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Monday night marked the beginning of the postseason road for March Westin as they defeated 7th seed Jackie’s Place in the opening round of the Boparc Playoffs with a final score of 18-8.

MW entered the playoffs with a slightly different lineup. James, MW’s regular hurler, is out indefinitely with 4 cracked ribs so Randy moved from the AH position to fill in.

Clearly affected by this new infield lineup MW got out to a poor start with an error filled first inning, giving Jackie’s an 7-0 lead.

However in the second inning the real drama started. Tom, in a clear moment of stupidity, wrote the lineup down wrong and thus caused chaos and confusion among the scorekeepers and lead to MW batting out of order. After an umpires review and meeting with the teams the issue was resolved and the game was allowed to continue. Scott was heard telling Coach Tom “If you don’t know the lineup by now you’re not in it.”

Perhaps all of the confusion woke up MW as the bats and fielding came to life and when the dust had settled MW walked away with an 18-8 victory.

Highlights of the game include Randy’s pitching performance, filling in for the injured James, he had only two walks and even a strikeout in the victory. Jackson and Nick were a combined 10 for 10 at the plate. Jackson also had a homerun in the game while Wimer and Randy added a pair of triples to the scorebook.

The scorebook from the game can be viewed here.

Others winners around the league from round 1: Webworks defeated Suncrest Gym, John Howard over Panrell, and Franks upset Prime Thyme.

MW returns to action for Game 2 on Wednesday at 6 on Ogden Field.

Monday, 8pm, Liberatore #7 at #2.

Wednesday, 6pm, Ogden #2 at #7.

It is unknown whether James or Tyler will be ready at gametime Monday.  If you cannot make the game, please let me know ASAP.
Tom. (tsmith@marchwestin.com, 826-7210)

March-Westins starting pitcher James cracked 4 ribs while playing volleyball over the weekend. Sources close to the athlete state that he collided with a 290 pound man who subsequently fell on top of James.

The star pitcher says he is definitely out for this weekend’s tournament, but hopes to recover in time for the playoffs.

James has been placed on the 7-day DL, retroactive to Sunday 8/6. He is currently listed as day to day.

MW, led by an onslaught of offense from the legion, was just too much for progressive to keep up with Monday night.

Although the game went all 7 innings, MW really pulled away in its final at bats, pouring in 11 runs in the final two innings.

The Herbert brothers went a combined 7-8 with Jonathan going 4-4 and Randy turning in two doubles and a triple. Nick went yard, bringing his home run total to 9 and maintaining his Chasing Bonds dominance.

Final score: MW 18 – Progressive 6.

The scorebook can be viewed here.

Chasing Bonds Update: Nick-9, Amie-7, Jackson-3, Tom-1.

In the second game of Saturday’s double header MW faced rival WebWorks in what many have touted as the most anticipated regular season game yet. Critics say that this game could be a preview of the boparc championship game.

MW jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning thanks to a bases clearing triple by Wimer, but MW failed to capitalize on this initial momentum.

WebWorks would slowly add runs to their total, pulling out to what would eventually become a 5 run lead going into the bottom of the 7th. “We showed a lot of discipline by getting out of some really tough innings without much damage. They left a lot of runners on base” said Scott.

Even with a 5 run deficit going into the bottom of the final inning March-Westin appeared to be in good shape as the top of the order was due to bat. MW rallied to score 4 runs, but a couple line outs back to the pitcher proved to be too costly, eventually leaving MW with the bitter taste of a 1 run loss.

Some say that MW might have won if it were their first game of the day, but the heat might have taken too much energy from them. But most agree that excuses are for losers, and there is no place for losers on this MW team.

WebWorks left the field victorious on this Saturday afternoon with a final score of 13-12.

The scorebook for round 1 of this rivalry match up can be viewed here.

Chasing Bonds Update: Nick-8, Amie-4, Jackson-3, Tom-1

After a recent article that I posted was changed I felt it was my obligation to the fans of mwball.com to write an article. I was merely trying to bring some humor and enjoyment in an otherwise boring post (because clearly the game wasn’t interesting: MW 20 Suncrest Gym 7). This is when the “Iron Fist” of webmaster Scott came crashing down and altering my post.

Why was the article changed? Well, in my efforts to think of something funny, I created a nickname for Scott Koon. What is it you ask? Well, I’ll get to that point near the end of the article because I’m saving the best (or at least the purpose for the article) for last. Also I’m hoping that if you remember one thing from my article it’s Scotts nickname.

So in this fine article on this “FREEDOM OF SPEECH” website I’m going to try to think of some possible nicknames for everyone on the team. First a disclaimer, if you already have a nickname I can’t change it, nicknames stick. It’s like Michael “Air” Jordan, you can’t change his nickname. Never. Ever.

