Boys and Girl of Summer!

2010 season and playoffs Champions
Kory "Chief Wahoo" Goulais and
Christian "The Heckler" Cloutier.

Hey, hey sports fans, it’s that time of year again - the Brass Monkeyz Old School annual season update! In traditional fashion, I will begin the article with a quote from famed/former L.A. Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda – “No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference. ” Well, I’ll tell you that the Brass Monkeyz had a hard time with the other third and recorded one of their worst seasons in recent history. The Monkeyz finished 5-7-0 and are seated fifth out of six teams heading into the playoffs.

How do you describe this sub-par season? As Vance Law once said “When you’re in a slump, it’s almost as if you look out at the field and it’s one big glove.” This year, hitting, fielding and throwing all dropped off from each player. The reason why, you ask, Shortstop Kory “Chief Wahoo” Goulais thinks that it is because of the new Berryman’s Pub sponsorship. He states “I blame our poorer play on the extra pints they [the team] are ingesting after the game and sometimes before. The Manager [Clootch] is not setting a good example.”

In response to the shortstop, Manager Christian “The Heckler” Cloutier stole a quote from Leo Durocher – “If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired.” And by the sounds of that, Goulais was fired about 7 times this year.

So far, this article has been so negative! The Brass Monkeyz did play some good baseball this year. In the five wins that they did earn, there was an impressive display of talent and athleticism. As summer employee Julia “Scrappy Ju” Prokopick points out – “I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting practice – Casey Stengel.”

Heading into the playoffs on a three-game winning streak, the Brass Monkeyz will face off against a tough second place opponent for the chance to move deeper into the playoffs. To close, I will leave you with a quote from Joe Schultz – “Well, boys [and girls], it’s a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square” if you want to win. Figure it out and you will be just fine.