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TOPIC: Congratulations to the Co-Ed B League Champions! |
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| DReid
August 1, 2007
5:06:39 PM
Entry #: 2295065
| The Co-Ed B league came down to the last night of games. VAEA Blue played Aisin and VAEA Green played Broadway Limo. 1st and 2nd places were up for grabs.
VAEA Green beat Broadway Limo in both games securing at least 2nd place. If Aisin won both games, they would take second giving VAEA Green first. They won the first game and VAEA Blue won the second game giving them 1st place and VAEA Green 2nd place with Aisin 1 coming in 3rd by 1 loss.
Very competitive league everyone. Congrats.
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| VAEA GREEN
August 2, 2007
12:11:38 AM
Entry #: 2295735
| Thanks Dan...It was GREAT...Congrats to both teams for both finishing with a 12-6 divisional record. (.667). Its just too bad we couldn't play em one last game to break the tie!
Good job Everyone!
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| CStearns
August 3, 2007
1:07:31 PM
Entry #: 2298578
| It was great Summer.......A playoff game would be fun! Was it ever decided on whether we were doing money or trophies? Looking forward to the Fall.......Thanks Dan for all that you have done and put up with this season. Way to go VAEA BLUE!
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| DReid
August 3, 2007
3:12:47 PM
Entry #: 2298834
| If you guys want to do a game, I don't have a problem with that. That being said, VAEA Blue did win the tie breaker because they beat VAEA Green 4 out of 6 games. The first tie breaker is head to head but if you guys want to have one, I don't have a problem with it. Let me know, and if each team wants to chip in $10, I get an umpire for that game. Having the league pay for it wouldn't be the right thing to do, but you could get $1 from every person and hire an umpire for a game.
Let me know. It would have to be done soon because I'm going to try and give out plaques and extra's at the League meeting on August 16th.
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| Becca
August 3, 2007
4:34:49 PM
Entry #: 2299015
| With no offense to anyone, I see no reason to play a 'tie breaker' when we've already won it. A game just for fun would be nice, tho :)
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| rsummers
August 3, 2007
5:16:04 PM
Entry #: 2299083
| We look forward to having you in the co ed a division next yr.... or the fall if you play...
Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Solson-on behalf of VAEA Green
August 3, 2007
11:37:28 PM
Entry #: 2299474
| It is the general feeling of the Green team that if the Blue team would agree to an actual playoff game to decide the champion, (since divisional records were a tie), we would definitely show up to that game. At least that way the winner could truly, without a doubt, claim to be the champs of the division.
As far as money goes, dont worry, we will get it covered.
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| Solson
August 3, 2007
11:39:41 PM
Entry #: 2299475
| And yes Becca...though I think you are a good person...I do take offense to your post.
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| DReid
August 4, 2007
12:00:30 AM
Entry #: 2299484
| Just want to clear this up after rereading what I wrote earlier and what's been put up since. VAEA Blue is the champion of the B league. If you guys want to do a game for "bragging rights", then I'll get an ump for you and you guys can pay him. But, that won't change anything as far as who won the league as far as the league is concerned. 1st tiebreaker is head to head and VAEA Blue won 4 out of 6. They will get the things that the other 1st place teams will get and VAEA Green will get second place. The outcome of that game, if it happens, will not change that.
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| Lthomas from Blue
August 4, 2007
12:11:54 AM
Entry #: 2299489
| It's a nice gesture but we have several players, including our coach on vacation. You all know thre will be other chances in the future. Unless John comes back later with a change of heart on it- we are done for the season.
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| SOLSON
August 4, 2007
1:02:41 AM
Entry #: 2299517
| Apollo vs Rocky---Rocky III---Thats all I am after Dan.
Wanna ring the bell?---Ding-Ding
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| Kevin
August 4, 2007
1:36:46 PM
Entry #: 2299851
| Sam,
Hey your team played well this year. Second place is never bad. I watched both teams many times and no offense but V.A. Blue was the better team, the stats dont lie.
Congrats V.A. Blue!!!
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| Solson
August 4, 2007
2:50:48 PM
Entry #: 2299901
| Hey Kevin, I like Roses better than tulips...but hell, that is just my opinion.
