Week 1 Scores

Doublewide and Dvorak Lawn Care off to a fast start...

Week 1 Recap - Windy and Weird

It could not have been colder or more windy for the first game of the year.  I don't know if it was the rust of the long offseason, or the weather, but we looked liked crap all around. A low-scoring tight game turned into a blowout in the bottom of the 5th when Doublewide put up 9 runs behind 2 huge dingers while miscues in the field, hitting into double plays and flying bats on strike outs lead to a very weird and humble beginning to the season.
Final Score:  Dirty Grizzlies 3 - Doublewide 13

Our opponent for game 2 had to patch together a squad with scotch tape and super glue to even field a team this week, but with that said we played excellent. After a 1 run first, we exploded for 21 runs over the next 2 innings while shutting them down on defense.  The bats came alive with a Grand Slam by Hof and 2 HR's by Fos.  Pretty much everyone contributed so hopefully we can keep this momentum heading into next week.
Final Score:  Dirty Grizzlies 22 - Mainstreet 2

New Individual Records from last year

Dan

Here are the Records that were broken in 2015, as well as those guys who made the board for the Individual Stats.  Dan had an awesome year as you will see below.  Hof wasn't too shabby either.  Congrats guys. 
 

Of the 8 stats we keep track of for individual all time stats, members of the 2015 team made it into the records in EVERY ONE of those categories.  Dan even set 3 new ALL TIME RECORDS while Hof also set the Triples record.

NEW MOST RBI'S IN A SEASON RECORD HOLDER IS:
Dan Kitzberger with 85 RBI's 
(The old record was 70  by Wunder in '08)

NEW MOST TRIPLES IN A SEASON RECORD HOLDER IS:
Scott Hofmeister with 8 TRIPLES 
(The old record was 6 by Brian in '11)

NEW MOST HITS IN A SEASON RECORD HOLDER IS:
Dan Kitzberger with 73 HITS 
(The old record was 60 by Hof in '13)

NEW MOST RUNS IN A SEASON RECORD HOLDER IS:
Dan Kitzberger with 51 RUNS 
(The old record was 50 by Hof in '14)

Here are the other stats with guys who made it into the top 5 this year...

Batting Average
Dan takes over #3 all-time with his .737 average

HR's
Dan takes over #2 all-time with his 19 dingers

Slugging
Dan takes over #2 all-time with his 1.424 slugging percentage

Doubles
Dan ties for #5 all-time with his 11 doubles

Hits
Hof takes over #2 all-time with his 65 hits

Runs Scored
Hof takes over #3 all-time with his 47 runs scored

Offseason Update

Hey guys,

I got the website updated tonight with the new schedule and a few other things.  Here are some highlights as we get ready to lift the lid on 2016, our soon to be greatest 3 month stretch of softball in the history of Big Willow Fields (located less than a mile from Lone Spur Bar & Grill).

• Updated the Individual Records section with the standouts from last year.... Dan made the cut in 7 freaking categories.  Hof also made it in 2.  I will do a post recognizing their great years later in the week or so.
• Updated our Team Batting Stats section as well... You may be surprised to learn that last year we had our lowest team Batting Average, Ever....  Lowest Ever.  That's with 6 guys batting over .570!  How is that possible?
• We have 4 new teams in the league this year, the only carry overs are Us, Doublewide, Park Tavern and Excelsior Brewers.
• The new schedule is up, we have a disproportionate number of 6:10 - 7:10 games again.
• We've got our practice game next Tuesday, 4/19 at 6:10 on Field 5.
• Everyone has paid... except for Kuhn.
• We also received our new $300 bat which was specifically requested by Fosmo.  29.5 ounces of pure, lazy fly ball producing carbon fiber!