FACT OR FICTION 2008
Week 9
So at baseketball last weekend, in an effort to change things up a bit, I was poking around to see if perhaps some people who have yet to contribute to this website would be interested in doing a fact or fiction this week. And to make it even more exciting, I decided on an all-female FoF!
I asked the four girls sitting within earshot of me if they’d be interested. All said yes, without much prodding at all. So I was super pumped when I sent out this weeks FoF questions to Katie Kelly, Aryn Christman, Jeanne Mentrek and Tara Shawley! Not only would we be getting some new points of view, but an extremely rare female point of view as well!
After keeping my end of the bargain and sending the questions out, here’s what happened:
Katie immediately sent hers back. Thanks babe!
Aryn and Jeanne have not even responded to the numerous text messages I’ve sent them inquiring to the whereabouts of their FoF answers. Total blow-off!
My beef isn’t that ¾’s of the chicks I sent those out to didn’t respond. It’s that they said they would and didn’t. And even when it became clear they weren’t going to, they couldn’t even reply with a “yeah, sorry nate I’m kinda busy this week so can you find someone else?” That would have been fine. At least then I would have had time to find some new participants.
But no, that’s not how it happenened. And now here I am, in the middle of trying to get my shit together for THE social event of the summer- the beerlympics- and now I have to take twenty more minutes out of my week to spend on baseketball because, let’s face it, a one person fact or fictions would be hella lame. And let’s not even get into how lonng this whole story has taken already.
Anyway, next time you’re asked to do something small and trivial that would make my job a little easier, please do it. Especially if you say you will. Not that I feel I should have to ask, mind you. You should be saying on a weekly basis “Nate, what can I do for you this week? Article? How about a case of beer? Need a court to play at?”
I will now take a moment to thank those people who have honestly contributed to the welfare of the SBL this season, either through exemplary service to the website, day to day running of the league, or just plain seeming like you care about baseketball between your own shots.
Kip “Iceman” Corbett
Matt “Wolfman” Mcclelland
Ben “
Rando “Jester” Knight
Billy “Merlin” Weisberg
Thanks!
1) THE FLESHY FUNBRIDGES ARE MORE LIKELY TO WIN
A PLAYOFF SERIES THAN THE BANANA DEMOCRACY
Katie: FICTION: I just dont see it
happening...rando is a great captain to play for bc he doesnt care about
winning... i think kip and ben
will focus when the time comes which gives them a better shot at winning
Nate:
Fiction. It was said last weekend
that the Banana Democracy was the only team in the league that had absolutely
no chance at winning the Left-Eye. I
disagree. The Funbridges
have zero chance, too. As of now, the Funbridges (if they even make the postseason) should be
lining up against Voltron, who they absolutely cannot
beat two out of three times. The BD, on
the other hand, should get either jukebox hero or the Kyoto Kamikazees,
both of whom they can defeat. Not that
either team gets out of the second round….
2) BOB SPOHN WILL BE AN ALL-STAR THIS SEASON
Katie: FACT: Bob actually has a great chance at making his first
all-star team if you look at the numbers. it is easy
to argue for him...i feel his play these last two
weeks will determine the outcome
Nate:
Fact. Spohny
has been the feel-good story of the SBL this year. He went from a role player on a really bad
team last year (and I don’t even want to hear any talk about double stuf being good because they made it to the finals, it’s
just that the only time they got hot all season was the right time, and that george kovac’s 4-week baseketball career coincided with it) to a star on the best
team in the league this season.
Right now, I have Bob as the
4th world all-star behind Stud,
3) RANDO KNIGHT WILL GET THE FUNBRIDGE ALL-STAR
SPOT OVER ROOKIE OPIE NEFF
Katie: FICTION: I hate to say
this because i feel seniority and attendance are more
important in baseketball than anything, but i just looked at the stats and would have to vote for opie over rando this year
Nate: Fact.
It’s neck and neck, but I’m gonna go with Rando right now. Opie may have slightly better offensive numbers, but he’s
had about 25 more at-bats. Rando has been there every week, and I don’t care what the
numbers say, anyone who has been watching the SBL this summer knows that Rando is the driving force behind the FF. He may not play as well as Opie does when Opie’s playing
well, but Rando is a much, much more consistent
player.
4) THE QUEENS ARE A BETTER TEAM THAN THE LASER
CATS
Katie: FICTION: HAHA are you kidding?? As much shit as i like to give the laser cats, they are a team with great
players and well thought out strategies. I think that they could def be beat if
there opponent delivered a flawless game or they simply just fucked up, but
overall i feel that the laser cats are a better team.
Nate:
Fiction. Haha are you kidding? As much shit as the laser cats take we’re a
team of great players who really think out our strategies. Sure, we could lose, but whoever beats us
will have to play flawlessly and bank in a ton of shots. Or maybe we just get too drunk and fuck
up. But overall, I feel that the Cats
are a better team.
5) WE SHOULD HAVE A LETHAL LOTTERY FOR THE
SECOND TIME IN SBL HISTORY (for those not
in the know, a lethal lottery involves randomly sending one player from each
team to a new team to mix things up. so in theory the Laser Cats could lose Billy Deforest and
gain Billy Weisberg... or lose Nate Tomko and gain Lee Nespor. We let fate decide.)
Katie: FACT: It is hard to be in favor of the lethal lottery if youre on a good team, but i am
def. game for it especially with my team lacking in attendance and i always enjoy shaking things up so i
say go for it SBL headquarters.
Nate:
Fiction. 15-1… Yeah, I want to shake things up.
6) SOMEONE WILL GET MORE THAN 80 DOUBLE PLAYS
THIS SEASON
Katie: FICTION: Sherry needs to
average 5/game the rest of the way to do it (which he is very capable of), but i just dont see it happening this
year...sorry ter.
Nate: Fiction.
Every good defensive player in this league has someone else on his team
divvying up the double plays. Stud has
I think that the double plays have been
spread around so much this season speaks about the maturity of the league. We’re no longer in it just for stats and
selfish glory. So many of the elite
players in this league are just as happy boxing out and letting someone else on
their squad get the DP, because seeing your name atop a stategory
isn’t the most important thing in the world.
I almost got that all typed without
snickering.
7) WE HAVE A REAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE THIS
SEASON
Katie: FICTION: Once again, to no surprise, the race is between
terry and nate. However,
terry is having a down year and Nate is crushing him in homeruns and RBI's
...there are no other players at the top of all the categories so nate is really the only runner in
the player of the year race.
Nate:
Fact. Sure, why not. But it’s not the me-terry
race most people would think of. I’m
saying that the player of the year race right now is between myself
and Mike Moroco.
Yes, I know his team only has three wins, but he is right near the top
of every category in the league, from games played to psyche-outs. Nobody else in the business, save one other
person (J) can say that!
8) TERRY SHERNISKY IS A GOOD KISSER
Katie: FACT: haha
i dont kiss and tell, but
he's the best ive kissed in the leauge,
except for that one drunken time with aryn..haha
no no im just kidding! its a fact. end of discussion.
Nate:
Fact. And he’s even better at
sucking taint.