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| Kevin
August 4, 2007
6:02:33 PM
Entry #: 2300011
| Actually its called head to head win loss record V.A. Blue had 4 out of 6 wins agaisnt the green team.
Therefore the better divisonal winning percentage.
those are called stats, also known as facts.
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| Solson
August 4, 2007
10:18:38 PM
Entry #: 2300168
| Kevin, I know they teach Math in school right?...The divisional winning percentages dont change a bit. They are both .667.
I also know that they teach reading in school, because I learned how, and I have read...AND UNDERSTAND...that the Blue team beat us 4 out of 6 games. I know that based on that technicality, they win...I KNOW. But you know what...that doesn't change the fact that we would like to play them one LAST game for a little closure...
Did Rocky and Apollo televise their last fight? No...You and I dont even know who won...but they do.
Now if they dont want to play us, and win on the head to head technicality, than that is fine. Just seems like they would want to prove it to themselves...thats all, but let them decide man.
I have already told Dan that I dont care about a plaque...no-one on our team does...We just think it would be fun to have a playoff game. Is that okay Kevin? If the other team agrees, do you think we can do it?
Thanks Buddy.
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| DReid
August 5, 2007
1:09:39 AM
Entry #: 2300252
| Softball, lol.
That word means so much anymore. In more ways than one, lol.
OK. Now that I'm getting numerous email's on this subject, I'll say it one more time.
There is no controversy. No technicality. Nothing. VAEA Blue won 4 of 6 games against VAEA Green. They are the clear cut winner of the B Co-Ed League. Ironically, it was a member of the Blue team who said something about a playoff.
Hope that everyone had fun, but the summer league is over for everyone except the men's league. See everyone August 16th.
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| What technicality?
August 5, 2007
10:51:42 AM
Entry #: 2300431
| Im having a hard time understanding how they won on a technicality!?
Sam, the two teams might have tied with the same record and winning precentage. However Because the blue team won more of the head to head match ups agaisnt the green team they lead the divison. Example
Lets say the Brewers and the Cubs are both tied at the end of the year they finish with the same record and a .571 winning percentage. To determine who wins, the league has to look at divisional wins and confrence wins and head to head match ups to figure a winner. Thats not a TECHNICALITY its just how its figured.The same was done here. So maybe you shouldnt use the word TECHNICALITY anymore.
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| Solson
August 5, 2007
1:43:35 PM
Entry #: 2300554
| Maybe you shouldn't use the word Sam unless you are willing to use your name?
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| Tyson
August 5, 2007
4:25:34 PM
Entry #: 2300690
| Man you guys need to give it a break, its not a technicality its just how a winner is determined. YOure team got second place, deal with it, not the end of the world. As far as a game for fun goes I will umpire it if you guys need...
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| LThomas from Blue
August 6, 2007
8:46:26 AM
Entry #: 2301568
| Like I said up top..... we have SEVERAL people on vacation. We are done.......we can schedule some scrimmages before the fall league starts up if you want. We should all be back rearing to go by then.
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| JAdams
August 6, 2007
10:28:12 AM
Entry #: 2301781
| First of all, I would like to say how much I appreciate the sportsmanship of the players in this league as well as the church league. We really enjoyed playing all of the teams in the league as well as the church league. This league had the most parity which made it so exciting to watch.
We (VAEA Blue) have nothing more to prove. Dan said that the standings are final.
The one thing that all opponents, umpires, and scorekeepers can agree on was that the VAEA Blue won modestly, lost with dignity, and had a lot of fun as a team. If circumstances were different, we (VAEA Blue) would graciously accept second place. Besides, a 100 years from now no one is going to care who won first place in the league.
Sam - At this point "playoff" game would be meaningless. I am not sure which VAEA Green team you would field. I wouldn't be surprised if players like Dan Reid, Lester Bowles, and Rob Summers showed up ready to play with a VAEA Green shirt.
(Dan/Lester/Rob - No disrespect to you. I just used your names as examples.)
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| CStearns for VAEA Blue
August 6, 2007
10:49:22 AM
Entry #: 2301830
| It was me that said something about a playoff, but I only meant it for fun......not to determine who the actual winners are......that has already been determined. I was not aware that we had won 4 out of the 6 games with the Green team. It was a great season and very competitive too. WAY TO GO VAEA BLUE!
