 |
Author |
TOPIC: 09 season preview |
|
| Hard Express
February 5, 2009
7:34:30 PM
Entry #: 3048456
| How does this work again? Am I typing? Oh, hello Unionville Softball!! Greetings from cold wintery Markham! Here's my season preview!
*all predictions are based on what I know from last season and what I've heard from people I know and trust within the league*
Bat of the year: Miken Psycho
Bat compant of the year: Worth
Team to watch: Harding
Predictions of final standings:
1.Harding - What weighs 225 lbs, bats left handed, and has one and a half sets of teeth? I think the Harding has the tools in place to run the table this season and be the first undefeated team ever (help me out if I am wrong)! Any team can be beaten, but it'll take some serious hitting and perfect defense to beat the Jays machine.
2. MAS – Norman has lost some great players over the years, but is still loaded, but knowing him he'll stock up on some ringers because he hates to lose.
3. Bisons’s - I hear they didn't lose anyone, so why wouldn't Johnny and his boys still be a top team?
4. Jake’s - I'm hearing good things in the rumor mill.
5. Grocer - A once great team lost no one and will be adding some good players in the draft. As long as they have a full healthy squad every week I don't see why they can't finish top 5.
6. Wild Wing - Same issue as Jakes. If Joyce can get the same good players to show up every week, they're a contender.
7. Remax - My championship buddies over at Remax may lose Fuji, but they learned last year how to win. They have a dynasty.
8. School- Nick and the young players he brings with him are just enough to make them the sleeper playoff team this year.
9. Plumbers - I'm hearing conflicting things about James's bunch. So I'm keeping them right where they were last year.
10. DST - They’ll steal some wins, but not enough heart to make a playoffs run.
11. Kelsey’s - Haven't heard a thing
12.Travel - They're a good group of guys from when I saw them play in fall ball. What a Cinderella run last year. Their defense is their Achilles’ heel. If they can improve on it, they'll surprise some teams.
13. Kavanagh - No one can argue they're getting better every season. They haven't added anyone that I know of, but they move up in the standings due to losses by other teams.
14. Crupi - They lost one of the best pitchers in the league, the heart of their team in Kent, and a bunch of young talented players. They're sinking.
15. Angus - Fun bunch of guys, but if they haven't made any pick ups, they don't move out of the cellar.
16. Arms - I heard they don't even have a team, so here they are.
Well that about does it. Good to be back. Can’t wait to get going in 2009.
|
|
| John
February 7, 2009
11:32:44 AM
Entry #: 3049697
| Well, welcome back Mr. Express, I can’t wait 2 see how your predictions pan out and l also can’t wait to see how many people post their predications. Come out of the closet and publically state who you are on this website! hahahahaha
|
|
| Old Man
February 8, 2009
12:37:21 PM
Entry #: 3050254
| I have to give credit where credit is due and Hard just came up with a big slam dunk! Nicely done!
|
|
| Carp
February 9, 2009
8:23:35 AM
Entry #: 3050771
| I had mulled over the predications above and eventually came to the conclusion that I should just call it the way I see it, and the way I see it is the tired old hacks from Remax will win it again.
|
|
| U arms
February 10, 2009
7:19:31 PM
Entry #: 3052560
| Unionville Arms over School by 4 for the 2009 title.
|
|
| Mac
February 11, 2009
9:21:34 PM
Entry #: 3053834
| You're going to suffer pain like you have never experienced this season Hardy! Just keep running those fingers on the keyboard!
|
|
| Faux
February 13, 2009
9:09:06 PM
Entry #: 3055805
| My projection for 2009 is simple………………a repeat of 2008 finals with the old men from State/ Travel taking home the cup.
|
|
| Matches
February 18, 2009
8:02:38 AM
Entry #: 3059154
| 2009 Are you ready? This question begs yet another question in response, and that is: “ready for what”? There are many who subscribe to the belief that the world will end on December 31, 2012 as evidenced by the expiration of the Mayan calendar. So enjoy your last three years of existence people because 2012 is coming in a hurry.
|
|
| Mac
February 23, 2009
7:50:44 AM
Entry #: 3063779
| What is this nonsense about 2012?
|
|
| Wayne
February 24, 2009
9:51:52 PM
Entry #: 3066105
| Remax 7 out of the past 9.............what a team
|
|
| Mr. October
February 26, 2009
9:36:23 AM
Entry #: 3067533
| DST = Total Domination this year!
