Monday, May 31, 2010
Happy Memorial Day to ALL!
After a weekend of silence on the blog in memory of our fallen soldiers I took it upon myself to break the silence....I'm sure everyone had a great weekend whether you were in Boston, Manasquan, bonding with Chizzy or just hanging out with Marco in the flow area with local legends like Mike Teel.... One thing I'm sure we all have in common is that we drunk tons of beers and got completely hammered for 3 or 4 consecutive days. We all now feel bloated, exhausted and disgusted with ourselves.... This is the place where you can share your favorite story from the weekend so please go and start the blogging!!!!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Chizzy: A short update on the man who gave us the Chizzy Stick
So the Doolies are in their 7th season and it appears that they we are starting to figure things out. I mean we know who are good hitters are, our bad hitters, our singles hitters and our power hitters. It also appears that everyone is starting to embrace their role on this team, which is great.
Well, things are only going to get better for the Doolie after the Memorial Day Weekend layoff. I just got off the phone with one of the Doolies biggest supporters and father figures, the Infamous Chizzy. Chizzy has been known for a couple things in his lifetime. The first being the crucial goalline stick of Marcell Shipp in high school that sent the Hackensack Comets to another state titles in the 90's. The second is being known as the ultimate nice guy. If you've ever been to the Toal house and found your way to their phone and check their messages you will find at least 9 Chizzy mesasages updating the Toals on his life. Just a guy looking to keep in touch. The third and most important thing is he donated the Chizzy Stick to the Doolies in year one and this stick has basically been the life force of the Doolies for nearly a decade.
After 7 years or sweat, blood, torn ACL's, graduations, hirings, firings, and insane amounts of tail, Chizzy has struck again. He let me know today that he has produced a Chizzy Stick 2.0 and will be handing it over to me this weekend after one of the biggest ceremonies Uncle Chizzy's shore house has ever seen. I will make sure I thank Chizzy for the rest of the team because I know I am not the only one to benefit from the use of the Chizzy Stick over the years.
Well, things are only going to get better for the Doolie after the Memorial Day Weekend layoff. I just got off the phone with one of the Doolies biggest supporters and father figures, the Infamous Chizzy. Chizzy has been known for a couple things in his lifetime. The first being the crucial goalline stick of Marcell Shipp in high school that sent the Hackensack Comets to another state titles in the 90's. The second is being known as the ultimate nice guy. If you've ever been to the Toal house and found your way to their phone and check their messages you will find at least 9 Chizzy mesasages updating the Toals on his life. Just a guy looking to keep in touch. The third and most important thing is he donated the Chizzy Stick to the Doolies in year one and this stick has basically been the life force of the Doolies for nearly a decade.
After 7 years or sweat, blood, torn ACL's, graduations, hirings, firings, and insane amounts of tail, Chizzy has struck again. He let me know today that he has produced a Chizzy Stick 2.0 and will be handing it over to me this weekend after one of the biggest ceremonies Uncle Chizzy's shore house has ever seen. I will make sure I thank Chizzy for the rest of the team because I know I am not the only one to benefit from the use of the Chizzy Stick over the years.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
I'll play this God damn game on Rt. 17... or will we??
Thinking back the other day to our game against the Gas House Gorillas, something really grind-ed my gears. You want to know what really grind-ed my gears? Well I will tell you anyways, if you want to hear it or not.....
I have dealt with a lot of kids in my short lifetime as a mentor, coach, even a teacher and I think that some of those kids might have a knack that many of us do not have; it might seem so minuscule but it is such a huge part of the game, not only in high arc softball but in life. I believe that playing sports really gets you prepared for life. Life is a sport, you can get knocked down but you gotta get up again, something unexpectedly might happen, how are you going to react? You gonna keep your head down with your tail between your legs or are you going to fight back? Your reaction, what you do on the spot will show the average bystander, fan and colleague your character. How much character does this person have? Everyone in life looks for this... your high school coach, college coach, professional coach and even your boss. They want to know one thing! How MENTALLY TOUGH is this person? If I was that average fan watching the game the other day I would not know what to think of The Doolies but from past experience I can tell you we are not that tough.
