FROZEN TO THE CORE IN ROUND FOUR

Boasters League round 4~

♫♫..Do you want to build a snowman..?♫… Ummm… heck no!!! Way too cold for even that! Seriously, it feels like I’m back in Montreal where we once experienced -46 degrees C – without the wind chill – and after 3 weeks straight of below 20, when it finally did reach -10, it felt like a heatwave! But vortex, schmortex. A little chilly weather couldn’t possibly keep people away could it? Just because it felt like I was driving on a Sunday morning to work yesterday because of the zero traffic, it wasn’t at all an omen for the league participation, was it…? Well, yes. Yes it was.

Expectations were met. Participation was low last night, but I can hardly complain. Couple that with the DAC election the day before where many of you had a long day at the club – a day that extended into the wee hours of the morning – and actually we probably had a few more players here than I imagined we would.

Butter Nutz continue to lead the way. They picked up the most points this week (31) and increased their lead on top of the standings to 18 points. In second place now is Winky-Dinks, which is bad news for the rest of the league since they have already had their bye week. Winky-Dinks jumped up 5 spots from round 3. Still, 6^th placed Nicker Ballers are only 5 points back from them, so it is a tight race even if the scores are low overall.

Like last week, we don’t have a deep pool of matches to shine the spotlight on today. But that never has stopped me in the past… Chris Moyer (On the Rocks) was playing the mind games with Tom Fabbri (Winky-Dinks) when he turned up wearing (coincidently, I’m sure!) an old soccer jersey with a player’s name on the back: “FABREGAS”… or, what he was trying to say… “Fabbri-Gas”! Debate is still out whether or not Chris is innocent here, but it didn’t seem to bother Tom terribly much as he was able to snag the 2-1 win anyway… was Chris out of gas at the end… or did Tom have too much of it?

Newcomer to the league, Michael Wilson (Winky-Dinks) scored his second win of the season taking down Tom Pierce (On the Rocks) 2-1. We are seeing a few more of the younger crowd joining in the league and it can be tougher for the veterans to keep up with their speed and athleticism. Somehow, that ball just keeps on coming back! Case in point – Matt Paradiso (Nick at Night) – who won 3-0 against Robert “Hollywood” Welch (Wardogs). Robert kept up with the long rallies quite well… until he couldn’t! It’s wonderful to see the young blood mix in…

Round 5 is next week which is (believe it or not) the midway point of the second half of the season. Since the standings are so close, every point you earn for your team holds that much more meaning. Even bonus points... Nicker Ballers could jump from 6^th to 2^nd by simply playing and winning 2 matches. It is tough to envision oneself peeling themselves off the sofa and making their way to the club however in this ruthless cold. How cold is it? It’s so cold, I had to cuddle with Ann Coulter in order to keep warm… It’s so cold Richard Simmons is wearing shorts all the way to his knees… It’s so cold Dunkin’ Donuts is serving coffee on a stick… (disclaimer: I stole those from the internet…) Maybe you have better ones? What more can I say except: Get. Your. Matches. In!!!