Fall 2010 Week 2 Recap

Balls of Fury vs. Peter's Soldiers
The first match of the day pit the old vs. new as one of BoF's original franchises, the Balls of Fury faced the new blood, Peter's Soldiers. Upon entering the gym, from one side to another, all you could see was the black shirts of Peter's Soldiers warming up, ready to win. 

BoF on the other hand strolled into the gym, late again, one-by-one without a care in the world as if their experience alone would carry them. And, as if they knew, the match started off with two straight easy Ws for BoF. But, just as they became lax, PS came back with a win of their own. Then another and suddenly, the tone of the match changed. Every match after that became a battle of attrition and the court was littered with blood. No, sweat, it was sweat.

Balls went into the half leading 3-2 but PS came out strong in the 2nd, string together consecutive wins and playing what appeared to be a sure BoF win to a draw. With one game left, PS led 5-4-1 in the match and seemed almost a lock for victory across from a drained Balls of Fury team. But, in this game, looks can always deceive. Balls came out knocking out 4 out of 6 PS players almost instantly. 

The Soldiers, however, stuck with it and evened the odds at two on two with less than a minute remaining. BoF captain Ren Hsieh and Thomas Bello Jr. somehow mustered up every last bit of energy they had and with just one Soldier left standing, Hsieh challenged his opponent to throw and caught the ball for the final out, ending the game in a 5-5-1 draw.

L.S.C. vs. Super-Friends 

A rematch of last year's Championship game, the Super Friends showed the league last week that they want more than 2nd place this season and with Last Season's Champions looking past their primes, who was to stop them? 

Clearly, L.S.C. went back to the drawing board and came up with something. Their plan obviously, was not to get wasted the night before the match. The plan worked. L.S.C. came out smoking hot, piecing wins together like they were on a board of Tetris. 

Though SF makes no excuses, they did add some new players, still learning the rules and the intensity of the sport. Rumor has it that one of their new additions was a regular in the NY dodgeball circuit. And, sure enough, dude was rocking the short shorts and knee pads. And, he was all over the place. A single human embodiment of the 5-Ds. And, just like that, the Friends came back with consecutive wins. 

L.S.C., however, still went into the half leading 4-2. And, in the 2nd, they played it like it was the championship all over again. Even after winning the match with games to spare, defending MVP Ynoel Lopez wasn't satisfied until he got every possible win for his team. Talk about a man dedicated to getting back to the top of the food chain. Lopez was possessed. L.S.C. wins 7-3.