If we do not score in the bottom of the second, I get the feeling that a lot of people on the squad would have started to get frustrated. Here comes the glove throwing, yelling at the first base ump on any close call and then there would have been a lot of finger pointing among the team. Gos was not there so who would everyone have blamed for this? Great question! Only time will tell. Too many times throughout the years I have noticed that when we are down a few people on the team start to pout and that takes them out of their game. Something we need to work on (and it is obviously not easy) is staying up throughout the game, winning or losing. If we are down then we have gotta crank it up that much more. Lets stop focusing on players such as E Gos on the other team cause we all know, he was in most of our heads! The day E Gos is in my head is the day I am going to get my head checked out! And I do not plan on getting my head checked out any time soon! I am more worried about certain individuals such as Uncle Andy or DeFreese, thats it.. well maybe some individuals on the B-Team and Bombers. Let me grade out each individual on how mentally tough I think they are with a short sentence explaining my grading... Grading is based on what I know about the certain individual in life and possibly on on sports team.
Ma$e: B, longest tenured worker with John as his boss.
Josh: B, cried twice in athletics, once down in Toms River and once after fumbling the game away against Kean. Three career rings.
G: C, Do not think I have shared tears with this kid but have seen tears throughout the years with many glove throws. Still not sure if Detective Koch dished out his PBA after draining five threes vs. Bergenfield.
Ryan: D, Stepped up huge during the Green Raiders state championship run his junior year. Easily taken out of his game on Sundays. Hardest hitting safety in NBIAL history.
Nicky: B, I could not imagine taking the grief that the beans has taken throughout his years of being beans but also being a Mets and Jets fan. Lasted at Bendover Catholic for four years.
Brian T: A, If your father is Greg Toal Sr. and your still living then you have made it.
Sam: B, I have seen him throw down which definitely earned my respect! Huge plays in the field starting two years ago.
John: F, sorry pal but when you get out you cannot act like your life is over! Lasted four years at BC.
Mike: B, Worst umpire in league history but brushes it off like a true officer should do! Great example sir! Still stood in there when Scilleri was cruising around the edge.
Mark: C, Seen him at the blakjack table conceive a loss before the cards were even pulled outta the shoe. Escaped failure because he got arrested for assault last summer and has fight outside Duffy's in previous summers.
Drew: D, Still blames Coach Toal for ruining his sports career. Stepped up dramatically to save The Doolies franchise from past playoff failures.
I have dealt with a lot of kids in my short lifetime as a mentor, coach, even a teacher and I think that some of those kids might have a knack that many of us do not have; it might seem so minuscule but it is such a huge part of the game, not only in high arc softball but in life. I believe that playing sports really gets you prepared for life. Life is a sport, you can get knocked down but you gotta get up again, something unexpectedly might happen, how are you going to react? You gonna keep your head down with your tail between your legs or are you going to fight back? Your reaction, what you do on the spot will show the average bystander, fan and colleague your character. How much character does this person have? Everyone in life looks for this... your high school coach, college coach, professional coach and even your boss. They want to know one thing! How MENTALLY TOUGH is this person? If I was that average fan watching the game the other day I would not know what to think of The Doolies but from past experience I can tell you we are not that tough.
If we do not score in the bottom of the second, I get the feeling that a lot of people on the squad would have started to get frustrated. Here comes the glove throwing, yelling at the first base ump on any close call and then there would have been a lot of finger pointing among the team. Gos was not there so who would everyone have blamed for this? Great question! Only time will tell. Too many times throughout the years I have noticed that when we are down a few people on the team start to pout and that takes them out of their game. Something we need to work on (and it is obviously not easy) is staying up throughout the game, winning or losing. If we are down then we have gotta crank it up that much more. Lets stop focusing on players such as E Gos on the other team cause we all know, he was in most of our heads! The day E Gos is in my head is the day I am going to get my head checked out! And I do not plan on getting my head checked out any time soon! I am more worried about certain individuals such as Uncle Andy or DeFreese, thats it.. well maybe some individuals on the B-Team and Bombers. Let me grade out each individual on how mentally tough I think they are with a short sentence explaining my grading... Grading is based on what I know about the certain individual in life and possibly on on sports team.
Ma$e: B, longest tenured worker with John as his boss.
Josh: B, cried twice in athletics, once down in Toms River and once after fumbling the game away against Kean. Three career rings.
G: C, Do not think I have shared tears with this kid but have seen tears throughout the years with many glove throws. Still not sure if Detective Koch dished out his PBA after draining five threes vs. Bergenfield.
Ryan: D, Stepped up huge during the Green Raiders state championship run his junior year. Easily taken out of his game on Sundays. Hardest hitting safety in NBIAL history.
