A Repeat of a Dodgeball Dynasty?

Tommy "The Machine" Huthansel leads Yorkvillains to victory over the spunky and heavily made-up Team Sh!t. In what was truly a team effort, The Yorkvillains' Tommy received this week’s MVP Award for his leadership and clutch play. After dropping the first round of the championships to the improving Sh!t, the Villains bounced back and once again emerged at the top of the Dodgeball Inferno/Recreation Nation mountain.

Upper Beast Siders Win It All!

The Yorkvillains Regain Dodgeball Domination!!!

On a night that saw the return of Dodgeball Inferno/Recreation Nation fan favorites, BlueSwitch (in brand-spanking new orange and black uniforms) The Yorkvillains bounced back from last week's early exit and reclaimed The Dodgeball Inferno/Recreation title of "Lords of All Dodgeball."

Led by future Dodgeball Hall-Of-Famer, John Cashin, who received the tournaments highly coveted Al Hecht Memorial MVP Award, The Villains reestablished themselves as a force to be reckoned with, as they steamrolled over a battle-weary Ballz Out team coming off a championship of their own.

The night also featured another new team, Floppy & the Disks, captained by Brian Budnick. The team played extremely well for a bunch of newbies and deserve a lot of credit for showing up on time and for drinking more than their share of alcohol at The Ship of Fools.

New teams are forming for this Thursday night’s Inferno/Recreation nation tournament as we eagerly await the return of The YoYoKingdom.

A special thank you has to be extended to all our refs, including Chris who came out of nowhere and helped out.

See below for pictures of the night’s insanity and for results from last weeks, “Prettiest Team” poll.

Prettiest Team Poll Results/July 17th Tourament Pictures!!!

Ballz Out were crowned the Dodgeball Inferno/Recreation Nation Prettiest Team, according to last week's poll tallies. The results were a bit of a shock considering the color-coordination of The Sh!T and the scruffy beards of The Ball Breakers. So, in addition to winning week 1 of this summer's tournaments, Ballz Out can once again claim some kind of dominance.

Said one member of the Flying Pigeons upon hearing the results, "After we play them next week, they won't be so pretty anymore."

Ugly words from the 4th most pretty team.

Ballz Out of Control!!

Ballz Out are the new Lords of the Dodgeball Inferno Recreation Nation!!!

Congratulations to Tournament MVP, Anthony Bambrola, his strong right arm man, Eldar, and the rest of the Ballz Out squad on an undefeated night.


(NEXT INFERNO/RECREATION NATION IS JULY 17TH TEAMS FORMING NOW!!! YoYoKIngdom and BlueSwitch return next week!)


RECAP OF DODGEBALL INFERNO/RECREATION NATION JULY 10th Tournament
After going 6-0 during regular play, Ballz Out defeated the uniformed Dr. Pickle team in the third game of a best of three series. Despite strong throwing from Eric Nadel, Yehuda Jacobowitz, and Young Joshy Zide, Ballz Out won the day.

Before Ballz Out made it to the championship, they defeated The Flying Pigeons, a ragtag group of individuals led by Rich Coster, who almost single-handedly dismantled the perennial Dodgeball Inferno champion Yorkvillains. Michael Colon and Lee Bienstock provided firepower and strategy respectively for The Pigeons, while Tommy Huthansel, and John “Cash-Money” Cashin of The Yorkvillains kept them in the game.

Runners-up, Dr. Pickle, slew The Magic Dragons in their semi-final game, even though team Captain, Danny Zide played like a man possessed, and Roy Ben-Zvi dodged almost everything in sight. The Magic Dragons (2-4) were surprised to find themselves playing in this game, after shocking the mostly bearded 3-3 Ball Breakers. Despite playing with the intensity of, well, ball breakers, the Ball Breakers and their fully follicled minister of pain, Yehuda Shur, and Brian “Fastest Hands in the West” Glicksman, could not overcome the magic of The Dragons.

The color-coordinated Sh!t along with Captain Tony T-Bone, and The Guy in the Boston College Shirt had an impressive regular season record of 3-3 before falling to eventual 2nd place team Dr. pickle in the first round of the playoffs. It should be noted that regardless of this early exit, The Sh!t definitely had the most impressive shtick, including pregame rituals, extensive dances and handshakes and overall camaraderie. Great work!!!

The people at Dodgeball Inferno and recreation Nation would like to extend our thanks to refs Dan DiGiacomo, Angi Taylor, Elpida, Hilly, Danny Zide, Tommy Huthansel and Yehuda Shur. Thank you to T-Bone for keeping the standings and Robert Weiss for guarding the trophies with his life.

