30 Oct 2010 - Scary Field

Ones: Ripken, Baskets, Hi Tea, Sin, Ziegler
Twos: Rugburn, Indiana, Geok, H, Bumblebee
All-time: Rickey, Chris

Game 1: Ones 17 - Twos 6 (Mercy in 6)
Game 2: Ones 12 - Twos 13 (3 innings, walkoff. Ziegler left for Ones, Bumblebee traded to Ones, Rickey joined Twos)

Highlights

We started the game with 10. 5 on 5, right field dead, score from 2nd.
When H and Bumblebee showed up, Chris and Rickey fielded all-time to open up all fields.
Hi Tea and Sin hit back to back homers over Rugburn in LF.
Rickey advanced to 2nd on a sacrifice by Geok, then stole 3rd when the infield had a meeting at 2nd base. Rickey ran so fast, his cleats fell off his shoes.
Ripken fell 4 times taking the relay from CF. He also fell a couple of times rounding 3rd.
The ground was sloshy, damp and slippery. Really tough to play.
The Twos won game one purely on singles. There was one inning of at least 10 singles that kept loading the bases.
The second game was much closer with Bumblebee traded to the Ones and Rickey playing for the Twos.

23 Oct 2010 - Armageddon

I was in Melaka for the weekend, but I was told the game was like playing in Armageddon.
The air was so hazy that you could barely see the guy in the outfield.
Everyone was hacking and coughing and spitting.
On top of the haze, there was thunder and lightning.
The guys stopped after 5 innings to go watch Scrubs new movie 'ExTerminators'.
Its been rumoured that the mick would fuck a retard for money to buy a dress.

16 Oct 2010 - Two actual teams...

Ones: 1st Tom, 2nd Monika, 3rd Generalissimo, SS Chris, LF Mick, CF Bumblebee, RF H, C Rickey
Twos: 1st Rickey/Ziegler, 2nd Geok, 3rd Ziegler/Ripken, SS Indiana, LF Ripken/Kelson, CF Superdad, RF Sin, C Hi Tea

Game 1: Ones 17 : Twos 6 (5 innings)

1. Hi Tea finally got his right-hand glove, and 2 more show up (all year without left-handers, suddenly we have 3)
2. Ripken hit the longest homerun of the year, except it wasn't. The ball bounced on the ground between Mick and Bumblebee and rolled all the way to the drain near the cricket scoreboard.
3. The Ones put together 7 infield hits to load the bases and score 3 runs.
4. We had a strange new ball in the first inning that the Mick brought back from the US. It was the regulation size, but weighed half the standard.
5. New player from Germany, Monika. She came out with her own glove, cleats and mouthguard. We really hope to see her again.
6. Good to see the Generalissimo back in town.
7. The Horfun rule strikes again. Superdad was thrown out at the plate when he tried to stretch a triple into a homerun. The Horfun rule rocks.
8. I left after we mercied the Twos for the win. No idea what happened in the 2nd game.

9 Oct 2010 - RBI Machine

Bodies: Ripken, Rickey, Rugburn, Indiana, Geok, H, Sin, Bumblebee, Baskets, Cool Papa

All time: Chris

Score: Ones 20 : Twos 19 (extra innings)

1. Same as last week, Right field was closed. We just needed 1 more body and we could've had a full game.
2. The Rugburn shift has stopped working completely.
3. Cool Papa has found his bat back... and it is scary.
4. Rickey choked on 9RBIs. He simply couldn't get past the double digits (He has 3 ABs with runners on base after his 9th RBI, but he couldn't get it done)
5. Bumblebee has re-learnt the 'oh shit' moment.
6. Ripken shaking his head at Sin's lack of hustle is ironically funny.
7. Indiana and Geok play an hour of tennis before ball... and can still kick our ass on the field.
8. Baskets is a pretty decent 1B. At least he catches the ball thrown below his hip.
9. H has a scary arm. Doubly scary when Cool Papa won't run on her.
10. The first at bat broke the game ball, and Rugburn had to break out a brand new one.
11. Pitchers need to learn how... a) Cover 1st on the ground ball up the 1st baseline. b) Cover 2nd if the SS is pulled into the OF. c) Cover 3rd if the Lefty shift is on. d) Cover home for an overthrow, but NOT cut off a perfect throw to the catcher.
12. The Horfun rule is one of the best new rules we've put into effect.

