The Songs We Chose
Song Theme: Sexy Songs
Charles: Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
Drew: Plaster Casts of Everything - Liars
Amanda: Debra - Beck
Noel: Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
Tracy: Don't Cha - Pussycat Dolls
Aaron: I Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me Badd
Matthew: Get Down, Make Love - Queen
Lauren: Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
Brian: Glory Box - Portishead
Ian: Can't Get Enough of Your Love - Barry White
Laura: In the Wair Tonight - Phil Collins
Byrd: Sex Action - L.A. Guns
Koryn: Shoop - Salt 'n' Pepa
Other Songs You Heard
Sexy Back - Justin Timberlake
I Can't Stop - Al Green
Girls & Boys - Blur
I'll Make Love to You - Boyz II Men
I Adore Mi Amor - Color Me Badd
Color Me Badd - Color Me Badd
Same Girl - R Kelly, feat. Usher
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
Post
Game Blogs
Brought to you by the Band-Aids Management Team
Pesto, Not So Saucy...Needs Pep-per
By Lauren Henschen, Manager
It’s always a treat when the blue comes
looking for me at the beginning of a game. You know what it means?
It means there is a problem with the other team. And that problem
about 98% of the time is that they don’t have enough girls present
to play. I am proud to say that the Band-Aids have never been in a
position that we would not have enough girls to play. In fact, when
I look around before the game starts, the first thing I usually note
is that all four of our other girls are already there, so we’re
totally good to go. Lord knows we’re never short on guys…
That being said, we were automatically up by two runs (which wasn’t
factored in to the scoresheet I was keeping, now that I think about
it…time to investigate...) because, as the blue notified, they
didn’t have enough girls to start the game.
But start we did…and by and by we were neck and neck with Pesto,
a team ranked at the very bottom of our bracket, which only goes to
show that the rankings hold little to no value when one team is having
a good day and the other is, well, all over the place.
It was, by most accounts, a rough game, especially in terms of defense.
There was a lack of communication and, as usual, that good old-fashioned
Band-Aids “I can totally throw to home plate from the outfield
because I’ve seen it on TV” spirit.
The saving graces that we had were Laura, who stepped in for Natalie
(on injured reserve...it makes me want to cry) and Noel and Byrd,
who continue to have good, solid hits. On the other hand, I’d
like to commend the entire team for being less trigger-happy at the
plate…for taking more walks and realizing that it gets us an
extra player on base…sometimes and extra player on second
base in this crazy league.
The game came to a close with a final push in the bottom in the last
inning, proving that the Band-Aids have what it takes to “seal
the deal.” And as the last bite was taken out of an overdone
Pesto, the Band-Aids were satiated once again with a nice W-I-N. Our
fans reclined from the edge of their seats where once they had risen
to applaud a strategic strike-out at the hands of Amanda "T-Rex"
Telloni. I love our fans, seriously, more than they know. And to look
over while I'm playing and see our mascot, young Fresh, bundled up
from the icy winds in a Navajo blanket with Lisa Telloni...it makes
me want to win, not just for myself, but for them.
My play of the game goes to Koryn, who is the only person who, without
fail, calls me before each game to tell me she is running late for
warm-ups. This week I didn’t even get her message until after
the game because I myself was running late. But just listening to
that message as I drove towards a Casey Moore’s post-game celebratory
drink made me happy, proud even. To have a team that cares so much
about something others take for granted…it’s like we’re
getting the most out of life somehow. And for someone who appears
young enough to still gets carded for trying to buy a lottery ticket,
it’s great to feel like a wise old sage who has long since learned
the secrets of life.
Band-Aids fa LIFE!
Pesto fa DINNA!
Blue's Clues
By Charles Pheanis, Assistant Manager
I came home from work early on
Sunday for the game. I freshened up my uniform (which I had not washed
since last week's game) by throwing it in the dryer with a wet rag
and a fabric softener dryer sheet. It totally works. So while my uniform
was "getting clean" I sat with Lauren on the couch and watched
Wayne's World II. Lauren offered me half of her sandwich, but I told
her that I already had plans. I would be eating "Pesto"
for dinner. Little did I know, the main course would not come until
the bottom of the final inning.
"I'm bringin' sexy back, YEAH."
Sexy songs night was awesome. I especially like it when we have a
unique theme which the other team doesn't understand. It's like an
inside joke for us, which keeps our spirits high. Some of the Pesto
players probably thought we're perverts or something. I'm sure they'll
figure it out when they check out this recap on TheBandAids.com so
they can download all our sexy songs. Theme nights are awesome. Remember
to send in your ideas for themes when you have them. I can't wait
until we do show tunes. I call Phantom of the Opera!
We went into tonights game with plenty of confidence. What we really
lacked was defense. Pesto had some heavy hitters that no one was expecting.
According to the City of Tempe Co-Rec Softball website, Pesto lost
to Anton Sports 1 run to 17 last week. Although whoever maintains
that website referred to our opponent as "Pesco" and referred
to us as "the Band-Aids." Whoever fails to utilize the shift
key when the MLA style manual demands it, and mistypes with their
left index finger cannot be trusted. However, we do need to keep our
eyes on Anton Sports, who is the only other undefeated team.
Fortunately we play them in our last regular season game. Apparently
Anton Sport is a local embroidery and screen-printing shop. I'm expecting
pretty sweet uniforms from them...but they couldn't possibly rival
ours.
Back to the game...my play of the week goes to Byrd's great hit to
right field in the final inning to win the game. Great placement Byrd.
I was a little nervous after all the trash talk Byrd and Noel were
doing during the same inning Byrd had a few errors, but he came back
to win the game.
I also want to give some props to Laura who stepped in for us in right
field. If you didn't hear, Natalie tore the meniscus in one of her
knees, and might not return this season. In case you weren't aware,
the meniscus is "a cartilage disk that acts as a cushion between
the ends of bones that meet in a joint" according to www.answers.com.
Anyway, Laura brought game and had a great hit. I also felt that she
meshed well with the team. Thanks Laura.
So we had only one umpire. WTF? Our sponsors paid good money for this
league, and so did we. By the way, if you haven't paid Lauren your
$15.00 yet, you need to get on it because TISNF (that is so not fair).
And the one umpire we did have didn't have a clue most of the time.
I don't know what his deal was, but that blue was clueless. Oh well,
I guess we can't complain.
And once again we come from behind to win. This is a huge change for
The Band-Aids franchise. We used to be a great start bad finish team.
We're showing poise and, I thought I'd never say it, stamina. Way
to go Band-Aids. Keep up the good schwork.