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| Solosn
August 6, 2007
11:10:18 AM
Entry #: 2301876
| John...Are you serious?
You play girls on your team all year that have no affiliation with the VA at all (Becca-Gabby-Bobby), and then you wanna call me out for having Sterling play our last game cuz we are short. You are a piece of work buddy.
In case any of you cannot read...I congratulated all, and conceded several times during this thread. I just simply said that I wanna have one last game. I told Dan several times that it would not be for the trophy...but you know what...now I AM calling you guys out. Put your plaque-WITH YOUR NAME ON IT-on the line. Winner keeps it! Play us one more time...since you beat us 4 out of 6 times, you will have no problem beating us again. It will be a walk in the park for you. If you dont want to play though, I understand. Sometimes keeping what you have is more important than proving that it is yours.
Love,
Sam
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| LThomas
August 6, 2007
11:37:16 AM
Entry #: 2301947
| This is getting ridiculous now. It is done- decision made. Not one of us feel we have anything to prove. Even if the others wanted and were here to play -I would refuse but this is way too much.
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| CStearns
August 6, 2007
11:39:24 AM
Entry #: 2301952
| FYI, Bobby and Becca paid their fees ahead of time, and Gabby filled in maybe about 3 or 4 games at the most to help us when we needed an infielder or may have been short girls because we were playing the Green team and could not borrow when needed. (as where you borrowed a couple of our girls to help you out some games when needed--which was fine, we help each other out when we can..no one wants to forfeit a game if it can be avoided, so you find help when needed) Come on you guys, let's not get carried away here.......Again, I am all for playing but for fun because that is what this is SUPPOSE to be about....we are all competitive because that is only natural when you play sports, but this is for FUN FUN FUN! LOL
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| N.T.S
August 6, 2007
11:51:54 AM
Entry #: 2301974
| I agree 100%...FUN is what it's all about!!!
GO CUBS!!!
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| Solson
August 6, 2007
11:55:24 AM
Entry #: 2301981
| Cassie...you are 100% right. I was not complaining about you guys using them...Just responding to an assanine accusation.
Cassie, I have no problem with your team...These are my co-workers/friends for petes sake. If we had tied with Aisin...I would have been asking them to play another game as well. Anyway, I just wanted to clear the air about that.
Congratulations for winning the division. Our request still goes though.
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| JAdams
August 6, 2007
1:19:11 PM
Entry #: 2302172
| I can't believe that there is so much conversation over something that is suppose to be enjoyable and build team spirit.
Sam - I wasn't even going to waste my time and respond but you will not let this thing die. Your responses show your true character. It is not that big of a deal. Nobody will care a couple of seasons from now. We have enourmous respect for your teammates but maybe it is time you moved up to a co-ed A team or a men's team. You are way too serious for co-ed B.
I don't know why I feel as if I need to explain myself, but if it clears the air, then it is worth the explanation. If you recall, you divided up the VA teams and I agreed on the players. You knew about Bobbie (Jana's daughter) and Becca (Jana's friend). You assigned Bobbie, Jana, and Becca to the Blue team. I have the notes, from the team meeting we had prior to the season, locked in my desk if you would like to refer back to them. Gabby (Becca's daughter) came to us and offered to fill in since Cassie and Amy were going on vacation the same time we were playing the Green team. Gabby only played a couple of games when we couldn't get girls from your team. As Kevin says, check the stats, they don't lie. If I wanted to be unfair to the VA employees and really load a team, I could have also asked Lance's girlfriend who is on scholarship with Tennessee to play. We also had LeAnn Mataya and Tammy (Boaz) Lidner play for us during the season so we used employees as much as possible when available. When Josh McGee went down, I offered to play as well as others from the Blue team. You declined and used other people. We loaned you Natalie and Lesia on several occasions. Their contribution and unselfishness is the only reason you didn't forfeit those games and kept you competitive in the standings. I think that you owe a lot of gratitude to Natalie and Lesia.
I feel no need to respond to these treads anymore.
"You can't fix stupid." - Ron White, Comedian
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| Gabby
August 6, 2007
2:01:26 PM
Entry #: 2302286
| Wow. First and foremost Congrats to the VAEA Blue team for the win! And thank you for the opportunity to play, I had a blast and I hope that you allow me to play next summer too. Just make sure you ask for Sam's permission first.
