The Cripplers' Blog

2011 Cripplers – Tier 2 Runners Up!

Bryan Wires — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:51:00 +0000

The Playoffs

Bryan Wires — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:18:08 +0000

Game 1
Cripplers	2	2	0	4	0	3	0	11
Shitts & Giggles	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3

Highlights:

Jermaine and Matt stole the show with perfect games, both going 3 for 3. Jermaine scored every at bat, and Matt collected 4 RBIs on three hits.
Mike gave them a run for their money, going 3 for 4 with a pair of singles and a triple, picking up 3 RBIs of his own.
Sanna also went 3 for 4 with a triplet of singles.

Game 2
Cripplers	1	0	4	3	0	6	1	15
Jamieson	4	1	0	7	0	3	1	16

Highlights:

Mike… wow. 5 for 5 and only a homer short of the cycle. 4 runs and 3 RBIs. He’s on fire!
Alex went 3 for 4 and did get the homerun Mike was missing. He also knocked in a stunning 6 RBIs.
Rob went 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles, scoring a run on every hit.

Game 3
Umbra	2	0	0	0	1	2	5	10
Cripplers	1	0	0	2	1	7	x	11

Highlights:

Mike and Rob were perfect, going a collective 7 for 7. Rob picked up a pair of doubles.
Bryan found the sweet spot, going 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and a homerun picking up 3 RBIs.
We qualified for the championship!!!

Championship
Cripplers	1	2	1	0	2	1	2	9
Shitts & Giggles	5	0	2	2	6	1	x	16

Highlights:

Mike rounded out what was clearly the MVP performance of the playoffs going 3 for 4 with a single and a pair of triples.
Rob chased him all the way going 4 for 4 and almost completing the cycle, with a single, two doubles and a triple.
Alex showed that 9:30 games can be pretty good for the swing, smacking a double and a triple and picking up a pair of RBIs.
Congratulations on finishing 2^nd in the Tier 2 playoffs Cripplers! 2011 was a great season!

August 15 v Running Rebels

Bryan Wires — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 05:39:59 +0000

Rebels	3	0	4	4	3	0	x	14
Cripplers	2	3	1	0	0	1	x	7

Highlights:

Great way to wrap up the regular season against a strong opponent in wet conditions.
Mohan continued his hit streak going 4 for 4 once again, and taking the regular season batting title with an impressive .656 AVG
Mike had another stellar game once again going 3 for 3 with a pair of singles and a double.
Scott also went 3 for 3 with singles, teaching the fielders to respect his power with a deep shot to left that scored a run in the third inning.
Oren continued to show his power going 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles.
Sarah returned to the lineup from injury and picked up strong as ever going 2 for 3 with singles.
Jermaine showed his skills on the infield with some defensive acrobatics.

Be sure to check the website for playoff times and location.

August 1 & 8

Bryan Wires — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:47:24 +0000

AUGUST 1
Shitts & Giggles	3	1	2	1	1	0	3	11
Cripplers	2	0	2	5	0	2	0	11

Highlights:

Bryan and Jermaine both went a perfect 4 for 4 on the night.
Mike had a very solid game going 3 for 3 with a sac fly.
Anthony smashed a solid double, showing that if he’s going to hit it far, he’ll hit it VERY far.
Sabrina and Samantha both rejoined the team to save our butts, accounting for 4 of our 11 runs.
Rob made his 3rd appearance of the season!

AUGUST 8
Cripplers	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	6?
Jamieson	1	0	1	2	2	?	?	11?

* The final score was reported as 11-6, but our score sheet only records 3 runs for our team. Not like we’re complaining, we had no score keeper, so we might have been off.

Highlights:

Oren was the only real standout, going 3 for 4 with a triple and two singles.
Anthony, Bryan, Mike and Sanna were all respectable, batting .500 on the night.
Emily went 2 for 3 with a pair of singles.

July was HOT!

Bryan Wires — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:16:25 +0000

JULY 19
Umbra	0	2	0	0	1	2	x	5
Cripplers	2	4	0	0	2	7	x	15

Mike was the standout hero of this game, going 3 for 4 with two doubles and a home run, cashing an astounding 5 RBIs.
Not to be outdone, Bryan and Oren showed their power, each blasting a triple.
Anthony continued his remarkably consistent season at the plate, going 3 for 3 with singles, scoring every time, and picking up a pair of RBIs.
Mo got back on his flaming horse, burning it up with another 3 for 3 performance. He easily leads the team in batting average over the last 3 games.

JULY 25
Slush Puppies	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	5
Cripplers	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	7

The game was really going against us until Scott slapped a little single that turned double on a wild throw in the fourth inning. It was only the third hit of the game, but sparked some fire – the next two batters would load the bases for the top of the order, where Bryan, Alex and Sanna brought home 4 runs to turn the tide of the game.
Bryan went 3 for 3 on the night with two doubles and 4 RBIs.
Oren almost turned a rare triple, but for a perfect throw from centre-field.
Samantha and Sabrina collectively went 4 for 4 and scored every time they batted.

We’re on a three game win streak! Keep it up Cripplers!

Game Results July 4 & 11

Bryan Wires — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:48:21 +0000

July 4
Cripplers	2	4	5	1	0	x	x	12
Jamieson	5	1	3	5	1	x	x	15

Highlights:

Rob came to a game. It’s becoming so rare that it’s a highlight. Oh, and he hit a pair of doubles, a single and a sac fly, racking up a pair of runs and RBIs. Clearly our record would be a fair bit better with a little more attention from el-capitan!
Mo had a perfect game at the plate, going 4 for 4 with a double and 3 singles. He passed “go” 3 times as well, so if this was monopoly he’d be buying the drinks.
Bryan continued to drive up the slugging % with a two-run homerun, a double and a single. He was 3 for 4 with 5 RBIs on the night.
Sanna and Anthony both went 3 for 4 combining for six singles between them.

