Not In Our House

Week 3 was one of the darkest moments in Ship history, but this week the Angels had to come uptown, face the music (e.g. Freedom '90), and play in our house. It was another close match, but this time we sent them home without a picture for their scrapbook. Rich got his revenge early by steamrolling in the opening game, doubling-out while his opponent still had about 200 points on the board. While Fred had a rare loss, Holly and Mindy also posted wins, giving us a 3-3 tie in S501.

In the first game of Cricket, Holly and Nikki squared off against the dart bitch, and pulled off a sweep, meaning that all future cricket sweeps will now be known as "Slapping the Bitch". Unfortunately, Rich / Meredith followed up this stellar performance by receiving a bitch slapping of their own. With a split by Mindy / Fred, the match, like the final game of the 1952 Indiana State Championship game between Hickory and South Bend, was tied coming down to the wire.

But like Jimmy Chitwood telling Coach Dale "I'll make it," Holly called for the ball in D501. Undefeated in the first two rounds, she refused to watch from the bench. With ice water in her veins, she stepped up and nailed the jump shot by winning the first game and completing her undefeated night. In game 2, Meredith and Jen had the honor of facing the bitch. In a display more irritating than her week 3 performance, the bitch "doubled-in" during practice and claimed the game had started. Too bad it wasn't her turn, so Meredith was forced to once again put the bitch in her place. M / J ended up losing a close game, and just like in week 3, it all came down to the final pairing. In week 3 we dropped the final game to lose the night, but this time we ran the picket fence at 'em, as Mindy / Fred stepped up to the line and said "Not In My House". When Mindy doubled-out, the final score was 10-8, and we got our satisfaction.

Nine players in the bar functioning as one single unit ... team, team, team ... no one more important than the other. I love you guys.

Props:
Holly - 220 AS points and a sweep.
Nikki - 3 wins (a mini-sweep), and quietly leading the team in Win %.
Fred - 338 AS points.
Mindy - 3 wins, and the match-winning shot.
The Sports Guy - Read this column to see why.

1 Arm, Four Feet

No match, as A&M Guys & Dolls dropped out of the league.

DUDE!

As the second half of the season kicks off, The Ship is on full-steam ahead and looking for revenge. The first stop was to turn around the sluggishWeek 1 upset to the Imports. Things started off slowly, with three straight losses, until Fred stepped up to the line. Fred, who has won 13 of his last 18 and 19 of his last 27 S501 matches (over the last 2+ seasons) continued his complete dominance and posted another win. The Ship was granted another win due to forfeit, and we sailed into Cricket. Dude, where's my car? Where's your car, dude?

And then, Dave / Mindy got creamed in their first Cricket game, and then they came back strong and secured a split. And then, Rich / Meredith played two-on-one and they cruised to two wins, although they played well enough to beat any two players. And then, Eric / Jen ran into a buzz saw in the last round of Cricket. And then the match was 5-7, going into D501. And then, NO MORE AND THEN!

In D501, things really got interesting. Eric started things off with a double-19, triple-20 on, and he and Mindy cruised from there, as they ended up winning the game by over 250 points. Sweet! For the second game, Rich managed to "screw up" the pairings to get his second two-on-one match of the night. (Apparently he was unable to finagle the lineup to get a game against Mindy). Even with a huge advantage, Dave / Rich came dangerously close to being tossed by 1 guy. Down by over 250 points, they finally got into the came and came back to win, narrowly saving their collective dignity. In the last game, Fred / Jen threw huge darts, sometimes too huge. With 102 on the board, Jen threw a big, yet unfortunate 99. With a dreaded 3 on the board, Jen stepped up on her next turn and nailed a double 1. DUDE, too early. On the very next turn, Fred stepped up and threw a double 1. DUDE! Luckily, they didn't waste all their double ones, and when they closed it out, the Ship had a sweep of D501 and an 11-7 win for the night. Shibby.

The match was exciting, but it was nearly topped by the post-game playing. Nikki stopped by and she joined with fellow hot-chick Jen to take Dave and Rich to school. Jen / Nikki were completely on fire. They were so completely dominant that they won every game, and even invented new games to win. At the end of the night, the other Ship team was starting a game of "legs," and Rich ponied up $5 to buy in. With a huge pile of luck and some timely darts, he walked away with $30 and a lifetime supply of pudding.

Props:
Fred - For extending a very impressive streak, and Tuesday afternoon recaps.

BYE, BYE Baby

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