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| Solson
August 6, 2007
2:04:07 PM
Entry #: 2302292
| John, you and I both know that whatever both of us do...we do to win. I do not fault you for that.
I will make sure and relay the message to my teamates that the only reason we didn't suck was because of Natalie and Lesia filling in a couple times though.
You want this "tread" to die? Fine. I will send an email out to my team right now explaining that as much as we all love to play softball and look forward to it all year round...you are unwilling to play us one last time.
Thank you for all of this though. You have convinced me, as I have already notified my team...to remain the coach of the team and play in Fall league.
See you out on the field big guy.
Friends forever! :)
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| LThomas
August 6, 2007
2:11:06 PM
Entry #: 2302312
| He did NOT say anything about your team sucking in any form. He SAID that you would have had to forfeit. You are twisting words. I don't know how many times we have to say NO here.
Whatever bad blood is between you and John lets keep it decent for the rest of us.
Thank you Gabby so much for being there for us :)
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| N.T.S
August 6, 2007
3:22:26 PM
Entry #: 2302518
| Can't we all just get along?!?!?!!! :)
Peace, Love and all that good stuff... 0:)
GO CUBS!!!
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| fire starter
August 6, 2007
4:36:19 PM
Entry #: 2302714
| cubs suck neil lol!!!!!!!
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| K-ice
August 6, 2007
5:34:30 PM
Entry #: 2302835
| hahaha wow
umm everyone needs to calm down about something that happen i think a week ago. Nothing more needs to be ssid V.A. Blue congrats. How are grown ups so cabiable of turning everything neagtive? Seriously, Grow up people. Im 22 and act in a better manner then i've seen from some people out here. ITS SOFTBALL. Instead of complianing maybe you guys should just be happy that you were playing. Nuthing about what happen here is worth 33 post about a game thats not gonna happen. Like i said please people tend to your familys go back to your jobs. This is just a game. They way some of you act is very disapointing.
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| Tyson
August 7, 2007
12:47:37 PM
Entry #: 2304329
| Not only are people not gonna care who was in first place a few seasons from now, aside from the team that was in first and the team that thinks they should be in first for some reason, no one will care! I dont know if anyone watches racing, but you may have seen ESPN where Robby Gordon refused to beleive he didnt win the race and was disqualified yet stayed out and even did victory burnouts with the real winner. All this reminds me of that, completely childish and stupid-seasons over-how bout instead of crying about this season and "calling teams out for a 5 dollar trophy" you get better so you wont have to worry about it come fall league or next season???
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| Solson
August 7, 2007
3:16:10 PM
Entry #: 2304727
| Tyson and Kevin.
I sincerely want to thank you for the life lessons you teach on here. Both of you guys make the world a better place and I for one appreciate both of you. I just cant wait til hockey season to learn more. :)
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| K ICE thats my rap name.
August 7, 2007
4:53:01 PM
Entry #: 2305013
| we do what we can sam i for one am happy to help.
by my new album entitled; Crackas Gotta Eat
20 dollars for 3 songs.
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| Tyson
August 7, 2007
6:20:54 PM
Entry #: 2305212
| Yea me and Kevin are pretty much geniuses....what can we say you know??
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| KEvIN
August 7, 2007
7:37:31 PM
Entry #: 2305341
| actually fellow genius, its Kevin and I..
hahaha I HATE NERDS!!!!
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| Tyson
August 7, 2007
7:59:59 PM
Entry #: 2305377
| ouch dude ouch
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| Kevin
August 8, 2007
1:34:06 PM
Entry #: 2306789
| Sorry Tyson.
Hey we need to get tickets to the blues home opener i got like 10 people who wanna go. Are tickets on sale?
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| Tyson
August 8, 2007
5:09:34 PM
Entry #: 2307268
| Single game seats are not on sale yet but when they do my ass will be buyin them.
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| Rodan
August 9, 2007
5:40:54 PM
Entry #: 2309653
| At this printing ummmm Cubbies were 5 games ahead of the lowly birds! Enuf said..
GO CUBBIES!!!
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| Kevin
August 9, 2007
6:09:07 PM
Entry #: 2309716
| Where the hell did that come from. Thanks for the update what are you my fox mobile sports update on my phone?
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