Love Me Tender

Thanks to everyone who came out and made last night so memorable, Rich and I really appreciate the friends and teammates of BNB's.

BnB's Matches Brewer's Current 8-game Win Streak

BnB's matched the Brewers as the hottest team in baseball with their 8th consecutive win and third consecutive gong. BnB's had seven in the first and nine in the third for a 16-4 win over 2007 nemesis Sound Shore. Matt Donaldson and Joe Monacco hit back-to-back homers and Dave Holberman earned co-player of the game honors with 2 hits, a run and an rbi. Frank Arena continued the trend of married men hitting well with 2 hits and 4 rbi. George Wood stayed hot in the five hole and Allie debuted at the #2 spot. Richiro and Foster combined for 5 hits and 4 runs from their usual spots in the lineup. Once again it was defense that won, Older T and Summa rolled a DP with Frank holding steady at first.

Richiro Spanks three hits with 4 RBIs

Not much could over shadow Artie's induction and acceptance speech(see below), but Richie T found a way to get some press. The lead off man had a typical three hit night but added 4 RBIs in the 21-10 gonging of Beechmont. The win puts BnBs at 7-1 with a three game lead with four to go.

State of the Art!

Here is what Artie had to say since not everyone checks the comments:
I am honored and humbled by this truly magnanimus gesture!!! To be included in the FNS Hall of Fame with the likes of Dalbon & Kearns is indeed an honor!!! Playing again with you guys last night was fun (hot as hell but fun)!!! But I am truly sorry to have hit Johnny Mac 3 times in the leg & calf during warm-up tosses. Foster could've saved me from two of them if he could only jump!!! Please pass along my apologies because I don't know if he checks the blog. I know Joey doesn't check the blog so please extend my thanks to Joey for reaching out to the old man for one last kick-at-the-can!!! Of course, now that I have a # 01 B & B's jersey, I can come out of retirement like Michael Jordan if you are ever short players. And only if you are short of players; I DO NOT want to take someone's spot in the lineup!
Congrats once again to Rich for his forary into authorship!! It's pretty amazing to be on the best seller list, not to mention the extra cash that must be flowing in. Richiro, I hope you are buying a round or two at B & B's once in awhile. And for the amazing transformation of Matt Summa, Congratulazioni per il tuo sforzo stupendo, which in Italian means congratulations on such an great effort or in other words, congratulations on losing all that weight (the amount of which will remain a secret). It's nice to see you're taking care of yourself and ultimately, you had a reason to get rid of those awful red pin-striped baseball pants!!!
Good luck the rest of the way men and Allie, thanks for the blog mention; I do check into the blog to see your latest creative efforts. Or is it Rich who does this?? It's probably a cumulative Tarantino effort. Either way, you two are truly entertaining. Oh, and one more thing;

GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!

Thanks Art!

We are happy to announce that Artie has been inducted into the Friday Night Softball Hall of Fame. Last night the Hall of Famer helped lead the way with an impressive 3-3 night and a victory against the Beechmont Brews.

Game Over.

Ten Snickers for a ten run gong! BnB's defeated Knfuckleheads 18-8 in a brawl filled game. Pre-brawl BnBs was 2-9, they proceeded to bat 16-25 post-brawl to build a three game division lead with 5 games to go. All ten batters had a hit and Matt D. and Allie T each homered. Richie T, Joey A, and Dave F all scored three times. Mike S had four rbi's and was responsible for the controversial DP. As always the fan support was tremendous and vocal in the demanding game.

Is Giambi's Mustache really Giambi's Mustache?

As seen on thecheappop.com "your daily dose of pop culture and mustache envy" on
Wednesday July 9th:



The New York Yankees have jumped on the bandwagon and will distribute over 20,000 fake mustaches before tonight’s showdown against the first place Tampa Bay Rays. The campaign is in support of Jason Giambi trying to earn a spot on the 2008 All-Star Roster in MLB’s Final Vote Contest. So regardless if Giambi and his bert win, the real question is whether or note Giambi is in fact wearing a fake mustache himself or if he is simply borrowing a mustache from a past Yankee legend.

During the 1980’s Steve “Bye Bye” Balboni was nicknamed for his home run hitting but was also known for his below average fielding and above average bristles (Sounds very familiar doesn’t it). Could it be Dale Berra’s stache that is causing this Bronx voting frenzy. Dale is the son of former Yankee great Yogi Berra who has definitly done his share of lingering during the final year of the old Yankee Stadium. One has to wonder if the Giambi ‘stache is really the Alvaro Espinoza ‘stache. Giambi entered Tuesday’s game batting .256 on the season. In Espinoza’s 15 season career he averaged .254. Regardless of whose Major League Mustache Giambi is wearing I will put my despise of the Yankees aside in hopes that the All-Star ‘Stache makes the team (Sorry Mr. Longoria).

Back to Work!

After a week off the team is back on the field at City Park against Knuckleheads. Dan the Man is back in the line-up for B&B's this Friday night.

Celtics New Big Three

You'd think if you were drafted by the current NBA champs you'd at least get a smile?! It's not like this trio was drafted by perennial lottery team the Clippers. #86 Sasha Tootallowitzki looks like a good post up player to combat Pau Gasoft. By the way, here's hoping Mr. Clutch, James Posey, resigns and doesn't go to Buddha's Lakers.

Happy Fourth!

Richiro and Hideki Matt-Summa have announced plans to organize the first annual "FNS Wiffle Ball Event" this summer. Date and details coming soon. Enjoy your weekend of beer, bbq, buddha and fireworks!!