Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Force trades Thorson for three Bandits
My team recently announced the trade of our number one pitcher Kristina Thorson to the Chicago Bandits for Amy Harre, Autumn Champion and Peaches James. For those of you that don't know, Amy Harre pitched at Southern Illinois University, who is in the same conference as Illinois State. So that's pretty cool, between me, Margo, and Amy we'll be reppin' the Missouri Valley! Haha. She is really good too... throws like 70mph. Autumn is a really really fast outfielder from the University of Arizona and I've never played with her, but my sister has. Peaches is a pitcher from the University of Nebraska and is also really good. It was also announced today that there's another new addition to our team, Jackie Wong, who previously played for Rockford. Click here to read the official news release.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
For Love of the Game
I don't think anyone would have guessed that our season would end the way that it did. We fought til the very end, playing an extra inning four hour game that resulted in the Riptide winning. It was a true battle, as the score went back and fourth and then finally ended at Force 2, Riptide 3. Although we were tied for fourth place with Rockford, it went to our record vs. the number one team, the Glory. We beat them once and Rockford beat them twice so they made playoffs and we didn't.
The Riptide definitely became our rivals as we played them sixteen times throughout the season. And the way they played the final game really made me lose a lot of respect for them. Running out on the field to celebrate an overturned call and waving goodbye to our team as the final out was made is just rude and completely unnecessary. I'm glad to be part of a team that has a lot more class and sportsmanship than that. It's disappointing that our season ended so abruptly, but I still think it was a success. We started off with a 1-6 record and no one in the league really expected much from us. We fought our way back up all season long and I believe that we had as good a chance as any team to win the whole thing.
The emotion in the locker room after the game was all over the place. We have several veterans on our team who don't really know if they will be returning next season. So to them, that could be the final game of their career. A few players spoke as well as the coaches, and nearly all of us were in tears. It truly was heartbreaking as every girl on our team plays for the love of the game.
It's hard to sum up my summer in the pros because I enjoyed every minute of it. I think my favorite softball experience was playing Team China. Learning about their culture and what softball means to them made me appreciate things a lot more. Outside of softball I would have to say that going to New York City was my favorite. I just wished we could have stayed longer. I will never forget the friends I made this summer and I am definitely playing again next summer! I hope everyone else comes back as well. Life in the bigs was amazing and I am especially going to miss Rookie Car.
Until then I will be starting my masters degree studying Project Management at Illinois State as well as working as a Graduate Assistant for Graphic Communications. I will continue to write emails and update my blog, so please let me know if you would still like to receive my updates. There is an article on my schools website about our season if you are interested.
FLOTG,
Stacy Birk #10+1
The Riptide definitely became our rivals as we played them sixteen times throughout the season. And the way they played the final game really made me lose a lot of respect for them. Running out on the field to celebrate an overturned call and waving goodbye to our team as the final out was made is just rude and completely unnecessary. I'm glad to be part of a team that has a lot more class and sportsmanship than that. It's disappointing that our season ended so abruptly, but I still think it was a success. We started off with a 1-6 record and no one in the league really expected much from us. We fought our way back up all season long and I believe that we had as good a chance as any team to win the whole thing.
The emotion in the locker room after the game was all over the place. We have several veterans on our team who don't really know if they will be returning next season. So to them, that could be the final game of their career. A few players spoke as well as the coaches, and nearly all of us were in tears. It truly was heartbreaking as every girl on our team plays for the love of the game.
It's hard to sum up my summer in the pros because I enjoyed every minute of it. I think my favorite softball experience was playing Team China. Learning about their culture and what softball means to them made me appreciate things a lot more. Outside of softball I would have to say that going to New York City was my favorite. I just wished we could have stayed longer. I will never forget the friends I made this summer and I am definitely playing again next summer! I hope everyone else comes back as well. Life in the bigs was amazing and I am especially going to miss Rookie Car.
Until then I will be starting my masters degree studying Project Management at Illinois State as well as working as a Graduate Assistant for Graphic Communications. I will continue to write emails and update my blog, so please let me know if you would still like to receive my updates. There is an article on my schools website about our season if you are interested.
FLOTG,
Stacy Birk #10+1
Saturday, August 18, 2007
New York City
Last Sunday I went to New York City with Sharonda, Tara, and the Aggies: Jamie L., Jamie H., Amanda, Lisa, and Megan. We left Cedar Crest at 8am and headed to Edison, NJ. We parked there and took the NJ Transit into NYC. We arrived in the city at about 1130am and then purchased tickets to ride the subway. We too a train to our first stop at Yankee Stadium. The 12:00 tour was already sold out so we hung around for the 1:00pm tour. The tour was pretty cool, we got to walk around the stadium, sit in the dugout and see the locker room. We too a ton of pictures, except for in the locker room where they weren't allowed. The tour guide talked a lot about the Yankees history, which was cool, and about their present team as well. Derek Jeter has not one but TWO lockers because he gets so much fan mail, haha. I thought that was funny.
After the tour we hopped back on the Subway and got off at Times Square. Once we got outside I really felt like I was in New York. Everything was exactly as I imagined from what I have seen on tv and in movies. All the shops had big bright signs and there were huge billboards and advertisements everywhere. We stopped and ate pizza for lunch at a place called Ray's. We walked around and went in a few shops and naturally I took a TON of pictures. We saw Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall, and MTV studios to name a few.
We got back on the Subway and went downtown to Canal Street for some shopping. It was funny because I've heard stories about all the tiny hidden rooms with fake designer purses, but I didn't really understand until I saw it. We barely made it onto Canal street before a man approached us asking if we were interested in real designer purses. My first instinct was to say no thank you and walk on, but then I remembered that was actually the reason we were there. So, the 8 of us agreed to follow this man 2 blocks down the street, down a hallway and into a closet-sized room full of 100% ''real'' purses. About twenty minutes later we all left there with something; I got a brown Prada purse.
After Canal Street we took the NJ Transit back to our hotel to get ready for take two of the big city. Wilk, Clare, Trena, and Dustin joined us for the evening. We got all dressed up and rode the train back into the city and then took our first cab ride. For dinner we had hot dogs from a street vendor which I thought was very appropriate in our club attire, haha. The club we went to is owned by Jay Z and its called 40/40. Since it was a Sunday night there weren't too many people there, but it was still fun. We were true VIPs with a private room that had couches, a big screen tv and a pool table. At about 3am we finally left the club and went to a place called New Venus Diner for breakfast. We caught the first train back to New Jersey at 4:54 am and it was pretty obvious that we were all exhausted.
