At the beginning of each new season teams sit down and game plan. They take a good hard look at their talent and their competition and they set realistic goals. Goals that are just out of reach, but are still attainable with the right training and maybe a little bit of luck. Once their goals are established, they then start working out the road map for achieving that goal. They go through all the possible scenarios so that nothing surprises them.
When Team Each Hit sat down to discuss the upcoming season their goal was the same goal as they have every year... finish 10th in the Pizza Pitcher Party league. So as they approach the home stretch of the season, they appear to be in the perfect place. (Tenth place that is, if your a bit slow). So despite how boring or unexciting this may sound to the fans, Team Each Hit has now change from attack mode to maintenance mode. They have pretty much clinched their birth into the 9/10 play off assuring them the chance to play for 10th like they always dreamed. So all they can do for the final weeks is try to keep everyone healthy and play good defense.
Team Each Hit battled against the threat of a lap top being brought to the alley (yes, some people on Team Each hit ARE that big of workaholics), broke in a new pair of jeans (very nice The Cooler), and on bowler even forgot how to bowl mid game (despite the stats, no it wasn't me.. real funny guys) but despite all of these obstacles, Team Each Hit got done what needed to be done. They seem to be locked in to tenth position and they are cruising right into the Week 14 match up of destiny.
Next Week's Game: Team Each Hit vs. Flies on Pies, 9pm @ Sawmill Lanes.
Go Each Hit!!
Captain Pink Shoes
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Week 9: Strike-a-Saurus
Strike-a-Saurus (from the Greek meaning 'bowling pin destroyer') is one of the last known existing dinosaurs. Ranging in height from approximately 1.5-2 meters, the beast is known to have unusually long arms, squatty legs and a narrow snout allowing for binocular vision. Strike-a-saurus's amazing physical morphism throughout time has enabled the animal to feel as though his enemies (the bowling pins) are merely inches away and can easily be destroyed with his extraordinarily long reach. To this day, scientists continue to debate over how this one species managed to survive the Cretaceous-Bowlingallery extinction event. Most agree that their survival is directly related to their immunity to rental shoe foot fungus.
Although a widely feared bowling pin predator, the beast actually poses little threat to humans. One of the last known pizzavores, the Strike-a-Saurus is primarily a scavenger, sniffing out pizza and beer for nourishment to fuel its body so that it can perform its one true instinctual task, destroying pins. Despite this, the Strike-a-Saurus can be extremely predatory and humans should avoid undue confrontation with the beast. If forced into close proximity, humans should refrain from challenging the Strike-a-Saurus. The best way to convey to the beast that you are not a threat is to knock down as few of pins as possible; gutter balls being the preferred bowling action.
While Double Bagger and Lefty threw caution to the wind and openly taunted the Strike-a-Saurus with their amazing bowling, Pink Shoes and The Cooler were left to try and calm the beast. They did what was needed to ensure the survival of the team. They should be commended on their horrendous bowling, as their lack of all skill last night is the only thing that spared the lives of Team Each Hit and allowed them to bowl another day.
Next Week's Game: Team Each Hit vs. Wild Turkeys, 9pm @ Sawmill Lanes.
Go Each Hit!!
Captain Pink Shoes
Although a widely feared bowling pin predator, the beast actually poses little threat to humans. One of the last known pizzavores, the Strike-a-Saurus is primarily a scavenger, sniffing out pizza and beer for nourishment to fuel its body so that it can perform its one true instinctual task, destroying pins. Despite this, the Strike-a-Saurus can be extremely predatory and humans should avoid undue confrontation with the beast. If forced into close proximity, humans should refrain from challenging the Strike-a-Saurus. The best way to convey to the beast that you are not a threat is to knock down as few of pins as possible; gutter balls being the preferred bowling action.
While Double Bagger and Lefty threw caution to the wind and openly taunted the Strike-a-Saurus with their amazing bowling, Pink Shoes and The Cooler were left to try and calm the beast. They did what was needed to ensure the survival of the team. They should be commended on their horrendous bowling, as their lack of all skill last night is the only thing that spared the lives of Team Each Hit and allowed them to bowl another day.
Next Week's Game: Team Each Hit vs. Wild Turkeys, 9pm @ Sawmill Lanes.
Go Each Hit!!
Captain Pink Shoes
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Week 8: Spare Me
Welcome Back Bowling Enthusiasts!!
When I got home last night it was 75 degrees and the sun was smiling widely in the sky. Overall it was gorgeous!! All I could think of was getting outside and enjoying the weather.. it was a good thing we had softball that evening. Err... bowling?! We have to be cooped up inside in a bowling alley on this gorgeous evening?! The insanity! But alas it was true.....
With our minds focusing on the fun that spring would bring, some of us had little room for bowling. Double Bagger bowled spectacularly and our sub (filling in for the under-the-weather Lefty) filled in nicely. Unfortunately, the other half of Team Each Hit just couldn't pull it together. More than once throughout the evening the "nose dive" and the "downward spiral" were mentioned... it was bad bad BAD bowling. And to make matters worse, our opponent strung together three games averaging 40 pins above their usual team scores. It was a massacre.
Hopefully next week we'll pull things together (including the regular bowlers) and try to bounce back from our first, and hopefully only, four point shellacking of the season.
