turns out that the Kick Ballaz contain remnenats of the now defunct One More Shot. It took awhile to make the connections, but there are alot of familiar faces out there. They were able to fly under the radar for a good portion of the season, but the jig is up. They are playing strong and are in the top-tier of the Lone Star teams. There is no missing them now.

Now the up-and-coming Kickers with a Drinking Problem they don't look so familiar. Im all but certain they are the real deal, a true rookie team. However they aren't playing like a rookie team, but I still have my suspicions of their legitimacy. Although it is hard to say because I haven't seen them play, but their stats do look promising and their wins speak for themselves.

At the end of the regular season, the Mountain Star and Sunrise teams should start planning and expect to see Los Totally Awesomes and 2 Legit 2 Kick in the playoffs for sure. That would leave 2 more spots and 3 teams left. Unless the Kick Ballaz or Drinkers With a Kicking Problem implode, which I don't anticipate, they will also be getting a shot at the playoffs. Unfortunately Suck My Kick is going to need tons of help to get into the running for this season's playoffs .

In the Sunrise Division, teams are starting to show signs of wear-and-tear. I'd Hit It is simply flat right now. They are playing uninspired kickball which could be catastrophic this late in the season. They need a spark, something to simply wake them up or maybe the Circus of "Lucas the One Man Show" has run it's course. Possibly the big marque with Lucas Quimiro all in bright lights is finally effecting the sense of team togetherness. The time to rally is at hand.

Team Vicious & Delicious is all but forgotten. Eventhough a ( 0-5-1 ) record has them making the play-in games, they will assuredly be demolished by any of the Lone Star teams. Someone hand them a fork....

And to round out the Sunrise news, the standings are incomplete for a pair of teams. New Kicks on the Block and the Longstrokes are still looking to finish a game that was unexpectedly cut-short ...let's just say, by a short moment of stupidity or lapse in judgment if you want to be nice about it. After struggling to keep the lights on all season, someone thought it would be cute to turn them off during gametime.  Problem: once the lights go out it takes awhile to get them back on. Which resulted in the 9pm game at Modesto 1 having to be rescheduled because the 3 inning mark was not met. None the less, finishing this game will go a long way in preparing these teams for the playoffs and showing all of Kickball Nation who they should be worried about. Hopefully karma doesnt get in the way of one of these teams...

And briefly, we head into the Mountain Star group. What the hell has gotten into the Boom Boom Booms, formerly known as the Suisliders. Often they are considered cannon fodder for more experienced teams to beat up one, but that has turned around as of late. The Booms have gone on a 2 win tear putting down 2 very good teams. During Week 5 they pummeled the Party Pandas and more recently during Week 6 they body slammed the Billy Bad Asses. Both teams had far more experience, but the Booms made quick work of both teams. Has it finally turned around for this team? They have struggled since their 1st season to make some sort of competitive statement and it looks like the finally have. Let's see what Week 7 has in store.

And finally, what happened down at Alta Vista? Well nothing much really...just that a run of the mill, middle of the road team proved that Any Given Wednesday anything can happen. That if you don't stop believing and play hard, eventually good things will come. I often don't take liberties on the blog, seeing as I'm currently the only writer and don't enjoy being braggadocios, but my team the Party Pandas deserve all the credit in the world for their accomplishment. They did what most viewed as impossible. They played a near perfect game and earned a big win against the 3-time champs Kickin' N' Screamin'. Who all of Kickball Nation agrees is SCK's best league and have done everything to earn that title.

However at the same time, for one win to be recognized so much only proves how good Kickin' N' Screamin' really is. We are all hard core competitors on the field, but once the game is over all that goes back into the bag for safe keeping until next week .For the most part, kickaball folks are good people and we respect and congratulate each other once all is said and done.

That's all for now...

Good Luck and Happy Kicking


OH....WAIT! AND IT WAS THE 1ST EVER KNS SHUT OUT TOO! 4 - 0 WHOOOOO!!! sorry had to do it! Nothing but love...