{"id":243,"date":"2006-02-08T09:43:38","date_gmt":"2006-02-08T15:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/wordpress\/?p=243"},"modified":"2006-02-08T09:45:16","modified_gmt":"2006-02-08T15:45:16","slug":"dodgeball-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/2006\/02\/08\/dodgeball-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgeball update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night we played the top-ranked team in the league. As often seems to happen in underdog situations like this one, we played relaxed and had a lot of fun. The result: We took one of the five games in the match, which is precisely one more game than we should’ve won.<\/p>\n

I suspect that our opponents were pretty beat up, this being the tail end of the season. As usual, their team comprised all guys, and they threw hard<\/em>. I got in some good hits, shoulder and arm pain be damned. I even caught a couple balls last night, which is something I’d avoided in the past due to the hinky nature of the balls we use.<\/p>\n

The highlight of the evening was a hit one of our girls got. Kelly, who’s a shoe-in for team MVP at the end of the season, just nailed a guy right in the chest. It was a superb open-court shot, and her victim looked appropriately stunned as he tromped off the court.<\/p>\n

I’d taken a Wal-profen before the match and downed another when I got home. I set an icepak on my elbow while Leah and I watched American Idol<\/a>, which helped a lot with the soreness. Today I barely feel like I played at all last night.<\/p>\n

The next two weeks are the final tournament; I’d better check on my Wal-profen supply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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