The Batter’s Box

Spring 2012

• BYSC Sand Wiffle Tourney Flyer

• BYSC League Flyers

• Announcements

• Schedule & Standing

• Recaps

• The Hookup

• Homerun Derby Pictures

• Wiffle Ball Champions

• Volleyball Champions

• Pictures

James Salgado, Charm Reyes, & Jon Reyes

Spring 2012 – Issue 7

We can pass for siblings!!!

Backyard Sports Club Wiffle Ball Leagues

Blue Diamond When: Thursdays, July 12th – September 1st

Where: Azalea Little League Complex Sponsor Bar: Uno Chicago Grill

Cost: $55 per person (early registration)

Norfolk Sandlot When: Sundays, July 8th - September 1st Where: Azalea Little League Complex

Sponsor Bar: TBD Cost: $55 per person (early registration)

Captains Registration waived with a 14 team minimum

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Go to www.backyardsportsclub.com to register a team TODAY!

Playing our Childhood Sports…TODAY!

Backyard Sports Club Dodgeball League

When: Fridays, June 22nd - August 17th Where: TBA - Chesapeake, VA

TEAMS

Minimum of 10 players and up to 20 per team

PRICE $55.00 Registration fee

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

Go to www.backyardsportsclub.com to register a team TODAY!

Captains Registration waived with a 14 team minimum

Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, Dodge!

Backyard Sports Club Powder Puff Football League

Chix Powder Puff When: Sundays, July 15th - September 2nd

Where: TBD - Chicks Beach or VB Oceanfront Sponsor Bar: TBD

Cost: $55 per person (early registration)

This season we’re only having 4-6 teams, so hurry up and get your team registered!

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Go to www.backyardsportsclub.com to register a team TODAY!

Girls can’t WHAT?

Vs.

Announcements

Please send any requests for “Announcements” to backyardsportsclub@gmail.com

REMINDER: There is NO smoking at the fields! And please be

discreet if you are drinking alcoholic beverages. Coolers and Solo cups are your friends!!! We do not want to lose these fields, so PLEASE respect the rules! Thanks

Hair Graphics

Owner and Master Stylist, Joy Gillenwater from I’d Hit That has been creating avant-garde looks for over 10 years. Educated by some of the leading companies in the salon industry; Vidall Sasson, Bumble & Bumble, Wella and Paul Mitchel, to name a few. She has a acquired a multitude of skills to give clients the exact look they want. Her work is inspired by the love of art and design specializing in texture cuts and creative color techniques. Joy believes that your hair is a very important part of your life, as well as your self-image and personality and looks forward to working with you.

Pembroke Chiropractic

Holly Hickson and Marcie Masterman from Holey Balls in Your Mouth work at Pembroke Chiropractic for Dr. Mark Soccio. Allow your body to “Fall Into Good Health” this season without the use of harmful drugs or surgery. Our holistic approach goes beyond the medical approach. Our first goal is to help you get out of pain as quickly as possible by assisting your body’s inborn ability to heal. Discover Chiropractic!

Don’t forget to like us on Facebook!

Happy Healing!

757-490-5828

Hour Escape Massage Therapy 1427 Picadilly St., Norfolk, VA

Everything from relaxation massages to injury rehabilitation. Swedish to Deep Tissue. We are all about customizing your massage to fit your specific needs. You deserve an "Hour Escape", you're worth it!

Current Contest For every 75 “LIKES” the Facebook page gets, someone will win a Free One

Hour Massage!! If you share the posts with friends- you get an extra entry!

Social Sports Club Special

If you are a member of any Hampton Roads Social Sports Club you get $10 off your Hour long massage.. or $15 off an hour and a half! That's only $40

for an hour, or $55 for an hour and a half!!

Call to book an appointment 757-717-1931 Gift Certificates available

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American Red Cross Sand Wiffle Ball Open

In conjunction with Red Cross, Backyard Sports Club is hosting an

Open Tournament for teams everywhere.

Cost: $30 per player; Late registration after July 30: $40 per player. *Teams Co-Ed, minimum of 10 - maximum of 12 players (must have at

least 4 Females/Males). *Ages 21 and up.

... *Sponsor Bar: Calypso's Bar and Grill. *Pool Play Games and Top 2 from each pool will advance into single

elimination round.

