We are now 9 days away from 1st United Connecticut Kickers debut at the
South Florida Kickball Open and the pools have been announced. F.U.C.K. will be facing Menace 2 Sobriety from Washington DC,
Dumpster Fire from NYC, Bangers & Dash from sunny Fort Lauderdale, and the mysterious team known only as St. Augustine Team. After some initial scouting here's a bit of info on what F.U.C.K. faces.
Menace 2 Sobriety - Despite people hinting that M2S is bringing an "availables" they are bringing a pretty strong defense to South Florida. This teams back up pitcher/catcher/charger combo is good enough to effectively shut down most teams they will be faceing On the offensive side of the ball, this team has too many weapons that have to be shut down to keep it close enough for the rest of the pool to have a shot of beating them. They've been doing this for years and will be the most disciplined team in this pool (and probably at the whole tourney). F.U.C.K.'s best chance of beating them is if they face them early in the day since the recent snow in DC has prevented much of the team from playing/practicing.
p.s. They are the SFKO defending champs, and several members of their roster were also on The Others team who recently won the
Founder's Cup.
Dumpster Fire - If you believe what their captain has been saying for the past month this is more like Dumpster Fire Lite. Well DF Lite is still a pretty formidable squad. I mean, yes only a handful of the NY Star championship team are on the tournament roster, but none of those people are exactly slouches. Offensively they still have a whole lot of speed and people who can kick the crap out of the ball, while on defense you still have one of the best catchers playing today behind the plate. F.U.C.K. really only has a shot if DF is tired after some hard fought pool play games.
p.s. They were undefeated in their last season of play and won the New York Grand National Tournament last August.
Bangers & Dash - From what I can tell, this team is made up of a fair number of support players, but none that have really been stand outs for any of their teams. Nothing against them or their abilities, but few if any are the first people that come to mind when you think of No Yes Butt, Partially Screwed, Young Guns, Tricky Bunnies, or JKI. By no means am I saying this is not a solid squad, but with some of the teams they will face they might find themselves missing that MVP player to put them over the top. Out of all the pool teams, this one may match up with F.U.C.K. most evenly.
p.s. I'm still not postitive that such an MVP player isn't on their roster and I just don't know about it yet. They have at least 1 memeber of 2007 Founder's Cup runner up Fiasco United and may have more and/or players from that years FC champions Drinkers With A Kicking Problem
St. Augustine Team - I know the city of St. Augustine is like a 50 minute drive to the closest WAKA division (Jacksonvile). Probably shouldn't sleep on them since they may have played against Cobra Kai and have some expereince with the competative game, but I wouldn't count on them being much of a threat considering the caliber of teams they'll be faceing. How F.U.C.K. will fair against them is a mystery.
p.s. I have no p.s. for this team.
sitting down with future opponents to talk about "you know, stuff". Somehow teammates got involved in what appeared to be too much flip cup for 1 outdoor section of the bar to contain. Our Sunday pretty much rocked through and through. On the way out of the bar I ran into a good friend. At first he was "Dude, Bros don't wear Pink" I simply stated "Dude, It's not Pink, It's Azalea" to which he responded "Alright cool, listen Bro, I gotta run got a thing with this chick, but good luck with the whole kickball thing". Sunday was Legen - wait for it - dary.
