All Knotted Up

That's more like it.

During the pre-game disc toss/flip - my only real responsibility as co-captain aside from prepping useless info-graphics, obnoxious cheering, aggressive high-fiving and congratulatory back-patting (which, incidentally, I've made a mental note to stop doing, as it may be off-putting to some… at least I've stopped winking at people) - the captain of the awesomely-named Draft Punk team assured me that his team was "pretty chill", with some newbies, so to expect a relaxed game with lots of potential picks and fouls. Well, apparently, such games are where the Bag Of Hammers are best positioned to succeed, or at least, not be completely annihilated. A tie is not a loss, and a non-loss is basically a win, so... FUCKING A!

That said - to think what might have been had I not uttered to Jean, upon going up two points (the most dangerous lead in Ultimate, apparently): "feels good to be winning for a change". Ugh. And then at half, we made the similarly regrettable-in-retrospect decision to agree to one last point after time expiration - a point that would eventually negate our last beautiful lead of the night. So: sorry, Hammers, for my contribution to the perfect storm of short-sightedness and karma that denied us the sweet, sweet taste of victory for another week; clearly the patchouli-scented, hippy god of Ultimate (w/ knee-high tube socks and headband) has bigger plans for our team…

But the improvement, oh the improvement! Bolstered by the triumphant returns of Michelle, Jean and mighty handlers Derek and Gregor, our offence increased by infinity-% (har har); everyone touched the disc (many times); the scoring was fairly distributed; we were able to execute a successful stack or a number of plays; and I don't think anyone left the field wondering why they bothered to sign up. Improvement! And the highlights, from co-Freeman's Giant-Ass Key Lime Pie Ice Cream Beverage (w/ booze, pictured below) Players of the Game: Aimee and Cruddick Ruddick, who executed a fearless diving snag and perfectly placed hammer for the score (heh heh), respectively. Huzzah!

Seriously fun game, team. See y'all at the Spryfield double-header next week. In the meantime, I'll try to brush up on the rules...
-AA