KAH!

HOW WE ROLL

2010-05-02T20:17:00.001-05:00

Hey, Buddies

2010-04-28T07:34:00.002-05:00

You better bet the Weaselhawks respond when called.

Pint Half Full

2009-06-23T20:00:00.002-05:00

sez KG:

but... if my calculations are correct, tonight was game #9 and last week was a rain-out... we've won 4 and lost 4, which puts us at a "500" which I believe is better than the Twins so far. Sweet!

Please correct my lame-ass baseball knowledge if that is wrong. :)

Hell, yeah, we're not just The Funnest Team In The AASL™, We're 2-2-2 (W/L/F).

Range of motion training

2009-06-17T08:13:00.002-05:00

What Weaselhawk among us could not use a little more reach?

Smooth KAH-riminals

2009-06-16T10:11:00.001-05:00

Saudi royal family dropping by for game 8. Hijab is optional.

WH offsite in San Tropez

2009-06-12T09:51:00.003-05:00

San Tropez: Good tunes, great dancers, snappy dressers; our kind of people. Plz pre-pay $10k/plyr.

Performance enhancing

2009-06-03T09:27:00.002-05:00

WH: it's clear we need more training.

Psychedelics fuel Hawks to 2-3 record

2009-06-02T00:56:00.009-05:00

Still the "Funnest Team In The AASL(TM)," obviously. Season wrapup: We kicked Carmichael Lynch's ass big-time in the first game of the season. Then some other team beat us. Then some other team cheated and beat us. Then maybe someone else won, but last week, we kicked the shit out of (took a forfeit from) ASMP. We like those guys. There will be links to some stuff that Tony Nelson's up to soon.

We see the league through our own lens. Every game has a different look. And every pitch looks, well, a little distorted sometimes.

Weaselhawks lose pitcher C. Phillips in trade

2009-05-29T08:47:00.003-05:00

To be replaced by cable-access star rapper, stripper and plus-size lover Ecstacy in Game 6.

Whiskey-drinkin' Weaselhawk Iowans

2009-05-27T01:22:00.003-05:00

Try some of this if you haven't. If you would've gone to Merlin's Rest after the game last night, you could've had some.

http://www.templetonrye.com/

Post-Game followup

2009-05-27T01:06:00.007-05:00

For those of you who missed out on grub and beverages at Merlin's rest after last night's "victory" over ASMP -- I looked up a couple of details and thought I should share them. Especially since nobody else is posting anything (except Jake -- love those awesome videos, man).

If you're a fan of shovels ...

... and in the Providence/Boston area:

http://tinyurl.com/qhpeqo

if you're into bowling, and are in the St. Louis area:

http://tinyurl.com/d7etz8

(doooohh ... it looks like the museum's closed and will re-open in 2010 in Texas)

if you're a fan of John Wayne and happen to be in Winterset, Iowa:

http://tinyurl.com/oxmaqz

While visiting Winterset, you can visit the birthplace of Craig Phillips (Madison County Memorial Hospital). Phillips lived across the street from the hospital at 305 Hutchings from 1957 through 1976. Soldier Field was just to the west of the Phillips home; Packer stadium was to the north, on the hospital grounds. Both sites also served as baseball and whiffle ball fields.

Short presentation before Tuesday's game

2009-05-15T22:33:00.001-05:00

Please show up a few minutes early.

1-6: Even in defeat, we are triumphant

2009-05-14T21:55:00.002-05:00

Team vacation? (manadatory)

2009-05-08T09:29:00.000-05:00

5/5: Unleash evil weasel demon powers

2009-05-04T09:48:00.001-05:00

Heed the Kah

2009-04-09T09:27:00.004-05:00

Fellow Weaselhawks --
Like a warm splash of Hamm's after yer second strike out, the '09 season has arrived with surprising speed and a hint of bitterness. Judging from our '08 record, we must have been cheated in every imaginable way by those agency assaholics.

Now calm down, calm down: here's your chance to get even.

Game 1 is April 28th, a mere 19 days away. '09 is promising to be a lot like '08, but with less losing:
- Every Tuesday at 6 or 7:15, 4/28 through at least 7/27
- Same fields
- Probably about $50 a head
- The same friendly faces:
W: Megan, Katherine, Sarah, Allie, Oona, Kris, Jessica, Colleen, April, Natalie, Kady, Teresa, Danielle
M: Dave, Matt, Craig, Travis, Jamie, Rollie, Witt, Joe, Marc, Jake

Please comment below and let us know if you're in or out. If you would like to participate but are likely to miss more than a couple games, please note that as well.

I know there are a few interested newcomers out there. May I suggest we wait until we know who's returning before we make formal invitations. In addition, the Cougars (who we scrimmaged with last May) are short a lot of players this year and have proposed merging us into an unbeatable Dream Team. Unless we lose a lot of people, this could be unwieldy. But maybe some Hawks want to become Cougars? The door is open.

Please comment/commit as soon as you can.

