Really??!?!

So Ship, you play darts every week, and you're surprised you end up in seedy, sketchy bars?  Really??!?  That's like stopping off at a crack house and being surprised it's in a bad neighborhood.  Really.

And you play darts one day a week, every other week, and you are surprised you are getting beat by people that play every day? Really??!?  That's like challenging Paula Abdul to a crazy contest.  You do it once, she does it EVERY day.  You have no chance.  Really.

OK, mine suck, but enjoy the SNL ones.  (and one more, just for Dave.  Really!??!)

Rich split the opener, but John kicked of his big night with two wins.  Really!!?!  Darian also earned a split, but Fred dropped both games in his round.  Really?  He gave up a room full of sugar-daddy bankers for this??  After all was said and done, though, The Ship was holding close at 4-4.

Do we really need to play Cricket every week?  Really??!?  Just for kicks, Rich / Fred played the first round, and lost all three games.  And to balance things out, Darian / John dropped all three in the second round.  It's possible that The Ship was improperly weighted due to an abundance of fries and wraps, but really, we might just be really bad at Cricket.

D501 gave us a chance to get back in the match, and Fred / John took one of two to get us started.  Rich / Darian ended the night with a split, as well, and The Ship walked away with 6 points for the night.

Props:
John - Really!!!  A monster night, winning three and dominating the Shippy.

Weekly Shippy Points (YTD Standings)

Player	Points	Notes
John	36	36 points in S501*, 0 points in Cricket, 12 points in D501
Fred	21	12 points in S501, 0 points in Cricket, 21 points in D501*
Darian	12	12 points in S501, 0 points in Cricket, 9 points in D501
Rich	12	12 points in S501, 12 points in Cricket*, 12 points in D501
* High Throw in Round

The Writing On The Wall

As we have already established, I've been at this re-cap writing for some time.  So I hope you will trust me when I say that this week's match was, quite literally, nothing to write home about.  As dart matches go, there wasn't too much of interest.  It was a fairly run-of-the-mill match.  As a team, we threw good darts, but it was definitely one of those nights where things just didn't fall our way.

Rich won the first game of the night, but his opponent acted like a prima donna and complained about the scoring, the atmosphere, the lights, the shadows, etc, setting the tone for the night.  The Ship then dropped the next seven games in a row, and we were down 7-1 after S501.

Mindy / Darian delivered a win in their second game of Cricket, as they piled on points and steamrolled to victory in one of their three games.  But Rich / John were swept to finish Cricket.  And, with sweeps in both games of D501, Mindy / Darian's Cricket win ended up being our final point of the night, and the match ended in a 16-2 loss for The Ship.

For me, darts has never been about the opponents we play.  In general, I consider the other teams a necessary evil that I need to put up with, in exchange for a weekly night out with The Ship.  Let's hope the annoying drunks, preening punks, whining boozers and big losers don't make that tradeoff unmanageable.

Props:
Mindy - For half of the points on the night, and for putting up with more than she should have had to.

Weekly Shippy Points (YTD Standings)

Player	Points	Notes
Darian	16	12 points in S501*, 16 points in Cricket*, 3 points in D501
Mindy	15	0 points in S501, 8 points in Cricket, 15 points in D501*
Rich	12	12 points in S501, 12 points in Cricket*, 3 points in D501
John	3	0 points in S501, 0 points in Cricket, 3 points in D501
* High Throw in Round