https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eInUUfyqa5oTbone? Dat you? I'm thinking a perfect birthday present for Tbone (Sept 20) is a sweater. Hell, get us both one, since we both have the same birthday, then we can show up as Twins. And I can be warm in cold weather.
Moving on to Chiefsop's Fables...
We had a pretty full turnout today: Pandas, and devils (both brown and white), and Grizzles, oh my!
Also Tazzies, Grape Apes, Monkeys:
We had a turtle riding a Walrus to victory, in short, the full menagerie!
The day started for me before the games did--a full text barrage where Lip took on paid mouthpiece attorney Kent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9DCAFUerzs&t=225sThat's quite an achievement in Lipping. And the Lip won. Although I think Scully is way funnier.
See Lip lip! Lip, Lip, lip. See Lip win... on a team Joe chose! Credit to Joe, Scully, Scott, Taz, Marcelo for their wins. The were faced with some solid teams. Including an old Argosy Squad, that included Mikey Dub Wescott Kent Monkey and T2, if memory serves. They had the game, then lost it.
Lip gets credit for blocking Javi. That turned Big Brown into Big Frown (h/t Mikey).
What an amazing day! The ball just won't go down! Leading to some amazing rallies. The T models are the only players who have made plays while under water, and the younger T2 model did a couple of those today. Just wild enough to play effectively. Some amazing blocks. He and the Grizzle put together 2 cross court saves before getting a point.
Hitters abounded. Scott, Javi, Taz, Dub, Mikey, Joey, Wescott, Johnathan in no particular order.
That led to a lot of noggin doggin hilarity. I got hit in the face on my first play of the day after Brown Devil blasted a ball through my hands (spiking off Chief's head, I'm told, is every baller's dream. Can you guys get another dream?). I wish we had film of the ball one inch off Tbone's head!
Games were hella competitive. As they should be, at this stage in the season.
And the crowd was entertained. That's actually part of the game! I'm not sure what "you're my pony" means, but it sounds positive.
Everyone had some good plays. Nate, props on some sets (work on that second serve, too netty), Kent's serves were in, he had some good passes, and had a block in there. Monkey is playing strong. But at this stage of the season, that's to be expected. What's important is being able to string them together, especially as a team.
Because if you don't, won't win, and you sit. As I did. And since the games are tight, they will be long, so your sit will be long. Think on that...
I was able to rally late in the day, with the major support of a very good team: Javi, Dub, Jonathan, Jarrod, Joey, to get to victory.
In the last game of the day to 21, vs. LJ, Mikey, Taz, Kenny, Wescott, Monkey.
This one goes out to Ford: lining up your hitters is important. I want to thank the other team in the first game I won early in the day for starting Javi in the back row! Genius.
In game 1 of the last 2 games, Jonathan wanted left power position. Javi said no no no. And that's fair. He has more experience. But as a hitter, if you don't get to hit from the power position, you don't learn. Hence the connundrum.
So, back to the last game. Close, with darkness and rain closing in. Our team serving on point-19, Jonathan calls for the hit on the left, I put it up, he powers in down!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooOcvv7694wEnjoy your moment!
Now there's another adage--"if the set ain't pretty, big man looking shitty." And Edub was saying today, "Point guarding is so easy!" Grrr. Please teach that to the rest of the bigs. It's the only way we'll win in Dallas.
And I'll admit I struggled today. Woodcock was laughing at me because I was saying "Oh no" as soon as the ball came off the hands of the first pass and it wasn't coming to me. I'm supposed to be able to play on the move. Didn't always work for me today. When the offense comes through you, it comes through you, so play great dammit. 50-50 ball is good enough for the provinces, but not good enough for Rome. I have some things to think about on that...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAadziqcQZwThe Game is in your hands, Pandas, each and every one of you!
I'm so pleased and proud to have the honor to be playing with such a polymorphous and perverse crew of characters. We're not only characters, we have character.
Most fun you can have with your short pants on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMaJyUQfwv4I love watervolleyball, and Panda Corps!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-yZNMWFqvM