-- Your ever-lovin' Beverage Manager

Hawkeye Defeats Cyclone

2008-08-04T12:26:00.004-05:00

Almost overlooked this one. What the video doesn't show is that before Craig touched the victory tree, he took Matt out with a cross-body block and pinned him for a 10-count.

Weaselhawks Videographer Takes a Twirl

2008-08-03T14:48:00.007-05:00

OMG, that shit below is hilarious! Thanks for the posts, Oona. While you were taking a break from video duties, I captured you and Jamie on my trusty Canon.

Can you blame us, really?

2008-07-31T09:36:00.004-05:00

We were drinking Fat Cat and Hamm's and it was our last game of the season. What better way to spend the time and finish off the beer?

travis and jake

sarah's cousins

megan and sarah

jess and alli

Crazy Germans do the Bat Twist

2008-07-30T19:45:00.003-05:00

Oh, this is making me dizzy.

Sniff This

2008-07-30T10:49:00.002-05:00

It's been awhile since Jake has posted some inane video. Here's one of my favorites.

Weaselhawks Extinguish Cardinal

2008-07-23T08:00:00.001-05:00

Holy crap, Batman. Talk about some major AASL excitement. After losing the game to Martin/Williams, the Weaselhawks took the usual 20 minutes of hanging around the field (and finishing off the Gluek's) to decide on a trip to The Cardinal for after-game culinary treats and refreshing beverages.

Just before settling up on the tab and departing, Weaselhawks Fire Marshall Megan Leafblad noticed flames rising from the back of the building. After 911-ing the MFD, Leafblad and fellow gawker Katy Gerdes met the fire trucks in the parking lot to supervise the local firefighters.

Lesson learned. Always have a pitcher of water at the table. We would never want to waste good beer on a fire.

Weaselhawks Extinguish Bonfires

2008-07-16T08:00:00.002-05:00

This team is OnFire!! The Weaselhawks kicked some serious butt, defeating the Olson Bonfires by at least 10 runs. Thanks to special guest Corky Shindelar for helping out (ouch!! taking a bat to the shin, too). Every one of the Weaselhawks pounded the ball and rounded the bases. Jamie Parker didn't even strike out. (Oh, maybe 'cause he was in Canada and not at the game.)

The 'Hawks celebrated the victory with an outing to Busters for grub. A little fancier than the usual post-game hangout, but comfy enough. And a fine beer list. A few KFAI Cougars joined us for a beer, then everyone went home and watched the 9th through 15th inning of the MLB All Star Game.

After Hours at the Cardinal

2008-07-09T14:35:00.003-05:00

Sad-ish game (6-13), but the mood lifted at the after-party at "the Bird" where we put some jamz on the jukebox and—fueled by rice beer and tenderloin—finally cut loose a little.

Kahrrrrack!

2008-07-07T20:14:00.007-05:00

Weaselhawks to BBDO: What's the sound of an a$$ whoopin'?

Game wrap

2008-06-30T22:10:00.003-05:00

The Weaselhawks eked out another close defeat: 16-22. After our sub-victory lap through the Cedar Inn, out of nowhere the AC/DC started pumping and Joe "Remi" Shindelar got a little crazy.

This is gonna hurt

2008-06-17T08:45:00.002-05:00

Get strapped in, Bolinites, cuz teh Hawks bring the pain—and laugh as you suffer.

In case you missed it

2008-06-09T09:34:00.003-05:00

Post-game highlights:

Jesse Ventura - Baby Seal? SEAL? Weaselhawk?

2008-06-09T00:21:00.006-05:00

Nice wrap-up on the KFAI Cougars game, Katy. A reminder to all 'Hawks -- there's plenty of room here to add your two cents' worth; bring it. And, kudos again to Katy ... after a couple of weeks of technical snafus, she's totally hitting stride with her new duties as Official Weaselhawks Photographer. See the magic here:

www.flickr/weaselhawks

Didn't we have fun getting slapped around like a bunch of baby seals? Diapers were changed. Bubbles were blown. Runs were scored (sorry, no photograhic proof of that); Jerky was munched. It was a nice Tuesday night out and about in Nordeast.

Boldface mention for the Apple Valley-Lakeville /Milwaukee/Amsterdam long-time fan of the Weaselhawks Matt Nelson for showing up. At the bar. Maybe he'll actually make it to a game while he's scouting talent. And it was a pleasure to see Weaselhawks supporter Jamie McLaughlin ("Weasel-whos?") at Psycho Suzies.

Fashion report: Katherine Lamb is rocking the killer plaid (?Madras? ?Chennai-influence? ?Northshore Vernacular?) hat consistently this year; bluejeans are back in style; I saw not even one "red heather" shirt on the field. No pinstripes. Mesh is always in style on the diamond. Nice green on white King Korn. Was Holly S. wearing red Crocs? I'll bet Rey was wearing orange Crocs. Maybe someday Billy Cunningham will do a photo essay on the Weaselhawks.

"I'm only Coaching, not playing" Natalie Schaffer again filled in critical gaps with field and plate appearances, ...and, finally ... congrats to Dave and Nancy Stieber on the newest addition to their family: 2029 Weaselhawks recruit Jordan Eleanore Steiber.