Nicky: B, I could not imagine taking the grief that the beans has taken throughout his years of being beans but also being a Mets and Jets fan. Lasted at Bendover Catholic for four years.
Brian T: A, If your father is Greg Toal Sr. and your still living then you have made it.
Sam: B, I have seen him throw down which definitely earned my respect! Huge plays in the field starting two years ago.
John: F, sorry pal but when you get out you cannot act like your life is over! Lasted four years at BC.
Mike: B, Worst umpire in league history but brushes it off like a true officer should do! Great example sir! Still stood in there when Scilleri was cruising around the edge.
Mark: C, Seen him at the blakjack table conceive a loss before the cards were even pulled outta the shoe. Escaped failure because he got arrested for assault last summer and has fight outside Duffy's in previous summers.
Drew: D, Still blames Coach Toal for ruining his sports career. Stepped up dramatically to save The Doolies franchise from past playoff failures.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Hey coach how am I doing?
This is the question as a player you were always dying to ask, but never quite had the balls to ask. So I am going to let you all know how you are doing.....I know what you guys are thinking ( Bri your not even the coach) but guess what I do not give a flying fuck and your going to either hate it or love it..... Now that we have the official stats you have a general idea of how you are doing but its not all about the stats. So you will receive one or two sentences to get the general idea of what the rest of the team thinks of your performance offensively, defensively and maybe even your attitude. Here we go fellas, Buckle your seat belts:
Ma$e- Average in the field, people are concerned about your bat and if your performance does not step up you can say good bye to the lead off spot.
Walk- Ummm people have you up for MVP and thats all you need to know... Completely dominant
G- Not a great 3rd basement...but from we learned you are pretty qualified at the plate and left field.
Willy- Not too many complaints in the field which is postive and you have been getting the job done at the plate.
Balco- Average in the field and getting the job done with the stick. No one believes your batting 1.000 but your playing great.
Toal- No errors so far which is good considering you played out of position in the second game. You have been solid at the plate.
Sam- playing pretty good in the field....but .286 needs to improve for us to be a consistent team at the plate.
Germ- people are concerned about you show boating when diving for routine fly balls.... need to step it up at the plate. We appreciate your hustle on the path, but need you on the path more!
Sangiorgi- what a pleasant surprise you have been at the plate. Congrats on your first win vs. Gas House...Dark Horse for MVP. People are happy with your team first attitude.
Mailly- Need more consistency showing up The Doolies family comes first than your other family. 2 for 3 at the plate is very solid. Got to eliminate the Ks.
Drew- Very pleased with you on the hill. The team is very happy with your team first attitude. been very solid at the plate and I can see you moving up the line up shortly.
Gos- How do you not show up to the biggest game of the season with a little stomach virus???? People are not pleased with you throwing the bat either. Were pretty pleased with your performance at the plate...
Any questions, comments or concerns pots below.....Thanks!
Box Score: Doolies 12, Gas House 7
Gas House | 4 | 0 | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | - | 7 |
Doolies | 0 | 2 | 3 | | 3 | 3 | 1 | | x | - | 12 |
Doolies | ab | r | h | rbi | avg |
Kazemi 3b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
Walkowitz cf | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .857 |
Ward lf | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .833 |
Williams 2b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .429 |
Benvenuto ss | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
Toal rf | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .714 |
Spagnuolo 1b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 |
Germinario rf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
Sangiorgi p | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .857 |
Mailly c | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .667 |
Pezzimenti dh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 |
Totals | 33 | 12 | 19 | 12 |
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LOB-Doolies 4
DP-Doolies 2
RBI-Walkowitz 3 (7), Ward (1), Williams (2), Toal 3 (4), Spagnuolo 2 (3), Sangiorgi (2), Pezzimenti (1)
2B-Ward (1), Benvenuto (3), Toal (4), Sangiorgi (1), Pezzimenti (1)
3B-Walkowitz (1), Ward (1)
HR-Walkowitz (3), Toal (1), Sangiorgi (2)
SF-Ward (1)
Pitchers | IP | R | BB | K | |
Sangiorgi (W, 1-0) | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
T-1:27 A-29
Sunday, May 23, 2010
The Doolies Head into the Break 2-0
We were waiting to play the Gos House Gorillas since the schedule was made. It was a game that was circled on all of our calendars including anonymous' calendar! When the Gos House Gorillas jumped out to an early lead I thought we were going to have tons of bitterness on the Blog. I should have played here, he should not have played there.....BLA BLA BLA.....but like a true TEAM we kept our composure and battled back like true Champions. The most discouraging part of the game was that E Gos was able to start the game 2-2 at the playe until the outfield took it upon themselves to out a shift on. The shift worked perfect and we were finally able to get E Gos out! I would like to congratulate Micahel Cop-A-Feel SanGiorgi on his first win of the season and a great day at the plate. I would also like to welcome Mailly back to the lineup even though he did have a strike out we were still pleased to see him back out there. He also had some poor base running however SanGiorgi absolutely hosed him on the call at the plate!!!! This win was bigger than i expected because i did not expect to see richie "buca" on the hill....the best pitcher in the league! However they were missing SEGA GHG best player.....all in all I enjoy the win and enjoy the break....I'll see y'all in two weeks i got the Beers for this week unless Mailly wants to take it for his strikeout.....Let me know kid! To all my blog haters I hope my grammar is a little better than usual I have tried my best with my poor Bosco and Boston College eduumacaytion!! Thanks for your time and what not!!