*Register at www.backyardsportsclub.com, under the 'Tournament' tab: www.backyardsportsclub.com/tournaments.

If you would like to volunteer to help, please send me a message.

Please message me for any companies wanting to be a Tournament

Sponsor and I can e-mail or mail the sponsor letter.

Thanks to everyone for helping to make a difference!

Please submit all scores and write ups about your teams to backyardsportsclub@gmail.com

Wiffskey Militia 10 9 1 0 Take a Wiff of This 10 6 4 0 Down Wiff It 10 5 4 1 Da Bombers 10 4 6 0 Sons of Pitches 10 3 6 1 Holey Balls in your MOUTH 10 3 7 0

Standings Team Name GP W L T

Tournament Bracket

Take a Wiff of This

Holey Balls in your MOUTH

Whiffskey Militia

Da Bombers

Down Wiff It

Sons of Pitches

10 AM

10 AM

11 AM

11 AM

12 PM

Holey Balls in your MOUTH

Holey Balls in your MOUTH

Sons of Pitches

Whiffskey Militia

Whiffskey Militia

Blue Diamond Wiffle Ball

Boo! No write-up! - James Salgado

The tourney was a fun day! Our game against Sons of Pitches was a good one. It started off pretty close but before we knew it, Sons of Pitches pulled away. That didn't stop the fun, we still had a great time being out there with everyone else. Great job by Da Bombers, Sons of Pitches and all the teams. We look forward to the summer season.

- Gordon Boothe

Great game by both teams. Holey Balls went ahead early in the game with some nice batting by most of the team. Down Wiff It kept creeping up throughout the game and even tied the game at 11 but Holey Balls answered right back with a few home runs and kept the lead until the end. Overall, great 1st season for DWI, I'm very proud of everybody in the team and I'm happy to say that the entire team is coming back next season. Everybody better watch out because we'll be bringing louder music, crazier dance moves and more home runs! See you all at the End of Season party in a couple weeks!

- Antonio Pazos

Team write-ups

As predicted, the shorthanded Sons of Pitches found themselves down early to the speedy top of the order of Da Bombers. Partly because I tried the left handed, running out of the box Ichiro style swing to start the game. Obviously, that's impossible. My numbskullery aside, the team started to string together hits. Brian, as Brian does, carried over his success from Thursday's Home Run Derby and hit three more in this game. He also made a pair of diving stops in the outfield to rob Da Bombers of extra bases. In the end, the Pitches were able to stretch the lead out to 24-12 and move on to the next round.

This time, Wiffskey was playing a person down and had to take the auto-out. But it didn't seems to slow their bats one bit. We decided to stop hitting well for some reason even though the defense only fielded 7 players. Not sure why we decided that was our best strategy but, as could be expected, that was not a solid way to score runs. Wiffskey knocked in 19 runs - several of which from the long ball - and continued their winning ways from the regular season. The final score was 19-14 and our season crashed to a bitter ending.

- Will Buker

Team write-ups This was a disappointing game for Take a Wiff of This. We watched Holey Balls win their previous game and they were playing with some serious focus coming into the game. We got out to an early lead thanks in part to homeruns by Jessica and Baham. We also played great defense over the first five innings. The score was 4-0 heading into the last inning when Holey Balls caught their lightning in a bottle. They put up a clutch 7 spot in the top half of the inning. We responded with two runs of our own on a Jon Reyes homerun in the bottom half, but we ultimately came up short a run. I went hitless in the game, which was a big reason for our loss. Kudos to Holey Balls for the win against us and for showing some heart in their championship game, despite a tough loss. They were the last seed going into the tournament and made their way to the championship game. Congrats to Wiffskey Militia on their repeat title. That team was a homerun machine in the championship game. Who’s gonna step up next season and take the belt from them??? Until next time…

- Robbie Wright

Team write-ups

WIFFSKEY MILITIA

Going into the tournament, our team knew it would be tough to win the whole thing. We had a third of our team out. So, we ended up playing with five guys and three girls. Taking an out at the bottom of the lineup and only fielding eight was definitely not what I preferred. But we were gonna give it our best shot anyway. Sons of Pitches jumped on us right out the gate, putting up a nine-spot in the top of the first. I made two errors in the inning and even let one go through the five-hole. We shook it off though and slowing battled back, bit by bit. I cannot express enough how well my team batted on this day. Every single person on the Militia really stepped up, with the exception of me in the first game. Honestly, after the semi-final game was over, I felt like I had barely helped our team win. Thank goodness I know how to put together a team full of studs. I think the final score ended up being something in the neighborhood of 16-13, after Marcus made an incredible play to end the game with a peg on a runner trying to score. It’s always fun to play Sons of Pitches. They are a good, tight group of people. See ya next season, guys.

