Rate the kickball play

[rmanfredi]

Two plays coming out of two different national kickball tournament games in recent weeks:

a) Player does a somersault over the ball at home to avoid a peg and score the game-winning run (play starts at 0:43):



b) Female outfielder makes a sliding kick to pop a liner up to a teammate for the out.



I'll go with A, although I should point out that play B happened in a tournament final while the other play was in - I think - a quarterfinal game.

 

[Lieslntx]

I vote for A. But basically because B looked too much like soccer to be considered a good kickball play.

But then again, I don't know much about kickball.

 

[93Devil]

Play A was amazing, and he was almost out.

 

[Riptide]

Play A.
Great instincts.

 

[wicked]

Given that the odds were about even the players were inebriated -- at least based on the kickball culture to which I've been exposed -- I'm amazed either play was made.

 

[Riptide]

On the downside, they were playing kickball. Tournament kickball.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Given that the odds were about even the players were inebriated -- at least based on the kickball culture to which I've been exposed -- I'm amazed either play was made.

Not those teams. They take it serious.

WHY AREN'T YOU COVERING IT!?!

 

[jr/shotglass]

There's some pretty darn good tournament kickball being played out there.

I vote for A.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I couldn't tell if the guy was out in A. And besides, the player in B is better looking. So I vote for B.

 

[Beef03]

A
But really? they're taping kickball? Is this considered game tape for future scouting? Do they all get together and watch these again? I've never understood why people record **** like this and beer league slopitch.

 

[HanSenSE]

Given that the odds were about even the players were inebriated -- at least based on the kickball culture to which I've been exposed -- I'm amazed either play was made.

Not those teams. They take it serious.

WHY AREN'T YOU COVERING IT!?!

You're costing them kickball scholarships, dammit!

 

[Tom Petty]

i'm going with the chick with the meaty thighs.

 

[Versatile]

OK, is this mandatory coed kickball, or is the woman in Clip B simply good enough to play with the boys? The reason I ask: I play coed softball, and any big play by a woman needs to be considered using VORW (value over replacement woman). If the team could have had a man out there in that spot, then I'm inclined to say it would be easier to find someone to make that play or to catch the ball outright. But if she's out there to fill the coed quota, good luck getting another woman to make that play.

Thus ends your lesson in sexism for the evening. Till next time.

 

[Tom Petty]

OK, is this mandatory coed kickball, or is the woman in Clip B simply good enough to play with the boys? The reason I ask: I play coed softball, and any big play by a woman needs to be considered using VORW (value over replacement woman). If the team could have had a man out there in that spot, then I'm inclined to say it would be easier to find someone to make that play or to catch the ball outright. But if she's out there to fill the coed quota, good luck getting another woman to make that play.

Thus ends your lesson in sexism for the evening. Till next time.

wow, my head is spinning ... but that just might be the vodka and diet dr pepper.

 

[Versatile]

We'll have to take it up with SAKR.

 

[Tom Petty]

We'll have to take it up with SAKR.

+1

 

[93Devil]

VOWR - that is fantastic.

Does VOWR get adjusted for her aesthetic value to the team picture?

 

[Baron Scicluna]

A
But really? they're taping kickball? Is this considered game tape for future scouting? Do they all get together and watch these again? I've never understood why people record **** like this and beer league slopitch.

They're doing it for the next Tom Emanski commercial.

"Back-to-back-to-back AAU National Kickball champs!"

 

[jr/shotglass]

Those rollers roll the ball too bouncy. We'd have kicked them off the mound in the playground.

(Yes, mound, dammit. We had little bumps on the playground macadam. )

 

[carrie]

A dude tried to pull Play A in our kickball game on Tuesday night and broke his arm. He got laughed at, mostly because he's a grade-A, C.J. Wilson-esque MegaDouche.

As for the question about coed kickball - most leagues (I play in WAKA) require that you have a minimum eight players in the field at all time - 4 guy, 4 gals. Most other leagues operate the same way, just to keep it fair. In fact, you generally see more gals playing kickball than guys for whatever reason ... probably because it's more about the drinking and partying. There's one league that plays on our fields on Wednesday nights that requires all players in the field to be holding a beer/cocktail during play ...