Dodgeball

What up world,

I can't say that I played dodgeball much as a child. It has become an adult onset condition for me. In the past year, I have participated in fall, winter, and summer seasons of the sport. In addition, my roommates and I purchased dodgeball for Wii and have spent many drunken nights throwing electronic dodgeballs at each other. There was a period of time where at least half of our conversations were about dodgeball. We would talk about the game from the previous week, the upcoming week, the various babymaker shots, etc.

Winter league is a smaller group (8 on 8) that is played on a basketball court. Our original team is Kochasaurus, a collection of killers. Small hand, big balls. Fall champions 2007. In winter 2008, we were well on our way to another championship when one of our teammates dislocated his pinkie. It was at a 90 degree angle to the rest of his hand. When it happened, he held his hand up to the rest of the team and asked "Is this bad"? I felt vomit rising in my stomach and wanted to throw up all over his dislocated finger. Although he offered to just rip the finger off and continue to play, he and another member of the team left to go to the hospital. This lead to us playing 8 on 6 for the rest of the game and eventually losing.

I'm hoping that this disappointment will lead to us to the glory that is a summer championship. Summer is a different game, playing 20 on 20 in an outdoor hockey rink on the beach in Chicago. We have joined Kochasaurus with the legendary JPLMC (Joe Perillo Lethal Mustache Coalition) for the past two summers in search of the elusive title. The trophy is a bowl fastened to a keg, similar to the Stanley Cup, that I plan to drink out of, bath in, and make a kick ass jello mold in once we win it.

Anyway, I will continue to provide updates on the league throughout the summer. We are about half way through and undefeated at this point. Here is the JPLMC video for summer 2008. A bit long, but still dominant.



Sota