Doolies Continue "To Bang Fresh Pink"
Well my friends it looks as if it is that time of the week again. Yes. You guessed it. Gameday. And like this picture above, the Doolies will gore the fuck out of anyone that thinks they will lose today. Anyone. Oh hey Gas House, this is what is going to happen to you today, except Mase might use his dick rather than a horn.
Although the weather report is not friendly for today’s game, we are going to hope that it holds out until after our win. Yes, Doolies will win, and become the bringers of rain. I predict that as soon as Toal goes deep for the fifth, or possibly sixth time, the skies will open and rain will wash away the hopes of the Gorillas, and hopefully clean off all the filth as well.
So first off, lets take care of some business. The Doolies would like to thank their sponsor, PBR Light. Yes folks, that’s right. When you are down in the dumps, and have little cash, just reach for that beautiful beacon of “light”. PBR Light. Delicious and Nutricious while you drub some scrubs on a Sunday.
And if there is one thing we all know. The Doolies love tattooed, pierced, crap beer drinking, freaky, nasty, dirty, chicks who get after it.
And now today’s prayer:
“ Dear Gods of Softball, as we take the field today, please watch over us and protect us from evil. Especially that little Fuck Eric Gos. Please let our field be crisp, bats bring pain, and pitches shower the mat like the stream of piss that will be drenching our opponent today. We trust that you will play favorites and take the Doolies side as we take on the sloppy prick fucks of GHG. “ Oh wait. “Amen”
Prediction: 17-4 Doolies win. 6 Homers, and 2 Ks for the Good Guys in the win.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Toal finally agrees with Beans!!!!
I agree 100% that we should rotate....Today I was thinking what a good rotation would be for me and drew to get in the act. So I have come up with this: me and drew (sorry for not capitalizing names, Drew and I it should be) will sit out the first two innings and ice our sore arm and knees. It is tough for guys like us to go every game as a starter this late in our career. Around the third inning or so and once our knees and arms have thawed out a little bit I will take two innings behind the plate. Once I feel I have warmed up I will go to short stop and allow Nicky to get some rest on his body as well. At this time Drew will go to second base and willy will go to right to allow Gos to catch a breather. Sounds like a plan and alot of Chemistry for the infield for us to finish this big game!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Willy Savagely Beaten, E Gos Suspected in Viscious Attack!
More details to follow, if you have any additional information please post any tips in the comments section of this post.
Reply Got So Long It Got Its Own Post
In response to the lineup post....
If I am not on the hill, I think I should be given managerial duties. Obviously the current guy who thinks he has managerial duties just carries around a bucket of balls, and some bats, and from what I smell, a flask of gin. Where I come from that is called a "Clubhouse Manager"(ie TOT). I think we might have to bring TOT in as a consultant.
Nicky making the lineup? Well now, who loves Nicky more than me? But I never, ever, ever take Nicky's advice on anything. Betting football, cards, high schools, etc. Although I do not have any problem with Nicky's lineup, I just like to talk about him constantly. Bean-a-licious! I see Nicky more as a front office guy. Someone who makes big time decisions, smokes cigars, drinks old scotch, catches bloweys from interns in his office. I think he can handle that. His dad could probably teach him.