Best Shortstop in the league
Best Pitcher in the league
Best hair in the league
Best attitude in the league
It's over before it begins !
|
|
| Ledge
February 26, 2009
10:54:17 AM
Entry #: 3067626
| No Griffiths? Hmmm....
And How come you get an extra 10 days to live? The Mayans say the rest of us go on Dec 21....You'll be all alone...haha
|
|
| Lawman
March 4, 2009
10:38:55 AM
Entry #: 3073983
| Crupi will not choke this year. In 2009 the cup will be in the hands of the law men.
|
|
| Buck
March 7, 2009
5:28:26 PM
Entry #: 3078325
| Crupi can not win the CONNIE.............
|
| Mr. October
March 7, 2009
5:37:24 PM
Entry #: 3078331
| I agree..because they're never in the Conny..Hard to win the conny when they are playing in the championship side...
|
|
| Kat
March 8, 2009
8:53:32 PM
Entry #: 3079191
| This is everyone's chance to revise their picks for the upcoming season. We know of all the pick ups and new teams. Here's mine:
1.Remax
2.Crupi
3.Jakes
4.Harding
5.MAS
6.Bisons
7.DST
8/9 Toss up between Wild Wing and Kelsey’s
10.Bistro
11.Village Grocer
12.Kavanagh
13.Arms
14.Plumbers
15.School
16.Travle Lovers
|
|
| Rewards
March 10, 2009
8:43:12 AM
Entry #: 3081119
| Last year, Travel Lovers had the boys from Remax right where they wanted them, in the championship game after an energizing obliteration of DST. But Remax found a way to swim out of the trap, and won the trophy as they have done seven times in the last nine years. This year with a revamped lineup the Travel men with ensure a championship ring is delivered.
|
|
| Teach
March 11, 2009
9:15:11 PM
Entry #: 3083841
| Remember those inspirational 2007 Complete Plumbing team? How they plodded through the summer around .500, then pulled together to put on a thrilling playoff run, sending them sprinting to the pennant?
Well, the School does that every year. Only backwards. beyond plain categories of optimism and pessimism live those of us who see a sparkling half-glass of water and know for sure that the School youngsters are eventually going to take a crap in it.
|
| Jobber
March 12, 2009
6:18:15 AM
Entry #: 3084156
| I like the way Kat set up his list and ranking
I will only assume he thinks Angus is to good to be placed on such a list
|
|
| Ledge
March 12, 2009
10:44:39 AM
Entry #: 3084395
| Its OK Jobber....Griffiths isn't there either
|
|
| Bones
March 14, 2009
11:19:26 PM
Entry #: 3087357
| So yeah, everyone mock the Arms. But here's the thing: I didn't attend a single game over the past two seasons that we were not competitive. We will not choose to stick our heads stuck in the sand. And now here's this 2009 team, which the forum is already calling The Bad News Arms by all accounts perfectly awful in every respect. Their predicted last-place finish may indeed be the easiest call in Unionville, other than the one I made to have a few cold ones on Opening Day
|
|
| Kav man
March 16, 2009
8:12:31 AM
Entry #: 3088290
| Kavanagh is still a few guys away but this team will compete and be in alot of games If we can get a few quality wins over some top teams there right in the hunt.
|
|
| Kat
March 17, 2009
6:40:05 PM
Entry #: 3090679
| Guys on the Arms and Griffith………sorry I forgot your teams. I though we only had sixteen teams in the league. My apologies.
|
|
| Jets 6400
March 19, 2009
8:19:33 AM
Entry #: 3092516
| BLACKSMITH BISTRO WILL BE SIPING CHAMPANGE IN LASTE SEPTEMBER.
|
|
| power
March 21, 2009
1:42:37 PM
Entry #: 3095093
| It's never too early to talk about softball. Even though spring only arrived yesterday and has barely begun, it's time for the early projections for the ultimate teams standing in September. They will be the wing men and real estate boys. The winner will be the hot wings in a squeaker by two.
|
| Mate
March 23, 2009
6:03:05 PM
Entry #: 3097246
| The big kick-off for 2009 is getting ever closer and I want to know who you think will win the USPL Champion. Remax have to be amongst the favorites, particularly having another excellent season last year. This squad is unyielding. Do you think they can hold onto their crown? Can they hoist the trophy for an eight time? The last three in the final four should be the School, Harding and Crupi. Or will the revamped complete Plumbing rise to claim back the trophy they won in 2007? Can Wild Wing, Grocer, Kelsey’s and Jakes bounce back to glory after they missed out last season? Can Angus, Bisons, DST, MAS, Crupi and Bistro finally mount a serious title challenge? How about Arms, Kavanagh, Griffith? Will the youngsters have grown up enough to be considered as serious contenders? Is there anyone outside the top four who you think can win? I think not.
