Important Announcement From Ziggy & Schwa: The Tourney ends with the Championship Game (2:15 PM) this Friday, August 15. But the All-Star Game will be played the following day at 11:00 AM. We’re contacting players and captains today & tomorrow, but you have to be patient with us. Dialing a phone is kinda hard for us, because we’re cats and have no thumbs. In the meantime, please enjoy our cartoons making fun of Mude, and read the XL edition of the Summer 2008 Tournament Preview.
Ziggy & Schwa, Mude 8/14/2008But seriously. Read the rules. This is neither the majors nor little league. Pitching, baserunning, substitutions and interference calls are all considerably different, and there are many incorrect assumptions about all of them. Don't get burned. If you know the rules by which we play, you'll have an edge in the Tournament. Here's some more epic posting...
ASL Summer 2008 Tournament Preview PLAY-IN GAME #5 Bezzig & Lezzig (0-8) @ #4 Trojans (3-5) Time: 9:15 AM Conditions: 76 F, WSW 8 MPH Umpires: 1 Slacker + 2 Nomads Kevin’s Take: B&L: This team just doesn't seem to put it all together for the whole game. I have seen them play just a couple times, and they seem to do ok for 2-3 innings and then the flood gates open. Keys to success: Cut down the errors, pitchers need to throw strikes, and of course scoring a lot of runs wouldn't hurt. Trojans: Probably the most dangerous team in the tournament. Everyone expects the JoSox, Slackers, and Nomads to be there but the Men in Black may surprise a few people. Keys to success: Pitching, fielding, and not letting other teams take extra bases on throws all over the field. Massarweh’s Take: B&L: Can't field. Can't hit. But love to play the game. I envy them. Trojans: Take out Aaron Bouchane, Saif Barhoum and Jeff Sillin’s bats, and the Trojans got nothing. Laith Barhoum does make a play, though, every once in a while. Their selectivity on swinging at pitches like women will get them nowhere. Ziggy Says: Massarweh is a chauvinist goat. He compares the Trojans’ selective swinging to feminine behavior, as if women can’t play, but his own team would be no better than 2-6 without their women. And he forgets about Ben Barrows, Tarek Jallad, Laura Alsenas and Mohamed Zalatimo (who is only one of the best pitchers in the league). Prediction: Bezzig will have a great party, regardless of the result. Schwa Says: With a full roster, the Trojans will make noise in this Tourney. The key to the Trojans going far in the playoffs will be their outfield defense and shortstop play, in addition to selecting the right batting order. Prediction: Trojans march on. SEMIS 1 #3 Nomads (5-3) @ #2 Slackers (6-2) Time: 10:45 AM Conditions: 81 F, WSW 9 MPH Umpires: 1 JoSox + 1 Bezzig + 1 Trojan Kevin’s Take: Nomads are the most trash-talking squad in the tournament, and they can never back it. I am sure they will come in brash and cocky after thrashing the JoSox 3 weeks ago but what's done is done. Keys to success: Hitting. Missing two of the better hitters in their lineup, the rest will have to produce. If not, fire up the grill. Slackers, as always, are strictly offensive. Defense is just a place to stand until it's their turn to bat. They were missing a couple of their best hitters in the tiebreaker game, one of which is their top outfielder, Nader Qushair. With Willy gone for the Tourney, it might be a silent Slacker team--unless Rocky Abushaar rejoins the team. Massarweh’s Take: Nomads truly are the most trash-talking team in the Tournament who can’t back it up. More than often than not, they fail to keep a huge lead, and break down in one inning and can’t bounce back. Their players try to do things they simply cannot do. Keys to success: Focus, hit and be mentally tough day in, day out. The skill is there. The mental power to get it done is lacking. Slackers are an offensive superpower, but a defensive dwarf. All you need to do to beat this team is to hit it hard and on the ground. The rest will happen easily. Schwa Says: Don’t you love it when people spout off without having all the facts? Kevin & Massarweh both ripped on the Orange D, but the Slackers were the second-best defensive team in the league this season. They allowed fewer runs per game than the Nomads, and only 5 more all season than the JoSox. On offense, they also finished 2nd to the JoSox, but ahead of the Nomads. Slackers get some key players back, including Nader, Rocky and Yazan Barghouti. The Orange will triumph in this game, and it’s not going to be as close as some may think (or hope) it would be. Ziggy Says: The Slackers are an absolute force. Like my Pops, Mude, has said before, the Orange Way is to keep it in the family and throw everything they have at their opponents. Their ability to score