Next Week's Game: Team Each Hit vs. Strike-A-Saurus, 9pm @ Sawmill Lanes.
Go Each Hit!!
Captain Pink Shoes
When I got home last night it was 75 degrees and the sun was smiling widely in the sky. Overall it was gorgeous!! All I could think of was getting outside and enjoying the weather.. it was a good thing we had softball that evening. Err... bowling?! We have to be cooped up inside in a bowling alley on this gorgeous evening?! The insanity! But alas it was true.....
With our minds focusing on the fun that spring would bring, some of us had little room for bowling. Double Bagger bowled spectacularly and our sub (filling in for the under-the-weather Lefty) filled in nicely. Unfortunately, the other half of Team Each Hit just couldn't pull it together. More than once throughout the evening the "nose dive" and the "downward spiral" were mentioned... it was bad bad BAD bowling. And to make matters worse, our opponent strung together three games averaging 40 pins above their usual team scores. It was a massacre.
Hopefully next week we'll pull things together (including the regular bowlers) and try to bounce back from our first, and hopefully only, four point shellacking of the season.
Next Week's Game: Team Each Hit vs. Strike-A-Saurus, 9pm @ Sawmill Lanes.
Go Each Hit!!
Captain Pink Shoes
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Week 7: Fat Daddy's Pump
Welcome Back Bowling Enthusiasts!!
After what seemed like a two year hiatus, Team Each Hit was back in action last night on Sawmill Lanes. Unfortunately, their performance was at best rusty. Team Each Hit bowled as they always hope they could bowl on the first week of the season when they are trying to skew their handicap... which means they bowled MISERABLY. The only problem is, this isn't the first week of the season.
As a measure of pity on the part of their opponent, Fat Daddy's Pump, the match ups this week amazingly stayed pretty close right down to the end. In almost every game, at some point in the 8th or 9th frame, the teams were dead even. It made for some very exciting bowling, even if the scores reflect that of 5 year olds.
The tight scoring and the very friendly members of Fat Daddy's Pump made for one of the most enjoyable losses of the season. It was as if we were bowling against our crazy Uncle Carl and the three goofballs that work for him at the gas station. Just imagine the high jinx!
On a positive note... three good things were uncovered during bowling last night:
1. I hope many of you realize that I make up nicknames for some of our more memorable opponents. Unlike Team Each Hit, most teams are not as fun and do not bowl under an alias. So, when using unlicensed nicknames to describe people you see weekly, I guess it's inevitable a slip up could occur. So last night, to the delight of everyone on Team Each Hit, The Cooler accidentally addressed one of the most infamously named opponents using the internally made up nickname from Season Two, Crazy Legs. The good sport that he is, Crazy legs laughed it off. I've never seen Lefty get redder quicker than in that instant. HYSTERICAL.
2. Team Each Hit was able to experience PBA style bowling. Some how the entire alley emptied out while Team Each Hit was still in the 7th frame of their last game. Amazingly, bowling alleys get mighty quiet when there are only two lanes being used and it is a very odd sensation being the only bowler out there.
3. THERE'S ONLY 11 MORE DAYS UNTIL ST. PADDY's DAY!!!
Next Week's Game: Team Each Hit vs. Spare Me, 9pm @ Sawmill Lanes.
Go Each Hit!!
Captain Pink Shoes
After what seemed like a two year hiatus, Team Each Hit was back in action last night on Sawmill Lanes. Unfortunately, their performance was at best rusty. Team Each Hit bowled as they always hope they could bowl on the first week of the season when they are trying to skew their handicap... which means they bowled MISERABLY. The only problem is, this isn't the first week of the season.
As a measure of pity on the part of their opponent, Fat Daddy's Pump, the match ups this week amazingly stayed pretty close right down to the end. In almost every game, at some point in the 8th or 9th frame, the teams were dead even. It made for some very exciting bowling, even if the scores reflect that of 5 year olds.
The tight scoring and the very friendly members of Fat Daddy's Pump made for one of the most enjoyable losses of the season. It was as if we were bowling against our crazy Uncle Carl and the three goofballs that work for him at the gas station. Just imagine the high jinx!
On a positive note... three good things were uncovered during bowling last night:
1. I hope many of you realize that I make up nicknames for some of our more memorable opponents. Unlike Team Each Hit, most teams are not as fun and do not bowl under an alias. So, when using unlicensed nicknames to describe people you see weekly, I guess it's inevitable a slip up could occur. So last night, to the delight of everyone on Team Each Hit, The Cooler accidentally addressed one of the most infamously named opponents using the internally made up nickname from Season Two, Crazy Legs. The good sport that he is, Crazy legs laughed it off. I've never seen Lefty get redder quicker than in that instant. HYSTERICAL.
2. Team Each Hit was able to experience PBA style bowling. Some how the entire alley emptied out while Team Each Hit was still in the 7th frame of their last game. Amazingly, bowling alleys get mighty quiet when there are only two lanes being used and it is a very odd sensation being the only bowler out there.
3. THERE'S ONLY 11 MORE DAYS UNTIL ST. PADDY's DAY!!!
Next Week's Game: Team Each Hit vs. Spare Me, 9pm @ Sawmill Lanes.
Go Each Hit!!
Captain Pink Shoes
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