Needless to say, I LOVED our trip to New York City, I only wish we could have stayed longer. But then there's always next year...
Today Tom took the rookies to lunch at Brewworks, he loves us :) Right now we are in the middle of our series vs. the Riptide. They won the first game 10-2 and we came back and won game two 2-1. To make the playoffs we have to win 1 of the next 2 games. Lets hope we can get all the wondering over with tonight! I will be posting this on my blog as well, where you can see pictures from NYC.
FLTOG,
Stacy Birk #10 +1
After the tour we hopped back on the Subway and got off at Times Square. Once we got outside I really felt like I was in New York. Everything was exactly as I imagined from what I have seen on tv and in movies. All the shops had big bright signs and there were huge billboards and advertisements everywhere. We stopped and ate pizza for lunch at a place called Ray's. We walked around and went in a few shops and naturally I took a TON of pictures. We saw Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall, and MTV studios to name a few.
We got back on the Subway and went downtown to Canal Street for some shopping. It was funny because I've heard stories about all the tiny hidden rooms with fake designer purses, but I didn't really understand until I saw it. We barely made it onto Canal street before a man approached us asking if we were interested in real designer purses. My first instinct was to say no thank you and walk on, but then I remembered that was actually the reason we were there. So, the 8 of us agreed to follow this man 2 blocks down the street, down a hallway and into a closet-sized room full of 100% ''real'' purses. About twenty minutes later we all left there with something; I got a brown Prada purse.
After Canal Street we took the NJ Transit back to our hotel to get ready for take two of the big city. Wilk, Clare, Trena, and Dustin joined us for the evening. We got all dressed up and rode the train back into the city and then took our first cab ride. For dinner we had hot dogs from a street vendor which I thought was very appropriate in our club attire, haha. The club we went to is owned by Jay Z and its called 40/40. Since it was a Sunday night there weren't too many people there, but it was still fun. We were true VIPs with a private room that had couches, a big screen tv and a pool table. At about 3am we finally left the club and went to a place called New Venus Diner for breakfast. We caught the first train back to New Jersey at 4:54 am and it was pretty obvious that we were all exhausted.
Needless to say, I LOVED our trip to New York City, I only wish we could have stayed longer. But then there's always next year...
Today Tom took the rookies to lunch at Brewworks, he loves us :) Right now we are in the middle of our series vs. the Riptide. They won the first game 10-2 and we came back and won game two 2-1. To make the playoffs we have to win 1 of the next 2 games. Lets hope we can get all the wondering over with tonight! I will be posting this on my blog as well, where you can see pictures from NYC.
FLTOG,
Stacy Birk #10 +1
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Mini Golf, Starters & Heelys
Mini Golf
Today Friedman asked me if I wanted to go get ice cream with her and a family that comes to our games. I said yes and they picked us up outside our dorms around 3pm. When we got in their minivan they asked if we wanted to go play mini golf, so we said ok even though that wasn't what we had in mind. I forget the parents names but they had three daughters, ages 14, 12 and 10. The girls seemed to have a really good time with us, so I didn't mind being there even though I was sweating profusely. After mini golf they took us to lunch at this hot dog place called Yoccos and then finally to ice cream at Rita's. On our way to Rita's, Dana (the 12yr old) showed us her catalog for the soap business she and her friend just started. It was really cute, she was telling us all about it so Friedman ordered some soap from her. They finally brought us back to Cedar Crest at 7:30pm, with just enough time for us to get ready for Starters.
Starters Riverport
Starters is one of our sponsors and tonight they had a Force pep rally for us...in other words we got free food. Its a two story sports bar and when we arrived upstairs we found out we were being moved to another area because the Philadelphia Eagles were going to be there. So we headed downstairs for dinner and watched as the Eagles players came in upstairs. We were told that we would be allowed to hang out with them, so after we ate we headed up to their section. After we got through security, I went over and hung out with this big guy named Jon. He was showing me a bunch of tricks with straws and then one with a beer bottle and quarters. He made me try one of em and was impressed when I got it on my first try. Donovan Mcnabb was there, all surrounded by security, but I made it over to him and introduced myself. I ended up standing next to him for like 10 minutes and I asked him if he liked softball. He said he did and that he would try to come to one of our games, yeah right. I told him Id strike him out and he said I was right, haha. When I left I said "bye, it was nice meeting you" and he said "good luck in your games." It was soooo cool, he was actually really nice!
Heelys Training Camp
When we got back from Starters Jodie was in the hallway trying to learn how to use Macs heelys. So I got mine out to show her how to do it and we ended up having a Heelys training camp in the bathroom. Jodie, Margo and Wilk all put in an effort to try and learn how to do it but Margo definitely earned Rookie of the Night. She figured it out that she could successfully heel from one end of the bathroom to the other by opening all the bathroom stall doors and using them to push herself along. It was hilarious and I recorded it on my camera, which you can see here.
We depart for NYC tomorrow morning at 730am and I cant wait! Oh yeah, and tonight we found out we are now tied for 3rd place!
FLOTG,
Stacy Birk #10+1
Today Friedman asked me if I wanted to go get ice cream with her and a family that comes to our games. I said yes and they picked us up outside our dorms around 3pm. When we got in their minivan they asked if we wanted to go play mini golf, so we said ok even though that wasn't what we had in mind. I forget the parents names but they had three daughters, ages 14, 12 and 10. The girls seemed to have a really good time with us, so I didn't mind being there even though I was sweating profusely. After mini golf they took us to lunch at this hot dog place called Yoccos and then finally to ice cream at Rita's. On our way to Rita's, Dana (the 12yr old) showed us her catalog for the soap business she and her friend just started. It was really cute, she was telling us all about it so Friedman ordered some soap from her. They finally brought us back to Cedar Crest at 7:30pm, with just enough time for us to get ready for Starters.