Next, nicknames must be relatively clean and you can scream them at the guy/girl without people being offended. There are little kids at the game people plus dirty nicknames are usually only funny once.

Last, you can’t nickname yourself.

So here I’ll give the people whom already have nicknames:

Jackson - “Tre” - He’s number 3, I’m assuming that’s how he got. Don’t really know how but thats what he’s called. I guess we could call him by his real name. That should be a question on mwball.com “What is Jackson’s real name?” See how many people know that one…

Johnny - “Bull” No idea how he got this either, other than he plays third base and sometimes line drives are about as scary as a bull charging at you. NOTE: I just spoke to Tom, he said he got the nickname from high school football. I was close.

Tom - “Coach” - Self-explanatory isn’t it? He’s in charge. Early in the season he was called a “homerun hitter” Ah, the glory days right Tom?

Bryan - “Wimer” or “The Wimer” - What is a Wimer? Well, its the last name of Bryan on our team. Apparently he’s like Jackson (actually, nothing like Jackson) and goes by his last name. I tried and tried to think of a nickname for him but Wimer just fits so smoothly. I may also be biased since I’ve been calling him this for like 15 years. If you have suggestions just post it in the comments box.

Now, onto the list of people who don’t have nicknames.

David Craig - Well, earlier in the season we had a practice (I wouldn’t really call it practice only me, Dave, Scott and Tom showed up, DEDICATION RIGHT THERE!) and somehow we got into a conversation of why we are on the team or how we got on the team. Dave made a comment that he was on the team because he was “sexy”. Ummm, yeah…..I’m not calling him that. Anyone who wants to thats fine, you’ll just be sitting on the bench, alone. He seem’s to be injury prone, even more than me. We could call him “E.R.”

James Sanders - I have no clue what to call him. He’s our pitcher, he pulls the ball foul all the time. Wow, absolutely nothing comes to mind. I encourage suggestions.

**James and Dave were definitely the hardest names to think of. So in my effort to please fans, I found a website that had a nickname creator (http://channelone.com/life/2002/01/16/nickname_o_matic/). James nickname came out as “Johnny Sockpuppet”, not really that funny. However Dave’s was pretty funny, how about Dave “DJ Cowboy” Craig. Why is this funny? Dave is a die-hard Cowboys fan**

Jonathan Herbert - “Slingshot” is the first thing that comes to mind. Have you ever seen him throw the ball on a double play? It’s sort of like a slingshot. Sometimes when you shoot a slingshot it’s right on target, other times not even close, it’ll shoot about 30 feet to the left or right or up or down.

Randy Herbert - “Gopher” This is easy and Randy can thank Dave for this one. Every homerun, every foul ball Randy goes and gets. “Foul ball, March Westin on that ball,” the umpire says. Gopher starts walking…

Tyler Jackson - Jackson’s (Tre) little brother. He’s going to hate this but I say “Double J” Jackson Jr. Oh yeah, he’s going to hate that. Sorry, once something is in my head its stuck there and I can’t think of anything else. We could call you Rookie since your easily the youngest guy there.

Nick Mick - Well, I can’t give myself a nickname. It’s a rule. Steve calls me “Big Mick” because I’m a Mark McGwire fan (you know, Big Mac). Suggestions can be made in the comment box and remember “Keep it clean.” Like Nick Mick is hard to rhyme with.

Now, the reason for this entire article:

Scott Koon - Scott “Coo Coo Ca-Choo” Koon. He didn’t like it so he erased it from the pages of mwball.com. So I had to put it back in just so the people know. Actually I had a couple ideas on this name:

A. Scott “Coo Coo Ca-Choo” Koon

B. Scott “Coo Coo Ca-”Koon

I don’t know which I like better. I think I prefer “A”. Just imagine when he comes up to bat “LET’S GO COO COO” or how about when he hits a homerun “Scott “Coo Coo Ca-choo” Koon with the homerun”. Oh yeah, thats sweet.

Well, that wraps up this article. I’m sure webmaster Scott is loving it right now. He’s probably wanting to erase the entire article, to control the propaganda of March Westin-ites. Sounds sort of Communistic don’t you think? We could think of a nickname along those lines. How about…Scott “Commy” Koon?

In the opening game of a much anticipated double-header on Saturday July 28, March-Westin took on Suncrest Gym.

Once again the March-Westin offense proved to be an unstoppable force as everyone on the roster earned a hit and scored at least one run on their way to a 20-7 victory.

Notable performances include Jackson who once again got the MW-Machine rolling with a leadoff homerun as he completed the night going 4-4 at the plate. And Scott who recorded a 3-run homerun in the game.

MW showcased its solid defense behind James on the mound allowing only 7 runs, which is surprisingly the most given up in the last 5 games.

This win moves March Westin’s record to 16-1.

The scorebook can be viewed here.