July 11
Cripplers	2	3	2	4	4	2	x	17
Shitts and Giggles	3	7	0	1	1	1	x	13

Highlights:

We won! (Again, so rare it qualifies as a highlight, but we’re now on a one-game winning streak – yeah!)
Brad came to the rescue going 4 for 5 with two doubles, two singles, 3 runs and an RBI. What a return!
Sanna had a perfect game, going 3 for 3 with two singles, a double and a walk. She also collected a pair each of runs and RBIs.
Mike, not to be outdone, smacked a two run homerun in the first to mirror Bryan’s from the week before.
Bryan continued to hit for extra bases, going 3 for 4 with 3 doubles, 2 runs and 2 RBIs.
Mo’s hit streak came to an end with 7 – but 3 for 4 with two singles, a double and 3 RBIs ain’t too shabby – he’s on fire!
Orin made use of some aggressive baserunning, sliding in to third to beat out the tag for a triple in the 5th inning.
Anthony had by far one of the weirdest plays seen at a Cripplers game this season: a two-out, 5 ft full-swing-bunt that amazingly scored 2 runs after Anthony’s broad back got in the way of the throw to first. Not pretty, but every run mattered in this game, where victory hung in the balance every inning.

Game results from June

Bryan Wires — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 22:51:32 +0000

Sorry to be giving you these all as a bunch, but for the record, here are our game results from the past month:

May 30
Cripplers	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Rebels	3	0	4	6	0	6	x	20

June 6
Cripplers	4	4	1	2	0	1	1	13
Master Batters	2	2	0	5	7	0	x	16

June 13
Cripplers	1	1	1	2	0	6	0	10
Chronic	1	2	2	6	3	2	x	16

June 20
Cripplers	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	7
Umbra	2	1	0	1	1	0	5	10

June 27
Cripplers	4	0	4	0	0	2	1	10
Master Batters	0	0	6	1	3	6	x	16

New Blog Template

Bryan Wires — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:11:36 +0000

Okay, so I’m preparing for the grand re-opening of this blog that really should have happened almost two months ago, but heck, that’s what happens when your expectations outpace reality. I simply didn’t have the time during the last month or so to keep the thing going. Now that I have the luxury of procrastination again, I can once again focus my efforts on making this place nice and snazzy for the best-dressed team in baseball.

I’ve moved the blog to a new template, one that’s a little more “with the times”. The only problem I’ve noticed so far is that the page widths are a bit smaller than the old one, so a few of the old charts aren’t all making it on the screen right now (like the past stats page). I’ll be getting to those eventually, but for the time being I’m posting the stats in pdf format. It makes for a little more work, generating the pdf and uploading rather than the old cut-and-paste, and it’s not as elegant, but it’s what we’re stuck with until I can modify the formatting to allow everything to fit on the screen. I tried toying with embedding the pdfs, but that didn’t work either – wordpress.com is locked down tighter than a nun’s undergarments – no inserting or embedding allowed!

So welcome back to the blog, and my apologies for keeping everyone waiting for so long. Go Cripplers!

The World Needs More Purple (Cripplers v. S&G – May 9)

Bryan Wires — Tue, 10 May 2011 02:20:21 +0000

2011 Season Opens in Style!

Welcome back for another season of Crippler’s Baseball! The uniform has changed, and so has the colour scheme on the site, as you can see. We’re styling in our new purple shirts, and it’s good to be back. You really couldn’t have asked for a better day to start the season off – bright, sunny and warm, and that’s just our disposition after winning our opening game for the first time in years, and breaking the dreaded Crippler curse. Guess we just needed a little more purple.

I’m in the process of updating my spreadsheet with the new players and entering the season’s first game, so check back tomorrow for complete stats, but here’s the game summary for May 9 – Cripplers vs. Shitts & Giggles:

Scoring:

Cripplers	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	9
Shitts & Giggles	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	7

Highlights:

Jermaine may have showed up late, but he sure didn’t miss an opportunity to contribute, going 2 for 2 with a pair of singles, a walk, a run, and an RBI
Scott showed he’s still got a finesse swing, placing balls all over the field to go 3 for 4 with three singles; he also got his cardio, scoring two runs and touching more bases than anyone else on the team.
Mo, Anthony, and Emily made their Cripplers debuts in style, all going 2 for 4 on the night.
Bryan proved that you don’t need to record a hit to get an RBI, going 1 for 4, with 3 RBIs, all on fielder’s choices. Sorry Sanna!
With the exception of Bryan, every Crippler batted at or above .500 on the night.

Rule Changes

Bryan Wires — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:55:02 +0000

Hi everyone!

I just got back from the mid-season captains meeting and there were some interesting developments. Starting Thursday, there will be the following key changes:

Pitchers will be required to stand 30 ft back from the plate, on the designated mound.
Pitches will fall within a designated pitching corridor that will be 3ft across.
Encroachment cones will be moved from the current 150 ft to the standard 175 ft.

Not really rule changes, but clarifications:

The batters box starts 3 ft in front of the plate, so there is an answer for the low pitches
Players must play a minimum of 4 games with a team in order to be legal for the playoffs.
Three of the outfielders must be behind the encroachment lines, the rover can play inside.
Suspensions on Monday nights will count for Thursday nights as well, and vice-versa.
Captains are responsible for keeping players and spectators in line. Captains are the only players who should discuss calls with an umpire. Sniping and chirping will not be tolerated.