Starters Riverport
Starters is one of our sponsors and tonight they had a Force pep rally for us...in other words we got free food. Its a two story sports bar and when we arrived upstairs we found out we were being moved to another area because the Philadelphia Eagles were going to be there. So we headed downstairs for dinner and watched as the Eagles players came in upstairs. We were told that we would be allowed to hang out with them, so after we ate we headed up to their section. After we got through security, I went over and hung out with this big guy named Jon. He was showing me a bunch of tricks with straws and then one with a beer bottle and quarters. He made me try one of em and was impressed when I got it on my first try. Donovan Mcnabb was there, all surrounded by security, but I made it over to him and introduced myself. I ended up standing next to him for like 10 minutes and I asked him if he liked softball. He said he did and that he would try to come to one of our games, yeah right. I told him Id strike him out and he said I was right, haha. When I left I said "bye, it was nice meeting you" and he said "good luck in your games." It was soooo cool, he was actually really nice!
Heelys Training Camp
When we got back from Starters Jodie was in the hallway trying to learn how to use Macs heelys. So I got mine out to show her how to do it and we ended up having a Heelys training camp in the bathroom. Jodie, Margo and Wilk all put in an effort to try and learn how to do it but Margo definitely earned Rookie of the Night. She figured it out that she could successfully heel from one end of the bathroom to the other by opening all the bathroom stall doors and using them to push herself along. It was hilarious and I recorded it on my camera, which you can see here.
We depart for NYC tomorrow morning at 730am and I cant wait! Oh yeah, and tonight we found out we are now tied for 3rd place!
FLOTG,
Stacy Birk #10+1
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Ice, Headbands & Brew Works
Michigan Ice
Game 1 - W 1-0
Game 2 - W 7-1
Game 3 - W 6-4
Game 4 - W 6-1
Tonight we completed our four game SWEEP vs. Michigan Ice! We are now in 3rd place with a record of 23-17. Trailing closely behind us are the Akron Racers and the New England Riptide, both with a 21-16 record. Although we are ahead nothing is secured yet for playoffs because we still have four more games against the Riptide. The good thing though, is that its in our hands rather than us relying on other teams to win or lose. Its going to be a battle, as every game vs. New England has been, but we are very capable of making it to the playoffs.
Colored Headband Night
Every series the rookies have a colored headband night... meaning we all wear matching, but different colored headbands. I initiated this a few weeks ago after I bought a 6pk or headbands in Washington and since then we've kept the tradition going. I think I started it mostly because of my hostility towards the rules we had at ISU. The first two years I was there we were allowed a little freedom...we could wear non-school color accessories like socks, headbands, and ribbons. But THEN, my Junior year Melinda started the red/white/grey/black rule; meaning my extensive collection of under armor, headbands, and ribbons was completely useless and out of commission. So, now that we are professionals and can do whatever we want, you better believe I'm going to wear a pink headband! On colored headband night, you can refer to us as: Pink Birk, Purple Sho, Green Lo, Yellow Henny, Orange Mac, & Blue Margo. Just add that to my list of why I love being a pro... I can wear whatever color headband I want!
Brew Works
Allentown Brew Works is our new post game restaurant/bar and it is uh-maze-ing! It's three stories and it's classy but chill at the same time. They food is really good and they treat us really well. We have our own section upstairs for dinner and then we usually hit up the Silk Lounge afterwards. I forgot to mention in my last email that David Wright was at our game last week watching Cat and he came to Brew Works afterwards too! I didn't meet him but he was right there, sitting in a booth eating the same stuff I ate...weird.
We have three days off before our next series and a bunch of us are going to New York on Sunday. I think what we are planning on doing is a tour of Yankee Stadium, Statue of Liberty, and Times Square. And then there's talk of going to some VIP club owned by Jay-Z. I guess Julio, Lo's boyfriend, can get us all in...so we will see.
I don't know if anyone has looked at my blog, but I added some new links... game photos and force fans message board. I am also wondering if my pictures link is accessible, so test it out and let me know.
FLOTG,
Stacy Birk #10+1
Game 1 - W 1-0
Game 2 - W 7-1
Game 3 - W 6-4
Game 4 - W 6-1
Tonight we completed our four game SWEEP vs. Michigan Ice! We are now in 3rd place with a record of 23-17. Trailing closely behind us are the Akron Racers and the New England Riptide, both with a 21-16 record. Although we are ahead nothing is secured yet for playoffs because we still have four more games against the Riptide. The good thing though, is that its in our hands rather than us relying on other teams to win or lose. Its going to be a battle, as every game vs. New England has been, but we are very capable of making it to the playoffs.
Colored Headband Night
Every series the rookies have a colored headband night... meaning we all wear matching, but different colored headbands. I initiated this a few weeks ago after I bought a 6pk or headbands in Washington and since then we've kept the tradition going. I think I started it mostly because of my hostility towards the rules we had at ISU. The first two years I was there we were allowed a little freedom...we could wear non-school color accessories like socks, headbands, and ribbons. But THEN, my Junior year Melinda started the red/white/grey/black rule; meaning my extensive collection of under armor, headbands, and ribbons was completely useless and out of commission. So, now that we are professionals and can do whatever we want, you better believe I'm going to wear a pink headband! On colored headband night, you can refer to us as: Pink Birk, Purple Sho, Green Lo, Yellow Henny, Orange Mac, & Blue Margo. Just add that to my list of why I love being a pro... I can wear whatever color headband I want!
Brew Works
Allentown Brew Works is our new post game restaurant/bar and it is uh-maze-ing! It's three stories and it's classy but chill at the same time. They food is really good and they treat us really well. We have our own section upstairs for dinner and then we usually hit up the Silk Lounge afterwards. I forgot to mention in my last email that David Wright was at our game last week watching Cat and he came to Brew Works afterwards too! I didn't meet him but he was right there, sitting in a booth eating the same stuff I ate...weird.
We have three days off before our next series and a bunch of us are going to New York on Sunday. I think what we are planning on doing is a tour of Yankee Stadium, Statue of Liberty, and Times Square. And then there's talk of going to some VIP club owned by Jay-Z. I guess Julio, Lo's boyfriend, can get us all in...so we will see.
I don't know if anyone has looked at my blog, but I added some new links... game photos and force fans message board. I am also wondering if my pictures link is accessible, so test it out and let me know.
FLOTG,
Stacy Birk #10+1
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Akron & Rockford
Akron
I have not yet been to Rockford or Chicago, but from what I have seen Akron has the nicest facilities. Their stadium was beautiful; the field, the locker room, everything. Other than our stadium, its the only place we've been that has provided a locker room for both teams, which I believe is very nice to have. Maybe its just because I'm the sweaty kid, but having an air conditioned room to go to during warm up is completely necessary. Not to mention, this is professional. The result of the series was:
Game 1 - W 5-0
Game 2 - W 3-1
Game 3 - L 3-16 not my best game, or anyone else's
for that matter.
