So, we ROCK!!!

Well, another Sunday, but unlike most of the other game days, we actually left this one a winner. GOOD JOB fellas!!! It was a great game and everyone really showed their stuff. Great defense and great at bats.

This week's games are at 1 and 3. So, no more early morning bullshit.

We know there will be some folks out of town this weekend, so please let us know in the comments if you will be attending this week's game.

PRIDE this weekend and other events related to PRIDE

Hey kids!

Great job again this weekend. FINALLY we pulled one out and I couldnt be prouder!

I wanted to start some discussion about PRIDE. I would like to have a good showing from our team. Plus I plan on attending some of these things and would LOVE to have you guys participate with me.

From Q100:

In Honor Of Pride, We Play Smear the Straight!Well, it wasn't quite called that in elementary school, but in honor of Atlanta Pride the Bert Show is sending Hoss out this week for his very first game of SMEAR THE STRAIGHT! But we need gays and lesbians to come out and play! If you can come to PIEDMONT PARK outside of PARK TAVERN Friday morning at 6:30am (which gives you time to shower and get to work), then e-mail Melissa below. And if you're in a sports league, we could sure use all your players.....(hint)

Six Flags Pearl Day THIS FRIDAY!

http://www.pearlday.com/

After getting up early to head to the park for "Smear the Straight Guy", might as well take the rest of the day off and go to Six Flags! If anyone would like to go, let me know and lets plan on meeting up.

Saturday Brad and I will be manning the booth at the park for HSL from 12-2pm. Stop by and keep us company. Dont forget to bring cocktails or beers... ;)

And FINALLY, Sunday will be the parade. PLEASE try and be in this. Need a good showing from our team.

Love you guys!

Oh, and plan on a BBQ next weekend at Paul's(assuming thats ok with you, Paul. )

WE WON!!!!!

Hello everyone! I just wanted to share my continued excitment with all of you guys on our big win yesterday! Week by week we are getting better. Hope everyone has a great week!

Practice Saturday !!!

Practice this Saturday will begin at 11am at the Malibu Grand Prix off Indian Trail. Click here for directions.

This is batting practice and that is something we all could use. Our bats were just not as alive as they should be.

Just a note.

I know I have not been posting as much as I used to (been a little busy), so if anyone wants to be added to the blog as a moderator just email me and let me know. That way you can post on your own.

Thanks.

Josh

Games and Practice

Hey everyone! Thanks for a great tournament last weekend. I had a blast and hope you did as well.

Need to run through a few things:

There will be NO practice this weekend. Too many people have said they cannot attend. Hope to see everyone at the b-day party at 4.

Games on Sunday(assuming we dont get rained out) are:

10am on field 6 against the wet demons(yum)-we are visitor

12 noon on field 4 against the wackers-we are home team.

Everyone please be there at 9am.

Omi will not be there this weekend, so I may have to pitch. Sorry in advance

TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION!!

Hey guys! Registration begins at 5pm, but lets all meet at 7PM on Friday to register and then we can discuss where to go get food. All you will need for registration is your ID. Also, if you have not brought your money for uniforms, league fees, etc. please bring it Friday Night, or Saturday Morning.

Registration Location:
Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center
800 Spring Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30308 to register on Friday or at the fields Saturday Morning.

Also, 8pm on Thursday we will be having a voluntary (BUT HEAVILY ENCOURAGED) batting practice at:

Malibu Grand Prix
5400 Brook Hollow Pkwy.
Norcross, GA 30071 •
(770) 416-7630

Need directions? Click here!


Please respond and let me know if you will be in attendance. If you
can make it, PLEASE make it. Either way, let me know. If we have
enough people, we may want to just rent a cage for $25 an hour.

Here is who we have listed for the softball tournament this weekend-

Brandon Thorn
Jeremy Buckmaster
Josh White
Walter Bauer
Omi Conklin
Brad Chamness
Mark Messer
Jeff Gwen(Sunday only)
Dave Edwards
Bryan Lowe
Joe Henson
Jeff Hancock
Keith Gross

I am working on picking up a few additional players. Should know
something soon...Hopefully, John Guertin will play. JOHN, YOU BETTER!

That leaves us with 12 players(not including Jeff Gwen).
I have extended an invitation to a few Jazz players. They(as a team)
are currently planning on playing, but not sure if they will have
enough people.

Please respond and let me know that you all have read this and if you
plan on attending any of the events Thrusday and Friday.

Thanks!

