Scrimmage

It's on for Friday, August 28, from 10 AM until about Noon. Those who have confirmed, please be there on time. Note: A massively massive, megabighugemongously epic season recap is coming this weekend.

Trophy Time Nears. Paint It Orange?

Canardlys 20 Nomads 15 The Canardlys made the season sweep of the Nomads official and did what they had to do to clinch the Tourney's #3 seed. All they needed was for the JoSox to beat the Camels later in the day. Four wins on the season may not seem like much, but it's a Quantum Leap for the Canardlys. As for the Nomads, who were already trapped at #5, hopefully they can rally all their troops and make some serious noise in the Tourney. A full Nomads squad is as good as any team in the league. JoSox 5 Slackers 8 ASL's top two offensive teams are also the league's top two defensive teams. Both teams came in averaging over 20 runs per game on offense. Both teams hadn't allowed 10 runs to an opponent in their previous 5 games. Something had to give, and it was scoring. In such a low-scoring game, a hero had to emerge. Enter the Slackers' Rakan "Rocky" Abu Shaar. Rocky hit two inside the park homers for 5 RBI and made several web gems at shortstop. Awesome game, Rocky. You carried the Slackers on your back and willed the Orange to victory over everyone's hated rivals ... and to the top seed in the Tourney. Camels 6 JoSox 11 The Camels picked up where the Slackers left off, holding the suddenly anemic JoSox offense to just 11 runs, behind the able (and brave) pitching of Laura Alsenas. But the Humps could not overcome the stingy JoSox defense, so it's the #4 seed for the Tourney. JoSox came into the game locked in at the #2 seed. The Tournament Schedule: Friday, August 14: 8:45 AM (Opening Round) #5 Nomads @ #4 Camels 10:30 AM (Semifinal 1) #3 Canardlys @ #2 JoSox 12:15 PM (Semifinal 2) Winner of #5/#4 @ #1 Slackers 2:15 PM (Championship) Semifinals winners play each other. The higher seed is the home team. Coming up this week: Declan joins Ziggy and Schwa for a Tourney preview. A response to Jeff "Goldilocks" Sillin's MLB team comparisons. And each team's theme song.