2 Oct 2010 - Everybody plays Short

Bodies: Ripken, Rickey, Tom, Rugburn, Mr Science, Kelson, H, Sin, Bumblebee, Baskets

All time: Chris

Score : 30something to 30something

1. Right field was closed
2. Chris played all time 2nd and 3rd
3. Everyone got to play Shortstop (including, Rugburn, Ripken, Rickey, Bumblebee...etc)
4. An average of 10 runs were scored per inning
5. The Rugburn shift didn't work this time
6. Ripken went from 2nd base stud to SS dud, he didn't have a good day
7. 3 Outfielders covering 2/3 the OF still leaves many gaps
8. The ball just seemed to find all the holes in the OF
9. Aggressive running pays dividends

24 Sept 2010 - Joe Closes his doors.

After years of pulling bullshit antics, NUS Faculty Club has finally managed to get rid of Joe. And he went out in style. The place has never seen a larger crowd. If only it didn't take him closing down to get this kind of patronage. Whats going to happen later today after ball.... We can only hazard a guess.

Bumblebee and Ripken, bringing some class to the crew.

Looks like Saturday, but its not

Empty Chairs and Empty Tables

18 Sept 2010 - Another day, another heatwave

Bodies: Ripken, Rickey, Tom, Scrubs, Geok, Indiana, H, Rugburn, Hi-Tea

All time: Chris, Mick

Score: 9-8

Notes:

1. The Rugburn shift. 3 outfielders standing in the bleachers, SS/2B playing centerfield.
2. Did Mick catch the ball or did it bounce into his glove? The Jury is still out.
3. Rickey's range has deteriorated to 2 steps from his center.
4. The new Horfun rule (named in her honour) proved its worth at the plate. 7-6-2 relay to get the runner out at home.
5. When H plays centerfield, we don't need a right and left fielder. That girl has incredible range... even while coughing up a lung.
6. Hamstring pulls are the latest trend in Saturday Softball Injuries. I think we need to start doing laps before the game to warm up the hammies.
7. Ripken showed some slick moves at 2nd. Looks like we got a replacement for Horfun's missing glove.

11 Sept 2010 - HOT HOT HOT

I only remember 4 things from Saturday.

1. Pat D played all time D
2. It was HOT HOT HOT.
3. Chanopark got traded in the 7th inning from the losing team... to the other losing team
4. I made a 6-3 double play on two of the fastest guys in Saturday Softball history. Cool Papa on 1st and Bumblebee at bat.

Everything went blank after that play.

4 Sept 2010 - Horfun heads for higher learning

The baseball gods look kindly on those who have faithfully attended the Saturday game. We've always managed to garner better than usual numbers for 'last games' and 'BBQ weekends', and this Saturday was no different.

This was Horfun's last regular game for the next 5 years (or more if she gets a job somewhere else after her PHD), and everyone came out to say farewell. We had 18, and only missed 20 cos Hi-Tea was out on the DL, and Jor-El was teaching American Culture to an indian call-center.

Johnny Upton's legacy lives on. He brought out Chanopark and Hi-Tea, and Hi-Tea has brought out another 2 new TISH faculty. My favourite quote of the day (from one of the new guys) "When we heard this Englishman waxing lyrical about softball, we definitely had to check it out.". Good job Hi-Tea.

I honestly don't remember much about the game, only that the weather was fantastic, cool and slightly overcast, the numbers were brilliant and the ground was more diveted than the straightaway of the Kentucky derby. I've never seen so many bad bounces and misplays in a long time. Easy ground balls took wild hops, and sure-singles took warped spins into fielder's gloves. That the ground was super hard didn't help.