Game 4 - W 2-0
The Akron series went really well for us. We took 3 out of 4 games from them, improving our record to 17-19. Also, while we were in Akron we were credited with two more wins from our series with New England. They had utilized a player in two wins against us who was on the inactive roster, and therefore they became automatic wins for us and losses for New England. So our record improved to 19-17.
As the standings show, no place is secured, so really anyone has a chance at making playoffs. The top 4 teams go and its hosted in Kimberly, WI.
Rockford
Game 1 L 3-5
Game 2 L 4-6
We just played a two game series against Rockford, but they were exhibition games so they do not count towards our record. For those of you that don't know, Cat Osterman is on Rockford's team. When they arrived on Sunday night, a bunch of them met up with our team at Brew works, our new post-game restaurant/bar. Kellie is friends with Cat so she was introducing her to everyone. She came over to me and said this is Cat. I said, oh really it is? Haha. That was about it as far as my conversating with her but she seemed very nice. Cassidy Scoggins, who went to Southern Illinois, is also on the team and after I met her I felt bad for hating her the past few years. She was pretty cool.
Cat pitched against us in game one bringing in the biggest crowd we have had all season. Normally we get about 200-300 people at our games, but with Cat there we had over 1000. It was cool. Also, due to the last email I sent out about rookie car and livin in the bigs, the rookies were honored. Two little girls baked us a HUGE basket of cookies for the dugout and Tom and Judy made a rookie page with our pictures and part of my email and added them to the programs for the night. We also got framed copies of the rookie page in our lockers, it was really cute :)
Best in show
All summer long our team has given out a best in show award to the individual most deserving on any given night. The Best in Show award usually follows extreme action or entertainment following ones consumption of beverages. Best in Show is appointed by the team and is followed up by a poster on the door of the reigning individual which stays there until someone else earns the crown. The records in the hall state that this summers Best in Show individuals are:
Trena Peel - 7/6
Megan McAllister - 7/8
Dacey & Hall - 7/11
Chelsea Spencer - 7/12
Robin - 7/9
and.....
Stacy Birk 8/5
my best in show highlights include
- a photo shoot in the car on the way home from Brew Works
- a not-very-nice comment to the Mc Donalds drive thru employee followed by his refusing us service
- and wearing the Dunkin Donuts box as a hat
I've taken all the emails I've sent this summer and made them into a blog. I've also added a link for pictures. I'm still working on it, but you all can see it at http://www.phillyforce.blogspot.com
Tonight we start our series vs. the Michigan Ice, a semi-pro team, but the games do count towards our record.
Stacy Birk #10+1
I have not yet been to Rockford or Chicago, but from what I have seen Akron has the nicest facilities. Their stadium was beautiful; the field, the locker room, everything. Other than our stadium, its the only place we've been that has provided a locker room for both teams, which I believe is very nice to have. Maybe its just because I'm the sweaty kid, but having an air conditioned room to go to during warm up is completely necessary. Not to mention, this is professional. The result of the series was:
Game 1 - W 5-0
Game 2 - W 3-1
Game 3 - L 3-16 not my best game, or anyone else's
for that matter.
Game 4 - W 2-0
The Akron series went really well for us. We took 3 out of 4 games from them, improving our record to 17-19. Also, while we were in Akron we were credited with two more wins from our series with New England. They had utilized a player in two wins against us who was on the inactive roster, and therefore they became automatic wins for us and losses for New England. So our record improved to 19-17.
| Washington Glory | 31 | 9 | .775 |
| Rockford Thunder | 24 | 16 | .600 |
| Chicago Bandits | 19 | 15 | .559 |
| Akron Racers | 19 | 15 | .559 |
| Philadelphia Force | 19 | 17 | .528 |
| New England Riptide | 19 | 17 | .528 |
As the standings show, no place is secured, so really anyone has a chance at making playoffs. The top 4 teams go and its hosted in Kimberly, WI.
Rockford
Game 1 L 3-5
Game 2 L 4-6
We just played a two game series against Rockford, but they were exhibition games so they do not count towards our record. For those of you that don't know, Cat Osterman is on Rockford's team. When they arrived on Sunday night, a bunch of them met up with our team at Brew works, our new post-game restaurant/bar. Kellie is friends with Cat so she was introducing her to everyone. She came over to me and said this is Cat. I said, oh really it is? Haha. That was about it as far as my conversating with her but she seemed very nice. Cassidy Scoggins, who went to Southern Illinois, is also on the team and after I met her I felt bad for hating her the past few years. She was pretty cool.
Cat pitched against us in game one bringing in the biggest crowd we have had all season. Normally we get about 200-300 people at our games, but with Cat there we had over 1000. It was cool. Also, due to the last email I sent out about rookie car and livin in the bigs, the rookies were honored. Two little girls baked us a HUGE basket of cookies for the dugout and Tom and Judy made a rookie page with our pictures and part of my email and added them to the programs for the night. We also got framed copies of the rookie page in our lockers, it was really cute :)
Best in show
All summer long our team has given out a best in show award to the individual most deserving on any given night. The Best in Show award usually follows extreme action or entertainment following ones consumption of beverages. Best in Show is appointed by the team and is followed up by a poster on the door of the reigning individual which stays there until someone else earns the crown. The records in the hall state that this summers Best in Show individuals are:
Trena Peel - 7/6
Megan McAllister - 7/8
Dacey & Hall - 7/11
Chelsea Spencer - 7/12
Robin - 7/9
and.....
Stacy Birk 8/5
my best in show highlights include
- a photo shoot in the car on the way home from Brew Works
- a not-very-nice comment to the Mc Donalds drive thru employee followed by his refusing us service
- and wearing the Dunkin Donuts box as a hat
I've taken all the emails I've sent this summer and made them into a blog. I've also added a link for pictures. I'm still working on it, but you all can see it at http://www.phillyforce.blogspot
Tonight we start our series vs. the Michigan Ice, a semi-pro team, but the games do count towards our record.