|
|
| NL
March 25, 2009
7:31:53 AM
Entry #: 3099618
| The School Fine Dinning will be this year's champs because trying to hit Nick pitching will like trying to eat Jell-O with chopsticks.
|
|
| .adrenaline
March 25, 2009
11:27:59 PM
Entry #: 3100929
| Um you know, it's not really that hard to eat Jell-O with chopsticks. It's just like hitting...it gets easier with repetition, repetition, and repetition.
Believe me, I've done pretty much everything under the sky with Jell-O.
|
|
| Gamer1
March 28, 2009
10:32:30 AM
Entry #: 3103537
| Remax,School in the top two and Kavanagh and Arms in the bottom.....it is that simple.
|
|
| CHRIS L
March 28, 2009
12:36:40 PM
Entry #: 3103612
| Here's my prognostication:
1.Village Grocer
2.DST
3.Harding
4.Bistro
5.Flakeboard
6.Plumbers
7.Crupi
8.Travel Lovers
9 .Jakes
10.MAS
11.Angus
12.Wild Wing
13.School
14.Arms
15.Kelsey's
16.Kavanagh
17.Griffith
18.Remax
|
|
| FC
March 28, 2009
8:20:18 PM
Entry #: 3103915
| This list is totally upside down. Village Grocer?????
|
|
| Koop
March 30, 2009
3:30:32 PM
Entry #: 3105857
| Remax last...........get a life
|
| C on CL
March 31, 2009
12:23:43 PM
Entry #: 3107290
| Here's my shot -
1 DST
2) Crupi Law
3) Harding Display
4) Complete Plumbing
5) Remax
6) Blacksmith Bistro
7) Village Grocer
8) Travel Lovers
9) Jakes
10) Kelsey's
11) Flakeboard
12) Wild Wing
13) MAS
14) Unionville Arms
15) The School
16) Angus Glen
17) Kavanagh
18) Griffith
Champ bracket - Crupi
Connie - Wild Wing
The 2009 version of Tampa Bay - Village Grocer
"Runs for" leader - DST
"Runs against" leader - Harding Display
Most ejections - Chris G / DST
|
|
| MealzJR
April 1, 2009
7:02:06 PM
Entry #: 3109547
| I really believe that predicting this season will be extremely difficult. With the introduction of the "Old Fart" division, teams will be adopting new strategies and lineups.
The competitive, but fun nature will remain similar. The level of athletism will increase a bit and the pace of each individual game should increase as well.
Harding Display, pending they can keep their heads together, should prevail. This team has been builing up for a few years now and almost made their mark this past season. Denure has also been spending his offseason in the gym, so should arrive with a six pack (not just in his hands), lol...
DST and The School will always be a challenge, but as controversial as ever (I think this adds character).
R/E Max... I'll believe their reign has ended, but they always seem to prove me wrong.
Plumbers... 3 guys have left who total approx. 175 years combined in age. Our draft picks will have a significant impact on our outcome. Either way, we went from worst to first in a single year and managed to win the whole thing one year after that. We're always a team to worry about. Paolo wouldn't have it any other way.
State Farm/Travel Lovers... Great Insurance Agent and an incredible Travel Agency. :)
This year will be as interesting (if not more) than the previous. One main thing I'm looking forward to is seeing Unionville Arms improve their record even more than last year.
Look forward to seeing you all in a month!
MealzJR
|
| DAK
April 2, 2009
9:40:06 PM
Entry #: 3111326
| MAS will follow Remax's majestetic results this year, a good mix of vets and young studs. I intend on giving the masked men a quick analysis, as well as predicting that they will win it all.
|
|
| Labtec
April 5, 2009
1:03:17 AM
Entry #: 3113113
| People don't pay attention to the School — and why would you? — might look at the uninterrupted decade of great finishes (2nd in 2007 and, 8th place last year) and assume the team has been steadily, hopelessly terrible in the playoffs. The truth is far more humiliating. Year after year, there comes a moment at which the black shirts look up and down the standings, scan the bench and collectively decide that whatever combination of talent, enthusiasm, and guts it takes to get through 25 games, they don't have it, especially in the playoffs. So they stop trying.
