Menudo Game 1: Zeus the God of Kickball

What a great game! We won 5-1 vs a team full of meat heads. We had some great offensive production and even better focus on the field. Yipper didn't go into shut-down mode once. Most important we had several great new-comers to the team. It was great to meet Michi, Charlotte and Adena. And of course we also welcome to the team, Zeus the God of Kickball.

There were several highlights last night:

1. Zeus the God of Kickball pounded the ball and drove in 4 of our 5 runs. Plus he made an acrobatic, jumping catch at the outfield wall. It was a thing of beauty.

2. Looks like Matt earned himself a nickname. He's not just the "Russian" anymore. He is now Borris the Enforcer. He took out three players at first base. Good for him. Most impressive was the take out of the young lady. Not the most gentlemanly thing to do but he did help her to her feet. At which point Lauren growled, curled her lips and spit, "That's my piece of meat. Go find your own, hussy."

Borris also absolutely crushed the ball kicking it onto the roof. My goodness that was quite a display. He was like a peacock showing his feathers in an effort to attract a mate. Looks there are two viable options.

3. Charlotte, Michi, and Adena got their first career MLK hits. (MLK = Major League Kickball; I'm gonna speak to the commissioner about changing this acronym.) Charlotte got on base twice which is pretty awesome. Adena got on base more than her man friend Adam which she should remind him of when he looks to implement Title 10.

4. Allison is showing quite a bit of improvement. Well done.

5. Lauren held the opponent to 1 run with a brief relief appearance by Adam.

6. Steve got on base setting the table for Zeus. And he made some nice defensive plays when he wasn't arguing with the ref.

7. Devin and I teamed up for the first double play of the season. Unfortunately, we were on the wrong side of it.

8. Devin and I also reeled off 3 wins in a row at Beer Pong. I thought we couldn't lose. But then was distracted by the dance repertoire of Charlotte and Michi.

It's tough to say who contributed the most to the win yesterday. Both Adam and Yipper displayed an amazing ability to pop-up the ball for easy outs. You could see the defense eyes grow wide when they came up knowing that a rally was about to end. I guess an argument could be made for Zeus the Kickball God. Whatever. Stellar defense and driving in 80% of our runs ain't shit. Lets be honest, it all starts at the top. A tone is set, expectations are made and motivation is delivered. Without that Menudo would be lost. So, I'm gonna say that the George Clooney of our team, me, contributed the most. It's the intangibles of kickball, the things impossible to quantify that really led to this victory. And since we're talking about intangibles, things you can't really point to, it's impossible to argue. So don't even try.

The last point I would like to leave us with...Adena got on base more often than Adam. I love it...