Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Week Eight: Summary of Game

Sass fall in heartbreaker
Quarterback failure key to loss
By Beth Sass / hereforthesass.blogspot.com


MINNEAPOLIS -- The Here for the Sass football team lost again this week, in an upset that left the League of Zoob in chaos when the final scores came out. The final score was 50.11-54.17, with the BlastProcessors coming out on top.

“We should’ve won, but it was a bad prank gone awry. We drugged the BFL Commissioner SBGF up, and put Chad Pennington’s uniform on him. He couldn’t figure out how to take it off, and the officials shoved him onto the field. He ended up with a negative 1.39 points. Chad is so angry,” Beth reported to the press.

There were no comments from Chad, and SBGF was rushed to the hospital immediately following the game and was listed in serious condition.

“It wasn’t critical condition? Man, I’m off my game,” said Sass Baseball first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz. Sass Baseball catcher A. J. Pierzynski claimed innocence, although was seen in the training room with bruised knuckles complaining about the gel SBGF used in his hair.

SBGF initially protested that he was not the starting quarterback, until entering the field he saw the vast number of cameras and television crews.

“In the first huddle he told us all to relax, that he could handle the game. Since Chad was no where to be seen - we later found out that he couldn’t come out to the field because SBGF was in his uniform - we had no choice. You should’ve heard him yelling after throwing that first interception. When you throw it right into the middle of a mass of the opposing players, we’re not going to get to it. Especially when the only Sassians anywhere near him was Henry [tight end Heatlh Miller] and he was five yards away when it was caught,“said wide receiver Nate Burleson

Sass running back Mewelde Moore was the team leader, gaining 11.00 points all by himself, despite the efforts of SBGF to keep the ball to himself.

“I actually physically wrestled the ball away from him on one of my carries,” Mewelde said. “It was the only way the ball was going anywhere.”

Cornerback Justin “Jacob” Miller was the defense leader, with 8.50 points. He had a return touchdown to help out the Sass.

“If we had won, I would’ve called this the best game of my life. It’s always a good day playing for the Sass, but it’s sad when a prank throws off the entire game,” Jacob said.

Notes: Sass quarterback Duante Culpepper was released from the Sass team not long after the game on Monday, to make way for Mike Burnell. Because NFL rules on the League of Zoob require Chad to sit out next week, and Culpepper still was not feeling healthy enough to play next week, the Sass needed to make a roster move. Beth would not comment on the quality of the move. Defensive tackle Luis Castillo, who runs two fantasy football leagues and participates in a total of seven football leagues (three hockey, two basketball, and ten baseball, as well) said that it’s because Beth has no idea what she’s doing running a fantasy team.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Week Seven: Summary of Game

Sass Win! Sass Win!
Baseball and football players surprised
By Beth Sass / hereforthesass.blogspot.com


SEATTLE -- The Here for the Sass team announced early Tuesday morning that they somehow pulled off their second win of the year. The entire team gathered as Beth looked up the final scores. Initial reports Monday morning showed the Sass in the lead. Beth was momentarily confused on Tuesday, because it looked as if the Sass had lost yet another series. Here for the Sass relief pitcher Justin Duchschererererr gently pointed out to Beth that she was looking at the projected scores, and that the real scores showed a convincing 77.93-62.78 win.

“What do those numbers mean, anyway?” Beth asked.

Sass wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh started to explain to Beth how the total points per player were added up before she said, “Nevermind. Don’t even try. Baseball is much easier to figure out.”

Coming into the series, the Sass were 1-4-0, and Hell`s Jackalopes were 2-4-0, meaning both teams left the week with 2-5-0 records. “That’s very Sass of them,” said outfielder Michael Cuddyer.

Sass wide receiver Randy Moss led the team with 12.45 points. “Seriously? What do these mean? How are they calculated?” Beth asked Moss. Moss looked at her strangely and walked off to talk to Sass relief pitcher Brad Halsey, who was doing double-dutch jump roping with Sass running back Warrick Dunn, Sass first baseman Adam Dunn, and Sass third baseman Little Nicky Punto.

The highest score received by the defense was Erik Coleman’s 5.00.

The Sass celebrated their victory with Ghetto Cub cupcakes, which were shipped in from St. Paul. The entire baseball team was present to celebrate the win, along with many members of Mockball Madness, who joined Sass pitching coach and Mockball Madness starting pitcher Bronson Arroyo for the trip to Seattle.

Friday, October 20, 2006

Here for the Sass Football roster!

The Here for the Sass team announced earlier this year that they were going to draft a football team. This was an intersting development, as neither Beth nor Dawn are huge football fans, and Beth readily claims to know nothing about football, but was named as head coach.

"That's what auto-draft is for!" Beth said, gleefully.

The original roster was lost to the abyss of time. With injuries and benched players, Beth had no choice but to let go of some of the original players. On October 20, 2006, the Sass team got around to announcing their roster.

Offense, Position, Real Team
10 Chad Pennington, QB, NYJ
8 Daunte Culpepper, QB, Mia
18 Randy Moss, WR, Oak
84 T.J. Houshmandzadeh, WR, Cin
87 Marcus Robinson, WR, Min
81 Nate Burleson, WR, Sea
84 Joe Jurevicius, WR, Den
82 Antwaan Randle El, WR, Was
28 Warrick Dunn, RB, Alt
30 Mewelde Moore, RB, Min
38 Mike Anderson, RB, Bal
83 Heath Miller, TE, Pit
Kickers, Position, Real team
13 Mike Vanderjagt, K, Dal
3 Stephen Gostkowski, K, NE
Defense, Position, Real team
59 Donnie Edwards, Linebacker, SD
26 Erik Coleman, Safety, NYJ
40 Oliver Celestin, Safety, Sea
22 Justin Miller, Cornerback, NYJ
22 Nate Clements, Cornerback, Buf
93 Luis Castillo, D Tackle, SD
91 Ebenezer Ekuban, DE, Den
91 Ray Edwards, DE, Min