Captain Asshole

TIME CHANGE FOR THIS SUNDAY!

Games will be played at 1pm and 3pm....NOT 9 and 11am.

Please adjust your schedules ;)

This weekend

Twisters! After a few weeks off we are ready to play ball again! We will be having practice on Saturday. Josh, please ask Jeremy and Rob if they can join us in preperation of the tournament.
I can't stress enough for everyone to please be at the next two practices! It is so important to get everyone ready. Plus the games this weekend actually count towards our standings. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE OR NOT THIS WEEKEND!

Our games this Sunday are:

Field 3
9am
War Eagles(we are home team)

Field 3
11am
Mud Dogs(we are away team)

Please bring tent, drinks, and MONEY for our fees-I will put up another post with a breakdown soon.

Thanks!
Brandon
PS-Tim, we need you!

Memorial Day Tournament!!!

So, eleven of you have said that you can attend the Memorial Day Tournament. I know that David and Paul will not be able to as they are out of town. Now, we need to figure out exactly who is going to play considering we have enough players. The cost per person is $20, so you need to pony that up asap.

So in the comments below tell us if you are going to be there or not. Please do this now so we can get some other players to join us in wining the tournament (cause we will) if we do not have enough.

As folks comment I will update the roster below.

Folks who rock and will be there:
Josh
Brandon
Brad
David E.
Jeremy
Joe
Jeff
Omi
Keith
Mark
Bob S.


Losers who have "better things" to do and will not:
Paul
David C.

Twisters in David Magazine

Hey, a few of our players can be seen in this weeks DavidAtlanta.

Check it out!!

Stats from the second game last Saturday

Stats from game against StingRays-

Brad Chamness 1 for 3 (.333), 1 RS

David Cheung 3 for 3 (1.000), 1 RS, 1 RBI

Omi Conklin 1 for 3 (.333), 2 RS, 1 RBI

Josh White 2 for 3 (.667), 1 RS, 2 RBI

Brandon Thorn 1 for 3 (.333) 2 RBI

Mark Messer 1 for 2 (.500), 1 RBI

Dave Edwards 1 for 2 (.500), 1 RS

Keith Gross 1 for 2 (.500)

Paul Neveaux 0 for 2 (.000)

Jeff Gwynn 2 for 2 (1.000), 1 RS, 1 RBI

Joe Henson 1 for 2 (.500)

Not terrible, right? As a team we went 15 for 27, which equals a batting average of .556.
One STARTLING statistic-----NO WALKS. Not one person walked in the second game!

We will start keeping stats Sunday-when the games actually count. I just thought you might enjoy seeing this. Thanks goes out to "Fish Stick" for tracking and sending these stats!

Why I am a college football fan

http://dailyfootballfix.blogspot.com/2007/03/story-still-not-old.html

HARTSELLE — So, how dedicated are you to Alabama football?If you answer that you have season tickets and that you go to every game, that's not good enough for Tim and Hannah Witt.They do that, too.But, if you say that you are naming your children after something associated with Crimson Tide football, then you're at the level the couple says separates "regular fans" from "die-hard fans."As early as mid-January, the Witts knew their second child was a boy, and they knew his name would be Saban.That's right, Saban Hardin Witt, who was born Tuesday at about 5 p.m. in Decatur General Hospital, is named after Alabama head football coach Nick Saban. He was two weeks early and weighed 7 pounds and 10 ounces.So, what if Saban doesn't succeed as Alabama's football coach?"We'll tell our son he was named after one of the highest paid coaches in college football," the father said.What if Saban Witt turns into an Auburn fan?"We'll put him up for adoption," his father, joked. "I'm not worried about that. He was bleeding Crimson before he was born, and I'm going to make sure he continues to bleed Crimson."Older brother is TydeThe Witts of Hartselle named their first child, who is 23 months old, Tyde Timothy Witt. He's already attended several Alabama football games.The family will introduce Saban Witt to tailgating and to the Tide nation when Alabama plays Florida State on Sept. 29 at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla."My parents are going to the game to baby-sit," his father said.Hannah Witt, a third-grade teacher at Crestline Elementary in Hartselle, was almost six months pregnant before the Witts decided on a name. Initially, they talked about honoring legendary Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant."We were going to spell it differently," she said, of the name Bear.But, the father said one of his good friends, who is a coach in Limestone County, has the nickname "Bear" so they opted against that.Tim Witt, who watched the Alabama coaching search as closely as anyone, said he thought about naming the baby Saban Jan. 4 after Athletic Director Mal Moore introduced Nick Saban as the Tide's head football coach.Warming to name"Hannah was at school, and I called and left her a message," he recalled. "She wasn't excited about the name initially, but after about a week, she started to like it."The mother said she knew they were going with a name with an Alabama theme, but Saban didn't seem right initially."I thought he was crazy in the beginning," she said. "I told some people. They said it was unique, and it grew on me."The father said friends told him he was crazy.The Witts said both sets of grandparents — Wayne and Inez Witt of Hatton and Joe and Paula Hardin of Falkville — approved the name.Hartselle Mayor Dwight Tankersley goes to church with the Witts at Fairview Church of God and tailgates with them at Alabama home games.Although Saban hasn't coached a game at Alabama, Tankersley isn't surprised that the couple selected that name."Just about everybody in church knows they are Alabama football fanatics," Tankersley said."Their first child is Tyde. I don't think anybody in church is surprised."

