Video interview of Jimmers

I know it's been a long time since I updated this blog... but hey, here is some high quality content!

This is an interview I did with my teammate Adam "Jimmers" Jamieson. Hope you enjoy!

My back is killing me...

(me in the foreground, with Jill, Adam, Emily, and Jellybean in the background)

...but damn it's good to be back.

The Moth Balls played last night against a team called "I'd Hit That". Before the game even began, their captain admitted to us that they had never played dodgeball before and that if they broke any rules, we should just let them now.

Well, they knew that if the ball hit them, they were out. But that's about all they knew.

For those of you who are new to this blog, the rules were a big problem in both the recreational and intermediate dodgeball leagues I played in last season. In particular, head shots were contentious.

This team, however, knew next to nothing. To their credit, they were very honest and worked hard to learn the rules. They asked for clarification a couple of times and actually called their own teammates out over relatively minor infractions like holding on to a ball for too long or crossing the line.

I was impressed. They'll be a good team by the end of the season.

As for our team play, we actually played one of the best games, if not the best game, in the Moth Balls' history.

Jellybean had four catches, usually at key times. (Including one impressive catch where the ball bounced off her face.) Jill also had four or five catches. Good teams make the easy catches.

Perhaps most impressively, Emily held her ground and took out the entire team one round. She made catches, sniped some throws, and generally picked them off one-by-one. It was a fantastic performance.

My play was alright. I made one catch purely on instinct because I got hit in the nuts and my body automatically snapped in to a fetal position... fortunately, doing that trapped the ball between my knees.

Pathetically, at the age of 25 I am now playing like I am past my physical peak. I'm relying on clever plays and quick thinking. It gets me my outs, but I'm hardly as quick or flexible as I used to be!

Shoes. Shoes. Shoes. Oh my God. Shoes.

The first thing that I noticed last night? We have sweet shoes on the Moth Balls.

For starters, we had these brand new puppies on the court:

Your eyes do not deceive you. Those socks have the day of the week on them. Of course, it was a Tuesday, which means that they were either four days old, or Adam didn't know the date.

Also worth mentioning are Rob's blue and yellow shoes.

Rob only owns blue and yellow sneakers. He scours stores and malls and even eBay to make sure that his collection of kicks remain colour-coded. It's pretty damn awesome.

Here we go!

After my brief sabbatical from the hardest hitting (and only) dodgeball blog on the internet, I am back to give you all the game stories, arguments, fights over the course of my twin seasons. Of course, I'll be continuing to write tips and strategies to make you a better dodgeballer.

Tonight's game, and all Tuesday night games this season, will be with the Moth Balls. There have been a few changes to the team; some players have stepped down from the roster. To make up these vacancies, we have some new additions to the team. Also, Jellybean, always more observant then me, noticed that we have been shuffled into a recreational league that has all new teams, as well as the bottom two teams from the least rec season.

Thursday night's will, for the fifth straight year, belong to the Evil Empire. My Dogs of War will gear up and step on to the court to fight the good fight and bring our particular brand of foam and latex anger to gyms across Toronto. Like the Moth Balls, the Evil Empire has lost a few players. So far, we've only been able to replace 8Mile with a former member of the black and silver: Hardcorey. However, I am trying to recruit at least one female player to give our girls a rest during games.

There are some storylines that I expect will permeate the year. Jimmers, Kannah and some friends have created their own team (the Fairy Dodgemothers) that will be in the same Tuesday night league as the Moth Balls. Our first game against each other will be three weeks from now and should be a slobberknocker. The Moth Balls will continue to challenge themselves and grow as players and athletes. The Evil Empire will continue to try and harness their prodigious talents and control their tempers. Both teams will be fighting not just for respect but to make sure that they win a championship.

It promises to be an exciting year.