Week # 9 - Games of the Week

Written by: The Kickball Guru

Week 8 is in the books and finally we have our 1 and 2 seeds locked down for the playoffs. Congrats goes out to Drinkers With a Kicking Problem and KNS for winning their respective divisions. Only question left, is who will end up with the 1 seed. Will it be KNS once again? Scoregasms are really the only hope the drinkers have for KNS to not do that. With that being said, its pretty impressive to see the drinkers in the first year out of the rookie division come out and go pretty much undefeated, with a tie as their only flaw in their record. On a side note congratulations goes out to Saved by the balls for winning the Lone star division, and convincingly.


Now a quick recap for week 8. Unfortunate week for lights out as they lost on a terrible call, on paper, scissors, rock! I mean, its bad enough to have everyone complain about tthe umps and their bad calls, but how does someone mess up a paper scissor rock call?!?!? Now because of that, lights out is unfortunate to be stuck in tighter position in playoffs, and maybe even worse if they cant get past Suck My Kick today. However Suck my kick is also in a tight spot after dropping yet another game last week to the Monkeyz. Once again, the rookie mistakes really hurt them, and I don't see them matching up well against a decently disciplined team in Lights Out.

Now another game of the week that decided the mountain star division winner was the thundercats and KNS battle. The score ended in 6-0, favor going to KNS. The thundercats just couldn't manage to advance their runners and score, while it was just another day at the office for KNS shutting out yet another opponent. Now the thundercats are battling for position against NKOTB this week, not an easy task for either team.

Last but not least, SCK's most intriguing match up was down at modesto 1 between the drinkers and kixxx. Obviously, I was wrong about the drinkers AGAIN. In my defense, when I make these predictions, understand that I base it on both teams having a full squad. Unfortunately for kixxx they only showed up with 2 females. With that being said, I think they should've still won. They kept the game close and were leading all the way to the 4th inning 2-1, and then fell apart allowing 3 runs to the drinkers, and couldn't bounce back. The one thing that impressed me most about the drinkers, was that I finally saw them fight through adversity when being down late in the game. Now that leaves Kixxx with hoping that NKOTB loses or ties so they can capture the 3rd seed and not end up on the same side of the bracket as KNS (assuming KNS wins tomorrow), and can try to redeem themselves against the drinkers if they both advance all the way to the semis. On to the games of the week now folks.

Game of the Week #1

Who: Drunken Monkeyz vs 4-Play
Where: Modesto 1
Time: 7pm

Pretty much every game this week is a battle for position in the playoffs, seeds 3-10 are pretty much up in the air. The Monkeyz have crazy momentum, after their loss to the drinkers. They have shut out both of their last two opponents 8 runs to none. They are undefeated when both Reid and Mike (pitcher and catcher) are present. So definitely a team to watch out for in playoffs. 4 play has been on a roller coaster this whole season, tying, winning, losing, they've done it all multiple times. They need to come out strong against this strong monkey team so that the don't land in the 7-10 seed. Look for a defensive game in this one.



Spread: Monkeyz -1.5
Over/Under: 4.5 runs
Prediction: Monkeyz 3-1

Game of the Week #2

Who: Lights Out vs Suck my Kick
Where: Modesto 1
Time: 8pm

Talk about two inconsistent teams battling each other. I think these are the sloppiest teams in the competitive bracket. Winning and tying games that I thought they couldn't, but then turning around and not even compete against other teams that they should compete with. Lights out biggest moment of their short careers was he win over Kixxx, but however have fell off the map since. Even if the umps hadn't messed up the call last week, they still would've ended up in a 0-0 ball game. Time to put up points ladies and gents! There's no other explanation. Suck my Kick really needs some practice on what to do with the ball on defense, because this is where they hurt the most, and once you get confused, the bleeding doesn't stop, and that's been the story for SMK these past two weeks. Prediction here will mean nothing, since I don't know what version of these teams will show up.

Spread: Lights Out -.5
Over/Under: 3.5 runs
Prediction: Lights out 2-1

Game of the Week #3

Who: Thundercats vs NKOTB
Where: Modesto 2
Time: 8 pm



NKOTB has been flying under the radar all season, and crazy enough, they can end up with the 3rd overall seed. Which is crazy because they never win a game by more than 2 points. Even against the not so competitive teams. Last week they beat It burns 2-0, and it burns had allowed 47 runs prior to that. Amazing if you ask me, but they still don't lose and that's what matters. Now they are playing a thundercat team coming off a devastating loss to KNS, that could have won them a division title and 1st round bye. Now, they stare at a possible 3-6 seed with a win and a 7-8 seed if they lose, same goes for NKOTB. Last time these two teams met, it ended in a 1-1 tie. Look for a similar score tonight. Lots of defensive, not much offense.

Spread: 0
Over/ Under: 2.5 runs
Prediction: 1-1 tie

Game of the Week #4

Who:KNS vs Scoregasms
Where: Memo V
Time: 9 pm

KNS is looking to be the only team with a perfect record this season with a win today. However, remember when kixxx shocked the world 2 seasons ago, and ruined any chance of that? Remember when the pandas did just that last season? Can the scoregasms do it too? The Scoregasms are looking to do just that as well, with their coach tiger pride always believing in his team, and giving great pep talks, anything is possible. The Scoregasms have called an upset this week. It won't be an easy task, but very much possible. They already had an upset earlier this season, let's see if they can do it again. For KNS, talk is they want to put up 20 runs to make the 100 mark. Its incredible to hear of a team have those kinds of goals. But 20 runs on the Scoregasms? I just don't see it happening, but you never know. Because of their determination, I'm gonna have to up the numbers on this prediction.



Spread: KNS -5.5
Over/Under: 9.5 runs
Prediction: KNS 10-1