For those of you that have known me for a while---ya'll know I love tatts. I have 7, plan on getting a few more-including a University of Alabama one on my ankle. My friend sent me this "gem" in response.

http://deepsouthsports.blogspot.com/

BRING MONEY

Saturday to practice. Nobody has responded! We have to pay Kate back for at least the league fee or for the jerseys.

Also, can we think about doing a car wash next Saturday? We dont play any games that weekend, so lets raise some money instead!

Games Recap & Other Shit!!!

Well folks, we had two great games yesterday. We beat both the Wet Deamons (18-9) and the Stingrays (8-7) despite some crappy calls from the umps (Damn I want credit for a Grand Slam). (I think those are the right scores, but not sure). Kiki, Joanie, and Bubbles really stepped up yesterday and did an awesome job. We will be posting stats for the real games starting next week.

A special thanks goes out to Kiki who offered up his lovely home for the after game shindig.

Reminder, since we still do not have a sponsor we need to pony up some money to pay Kate back for the Jerseys, league fees, etc. So try to bring that to practice or the games this weekend. Its around $30 per person, but I understand not everyone can pay that. So the objective is to "raise" around $450. If you can give $100, please do so! I would also like us to start planning a carwash in place of/or after a practice in the near future. We need to start raising some money for tournaments.

Polling for practice times has officially ended. They will just always be at 11am at the same place. Be there or be square.

Games for next week are on the sidebar to the right. The first one is at 9am, and as many of you have already told me that means no going out too late on Saturday night. Just get your bathroom BJs in before midnight and all should be well.

Also, we need to decide if we are going to be doing the Memorial Day tournament. Putting a poll on the sidebar for us to vote in.

Oh, and if any of you have any good pics of the game and team members, email them to me and I am going to start posting them on the blog, and will try to come up with a little something special.

Lastly, if anyone else wants to be added as an admin on the blog so you can post on your own, just email me at jjwhite100@gmail.com and I will add you. It is easy to do, so don't be scared. If Brandon can do it, anyone can.

Games Sunday and Kiki's House!!!

Just a reminder that tomorrow's games are at the same time as last week. 1pm (Wet Deamons) and 3pm (Stingrays) both on field 1.

REMEMBER to be there by noon!!!

Also, after the game we are all going over to Kiki's House for some post game libations and cuisine.

Kiki's house is located at 9205 Huntcliff Trace, Atlanta, GA 30350.

Directions: Take GA-400 to exit 6 and turn towards Roswell Rd. Take a right at Roswell Rd and go about 0.5 miles and the Huntcliff Subdivision sign is on the Left. Turn there and continue to the stop sign and take a right. Continue forward for 1.2 miles and Kiki's house is on the right. The best place to park is on the street if the driveway is full.

See everyone tomorrow.

Saturday

Practice Saturday-11 am-same place!

Let us know if you will be in attendance or not!

Atlanta Challenge-Memorial Weekend Tournament

Just a heads up that we need to being planning for the Atlanta Tournament. It's a WONDERFUL tournament and it's right here in the heart of the south, Atlanta.

For those of you that have never been, it is perhaps one of the largest tournaments in the country. You will have a great time, and meet lots of hot people.

Can you go? I can!