I am still pushing for Sam to take the Manager's cap this year. I think he is a guy we can all rally around. There is no arguing with that. And I know that he may not have the time as he is working hard every day being the best first basemen in the league. Taking continuous ground balls off the larrys, and scooping throws from third like Mase does young girls at Headliners. We should be smart and promote from within, and Sam right now is our biggest internal asset. He just needs space to blossom as a leader. So for christ sake, please let him blossom, just let the kid fucking blossom....
I am rambling. But shut the fuck up, you love it.....
The only thing that I would like to say is this... I own Gas House. Always have, always will. Most of my career strike outs come against these guys. When I don't pitch (i.e. Mcfarren last year and year before I believe) straight up Lazer Show from these douches. I would have my name on the tags of Gos's and his buddy's shirts but I would never be stupid enough to get that close to those dirtbags. Shouts to G. And if I am not on the hill this week, I am sure that Chachi will handle these douches with ease. We all know that he has been "Verticalling" all offseason in preparation.
As Toal said, I am just happy to be here. And I know it is the worst move in Doolies history but if need be I will take the hot corner from Mase just so I can say I played in the spot usually occupied by Pully. Put Mase at short field and resurrect the handsome infield. Oh sweet Pulldaddy when will me, you, and the diamond be back together. It truly is "Notebook" love right now between the Doolies and Dirt Nasty.
As Toal said, we are just here in support of each other. And I will go ahead and say this, if Chachi wants the hill, then give Chachi the hill. Due Amici, Due Fratelli as we say in our native land of Guidmerica. But if I am not pitching and I have no job, whoever is on beer better keep the Tecate flowing, and if you don't bring limes, salt, and brown bags I will be pissed.
Also, Mark "Holla Back Girl" Mailly makes his return this week. Can you feel it? Can you fucking feel it? Yes you can. Its a tickle in your asshole. Don't you kind of feel violated now? You should. And now to wrap this up....
By the way does anyone think that they are called Gas House because that is all they are qualified to do? Pump fucking gas. That is probably why they play in jersey.
I Know what your thinking Eric Gos......
I know you are all excited thinking that we are arguing about the posts and the starting line up....Well guess what this is just the way the Doolies show their love to their fellow teammates....Im not sure what the Gos House Gorillas do and I really dont care. I also know that your thinking your thinking you should keep your mouth shut for the next three days until the game ends because if you start talking now your going to regret it and I 100% agree with u!!!!! The Run like is now at 10.5
Lineup: Doolies vs. Gas House
The Doolies (1-0) look to build upon their opening day victory by pounding Gas House senseless. First pitch is 4pm at Finch Park. Here's the lineup...
1. Kazemi, 3B
2. Walkowitz, CF
3. Ward, LF
4. Williams, 2B
5. Benvenuto, SS
6. Toal, DH
7. Spagnuolo, 1B
8. Germinario, RF (right-center)
9. Sangiorgi, DH
10. Gostissa, RF
11. Mailly, C
12. Pezzimenti, P
Pezzimenti (1-0) gets the nod again for the 2010 home opener. He's looking to follow up his strong opening day performance with his second win of the season. Luckily for Drew he gets to face Eric Gos three times, which makes any pitcher's day that much easier.
We didn't have a great day at the plate against the Stiffies and this lineup still scored 13 runs so we're sticking with it. Catcher Mark Mailly makes his 2010 season debut, while regular 3B Jason Pullman is still on his rehab assignment in triple-A Bristol.
In Pullman's absence, Mase will shift over and play third base and Willy slots into second base. We're going to continue to play with four outfielders. The logic being that we have more capable outfielders than infielders so we're willing to give up a few extra singles in order to make sure we're able to convert every fly ball into an out and cut down on the extra base hits in the gaps.
Let's put on a good show for the hometown fans, put this one away early and get to 2-0 going into the Memorial Day break.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
The Infamous Beer List
It's been discussed for years, but the beer list has finally come to fruition. Here it is...
Date May 16 | Opponent Uncle Stiffies | Beer Guy Pezzimenti |
May 23 | Gas House | Sangiorgi |
June 6 | Opals | Toal |
June 13 | Ramsey Fire | Pullman |
June 20 | Cruel Shoes | Ward |
June 27 | Pot Bellies | Mailly |
July 11 | Knights | Germinario |
July 18 | DOA | Spagnuolo |
July 25 | B-Team | Williams |
August 1 | Delta House | Benvenuto |
August 8 | Bombers | Walkowitz |
August 15 | Playoff Game 1 | Gostissa |
When we win our first playoff game, Mase will bring the beers for August 23.
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