Stacy Birk #10+1
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Rookies and Livin in the Bigs
Rookie Car
Technically we have 7 rookies on our team this year. They include Margo Pruis, Megan MacAllister, Sharonda McDonald, Loren Anguiano, Meagan Hennessy, Kristina Thorson, and myself. But since Thor and Henney have pages in the media guide, like the rest of the veterans, we (the rookies) don't consider them part of our group. Rookie car is what we usually refer to ourselves as because the five of us pile into Lo's truck whenever we go somewhere as a team. It's a tight squeeze in her little truck, but with the windows down we can all fit our football-player shoulders in the back seat. Lo is our driver, since its her car, but the rest of the seats are fair game and can only be called when the car is in sight. The front seat is referred to as the suicide seat because you're at the highest risk when Lo decides to pull out her crazy driver card using excuses like, I have poor depth perception. Then there's window seats and of course the middle seat, or bitch. Whoever ends up in the bitch seat gets pointed and laughed at by the rest of rookie car and I'm thinking we should implement some sort of song or something that she would have to sing.
(I originally wrote this a few weeks ago, and since then we have implemented the song rule. On the way home from practice on Tuesday, Margo sang Happy Birthday to us. The rule stands that you can sing whatever song you like, but if you can 't pick one you have to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.)
Livin in The Bigs
Henney couldn't have put it any better when she said, in college all i wanted to do was play softball and hang out and now I can. So basically I've been waiting my whole life to do this. Let me tell you, playing pro is all I've dreamed of and more. Since I've been here I've realized a lot of differences in pro and college softball, most of them positive. But it wasn't until yesterday that I discovered this is my calling. We had cookies in the dugout. Yes, you read that correctly, COOKIES IN THE DUGOUT! Holy hell, what more could I ask for?! What a perfect combination; playing the game that I love while eating the best food ever made. Clearly this is the coolest perk I've discovered so far about playing pro, but there are many others.
When traveling:
1. I can wear sandals
2. I can wear a hat or a visor
3. I can wear any shirt I want to and i don't have to tuck it in
4. When we stop to eat I can bring my cell phone in and I don't have to hide it under the table to text
5. There are no bed checks or team meetings
6. I can sleep in as long as I like
7. We can eat and drink whatever we want, whenever we want
8. Theres no study bus or study hotel
It's great and I love it :) That's all for now... next update will be on the Akron series. (We beat them 5-0 tonight in Game 1)
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Technically we have 7 rookies on our team this year. They include Margo Pruis, Megan MacAllister, Sharonda McDonald, Loren Anguiano, Meagan Hennessy, Kristina Thorson, and myself. But since Thor and Henney have pages in the media guide, like the rest of the veterans, we (the rookies) don't consider them part of our group. Rookie car is what we usually refer to ourselves as because the five of us pile into Lo's truck whenever we go somewhere as a team. It's a tight squeeze in her little truck, but with the windows down we can all fit our football-player shoulders in the back seat. Lo is our driver, since its her car, but the rest of the seats are fair game and can only be called when the car is in sight. The front seat is referred to as the suicide seat because you're at the highest risk when Lo decides to pull out her crazy driver card using excuses like, I have poor depth perception. Then there's window seats and of course the middle seat, or bitch. Whoever ends up in the bitch seat gets pointed and laughed at by the rest of rookie car and I'm thinking we should implement some sort of song or something that she would have to sing.
(I originally wrote this a few weeks ago, and since then we have implemented the song rule. On the way home from practice on Tuesday, Margo sang Happy Birthday to us. The rule stands that you can sing whatever song you like, but if you can 't pick one you have to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.)
Livin in The Bigs
Henney couldn't have put it any better when she said, in college all i wanted to do was play softball and hang out and now I can. So basically I've been waiting my whole life to do this. Let me tell you, playing pro is all I've dreamed of and more. Since I've been here I've realized a lot of differences in pro and college softball, most of them positive. But it wasn't until yesterday that I discovered this is my calling. We had cookies in the dugout. Yes, you read that correctly, COOKIES IN THE DUGOUT! Holy hell, what more could I ask for?! What a perfect combination; playing the game that I love while eating the best food ever made. Clearly this is the coolest perk I've discovered so far about playing pro, but there are many others.
When traveling:
1. I can wear sandals
2. I can wear a hat or a visor
3. I can wear any shirt I want to and i don't have to tuck it in
4. When we stop to eat I can bring my cell phone in and I don't have to hide it under the table to text
5. There are no bed checks or team meetings
6. I can sleep in as long as I like
7. We can eat and drink whatever we want, whenever we want
8. Theres no study bus or study hotel
It's great and I love it :) That's all for now... next update will be on the Akron series. (We beat them 5-0 tonight in Game 1)
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Saturday, July 28, 2007
Riptide x2, Brakettes, Glory, and more Riptide
Riptide Series @ New England - June 27- June 30
L L L W
After we got home from that series things got pretty interesting. Both of our head coaches, John Byrne and Ashley Moore left the team, leaving us with one coach, Jennifer Teague. Byrne wanted to spend more time with his family and Moore got a job offer that required her to leave us early. Teague became our head coach and hired Robin Santiago as an assistant, and Geoff Deen who was our BP catcher, became an assistant coach as well.
Visitor
Margo and I drove to Philly to pick Katie up from the airport on June 2nd. On our drive back from the airport a semi decided to swerve into my lane as I was passing him, so I slammed on the brakes and our car skidded on the wall a bit, and then we went back into our lane. Other than nearly having a heart attack, no one got hurt. We looked at the car when we got back too and there wasn't even a scratch! Crazy. Katie stayed for a week, til the 10th, so she was here for the second Riptide series. I think she had fun, but we really didn't do much other than go to practice and the games followed by late night dinners at Bennigans. Its hard not having a car here, and for some reason we didn't do anything as a team either.
Riptide Series @ Home - July 4- July 7
W W W L
For the past few weeks we've been competing with New England for a chance at the playoffs. Its only appropriate that we play them 16 times, haha. They won the first series, beating us 3/4 times, but we fought right back winning the second one 3/4 games as well.
Brakettes Series @ Home - July 10 - July 13
W W L W
We handed the Brakettes their first loss of the season, as well as their second and third, winning the series 3-1. The Brakettes are not an NPF team, although they were last year, but our series against them still counts for our record.
Beach Party
On the weekend after the Brakettes series, one of our owners threw a beach party for us. We left Cedar Crest in three cars, heading towards Ocean City, NJ where their house was. About 20 minutes after we left, Ashley said to me, I feel like the car is shaking, and just as I answered, yeah, one of her back tires blew out and we began fish-tailing across the Interstate. A few seconds later we landed facing backwards in the grass on the side of the road. We missed a ditch and guardrail by about 100ft and the rest of our caravan stopped right behind us. Everyone was fine, and once a tow truck came we transfered all of our stuff as well as ourselves into the other cars and headed on to Ocean City.