New teams are welcome for next week's July 17th Inferno Nation and don't forget, anyone who participates in the tournaments can go to the Ship of Fools for discounted drinks following the event.

SHIP OF FOOLS BAR IS OPEN TO EVERYONE!

Anyone who participated in any of The Dodgeball Inferno Recreation Nation events can go to The Ship of Fools following that night’s event and take advantage of special $2 Kamikaze shots and $10 pitchers of beer for Flip-Cup-the only sport that might actually be more intense than dodgeball. Be sure to take advantage of this offer and bring some after-dodgeball cologne.

DODGEBALL INFERNO RETURNS

Prepare for
(MORE) Glory!!!

Dodgeball Inferno

Returns This Summer with

Five Separate Dodgeball Tournaments


Thursday Nights 7:00: July 10, 17, 24, 31, and August 7

Saint Stephen’s School, 82nd and 1st Avenue

Eight People Per Team. Four Balls at Once.

$80 per person for ALL five weeks (or $20 per tournament)

Trophies and Glory to be given out each week

Sign up for all 5 Tournaments and receive a FREE T-SHIRT

$10 flip cup and $2 shots at the SHIP OF FOOLS for each week’s winner!!!!

If interested, call Hilly at (516) 551-1211 or email enderhilly@aol.com

August 1st Tournament Results

DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, DODGEBALL INFERNO HAS BEEN EXTENDED!

DODGEBALL INFERNO FIVE: This Time, It’s Personal!!!

AUGUST 8th, 2007!!!

SIGN UP NOW!!!

RESULTS:
Dodgeball Inferno Tournament of Champions August 1st:
The Revenge Bowl!!!
Congratulations to

THE YORKVILLAINS

The THREE-TIME “LORDS OF ALL DODGEBALL”
They are now officially a “Dodgeball Dynasty”

In what turned out to be the third Championship meeting between THE JV and THE YORKVILLAINS, it was the Yorkvillains emerging victorious, winning their second championship at the (trembling) hands of the JV. Usually you have to pay extra for this type of domination (or so I’ve heard).

Jennifer “The Jenminator” received The Al Hecht Memorial MVP Award after finishing off two of the Yorkvillains final three wins with timely catches. Tommy Huthansel deserves an MVP Honorable Mention for his throwing and flexing and the Endurance Award goes out to Ms. Gilbert for videotaping every single second of last night’s action.

Everyone here at Dodgeball Inferno wishes THE YORKVILLAINS good luck in Vegas at the World Dodgeball Championships!

Uri Moche, of JV fame and/or infamy, was one of tonight’s top players as was team Captain Jeremy Kaye. The once heralded former champions now find themselves in need of rebuilding after suffering heart-breaking losses the last few weeks. They are currently in negotiation with Hilly and are desperate to lure him out of his ref’s shirt in the hope that he can pull off yet another Dodgeball Miracle. He, like Roger Clemens, Michael Jordan and Mario Lemieux before him, is currently evaluating his options.

Ben Llinas and Crowe’s Nest team Captain/Coach/Chaperone/Babysitter Ralph were also standouts, as Ben threw hard and Ralph nearly murdered his Crows.

True to their name, the YoYo Kingdom had their ups and downs and basically entangled themselves out of a championship appearance. It should be noted that the YoYo Kingdom are currently leading our online poll, and have been voted “The best team to never win a championship” - www.dodgeballinferno.blogspot.com If you disagree, cast your vote now and feel the power of Democracy in action.

BlueSwitch continues to improve as one can only speculate that they have stopped working completely and have devoted themselves exclusively to strategizing for the Inferno. In fact, they almost upset the reigning champions in the early part of the playoffs thanks to their new and improved game-planning.

A last minute entry, the Dirty Dodgers, played well for a team comprised mostly of newbies. In the future, look for the Dirty Dodgers to compete with the YoYoKingdom as the Most Acrobatic Team.

The Bacontarians finally had a full roster and played very well despite having to make the adjustment of playing with more bodies on the court.


Spots are now open for the final Dodgeball Inferno Tournament: August 8th

Sign-up now!!!


Special thanks goes out to The Crowe’s Nest for sponsoring Open Bar! More on the dates for the open bar in the coming days.

Thanks to Jonathan for refereeing

And thanks to Mrs. Hilly for taking pictures!!! She would like to express her appreciation to the Yorkvillain who gave her a shout-out after the ball hit her (cute) feet.

Next week new trophies and medals are up for grabs and new glory is to be had.

Please invite your friends to join or just to come by and watch and meet people.

Thanks again for an exciting tournament and we are looking forward to seeing you next week along with the well-rested AIM FOR THE GROIN and PINK NUGGETS.

-Hilly