Thursday, December 25, 2008

Happy Holidaze

wishing you and your families and friends good health and happiness
through the holidaze and right on through 2009.
...if you are not into the whole santa-thing here's some holiday love from the 'aina (xmas 2007)

Saturday, December 6, 2008

12/4: Playoff Poledance

Playoffs - Playoffs - Playoffs

Round One
Na Pahu Piha vs. Loveland (aka Quiet Hands)

Na Pahu fielded a concentrated (10 person) division one caliber lineup and we blew out the gates in the first inning as we batted through the lineup, scoring 6, but unfortunately left na pahu piha with the poorly timed return of "old-rob".

inning by inning 'quiet hands' chipped away at our lead and we began to play down to their level - jefe and toby went for their best bad news bears impression on a few occasions.
a few close calls didn't go our way and we found ourselves down two, faced with our last at bat.

the air was thick, filled with nervous tension.
spencer proclaims....'i'll do a poledance if we win'
evidently, that's the kind of gimmick Na Pahu responds to, but just to keep things interesting we could only muster 2 runs - leaving the score 10-10 at the end of 7.

to extra innings we go...
runner on second to start the inning and Na Pahu breaks serve - shutting down quiet hands in the top of the 8th. Na Pahu's turn at the plate and coach got the honor of second base...them suckas was toast. skaidra eagle-eyed her way to first base with a walk, and then wood chip proceeded to rocket-launch a ball over the left fielders' head - pau.

final score (8 innings)
Na Pahu Piha 11
Loveland 10

on to round two....
...talk the talk you best walk the walk - spencer's poledance:

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

11/21: Can We Get A Mulligan?

Spirits were high after our near epic upset last game against niele - although it could have also been the free whiskey at Star - or the Willows pre-game beer tasting...Na Pahu again found themselves playing tough against a far superior team (strictly talent-wise, we have a superior vibe) - the Palau Powerhouse. Everyone brought their bat (rob was still ridin' the boob-juice) and fielding was impeccable early on.

after four innings...
Na Pahu 13
Palau 5

chuck was rubbing his eyes in disbelief...then the alarm clock went off and we woke up from our dream....inning 5 - not so good. the Palau powerhouse decided to start playing (and hit with baseball bats i might add - that's bullshit by the way)...or was it the pitching change?

toby now has the distinction of being the first Na Pahu pitcher yanked mid-inning, but before you call coach an asshole check the line - it reeks! (and at least he got to sit on the bench - relax - and enjoy a cold beer)

wood chip: 0 outs recorded, 12 hits, 12 runs (a few errors but whose counting)
jefe runs out of fingers trying to assess the damage

jefe returned to the mound - not to fare much better
all told for the inning...Palau sent 21 to the plate - scoring 18
it was absolute carnage - chuck put us to sleep after the top of the fifth

i hope you took the over...
final score
Palau 23
Na Pahu 15

rob (post-boob): 8/10
Na Pahu - somber in defeat