The beach party was ridiculous. The house Bud and Judy lived in literally backed up to the beach, and get this - its just their summer house. They had tons of food and drinks to snack on when we got there, and dinner was catered. The house was gorgeous; every room had an ocean view and their closet was bigger than our dorm rooms! We told em we would come back anytime they wanted some company, haha. They could easily house our entire team.
Glory Series @ Fairfax - July 18 - 21
L L L L
Yeah, we lost all four games of the series and it was ugly.
My parents arrived at the last game of the Glory series and they have been here since then. Margo and I stayed with them last weekend when the team headed back to Allentown. We did sightseeing in DC, went to a Nationals game, the Harley Davidson factory tour, Intercourse, PA to see the Amish, and then headed back home. A hometown friend of mine, Erin Clancy, is living in DC right now so she gave us a personal tour of the Vietnam War memorial, the Washington monument, and the Lincoln Memorial. Ive been to DC once before but it was really cool to see everything again. My favorite was seeing the Washington monument at sunset, it was beautiful!
Riptide Series @ New England July 25-July 28
Right now we are playing our third series against them and we are up 2-1. Tonight is the final game and its vital to both teams to stay in contention for the playoffs. Im sitting in our hotel lobby and its just about time to leave for the game, so I gotta go.
Sorry it took me so long to update!
- Stacy Birk #10+1
L L L W
After we got home from that series things got pretty interesting. Both of our head coaches, John Byrne and Ashley Moore left the team, leaving us with one coach, Jennifer Teague. Byrne wanted to spend more time with his family and Moore got a job offer that required her to leave us early. Teague became our head coach and hired Robin Santiago as an assistant, and Geoff Deen who was our BP catcher, became an assistant coach as well.
Visitor
Margo and I drove to Philly to pick Katie up from the airport on June 2nd. On our drive back from the airport a semi decided to swerve into my lane as I was passing him, so I slammed on the brakes and our car skidded on the wall a bit, and then we went back into our lane. Other than nearly having a heart attack, no one got hurt. We looked at the car when we got back too and there wasn't even a scratch! Crazy. Katie stayed for a week, til the 10th, so she was here for the second Riptide series. I think she had fun, but we really didn't do much other than go to practice and the games followed by late night dinners at Bennigans. Its hard not having a car here, and for some reason we didn't do anything as a team either.
Riptide Series @ Home - July 4- July 7
W W W L
For the past few weeks we've been competing with New England for a chance at the playoffs. Its only appropriate that we play them 16 times, haha. They won the first series, beating us 3/4 times, but we fought right back winning the second one 3/4 games as well.
Brakettes Series @ Home - July 10 - July 13
W W L W
We handed the Brakettes their first loss of the season, as well as their second and third, winning the series 3-1. The Brakettes are not an NPF team, although they were last year, but our series against them still counts for our record.
Beach Party
On the weekend after the Brakettes series, one of our owners threw a beach party for us. We left Cedar Crest in three cars, heading towards Ocean City, NJ where their house was. About 20 minutes after we left, Ashley said to me, I feel like the car is shaking, and just as I answered, yeah, one of her back tires blew out and we began fish-tailing across the Interstate. A few seconds later we landed facing backwards in the grass on the side of the road. We missed a ditch and guardrail by about 100ft and the rest of our caravan stopped right behind us. Everyone was fine, and once a tow truck came we transfered all of our stuff as well as ourselves into the other cars and headed on to Ocean City.
The beach party was ridiculous. The house Bud and Judy lived in literally backed up to the beach, and get this - its just their summer house. They had tons of food and drinks to snack on when we got there, and dinner was catered. The house was gorgeous; every room had an ocean view and their closet was bigger than our dorm rooms! We told em we would come back anytime they wanted some company, haha. They could easily house our entire team.
Glory Series @ Fairfax - July 18 - 21
L L L L
Yeah, we lost all four games of the series and it was ugly.
My parents arrived at the last game of the Glory series and they have been here since then. Margo and I stayed with them last weekend when the team headed back to Allentown. We did sightseeing in DC, went to a Nationals game, the Harley Davidson factory tour, Intercourse, PA to see the Amish, and then headed back home. A hometown friend of mine, Erin Clancy, is living in DC right now so she gave us a personal tour of the Vietnam War memorial, the Washington monument, and the Lincoln Memorial. Ive been to DC once before but it was really cool to see everything again. My favorite was seeing the Washington monument at sunset, it was beautiful!
Riptide Series @ New England July 25-July 28
Right now we are playing our third series against them and we are up 2-1. Tonight is the final game and its vital to both teams to stay in contention for the playoffs. Im sitting in our hotel lobby and its just about time to leave for the game, so I gotta go.
Sorry it took me so long to update!
- Stacy Birk #10+1
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Team China Series
Team China
Last Wednesday night we had a press conference and dinner with team China. Cedar Crest hosted it in one of their buildings on campus and in attendance were both teams and coaches, as well as some of the Cedar Crest staff. The press conference was short; Team China was welcomed and introduced by position and then we headed into dinner. I sat at a table with only one of my teammates, Ashley Smith, her dad, and then some Cedar Crest employees including the softball coach. Once we finished eating dinner, someone suggested that some of the players from the Force and Team China switch seats so we could talk to each other. I moved to a table that a few of the China girls were sitting at as well as their two American coaches, Michael Bastian and Howard (I forgot his last name). I talked to Michael about softball and asked him questions about his team. He told me about how different softball is for them and how for most of them its merely a job and not something they love. (here is an article about the event)
This is his second year with Team China and he said if it weren't for the girls on the team he wouldn't be coaching them any longer. He said Communism is often reflected in the Chinese coaches actions and decisions. Up until he got there, practicing for 10 hours a day was the standard, and even now they're still practicing about 6 hours a day. The head coach is known to slap her players when they do not perform to her expectations. Just a few weeks ago, when they played a series against the Washington Glory, she made them run home from the field because they lost.