|
|
| DM
April 7, 2009
8:46:31 PM
Entry #: 3116543
| The Crupi gentlemen are good enough that they will be a winning team in 2009 and may contend in the playoffs. Ultimately the infield defence is just not good enough and they might win one of their playoff games.
|
|
| Knight
April 9, 2009
12:07:48 AM
Entry #: 3118150
| Now that's some club house chatter. I couldn't hit worth a damn last year, but the comments above makes me feel like I was worth having around. Have a great season.
|
|
| Hot Wings
April 10, 2009
10:05:50 PM
Entry #: 3120245
| The prediction may come as a surprise to many. Afterall, the Wingers finished in the wrong side of the playoff a year ago with a powerful hitting lineup. This is the year of the Wing nuts.Wings over Remax.
|
| CC & coke
April 13, 2009
12:39:44 PM
Entry #: 3122031
| It goes w/o saying that no team in the league lost more in the offseason than did Travel Lovers. Maybe that fact alone will enable Remaxs’ fans to stop getting all worked up when they untuck their shirts after winning a game. We’ll see. Anyway, these are not the same Lovers we saw last year. They’ll have big time veteran issues and their leaders – will depart for the masters this season. Their offense will still be pretty good and they’ve got two good, young hitters in the lineup, but they will miss the great pitching they had last year.
|
|
| CC25
April 21, 2009
1:11:36 AM
Entry #: 3129802
| I'm with the Coke lover above. I don't think T/L will win the championship or even make the playoffs, but you guys improve every year. You have one of the better 3, 4, 5 combinations in the league and you may have lost your sure outs this year to the masters.
|
|
| A Kreskin
April 27, 2009
8:34:08 AM
Entry #: 3135352
| This past year of 2008 proved to be a successful one in the prognostications of the Amazing Kreskin. Early in the year, ten days into the season I made three predictions about the results of the season. Each proved to be correct. Arms would not win 6 games, Travel Lovers/State Farm would win 15 and Remax would take home the hardware again.
Later on in the year, when the Super Bowl was about to be played, I was at the Arms 4 days before. My prediction was that the Pittsburg would win. I did not expect to give the score, but stated they would win by 4 points. The final score was 27 - 23.
2009 top 10
Plumbers
Bisons
Remax
Harding
DST
Jakes
Village Grocer
Unionville Arms
Kelsey's
Kavanagh
Final four
Harding
DST
Jakes
Village Grocer
Champion
Harding blows out Village Grocer
|
|
| Rewards
April 28, 2009
9:53:58 AM
Entry #: 3135920
| God I love having this website back..............This is what it's all about.
No matter what you say Kreskin, You will make an entrance every time you walk in a room. And there is no way Harding will win this year. It is the year of TL in the Chinese calendar.
So yes, there is a need to play out the season but why bother...
|
|
| Mr. October
April 28, 2009
7:37:44 PM
Entry #: 3136909
| Most improved team will be Grocer this year..they will be the team to beat...Harding will be lucky to make the Championship side..they lack leadership!
DST, Plumbers and Crupi will round out the top 4!
|
|
| Cashman
April 29, 2009
6:15:09 PM
Entry #: 3138211
| These pick from Kreskin are terrible, did you do them blindfolded or something. He must be OLD now.
|
|
| Chico
May 1, 2009
12:27:54 AM
Entry #: 3140279
| Yes, that's how teammates roll! We got each other's back...sides. Besides he speaks the truth, we will be very impressive on the field this year.Go Kreskin.
|
|
| luv of the game
May 1, 2009
9:06:42 PM
Entry #: 3141413
| Enough talk, lets just point our the real facts. The survey asks who will be the most improved team this year? It is simple, how do you deem most improved? Is it as long as you win more games than last year or how many places you move up or do you go from the bottom to the top? However you look at it, as long as you improve from last season, that is a success. This year will be easy, Grocer.
They choked last year because they were missing the Lamarre brothers ( no offence to the rest of the team but missing two of the leagues best players made a huge difference).
Now Burton is available, there is their first pick and their second pick goes to Darrin Crawford. Three of the top players in the league and a guy who will definitely not hurt them.
Improvement, damn right.
More wins than last year, easy.
Move up a place, for sure.
Now will they exit the cellar, absolutely.
Contend? We will see, that depends on how everyone else picks and improves.
Grocer for most improved hands down!