At the end of it all, it was a great game and a fantastic send-off for Horfun. We will definitely miss her. Good luck Seattle.

Ramadan Dave

Ziegler shows the arm that picked off Ripken at 1st

Horfun looking mighty demure before she hit the seams off the ball.

A black man ALWAYS looks around when a white man in a camouflage trucker hat wants to shake his hand.

Indiana and Geok. Waiting for the game to start... 6 hours later, waiting for people to decide to move for dinner.

Rickey got Tenure... no, Rickey got eighteen years.

Mr Science

Rugburn, making a no-look catch look easy (and cool)

Chanopark quote #431 "This is my line, nothing passes me"

From Left: Back row: Geok, H, Rickey, Ziegler, Cool Papa
3rd row: Santini, New Chris, Sin, Rugburn
2nd row: Dr Scrubs, Tom (who will yet earn his nickname), Indiana, Glove (where I'm supposed to photoshop my picture), Mick
Front row: Chanopark, Horfun, Ripken, Mr Science

Toast to Horfun

CHEERS!

Bottoms up (Its small cos its not sharp)

Too... Legit... Too... Legit... To... Quit

Ziegler can't handle his peach schnapps.

The SAS Ladies (H was busy playing pool)

You've heard of 'blue suede shoes', have you seen 'Red Crocodile Boots'?

Indiana, Cool Papa and Horfun. Crotchshot cos of the studs on Cool Papa's pants.

26 Aug 2010 - Mission to JB

The Premas Track. Fantastic track with up and downslopes, beauty bends and turns, tight chicanes, lots of space for overtaking.

Charles Shumacher... more like Charles Deletraz

Horfun showing us how its done (she was there just last week on a recce mission)

Ripken spins out on the first corner

Chris overtakes Dave (and he overtook me back on the next lap)

Dave taking the inside line to overtake Ripken at the turn

Horfun overtaking Ripken on the power straight

The 2 quickest. Cool Papa and Horfun

They actually had a podium in the 'grandstand'.


In 2010 a crack commando unit was sent to JB by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the city underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the C-Team.

Mad Dog aka Ripken, Hannibal aka Rickey, Face aka Horfun aka Saltier, B.A. aka Cool Papa.
The C-Team

Obviously the big angmos wanted to beat down on the chinese, so it was Horfun and I vs Rickey, Ripken and Dave. How is that fair you ask? Well, it wasn't. Horfun is a stone cold killer. She had the most kills on the board. Her new nickname is 'Saltier', cos she's better than Salt. You don't want to mess with her. While all of us were concentrating on headshots and center-mass shots (we had body armour). She went for the vulnerable apendages (after 'killing' them of course)
We won 3-2 btw.

Saltier takes out Rickey

Saltier takes out Ripken

BBQ Weekend - 8 August 2010

Ziegler... Needs a nickname

Standing: Jor-El, Whotheffisthisguy?, Rugburn, Mauneau, Superdad, Indiana, Rickey, Geok, Ripken, Contrary, H
Squating: Sin, Mick, Horfun, Ziegler

Marty preparing his Buffalo Wings. The secret is BUTTER....

Jack 'the torpedo' Daly, Nephew of Michael 'Uboat' Daly.

Thomas and Jeffery. Sons of Alvin 'They-cut-my-core-muscles' Hew

Marty showing the right way to eat a buffalo wing

Jack 'The Torpedo' Daly struts his stuff for the White Gold

Jack and Dina. Little Jacky's gonna be a football star.

The little man likes his beer. Root beer.

Marty made the wings without hot sauce, he knows how to cater for kids.

The Vege spread...Meat's on the other table

Little ones enjoying the playground. I've never seen so many kids at a SAS BBQ.

Random Folks.

Marty and Ripken discussing a big trade for fantasy baseball

"Mrs Crosswell, are you trying to get me drunk?"

Coach teaching Ziegler about the 'O' ring.

Ripken's happy trading away Pujols for Brian Roberts.

Camera shy

Camera shy pt deux.

ok. whotheff is that guy behind Claudia? He's in the team photo and the BBQ photo.