Hearing these things shocked me because this team was filled with the kindest group of girls I have ever met. They are selfless and it wasn't until our last game of the series that I saw any fight in them at all. I was pitching and my ball control wasn't great, resulting in my hitting three different batters. After I nailed the third one, I was walking towards the plate to get the ball and I heard someone yell from their dugout, ''that's three times!'' I looked up and the batter took a few steps toward me with this ::I want to hurt you:: look on her face. She backed off and ran to first base, but it was nice to actually see some aggression. After the game she and the team's interpreter approached me, and she apologized. She said that she could not control herself. I laughed and told her that I was not mad, but that I was glad she got angry and showed it. The interpreter told me that he told their pitcher to hit me in my next at bat, but she chickened out and couldn't do it. It was funny though, because they did call time out when I came up to bat, so I thought I was going to get nailed for sure.
Playing against Team China was a great experience, my favorite so far this summer. It was really interesting to learn a little about their culture as well as softball in their country. They stayed in our dorms, and other than the stench of their dirty uniforms + milk they left in the hallways, it was really cool. I made a friend on the team with one of the girls that spoke English. Her name is Xuah Yi, pronounced Joe Yee, and she said to call her Joe. After our dinner with them the first night, I was asking her what kind of music she listens to and she got all excited and told me to follow her. She showed me her computer and played some songs, most of them were actually in English. So she saved them to her camera and I loaded them on my computer and then replaced them with some of my music.
For the rest of the week we played a six game series against them, with only four of the games counting towards our record. We won 5 out of 6, losing one of the exhibition games. The results were as follows:
Game 1 - W - recap
Game 2 - W 6-5 - recap
Game 3 - W 5-3 - recap
Game 4 - W 7-0 - recap
Game 5 - L 0-4 - recap
Game 6 - W 5-4 - recap
(my scores are guesses... the recaps are horrible, they don't even put the score)
Other than playing, we also visited Philadelphia to meet the mayor and to see the Liberty Bell. And we attended a minor league baseball game, the Reading Phillies vs. some other team. But because the Chinese coach is so strict, only the non-starters were allowed to attend the events with our team, and all the starters had to stay back and practice before the games. I thought that was crazy... who practices for three hours on a game day?! Nooo thank you!
Tuesday was our last night with Team China and a bunch of us traded Force shirts for China shirts. I made chocolate chip cookies and made them try some... most of them had never had one! Not cool. From them, I learned that I would not survive in China. No cookies and getting slapped in the face by my coach would not go down with me. Great girls though, it was quite an experience.
Right now were in Lowell, Massachusetts playing a series against the New England Riptide. So far we're 0-2. Two more to go though, hopefully well go .500 with em. More on this series later...
Stacy Birk #10+1
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Akron Racer and Philly
Game 1, 2, & 3
I don't really remember specifics of these games...maybe its because we lost all three. We didn't just lose either, we got killed and it was pretty embarrassing. Game 1 was like 15-3 or something...ahhhh! It got a little better the next two games, the scores were 7-0 and 6-2. Click the links for more details. Oh, and there's a wonderful picture of me on the game 3 link, I look huge...enjoy.
I don't really remember specifics of these games...maybe its because we lost all three. We didn't just lose either, we got killed and it was pretty embarrassing. Game 1 was like 15-3 or something...ahhhh! It got a little better the next two games, the scores were 7-0 and 6-2. Click the links for more details. Oh, and there's a wonderful picture of me on the game 3 link, I look huge...enjoy.
We finally beat them, giving them their first loss of the season. Yaaay! The highlights that I remember were Sho scoring on a pop fly in the third base foul territory cuz no one was covering home, Halls solo home run to tie it up, and Spencer's in the park home run to win it.
I went to the library the other day (friday, i think). It's right across the grassy field from Curtis Hall, our dorm. It's pretty small, just like this campus, but they let us print stuff for free so I'm down. I also received something in the mail on Friday, and let me tell you it was the talk of the team. Remember our list for When I get paid? Yeah, well some pretty cool Scorpions coach sent me 3 posters of it printed out with our team's logo and everything! Its sooo cool, everyone loved it. Thanks JJ :) And yesterday I received another package... two towels that aren't smaller than me! Haha, thanks Auntie P, I love them :)
I went to the library the other day (friday, i think). It's right across the grassy field from Curtis Hall, our dorm. It's pretty small, just like this campus, but they let us print stuff for free so I'm down. I also received something in the mail on Friday, and let me tell you it was the talk of the team. Remember our list for When I get paid? Yeah, well some pretty cool Scorpions coach sent me 3 posters of it printed out with our team's logo and everything! Its sooo cool, everyone loved it. Thanks JJ :) And yesterday I received another package... two towels that aren't smaller than me! Haha, thanks Auntie P, I love them :)
Sunday and Monday were both days off so a bunch of us decided to do some sight seeing in Philly. Ashley Moore aka Moose, one of my coaches, lives about 45 minutes from Allentown which is half way between here and Philly. On Sunday morning a few of the rookies, Mac, Margo, Sho, and myself drove up to Ashley's to meet up with her, Wilk, Clare, and Friedman. Moose wanted to get a couch so we met them at Ikea. It was my first trip to Ikea and let me tell you, I am in love! I remember going once a loooong time ago with my mom and my sisters but I was too young to enjoy it so I was bored out of my mind. Since then I've always had a negative attitude about Ikea, until Sunday that is. They have freakin EVERYTHING and its so much fun!! Sho and I had a chair race and we all tested out the beds. We decided that Ikea would be fun for a date... who doesn't like chair races and testing mattresses? Anyway, we finally caught up with the others and Moose got her couch. We dropped it off at her apt and then headed to Philly.
It was about 2pm when we got there and everyone was hungry, so we parked on South Street and ate at a restaurant called Joe's. Apparently its where one of the three stooges used to live... so I'm not sure why it was called Joe's. Whatever, it was good. After that we walked around on South Street for another hour or so. There's a ton of shops there with everything you can imagine. Moose ended up getting a tattoo there and then we walked down to Penn's Landing and from there we began our sightseeing. We saw the Korean War Memorial, the Marketplace Exchange, the First Bank of the United States, Carpenters Hall, the first United States Post Office, Betsy Ross's house, Elfreth's Alley, and the Irish Memorial.
After walking around for about an hour and a half we were all dead so we headed back to Ashley's apt. Somehow, 8 of us managed to sleep in here tiny studio apartment. Monday morning we had Dunkin Donuts for breakfast, which is freakin everywhere by the way! The rest of the day Moose, Wilk, Clare, Friedman, and Mac hung out at the pool but Margo, Sho and I stayed in the apt and relaxed cuz we didn't wanna pay the $5 entrance fee.
