Shutout!

Another week of kickball is in the books and it’s another W for It’s Not Me, It’s You. This week XME performed solidly in all phases of the game leading to a shutout win 4-0 over the shorthanded In the Faaaaccce. The game drew comparisons from onlookers to the basketball scenes out of 3OH!3’s video. The defensive showing was the best of the season and it was the first shutout of what is surely to be many. The win puts XME at 3-1 and into a tie for 1st place in the division! Conference standings to date:

Constitution Conference Standings
1. XME (3-1-0)
2. EYE (3-1-0)
3. ORG (3-1-0)
4. LIQ (3-1-0)
5. SHT (3-1-0)
6. DKP (3-1-0)
7. POO (2-1-1)
8. WEN (2-1-1)
9. DAL (2-1-1)
10. WHJ (2-2-0)
11. ITB (2-2-0)
12. KCK (1-2-1)
13. R76 (1-3-0)
14. CHG (0-4-0)
15. DRK (0-4-0)
16. INF (0-4-0)

As always, your captains Craig and I are proud of the energy and enthusiasm on display Sunday and look forward to kicking the balls off the competition in the weeks to come.

This week provided another kickball event: the mid-season party at Midtown Loft. With all predictions pointing to out esteemed social chair topping this dude’s BAC we were all ready for a good time. Being the league drunk that he is, Jeremy planned our arrival so we’d be sure to be there early just in case there were any bottles of vodka lying around. The party got underway and a few things became clear early on. The first was the potentially disastrous combination of small drink cups and only 2 bartenders. However, upon further inspection, the bartenders were ok in our book. The second was the sense that something felt different about the night, this would not be your normal kickball drinking event and I just couldn’t place my finger on why (not until later anyway).

As the night went on and more kickballers arrived, XME played a little bar shuffleboard with giddy anticipation for the unveiling of Jack Fan’s birthday surprise (which apparently turned out to be his 2nd best birthday surprise). Zamir Ahmed – President of the It’s Not Me, It’s You Fan Club, Zamir Ahmed Chapter – had a stroke of genius one night for an awesome birthday surprise for the esteemed director of CHASE, Jack Fan: “I am a Jack Fan” t-shirts. The shirts were a big hit and Zamir deserves all the credit for putting it together, nice work Zamir.

As the night grew old and we prepared to go our separate ways I looked around and was shocked at what I saw: Jeremy Joy was still in the bar, hadn’t been kicked out, and was not passed out. Clearly this night was like no other kickball event before.

This week overall was a great week for kickball and kickball-related drinking. Next week brings with it a challenge as we will be taking on KCK led by the legendary Bill Belichick. With a record of (1-2-1) the matchup does not seem to be much of a challenge, but any team led by the legend himself always has a chance. If we stay focused and play solid defense I know we can be the Dwyane Wade to KCK’s Anderson Varejao.

Enjoy the weekend and get ready to dominate on the field and at the table, and until next time…

Go Balls Deep,
T Rock

P.S. Entrance music is happening THIS WEEK! If you haven’t yet sent me a song choice to use for your at-bats I will choose something that you might not find as funny as everyone else. Get on it!