by Thomas Joel | Aug 15, 2015 | Game Previews
For the record, I correctly predicted 20 of 32 teams’ tournament seed. That’s pretty good, I think. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o1. Happy Shirt vs. 32. Ladybird Harpies This is, what, like the fifth time these two teams have played in the playoffs? That’s about as...
by Thomas Joel | Aug 8, 2015 | Game Previews
Well, this is it: The last week of games before we can all finally get serious about kickball. No more playing around. It’s about to get super serial. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy Shirt is the lock for the overall 1-seed, having beaten Channel 6 in 13 innings and...
by Thomas Joel | Aug 1, 2015 | Game Previews
It’s about that time of the year when shit starts to get real. Like, really real. It’s hot out. People are moving in and out and in. Drivers get worse. Long-time Lawrencians start to bail. College basketball is nearing its triumphant return. The Royals are vying for a...
by Thomas Joel | Jul 25, 2015 | Game Previews
Well, we’re about there. Only three weeks remain, and these next three will determine the tournament seeding. How your team fares in Rank Play depends, finally, on mostly evenly matched teams, with the likelihood of one-sided victories beginning to taper off. To...
by Thomas Joel | Jul 18, 2015 | Game Previews
As we all know by now, this is the actual week 3—a week that features many games that would have, in retrospect, clinched several pool seeds. Most notably, the John Brown Division, in which Happy Shirt and Kansas Tree Care are locked at the top. Winner takes the...
by Thomas Joel | Jul 11, 2015 | Game Previews
John Brown; or, Job 6:10 This division should have undoubtedly been decided in week 3. Thanks to the rain, though, Kansas Tree Care got a few extra weeks to prepare for its regular season matchup against Happy Shirt, the favorite to repeat (again) as KVKL Champions....
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