Now lets hope the other bottom teams can improve in the draft with no BS this year.
|
|
| Rook 1
May 1, 2009
9:58:46 PM
Entry #: 3141447
| The most improved team will be Kelsey. They have pushed out their veteran players to the older division. They are in a great draft position from what I read tonight. I hope that they will play with more than fourteen players unlike previous years.
|
|
| luv of the game
May 2, 2009
3:02:48 PM
Entry #: 3141858
| They always had their full team out, you obviously are mistaking them for someone else, they have never been an issue.
|
|
| Harry Package
May 3, 2009
12:25:38 AM
Entry #: 3142155
| Great job by Gonzo and the Exec. So far, you're making us look like a very classy league.
Now that rosters are set, I'll box CP,DST,TL and VG as my final four.
|
|
| Harry Package
May 3, 2009
12:25:38 AM
Entry #: 3142156
| Great job by Gonzo and the Exec. So far, you're making us look like a very classy league.
Now that rosters are set, I'll box CP,DST,TL and VG as my final four.
|
|
| Pro Hits 7
May 4, 2009
4:14:10 PM
Entry #: 3143806
| Final four: MASY, Hardee, Flakey and of course the winner again SHR.
|
|
| Designit
May 5, 2009
12:19:23 PM
Entry #: 3144882
| Hey Rook 1
Watch your tongue you’re not supposed to make fun of Kelsey’s!!!!!
How the hell R U?
I swung for the fence every time today and hit 1 lousy HR I had forgotten to take my meds and thought I was a HR hitter.
Thank God I'm fat and old because I will always have an excuse as to why I suck at softball.
Seriously though, I really the guys on my team, our pickups definitely will make a difference so this yr and after playing last yr with them and struggling to win 12 games, it's nice to think we could be competitive each week.
|
| Dew
May 5, 2009
3:33:50 PM
Entry #: 3145178
| Someone please translate ...
|
|
| Labtec
May 7, 2009
8:04:30 AM
Entry #: 3147237
| Hary package, no disrespect towards you or any of the guys on your team cause honestly i dont even know who plays for u right now in fall but what i do know is that after you play the arms team you will say that we are the best team in the league. We will be in the pub celebrating most night and at the end of fall maybe we can talk us and Angus in the championship.
|
|
| Old Man
May 9, 2009
8:46:28 AM
Entry #: 3149555
| On the field TL always look so despondent and calm. Like the team’s struggles were right when they really were wrong.They rarely showed any flair or passion,but still managed to win in unusual fashion. Travel will unravel the champion banner, these lovers will not be undercover, and they will be fine in nine.
|
|
| Fairplay
May 11, 2009
7:02:56 AM
Entry #: 3150836
| The 2009 USPL season gets underway tonight, as the reigning runner-ups Travel Lovers takes on the Village Grocer team at Ashton. Most of the rest of the league will play over the next few days. The Masters division will be christening their maiden season at 8:00 tonight.
It's been a long winter and spring, but by Thursday night everyone will feel their age with some sore muscles.
Judging on how things went in the draft the game of the week is on Tuesday evening at 6:30.
I think the Remax guys have as much confidence as they can at this point and I would be surprised if they didn't play decently to start to season.
Did anyone else get that "These guys aren't supposed to be that good until next year" feeling about the Arms?
|
|
| Old Man
May 27, 2009
7:59:26 AM
Entry #: 3167578
| where are all the remax championship predications now
|
|
| Mac
June 8, 2009
9:19:47 AM
Entry #: 3179536
| Hey old man,
Wish I could answer your question but I have no idea. The talent is there and players understand that if they don't get there this season, then the roster will be blown up. If Remax makes it, they will have earned it because no team has lost as much talent in one year as they have. They were far more active in bolstering their roster without using the draft and the results show.
|
|
| A Kreskin
July 9, 2009
6:09:33 PM
Entry #: 3210679
| My prognostications written on April 27th are becoming more of a reality. I still maintain that Harding is going to take it this year. Here is my adjusted projecting after half the season is completed.
2009 top 10 =
Harding
Bisons
Wing It
DST
Invision
Village Grocer
Unionville Arms
Angus
Digital Business Systems
Crupi
Final four =
Harding
DST
Invision
Village Grocer
Champion
Harding blows out Village Grocer
|
|
| Redips
July 12, 2009
9:29:07 AM
Entry #: 3212323
| no disrespect towards goddy or any of the guys on your team cause honestly i dont even know who plays for u right now but in fall we will have it ball and win it all, go beezoons
|