Plenty of baby seals around

2008-06-04T19:25:00.006-05:00

After a close scrimmage in April, the KFAI Cougars started their juicing regime and came back to whomp on the poor little Weaselhawks 20-4...

One S. Nassif declared "We should rename the team the Baby Seals since everyone likes clubbing us to death." That same Nassif gave a gallant try playing 3rd base for the first time, as did new player Oona (that's OH-na). Tryouts for permanent 3rd base position will be next week.

While the Weaselhawks weren't so strong in actual game play, they made up for it in actual drinking. Psycho Suzie's was up first with some good old fashion pizza (sausage for J. Nassif please, no black olives or mushrooms for J. Parker), red rockets, pickle roll ups and BEER. Next up was Stasius (spelling anyone?) for some competitive fooseball and more beer. Then a long ride home for J. Parker and rumor has it that C. Phillips and W. Siasoco made it out to Grumpy's for a nightcap.

I think that's it. All I can say is that if the Weaselhawks were half as serious at softball as they were at fooseball, then we might not have to be baby seals anymore. Just a thought...

The best way to find out what happened at Tuesday's game...

2008-05-30T15:40:00.003-05:00

...is to actually attend. But for those of us who had babies—or who ARE babies always whining for a recap—here's the scoop: Colle Mcvoy took, like, 12 runs in the second inning and none of the Weaselhawks lucky charms, voodoo hexes or sideline parents could do a thing about it.

Final score: 5 to 117.

Let's get AWESOME

2008-05-27T18:11:00.002-05:00

WH bootcamp v.1.0

2008-05-26T19:13:00.004-05:00

come early tomorrow before the game (6:45) and get your practice on! my dad will be there to whip your butts into softball shape and give you pointers to get that throw all the way to 1st.

Winning is great, but ...

2008-05-21T16:27:00.002-05:00

Hey, nice wrap-up, Katy, thanks for contributing. Who's gonna write up next week? Bring your steno pads and pencils to the game, the general public demands fresh content.

Important detail about the 8 pt. prod. game (aside from, who the hell are they?): Where was the post-game gathering? Did the new recruits join in?

Drinking (or at least hanging out after the game -- we always need designated drivers) is just as important as fielding skills in this league.

Tie goes to the runner...

2008-05-21T14:29:00.002-05:00

And the tie goes to the runne... er, well, it goes to the Weaselhawks! Not only did we end up with a tie game (9-9), but we were leading up to the end and shut them down for 4 straight innings.

Good showing of Weaselhawks with 2 new recruits (Chris & Micheal) playing and a number of upcoming hawks (season 2025) practicing their swings (Rey's already got his own bat, which is better than most of the hawks).

Votes for game ball go to:
-Jessica for being the big hitter of the girls and for the awesome line drive catch at 3rd.
-Jake Nassif for proving he can hold down the #2 batting spot.
-Witt for a good home run and a kick ass double play... although his crazy base running and high jump skills almost led to our demise. Next time we can just tell the other team that Witt has turrettes and his base running is always entertaining (which is half true).

She can't dance, but she sure can sing

2008-05-21T13:51:00.005-05:00

Kind of a weak outing for after-game beverages from the Weaselhawks following the triumphant opener. Five total -- c'mon, we can do better than that. (We did out-number the other team, though).

Although she didn't play (bum knee), and came to the game with a dead battery in her camera, official Weaselhawks photographer Katy Gerdes totally came through at the karaoke mic, contributing a killer version of Jackson that would make A Nassif jealous.

Pix on the Weaselhawks Flickr photostream.

May 13; Weaselhawks v Fischer Edit

2008-05-16T08:20:00.002-05:00

A fine debut for the 2008 Weaselhawk squad, in spirit if not in numbers. We were a little short on players, but we managed with the help of our new coach, Natalia Schaefer. Yes, that's Natalie "Sure, I'll coach as long as you promise I'll never have to play" Schaefer. She played. And she shone brightly. For that she has earned the game ball. Also much props to the other Weaselhawk newbie, April. Another damn fine debut.

While we needed Natalie to get to the required minimum of players, we were still better off than Fischer Edit. They didn't have enough, so we technically won by forfeit. But don't let that technically fool you. We swooped ass, 13-0. In your face, editors of Fisch!

The other game ball goes to Craig Phillips for throwing more strikouts than I've seen since the end of the steroid era of softball. Mainly he gets the award for his sliding effort and Three Stoogian baserunning.

>>thanks for the wrap, JP. But I'm calling my own play of the game for K.Lamm with the unassisted double play at third. KAH^2! -Jake

READY TO FLY

2008-05-10T03:07:00.000-05:00

Here we go again. The 2008 Ad Agency Softball League (AASL) season gets underway Tuesday, May 13, with the Weaselhawks facing Fischer Edit at 7:15 at NE Athletic Field, 14th and Fillmore in beautiful Nordeast Minneapolis.