Tater Tots

Congratulations to Javier "Gunny" Diaz and Shukri "Freak" Saleh, who share the Winter 2008 Home Run crown. Both bashers fell one shy of tying former Green Monster Mike Moore for the record, which Mike set in Winter 2007. (He hit his five blasts in an 8-game season, and we've since gone to 10.) The 24 home runs that the 12 guys combined for is easily a record for one season. Smashed the old total by so much, it's not even worth mentioning. Testing for steroids, HGH, and spiked mansaf will be implemented next season. Here's your final tally: 4: Javier "Gunny" Diaz, Green Monsters Shukri "Freak" Saleh, Nomads 3: Aaron Bouchane, Trojans Ash Samawi, Green Monsters 2: Saif Barhoum, Trojans Brent Hill, Hit Squad 1: Yazan Barghouti, Slackers Jeff Coupe, Green Monsters Zaki Ibrahim, Nomads Nadim Kayyali, Slackers Larry Martin, Hit Squad Mark McPherson, Hit Squad Player Notes: Green Monsters' Brooke Sartawi led all women with five inside-the-park home runs. Her teammate Kevin Rowlson led the league in homers allowed with, like, sixty. The Trojans' Saif Barhoum joined Mark McPherson as the only players in ASL history to hit Grand Slams. (Mark did it in Winter 2007 for the Beats.) Do you remember when Larry Martin led the league in homers this season? He did, and for quite a long time. 4U2NV's Jafar Dabbas and Omar Abu Abdelsamad each missed hitting one out by less than five feet during Week 10. Ash Samawi out-homered his former team, 3-2. There is no effective way to pitch around Aaron Bouchane and Brent Hill; they both can hit anything. Cheers to Nadim Kayyali for representing the Little Guys. ASL's first champs, Glock Therapy (Summer 2005) did not have one home run all that season. The last remaining player from that team is Hit Squad's Chris Hattayer, who is due for one this season. Random Notes: Tournament stats, including homers, are separate, just like they are in every sport ... Green Monsters led the league in team home runs with 8 ... Only one team did not have at least one home run hitter (4U2NV), but only one team beat the Green Monsters (4U2NV) ... Five of the top six sluggers had multi-homer days ... Finally, FYI: CLICKITY (Clip #1 from the "As Seen on the Broadcast" section on the right. Watch for the second guy they catch.)

MONSTER SLAYERS!

4U2NV outshone the Monsters in all facets of the game: Offense, Defense, Heart.

Week 9's Games:

4U2NV 19, Green Monsters 8

Slackers 23, Hit Squad 8

Nomads 17, Trojans 15

Week 7's Games (Rainout Makeup):

Green Monsters 22, Nomads 6

Slackers 27, Trojans 18

Hit Squad 27, 4U2NV 13

Home Runs on the weekend of Feb. 29 & Mar. 1:

Saif Barhoum, Trojans (Grand Slam)
Gunny Diaz, Green Monsters

Zaki Ibrahim, Nomads

Mark McPherson, Hit Squad

Shukri Saleh, Nomads

Playoff Scenarios:

1. Green Monsters have clinched the #1 Seed for the Tourney.
2/3. The winner of Nomads @ Slackers on March 7 will be #2 Seed; loser is #3.
4/5. If 4U2NV & Hit Squad have the same result in their respective games on March 7 (both win or both lose), a tiebreaker game will be needed to determine the #4/#5 Seeds.
6. Trojans are locked into the #6 Seed.

Week 10, Regular Season Finale
Friday, March 7, 2008:

10:00 AM - 4U2NV @ Trojans (Umps: 2 Slackers)
11:30 AM - Nomads @ Slackers (Umps: 1 Monster + 1 Trojan)
1:00 PM - Hit Squad @ Green Monsters (Umps: 2 Nomads)
2:30 PM - Hit Squad/4U2NV Tiebreaker (If Necessary)

(We'll honor 4U2NV's accomplishment soon.)

Double Headers

With temps in the low-to-mid 60's this weekend and a week to make up, let's play two. Friday, Feb. 29 (Note the goofy start times): 9:30 AM: Hit Squad @ 4U2NV (Umps: Slackers)* 11:00 AM: Slackers @ Hit Squad (Umps: 4U2NV + Green Monsters) 12:30 PM: Green Monsters @ Nomads (Umps: Hit Squad)* 2:00 PM: 4U2NV @ Green Monsters (Umps: Nomads) Saturday, March 1: 10:00 AM: Trojans @ Slackers (Umps: Nomads)* 11:30 AM: Trojans @ Nomads (Umps: Slackers) * Week 7 makeup games.