Let's start discussing whethor or not we want to participate-

Hotlanta Softball ChallengeMemorial Day Weekend (May 25-27, 2007)
Coach's Corner
Team Roster is available in PDF format. [Right Click and Save As].
Tournament open to NAGAAA teams only (no exceptions) of Open Divisions B, C, and D and Womens Divisions A,B,C and D.
Ratings will be verified with NAGAAA prior to the tournament
Fees: $350 (or $360 via PayPal) postmarked by 5/5/07; Late Fee of $375 (or $385 via PayPal) postmarked by 5/12/07 (Checks payable to "HSL"). See Payment section for information on payment by checks or PayPal. HSL Teams: $250 (paypal $260).
Coach's Meeting: 9PM Friday, May 25th, 2007 @ Hospitality Suite

The schedule is up

The COMPLETE schedule for the 2007 season is posted on the HSL website at

http://www.hotlantasoftball.org/opendivision.php

Practice This Week

Ok, so this weekend's games were awesome, but we all still need some work. Again, here is a poll for this week's practice. Note that we have already heard from Madame and if practice is before 1pm she will not be able to be there. Also, Josh, Brandon, and Brad will not be at practice this week because of prior committments. We accept our loserdom and apologize. Brandon is going to get with the appropriate people and set practice up, but we still need to vote on a time slot that best suits everyone.

Hotlanta Softball in SOVO

Thought you all would enjoy reading a recent article in the Southern Voice regarding our softball league. Notice Bob is mentioned---as a member of the NAGAAA hall of fame!

http://www.sovo.com/2007/4-13/locallife/sports/6803.cfm

Mr. and Miss HSL

Hello Twisters! Great job this past Sunday!!! I will post about that soon...

We need to begin discussing this years HSL pageant. Last year, Tim won Mr. HSL and I think he should be given the opportunity to defend his crown this year! Thoughts?

We also need to nominate someone to be our drag queen mama....

Nominate the person of your choice. This is a team effort so we will need to involve everyone!

Nicknames

Once again PROMOTED to the Top!! After yesterdays two games, I think we might have some new ideas for nicknames. Personally, I would really like to do away with Fire Crotch (it just sounds wrong). I know Bob S. came up with a couple of good ones for Joe and Keith ;)! It also looks like Fish Stick might be here to stay.
Also, got rid of that tragic photo of that drag queen. I could take it no more!!

So Who has some new ideas???? (Also notice, I have added images to almost everyone's nicknames. I tried to match them as best I could, but for some it was a stretch.)

1) Brad Chamness [J-Lo]
2) Brandon Thorn [Captain Asshole]
3) Paul Nevuex ["B.O.S" Balls of steel]
4) Jeff Gwen [Hitch]
5) Josh White [Fire Crotch]
6) David Cheung [Long Time]
7) Dave Edwards [Doc]
8) Omi Conklin [Naomi]
9) Bob Schwartz [Blanche ]
10) Bryan Lowe [Rita May]
11) Joe Henson [Joanie]
12) Mark Messer [Madame]
13) Bob Dahlhofer [Fish Stick]
14) Jeff Hancock [Bubbles]
15) Tim Swiney [Hercules]
16) Scott Sanders [NICKNAME PLEASE]
17) Keith Gross [Kiki]
18) Steve Acuna [NICKNAME PLEASE]


Really Awesome Team Members (But they don't play)

Kate [Grace]

GAMES TOMORROW!!!!!

Just a reminder that we have two games tomorrow. Our first game is at 1pm, BUT you need to be there by noon. If not, we will ceremonially beat you with a Cat O' Nine Tails - and enjoy it.

First game is against the muddawgs and the second is against the war eagles.

For directions go here.

See you all there.

SIX FLAGS DAY!

Hey guys-
I have been throwing around the idea of going to Six Flags one day after practice. Maybe go to the batting cages for an hour, then heading to the park for some fun in the sun----and some boy watching!
What do you all think? That new "Goliath" ride is da bomb!
When could we go? Are you interested?

PRACTICE!!!!

Well, it has been decided and this Saturday's practice will run from about 11-1 or so, at the Kelley Street field.

No scrimmage this time. This weeks practice we will be working on the fundamentals of the game. Catching, throwing, hitting, and running the bases. We will mostly try to focus on each player's weak spots. Just some fine tuning before the start of the season! If you have any suggestions regarding skills you would like to work on, please post it on here or email me.


Here is a link to a map of the park. Directions (If you click on the blue pushpin there are more details).

Here are the team members. Those in bold white are attending the practice. Those in italics are losers and not coming. Please let us know which one you are going to be!!

