drinking in public....or softball practice? yeah - that one

Na Pahu hit the field - pau hana - for it's inaugural practice, in the hopes of impressing Chuck sometime in the coming weeks....or at the very least for the opportunity to drink in a school zone.
Na Pahu proved to be especially focused on the task at hand...
...coach attempted to explain to toby that one is not supposed to slide headfirst halfway between third base and homeplate, but should - in fact - keep running until one actually reaches homeplate.
coach made an effort to practice not falling on his ass in left field....with marginal success

skaidra worked on throwing runners out at homeplate from centerfield - textbook form - except that mark wasn't paying attention and the ball hit him in the shin...

hemant gave his best derek jeter impression at the plate - but looked more like chuck knoblach

...and everything went downhill from there.

watch out Chuck (...and Niele) - here comes the new and improved Na Pahu

coach j

5/21 - anybody can win a game...so we don't have to

the vog had lifted, the stars were aligned...
...but we got our asses kicked anyways.

It was fitting to call the game when we finally scored a run. Despite extensive efforts by Chuck - requiring us to only get 2 outs on the other team and some blatant calls in our favor...'SAFE?!? - what am i thinking?' he could be heard mumbling under his breath - Na Pahu couldn't catch a break.

Final Score:
Matsuno 16 (...although it felt like 25)
Sunny....errrr Na Pahu 1


love
coach j
ass coach nic
jefe ramirez

5/16: Game Two - Police called, Na Pahu lose

the police escorted Pablo off the field, but didn't seem to notice that we were being assaulted by Ka'alawai. Those suckas started off with 12 straight hits - 9 runs in the first inning. No pity for Na Pahu - they claimed that it took them two years to win a game, me thinks they lie.

Highlights on the defensive front:
a 3-out foul ball by the first batter in the third inning that minimized some of the damage.

Highlights on the offensive front:
Sunny scores, Janna and Mark 2-2 (both are hitting 1.000)

MVP: Keith's hat - which flew off his head at least 33 times over the course of the double-header

final score:
Ka'alawai 17
Na Pahu 4

love
coach j

5/16: Game One: Vog-a-licious

under a thick voggy haze Na Pahu took the field for the front side of a double-header against our soon to be arch-nemesis 'Public Assistance'. We were two players short, but thankfully jill from cobra kai (...yeah like karate kid) stuck around to fill in for us so we didn't get hit with the 'not enough wahine rule'. Na Pahu jumped out of the gates in the top of the first with the first five Na Pahu batters reaching base (nice lineup coach) - scoring 3. however, in the bottom half, after coach fell on his ass and dropped a two-out fly ball, P-ass picked up 2. After one inning Na Pahu 3 - P-ass 2 .... fast forward to bottom of the sixth, bases loaded, 2 outs, tie game - how did Na Pahu get here? - and Public Ass drops one in for the game winning run. Final Score, P-ass 5 Na Pahu 4. Perhaps too premature for the win, but Na Pahu looked good, and P-ass looked scared - using the 'walk' method - losers...but hey they are social workers, they need something positive in their lives, we'll give'em this one

MVP - Janna: the Shack-attack

solid first base, 3 - 3, 2 RBI, 1 run scored (should have been 2 runs scored - stupid rules)

co runner-up MVPs - Alice and Alice

love - coach j

'Schools Out!' - same time same place - twice the fun

Na Pahu -

time to quit crying over our opening day performance and get focused - games 2 & 3 - Friday 7:30pm & 8:30pm (this is directed primarily to rob, but i'm sure a few tears were shed by others)

this week's promotion:

'Schools Out' - Alice Cooper Night

in honor of Na Pahu's UH students and faculty finishing up the spring semester... 'schools out for summer...' (sing along). Come dressed as Alice Cooper and you get to pick your spot in the batting lineup and depending on how good you look you may get to pick where you play in the field...for reference:

this will get you the cleanup spot and centerfield for sure... in case you didn't pack your skulls when you moved to hawai'i or sold your stash at the last garage sale this one* may be more practical...
* - just so we don't encourage any bad habits - alice should really tighten up on his grip

see you friday
bring yo swing...and bleeding eyes

love,
coach j
ass coach nic
jefe ramirez

Na Pahu finishes a close second....

...but we're no Eight Belles - we live to play another week
if you take off the 3 we actually won 2-1.
i would like to say we played well and it was a hard-fought loss, but i wasn't there - so i won't.

from the looks of it we were at least intimidating - constantly yelling and drooling on ourselves - it was a good strategy that may pay off for us in the future

jefe ramirez provides the recap for the week:
"game summary? ........game summary? i gotta game summary for you - we got our assess handed to us after they chewed it up. rob hits like a girl and no one knows what they are doing."

well said jefe.

Na Pahu - use this as motivation for next week - let's get chewy!

coach j
ass coach nic
jefe ramirez

gloryhallistoopid !

that's right - it's softball season...Opening Day! - this Friday (May 9) 7:30pm

be there roundabout 7 for talk story and get yo pre-game buzz on

(be it through mental exercises visualizing your home run swing, hydrating with water, or chugging 40s - doowatchulike)

this week's promotion - 'Bring a friend to the ballpark'

...that's right - come to the ballpark to play some softball and your friend gets to play as well - what a deal!! fun for all, and hopefully we won't have to forfeit our first game.

i'll forgo a shirt-color mandate for this week...wear whatever color you feel will make you the best softball player you can be...and we'll let the vibe guide us to a team color

the citywide softball league has no idea what it's in store for once Na Pahu hits the field

shoots

love

coach j

ass coach nic