is obvious and their defense is underrated. That sounds like a dangerous combo to me. And the two missing Nomads make it a tough climb for the Sandwalkers. Prediction: Slackers win. SEMIS 2 Winner of #5/#4 @ #1 JoSox (6-2) Time: 12:15 PM Conditions: 84 F, WSW 10 MPH Umpires: 1 From Loser of #3/#2 + 2 From Loser of #5/#4 Kevin’s Take: JoSox: This team doesn't rebuild; it reloads. They seem to have shored up the defensive issues from earlier in the season, and the hitting appears to be peaking. By far the best OF and SS in the league, hands down. Keys to success: Focus. Massarweh’s Take: Most organized and focused team in the Tournament, but by far the most BORING team with no motivation whatsoever (except Kevin). When they reload, they reload, but somehow they manage to reload with players nobody wants. There is no continuity from season to season, which, in my opinion, is the reason behind their lethargic game face. Best SS? I have never seen him play, so I cannot answer. We all know who the best SS in this league is, don’t we, Nomads? (Mude: Why not have a vote, like you did with the Leach [sic]? That would be much more entertaining than Kevin’s hezz danab.) Schwa Says: I’m the Boycat, and I also have a mancrush on Doug “Hoover” Van Zandt. He has been playing shortstop in ASL for four-plus seasons, yet Omar Massarweh claims to have never seen him play. Maybe if CHOKEmar MassERRORweh stepped back from his full-length mirror once in a while, he’d actually catch a glimpse of the other players in this league. Ziggy Says: Easy on Omar, little Schwa. The man’s about to get engaged! About the game: If the JoSox take this game seriously, they’ll march on to the championship game, where the Slackers will be waiting for them. If they goof off and give away outs on defense and on the basepaths, then we’re in for the biggest shocker in our history—bigger than when the Trojans crushed the Nomads last Tourney. Prediction: JoSox remain focused, win the game and bring me meat-filled treats. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Time: 2:15 PM Conditions: 89 F, WSW-W 10 MPH Umpires: 1 from each of the 3 eliminated teams Preview/Prediction: God only knows, right?
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13 comments:
To Kevin & Massarweh: Thanks for your amusing takes on the Tourney games. (And a "You're Welcome" in advance for the editing I did to make you guys sound, you know, coherent.)
Tourney time again. Best of luck to all you guys. We're looking forward to it! Get some!
Zaki, Rihani, and the rest of you
You need to take into acount that a good part of our comments, is to get a gay reply from you boys. Which is why I end up calling Massarweh and laughing about it.
On another note, I AM BETTER THAN BOTH OF YOU. plain and simple. Any sport, any venue, one on one, I win. that simple. Your teammates, your teammates have said it. It has nothing to do with arrogance, its a fact.
As for team unity, as you guys have been talking about it all season. Zaki it was you that tried to leave the Nomads before I did, it was Massarweh that punked you out and made you come back.
Final note on team unity again, it was your own teammates, some of the orignal Nomads that came up and said, "we'll make our own team" without "them". The team had about 6 Nomads, and you guys along with a few more were not on it. You know what that says, TEAM UNITY MY ASS.
And bringing up my sitting on second base everytime, I didnt sit there thinking of my loss because of you losers. I get upset no matter who I lose to. you boys give yourselves too much credit.
And keep in mind one thing, your name isnt on my chest, mine is on yours.
Le Freak
Nice, I sense a little anger and hostility, should be interesting to see what does or doesn't come out of it Friday ;)
Yes I was gonna leave, and yes I came back to my senses. That of course was "almost" a huge mistake on my end knowing that these are the boys I've been playing with for God knows how long now. I've admitted to it and I corrected the "almost" biggest mistake. Admittance Shuk, get the hang of it, pointing your finger around and blaming the Nomads and JoSox for not winning the game for you is only gonna get your hand tired man haha
JoSox if you don't mind I'd like to post the dialogue from second base on that day for the record (YES I HAVE A CRISP MEMORY OF EVERY DETAIL LOL):
Massarweh: Yalla ya zalameh, get up, what the hell is wrong with you, lets go
Shuk: No dawg I'm good, I'm just chillin, don't worry about it
Zaki: Shuk, what the hell you all bent out of shape over?! lets go, we're all headed out
Shuk: If I get up, I'm gonna beat their (referring to JoSox) asses for not doing what they're supposed to be doing. F#%&@ this s$%&@, bunch of freakin retards.