We kept the momentum going and the bats stayed hot in the Championship game. In

the second inning, we batted around twice and two of the outs were the outs we were

giving them at the bottom of the lineup. We were off to a 21-4 lead about midway

through the game. Things were looking good for the Militia. I even made an unassisted

triple play, which has to be only possible in wiffleball…haha. I got to give it to James and

the Holey Balls, though. They showed a lot of heart as they went on a huge run. They

had two big innings at bat and held us scoreless in between. Before we knew what hit

us, they had pulled within two runs, making it 21-19 heading into the bottom of the

fifth inning. They had us sweating to say the least. I had to rally the troops, as I pleaded

with everyone to pick their heads up. Myself, Craig and Colin started the inning with

back-to-back-to-back jacks and that really was the nail in the coffin. Thanks to all the

hard work that goes into this league. We always have a blast on Thursdays. It’s been a

pleasure meeting so many cool people and I can’t wait until the Summer season starts.

Championship…BOOM! -Ryan Roebuck

The Hookup

Another one of my favorite people, Katy Batista is such a cool chick. I always say she’s such a catch for any guy that can get a hold of this girl. She’s smart, funny, hot, got a badonkadonk all girls should be jealous of and all guys DO stare at, caring, loves dogs (esp pits) and she’s one tough cookie. I’ve seen this girl run head-on with one of my dodgeball teammates and go off the field laughing; granted she did have to go to the hospital, but she went smiling nonetheless. Katy is such a fun girl, every time you’re around her, you’re sure to have a good time.

Katy Batista

Antonio Antonio Antonio…what can I say about Antonio. I think all I really have to say about him is he is he can tear it up on the dance floor with his sweet Latin dances. He can Merengue, Mambo, Samba…you name it, he can do it. And we all know what they say about guys that have moves on the dance floor…uh huh! Besides his moves, Antonio also has his quick wittedness going for him. He’s got jokes and comebacks for days, he sometimes goes over my head with jokes. He’s also one of the sweetest guys I’ve met, he’d definitely give you his shirt off his back if you really needed it….would he rather you be shirtless…yea of course, but if it were life and death….it’s yours!

Antonio pazos

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Bysc homerun derby

Backyard sports club’s Spring 2012 league champions

Backyard sports club’s Spring 2012 homerun derby champions

Backyard sports club’s Spring 2012 Volleyballl champions

Backyard sports club’s Spring 2012 Volleyballl runner up

Please submit all scores and write ups about your teams to backyardsportsclub@gmail.com

Can U Dig It 16 13 3 0 I’d Hit That 16 9 7 0 Bumping Uglies 16 8 8 0 Hot & Sweaty Sets 16 6 10 0 Planet Volleywood 16 4 12 0

Standings Team Name GP W L T

Norfolk volley vollyball

Can U Dig It 6:30 PM

Tournament Bracket

Can U Dig It

Bumping Uglies

Bumping Uglies

7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Hot & Sweaty Sets

Can U Dig It

Planet Volleywwod

Hot & Sweaty Sets

I’d Hit That

Errday I’m wifflin

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Charm’s favorites

I’ll never get tired of Marcus Blagen’s bottom lip!

Even though I really have to pay attention when they talk, I love their accents

I love these Pitches because they know how to have a good time, and when they roll, they roll deep! Plus, they introduced me to Chandelier!

Beth Pearson is my fave teacher! She’s a good time and always has interesting

stories about her kids!

They must think they lives in DC or something cause they’re ALWAYS dressed

up! These guys are my fave dressers!

Norfolk, Virginia Backyard Sports Club, Blue Diamond Divisions