For the second year in a row, my slo-pitch team has registered to participate in the annual Round-the-Clock slo-pitch tournament at the ballpark formerly known as SkyDome, the Rogers Centre.  Our games are scheduled for January 30 to February 1, 2009. I'll never forget our 4:30 am game last

My super competitive slo-pitch team, Raging Storm, seems to be coupling off.  A couple of months ago I witnessed my left fielder and 2nd basemen tie the knot, and yesterday I saw my center fielder and rover/3rd baseman get married. Ok, technically I missed the actual vows, but I

Our first regular season in the Comp division of the RSPA has ended and now it's playoff time. Tonight we throw it down OBA-style with double knock-out rules. That means we play two games and they add up the scores to determine the winner.  If we're tied plus-minus after two

It's only August 12 but we in Raging Storm have already completed our regular season in the RSPA Slo-Pitch Comp Division. We played 20 games and finished 9-11.  Considering this is our first year in the highest division, that's not bad.  It's not great, but it could have been worse.

I'm spending the weekend representing at the RSPA Slo-Pitch Tournament.  We entered Raging Storm in this thing and played a few games yesterday with the playoffs starting in about an hour. The rain started during game one, came down a little harder during game 2 and by game 3 it

I once wrote that I like progress, I just don't like change.  My slo-pitch team (the comp one, not the beer league one) has worn the same blue jerseys for years.  We've done quite well in those old blue shirts, having won our division last season.  Still, a few teammates

We lost our second game of the season 17-0.  I believe that's the worst defeat in the history of this team we now call Storm.  We sure didn't forget it. Tonight we had our rematch and we brought it.  We mercied them 19-2.  Now we're even. For more on our

For us in Raging Storm, this is our first season playing in the comp division.  There are dozens and dozens of slo-pitch teams playing in the RSPA and the comp division is for the best of the best.  We got bumped into comp when we won the highest intermediate division

Summer officially starts Monday when Raging Storm plays their first games of the season.  We've got a double header as we test the waters in the Comp division. I've been playing on this slo-pitch team for years, and since we won the highest intermediate division last year, we've been bumped

My slo-pitch team Raging Storm just got word that one of our players can't commit this season because of a 12-8 shift he can't shake.  That means we need to fill a roster spot asap. We play in the RSPA, which means diamonds in Mississauga or Etobicoke, and we play

That was ridiculous.  Whose idea was it to hold a slo-pitch tournament outdoors on March 22? I've just returned from a day of slo-pitch at Diamond Beach at Centennial Park.  They called this a sno-pitch tourney, but they should have named it the ice bowl.  The diamonds were covered by

SkyDome was not kind to Boonie's Angels.  The fact I'm home writing this tells you we didn't qualify for the playoffs.  It was fun and I'm glad we gave it a shot, but we weren't particularly good. Here's a collection of thoughts... At 4:15am, it took me 8 minutes

Tonight, I made my highly anticipated SkyDome debut. I had a perfect day at the plate, going three for three with two runs scored in a 5-4 loss. I can honestly say that my regular slo-pitch team Raging Storm would have won easily, but this new hybrid struggled at the

As you know, my slo-pitch team is participating in the 2008 'Round the Clock Tournament taking place at SkyDome this weekend.  We couldn't get enough members of Raging Storm to commit, so this team includes a handful of players I've never even met.  We're entered under the name Boonie's Angels.

No sooner did I write about not being able to stay up for an entire Leafs game on the west coast than did our 2008 Round the Clock Slo-Pitch schedule get posted.  One of our games is at 5am. That's right, our third game is scheduled at the diamond formerly

The 2008 'Round the Clock Coed Slo-Pitch Tournament takes place at SkyDome in January.  For those only born in the past few years, the SkyDome is that ball park downtown officially named the Rogers Centre.  Call it whatever you want, I'm just psyched about playing there. That's right, my championship

Last night, I attended our slo-pitch league's annual banquet.  My team, Raging Storm, plays in the RSPA and I joined five teammates in representing the division one champs. Here's a little recap of the event, which included lots of music, drink, dinner and awards at the Westwood Banquet Hall in

Shower me with your love.  Tonight, we of Raging Storm, RSPA Int-1 division champions, will be recognized for our outstanding achievement at the league banquet.  I normally don't attend these things, but this year I'm going.  We're champions, dammit! The award itself will likely be a sweater or something craptacular

We did it.  We swept the S&M Flyers tonight to win our division and that means we'll be playing comp next season.  I've played on this slo-pitch team for the better part of a decade and we've never tasted success like this. Both games were wickedly close.  We

His name is Laurence Tureaud, but you know him best as Mr. T.  The world was first introduced to Mr. T in the guise of James "Clubber" Lang in Rocky III and next as Sgt. "B. A." Baracus on The A Team.  Last week, he inspired my slo-pitch team and

Inspired by Mr. T's profound words, we in Raging Storm played one helluva ball game last night.  It was do-or-die playoff ball, and we beat RobArts Rage 19-14 to advance to the finals Monday night. I told you this was the best team we ever fielded.  With only the S&

In about 24 hours I'll be preparing for the third game in our best of three slo-pitch semi-final series against RobArts Rage.  This is a season I wish could keep going.  I think our 2007 campaign, well documented here, is our most fun season to date. I've never liked the

Raging Storm's much hyped semi-final series against RobArts Rage was full of unscripted drama, but not because of fireworks on the field.  These fireworks were in the sky. Before the raging storm, we managed to finish game one.  We were down early and clawed our way back before giving it