Zaki: They did allright, whatever happened happened.
Massarweh: Khallis rabbi man, lets gooooo.
Other players around: Come on Shuk lets get outta here, don't let it get to ya, etc.. etc...
That remark is IDENTICAL to what Shuk kept saying to the Nomads when he was with them. Why I posted it you might ask? Plain and simple, when you don't win you flip and everybody else is to blame but you.
"On another note, I AM BETTER THAN BOTH OF YOU. plain and simple. Any sport, any venue, one on one, I win. that simple" = arrogance haha You literally rewrote the definition of arrogance in your own words, once again shooting yourself in the foot, classic haha
Zaki
Nomads Forever
Zaki, Shuk, et al,
Shuk said some of those same things in front of us & in our dugout. He felt bad about it. It's all water under the bridge. He's our boy & we wouldn't have him any other way. The same can be said for the 3 or 4 Nomads who desperately wanted to leave their team just a couple months ago. In the end, you're still brothers, even if you're on different teams. (When you & Massarweh were in the US giving Arabs a bad name ;), Shuk was winning back-to-back championships with us. When you lost to the Traitors, Kevin was the first to console Shuk. And on and on...)
But, please...let's not start a ping pong game about what players say about their teammates after a losing effort. That stuff is said in frustration & in confidence. If some of your guys, including you, heard what was said about them by their teammates, it would get ugly in here.
So everyone, keep it clean, please...or I'll just shut down the comments and you can spend your day screaming at your monitors.
Believe me, if things continue to get nasty, YOU DO NOT WANT ME TO BE THE ONLY ONE WITH A VOICE AROUND HERE. Don't mistake my occasional politeness for being nice. I am not a nice guy. Ask around.
...and settle it on the field.
PS: READ THE ROOLZ! ;)
Final words from me before tourney time, considering its all just a waste of time and wasting my breathe
SEE YOU ON THE FIELD
Zaki
Nomads Forever
Massarweh,
I believe I speak for all trojans when I say that we value your input (we get a lot of value). But I would like to set the record straight regarding one of your comments.
"Their selectivity on swinging at pitches like women will get them no where."
The Trojans don't "swing at women"...except for that one time I was playing monopoly in college...and she was bigger than me so it's cool.
Sincerely,
That other American guy
P.S. Saif employed a new leg kick in batting practice on Monday. Not only did he look like a hybrid of Chuck Norris and Darryl Strawberry (pre-drug suspension), but he hit like 13 home runs into the head-wind.
Other American Guy,
I did not mention swinging at woman... I mentioned swinging.. like women...
Let me make a correction and add Jallad's bat to the others.. other than that.... thats all u guys got..
But nevertheless I will cheer u on come friday...What is your name "friend"...
O.
Those pictures are hilarious!!
with everyone anticipating the tourney day, i am feeling kinda sad because tomorrow gonna be the last day of the season.
PS: Bezzeg & Lezzeg will conquer the field tom! Mark My words!
PSS : I love all the teams, But as a fan of this game, i want the final game to be Between JoSox - Nomads!
Hell will break loose!
Good Luck to all the teams!
maher loves us.
u rock maher!!
signs are ready =) hahahah
i picked a new song....lolli lolli hahahaha what do u think...problem is ill ignore the pitcher and start dancing...im so ADD loool
Trouble : Oh YES I DO! :P
Lolla lollaa Lollaa like a lollipop? hahahha!
Cant wait for tom.
Dont forget the Key Chain dude ;>
noooo lolli lolli by three six mafia. hahaha
ok i wont forget...=)
Massarweh,
I just wanted to make sure that all the people out there on the world wide web were not getting the wrong message about the Trojans. Because, you know, the Trojans is for the shorties.
-Jeff (T.O.A.G.)
P.S. Saif B. doesn't do push-ups. He does Earth-downs.
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