It was about 2pm when we got there and everyone was hungry, so we parked on South Street and ate at a restaurant called Joe's. Apparently its where one of the three stooges used to live... so I'm not sure why it was called Joe's. Whatever, it was good. After that we walked around on South Street for another hour or so. There's a ton of shops there with everything you can imagine. Moose ended up getting a tattoo there and then we walked down to Penn's Landing and from there we began our sightseeing. We saw the Korean War Memorial, the Marketplace Exchange, the First Bank of the United States, Carpenters Hall, the first United States Post Office, Betsy Ross's house, Elfreth's Alley, and the Irish Memorial.
After walking around for about an hour and a half we were all dead so we headed back to Ashley's apt. Somehow, 8 of us managed to sleep in here tiny studio apartment. Monday morning we had Dunkin Donuts for breakfast, which is freakin everywhere by the way! The rest of the day Moose, Wilk, Clare, Friedman, and Mac hung out at the pool but Margo, Sho and I stayed in the apt and relaxed cuz we didn't wanna pay the $5 entrance fee.
The Chinese National team is here and our series against them starts tomorrow. I have a lot to say about that but I'll save it for my next novel cuz you're probably sick of reading this already. Last thing, Margo and I did the Force Forum this morning. It's a tv show about our team where they interview two players every week and it's broad casted on local TV here. We were both nervous but we did fine.
Miss and love you all,
Stacy
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Phillies and Philly Cheese Steaks
Tonight about ten of us went to our first Phillies game with Scott Money. Hes a bank owner in Philadelphia who is a fan of the Force. His last name isn't actually Money, but I couldn't remember what it was so that's what I started calling him cuz hes rich. He bought all of our tickets and gave us $140 to spend on food. It was flippin sweet! Our seats were on the second level along the left field foul line. The Phillies beat the White Sox. I forget what the score was but they hit three home runs. And the food was gooood, as ballpark food always is.
On our way outta the parking lot I started handing out our pocket schedules. The lines to get out were ridiculous and we were barely moving so I was delivering them to cars on foot as well as handing them out the window to whoever showed any interest at all. Which wasn't very many people actually, and it sort of made me mad. Baseball is SO big... it's ''Americas favorite pastime,'' and these pro teams have so many fans and so much support. Then there's softball that is definitely growing and gaining more of a crowd but when compared to baseball it's pathetic. I've always dreamed of going pro and now that I'm here its almost upsetting seeing how unaware our public is of the league's existence. All I was doing was asking people if they liked softball or if they were interested in coming to a game and so many of them either completely ignored me or rudely said no. It's not like I was asking for their money... I was just handing out schedules. Anyway, sorry for the rant, it just really got to me. It's just if we got even a tenth of the support and fans MLB has, it would be FAR more than what we have now.
After the game, Kat (a new intern) directed us to Jim's Steaks, the best philly cheese steaks in town in her opinion. It was my first one, but they were pretty darn good! Jim's is located on South St. in Philly which is a pretty cool shopping area. Most of the places were closed when we got there but we all decided we want to go back. When we get paid, that is.
That's actually become a joke around here, because about every five minutes someone says ''When I get paid I'm going to...'' So last night we started making a list of them, here are some:
When I get paid...
I'm going to the strip club - Lo
I'm buying food - Lo
I'm going to Atlantic City... then ''the city'' - Mac
I'll make everyone cookies - Me
We're going to Outback - everyone
I'm going shopping - Lo
I'm gonna buy a new car - Smitty
I'm going to Disney world - Rocky
I'm buying a towel that's not smaller than me - Me
I'll put gas in my car - Lo
I'm getting a BBQ grill - Rocky
I'm getting sheets - Me
I'm doing my laundry - Me
I'm buying alcohol - Mac
I'm gonna pay my parking ticket - Lo
I'm making dinner for everyone - Lo
I'm painting the beer pong table - Mac
and the latest...
We're going to South Street - everyone
The original plan was to write all of these on a big poster and put it up in our hall, but we cant afford that. So maybe we'll do that when we get paid :) 4 days, yessss!!
Tomorrow - practice at 3:30pm
Wednesday - game 1 vs. Akron Racers
Goodnight,
Stacy
On our way outta the parking lot I started handing out our pocket schedules. The lines to get out were ridiculous and we were barely moving so I was delivering them to cars on foot as well as handing them out the window to whoever showed any interest at all. Which wasn't very many people actually, and it sort of made me mad. Baseball is SO big... it's ''Americas favorite pastime,'' and these pro teams have so many fans and so much support. Then there's softball that is definitely growing and gaining more of a crowd but when compared to baseball it's pathetic. I've always dreamed of going pro and now that I'm here its almost upsetting seeing how unaware our public is of the league's existence. All I was doing was asking people if they liked softball or if they were interested in coming to a game and so many of them either completely ignored me or rudely said no. It's not like I was asking for their money... I was just handing out schedules. Anyway, sorry for the rant, it just really got to me. It's just if we got even a tenth of the support and fans MLB has, it would be FAR more than what we have now.
After the game, Kat (a new intern) directed us to Jim's Steaks, the best philly cheese steaks in town in her opinion. It was my first one, but they were pretty darn good! Jim's is located on South St. in Philly which is a pretty cool shopping area. Most of the places were closed when we got there but we all decided we want to go back. When we get paid, that is.
That's actually become a joke around here, because about every five minutes someone says ''When I get paid I'm going to...'' So last night we started making a list of them, here are some:
When I get paid...
I'm going to the strip club - Lo
I'm buying food - Lo
I'm going to Atlantic City... then ''the city'' - Mac
I'll make everyone cookies - Me
We're going to Outback - everyone
I'm going shopping - Lo
I'm gonna buy a new car - Smitty
I'm going to Disney world - Rocky
I'm buying a towel that's not smaller than me - Me
I'll put gas in my car - Lo
I'm getting a BBQ grill - Rocky
I'm getting sheets - Me
I'm doing my laundry - Me
I'm buying alcohol - Mac
I'm gonna pay my parking ticket - Lo
I'm making dinner for everyone - Lo
I'm painting the beer pong table - Mac
and the latest...
We're going to South Street - everyone
The original plan was to write all of these on a big poster and put it up in our hall, but we cant afford that. So maybe we'll do that when we get paid :) 4 days, yessss!!
Tomorrow - practice at 3:30pm
Wednesday - game 1 vs. Akron Racers
Goodnight,
Stacy
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