PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

The results of yesterday's games confirmed that our opponents in the first round of the playoffs will be the Untouchables. We play next Thursday, 5:15 at Nicholl Park #2.

Our last meeting with the Untouchables was our low point of the season. We had to play with six of our women absent and we lost Gabrielle to a season ending injury before the game was called by the umpire for conduct issues instigated by one of our opponents.

For our rematch, we need to be prepared. We know they have a player who will attempt to disrupt our focus.. It's imperative that we tune him out and ignore all attempts to distract us. We can do our talking with our bats and gloves. If we have a good practice and stick to our game plan, we can win this game and keep playing for another week. If we show up unprepared and let their antagonist provoke us into another meltdown, our season will be over.

TD's 20, PC BRICKS 18

It was a noble effort yesterday. We almost pulled it out despite being extremely shorthanded. A special tip of the cap goes out to Mamie and Stephanie who stepped up for us once again. Without them we would have forfeited the game.

Luckily, it was a game we didn't need. We were going to finish in fifth place whether we won or lost. From here on out, the games mean something. The experimentation time is over.

It's almost a lock that our first round playoff game will be next Thursday against the Untouchables at Nicholl Park #2.

It's important that we get everyone to practice Monday. We continue to shoot ourselves in the collective foot with the kinds of mental mistakes that are common of teams that do not practice. Gentlemen, you know we have a surplus of male players. If you skip Monday's practice, don't come to the park next Thursday with expectations of playing. That goes for all of us.

We have a solid core of about six players who show up to our practices regularly. That isn't enough for us to perform our drills. When you don't come to practice, you are not only hurting yourself but you're hurting your teammates whose sharpness is dependent upon your participation. For your team, PLEASE get to work early enough on Monday to reach practice at Washington Park by 5:00. The same six players can't carry this team through the playoffs on their backs. We need EVERYONE to pull together and contribute.

GAMES CANCELED WEEK 06/29 & 06/30

DUE TO THE STRANGE WEATHER IN THE BAY AREA (RICHMOND) TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, THE CITY OF RICHMOND DEEMED THE FIELDS UNPLAYABLE DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. THE GAMES WILL BE RESCHEDULED.

2011 SCHEDULE

The 2011 Schedule is out and can be found here. That's the schedule for the entire league. You can also check the calendar and team schedule on our team's website. The upcoming games listing can also be found on the home page. You can even click on the SCHEDULE tab above.

I'm not going to have fifteen different people call or email me to ask when our next game is, right?

NEWS

We have a new addition to our team. Jansa Williams, a BA in Mod 3, has agreed to join our team. She has a class on Thursdays through next week but she will be free to play Thursdays after that. Jansa is available to practice on Mondays so we'll see her at Fernandez Park next week. We now have seven women on our roster which gives us a greatly reduces the chances of a forfeit. It wouldn't hurt us to add one more.

That reminds me, our schedule will be made soon and Paul Martin wants to know if there's a specific week we would prefer to have our bye (a week without a game). We're going to be without Mandi from June 26 through July 21. I will out of the state from June 23 through July 8. Does anyone else have leave scheduled during the summer? If we have a week we know we're going to be missing some players, that's when we should have our bye.

The players from outside SSA we thought we had lined up to play with us had to drop out. So for now, we won't have any players from outside SSA on our roster.