Brad Chamness - LOSER
David Cheung
Omi Conklin
Bob Dahlhofer
Dave Edwards
Keith Gross
Jeff Gwen
Jeff Hancock
Joe Henson
Bryan Lowe
Mark Messer
Paul Nevuex
Scott Sanders
Steve Acuna
Bob Schwartz
Tim Swiney
Brandon Thorn - LOSER
Josh White

Next Sunday's Games

Are as follows:
1:00
Wet Demons vs Twisters (X)
A-Town vs Eagles
Big Tease vs Cowboys (X)

3:00
Twisters vs Stingrays (X)
Sharks vs Eagles
Cowboys vs Wet Demons (X)

Games Sunday!

The schedule for this Sunday is as follows:

Field 2

1:00 Muddawgs vs. Twisters

3:00 Twisters vs. War Eagles ---please lets beat this team....I am an Alabama fan and cant stand anything with "war eagle" in it.

VS

The entire season schedule will be posted some time today!

This weekend and the last

UPDATE!!!
Please check the comments. A time has been chosen for practice.

Hey everyone!

Sorry we got rained out on Sunday :(

I didnt get a chance to call everyone so I hope you all got the emails, text messages and the blog post about the rain out. A friend fell and broke his nose Saturday night and I was at the hospital with him till 7 am. I fell asleep before I could call everyone. If you drove all the way out to the fields, I am soooooo sorry. I'll pay you back some how.

On to this weekend:

We do NOT have the schedule for the games. As soon as those are given to me, I will in turn give them to you.

Practice:

We WILL be having practice Saturday. I have asked Josh to help run it because Brad and I will be in Tuscaloosa(coming back Saturday night).

This weeks practice we will be working on the fundamentals of the game. Catching, throwing, hitting, and running the bases. We will mostly try to focus on each players weak spots. Just some fine tuning before the start of the season! If you have any suggestions regarding skills you would like to work on, please post it on here or email me.

Please vote on what time works best for you for this Saturday! (Oh, and i have such mad skills that I will know if you vote twice, so be warned!!))

What Practice Time is Best for You?
Morning 9-11
Late Morning 11-1
Afternoon 1-3
Late Afternoon 3-5
Evening 5-7
I am a loser and can't come.


(View Results)

Create a Poll

IT'S GAME TIME!!!!!

So, hopefully we still will have our games in the morning. Be there at 9am please. In the morning you can call 404-344-3414 for the Metro Atlanta Softball to see if we are rained out or not.

For directions go here.

See you all bright tailed and bushy eyed in the morning.

JERSEYS ARE IN~~

YEA! I picked up the jerseys about an hour ago--they KICK ASS! Amazing job by Kate....again ;)

Practice Update

We will be having practice this Saturday at Rawson-Washington Park at 4pm. Please let me know if that is going to be a problem. Many people have expressed concern with an earlier practice on Saturday, including myself. I will be heading back from St. Simen early Saturday morning.

If you have a conflict and cannot attend, please let me know!

Here is a link to a map of the park. Directions (If you click on the blue pushpin there are more details).

I NEED A VOLUNTEER OR TWO!!!!

Hey kids-

I need some assistance....

1) would someone be willing to go to Dick's or Sports Authority and pick up/buy a dry erase lineup/clip board before Saturday? Thanks, Jeff!

2) someone to help with line-ups and keeping the books during games. Some of you have previous coaching experience and I need TWO people to help keep tabs during the games. I'll be coaching and wont be able to do it myself.

Thanks! We need to be better at keeping the books in case we get protested or we want to protest. I will also list on this blog everyone's batting average and other stats....

Game schedule for THIS Sunday

Here is our schedule for the games on Sunday.

10a Field 3 Big Tease vs Twisters

VS

12n Field 3 Twisters vs Cowboys

Weeks 1-3 will be exhibition games for D Division and teams will flip for> home advantage during exhibition only.

Please respond by posting wethor or not you will be in attendance...

Practice Saturday

We have practice this Saturday. Looking toward late afternoon, early evening. Going to try to get some soft of scrimmage going with another team as well. Stay tuned for more details.

Hey Team!!!!

So, this is our new blog that Brandon asked me to create. It is a great way to keep track of all the stuff we do on the team, post schedules, make crude comments, etc. In fact, I think it might be easier than using the Yahoo group and does not fill up our inboxes.

So, please tell me what you think. Suggest changes, etc. This is just my first jab at this whole thing, and I have plenty more to add.

To see what this can be look at the blog of my other softball team www.concretedonkeys.blogspot.com . Now, while I have no problem doing this, I do not have more of a life than my coach has and will not being doing all that.

Thanks,

Josh