Dropping My Daily Stool Sample

Plugs
There is a new 8 1/2 by Eleven, number 561, up.  Also, there is a new, extra weird Fetus X.  Enjoy those.  Look for some major updates this week. 

Now, where do we begin?

OK, let’s start with the KMP softball update.
We are done . . . we had our worst game in 3 years . . . the Misfits went to town, and knocked 8 home runs, and beat us big time.  Don’t even know the final score but they won by at least 12.  I don’t know what happened, I haven’t been hit around like that in years . .  . Disappointed, yeah, but that puts a splinter in our ass for next year . . . can’t wait.

My weekend.
So, many of you know Malach went away to Western MA for the Special Olympics Unified Softball final.  First a bit of a plug for Nonatuck Park in Easthampton, MA.  AWESOME facility.  Now long time followers of this blog will be familiar with this, but some of you later followers, quick explanation.  Malach plays on a unified Special Olympics Softball Team.  Unified means that half the team in disabled adults or Special Olympians, the other half is “typical”adults.  For softball you have 5 and 5 on the field at all times.  You can bat as many as 12, but it needs to be 6 and 6.  Actually technically you can play with as many Special Olympians you want, but a maximum of 5 typical players.  They section the teams off based on athletic skill in divisions, there are usually 7.

Malach’s team is the New Bedford Rangers.  We have been together in some form now for about 10 years.  Over the past 7 or so, we have been competing in the top division, Division 1.  In that 7 years we have won the gold three times, the silver three and the bronze once.  Now, my team has gone on a bit of a transformation the past couple of years.  We have lost some of our more skilled Special Olympians, more specifically Kareem, and Ryan.  Kareem went to another team (Kareem in a huge black man, and as good a some typical players), and Ryan, who is the same Ryan who is in jail for allegedly killing his manager.  Ryan too, like Kareem could play on something other than Special Olympics.

So, knowing we were not better than previous teams, but not weak enough to move down a division, I thought we would get killed, but I worked hard with the team, and we played well together.  Well, we did pretty well.  5 teams in our division, some of the usual suspects, but two new teams also.

So, we barely won our first game, 7 - 5, to a team who probably should have beat us.  Then we wen’t on a tear and destroyed the next two teams, basically beating them each by 15 runs or so.  Then came the gold medal game, against Ma’s Giants, who we always seem to be competing for the gold with.  Of course, Gene Hackman was there.

Hell of a game, we lost to a team, that was clearly more skilled than us, but it took 7 innings, and lost only by two.  Awesome.

We had some new Special Olympians on our team, funny as all heck a couple of them, tell some more stories tomorrow.

The Mood of Red Sox Nation
Played about as well as KMP did the past couple of games.  At least they won tonight to maintain their lead.

MC ROVE
Bids you Adieu.

So is it just me?
But is Hurricane Flossie the least scariest name for a hurricane?

RIP Merv Griffin.
Amazing man, created some amazing and memorable television. RIP.

See what happens
NASA will never send another teacher into space, ever.

Yet another dead wrestler
Brian Adams, also known as Crush from Demolition dead at 43.

Malach’s Quote/Video of the Day

I am Malach, and I want revenge.