{"id":12316,"date":"2016-04-21T09:21:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T13:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=12316"},"modified":"2016-06-08T15:20:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T19:20:24","slug":"smells-like-team-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/smells-like-team-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Smells Like Team Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Notable mentions from Week 3.<strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson No. 41 in Social Media Etiquette: Timely acceptance of Facebook friend requests<\/strong><br \/>By Jamie B.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12318\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/JM-FB-Request.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12318\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/JM-FB-Request.png\" alt=\"To Confirm or To Delete Request?\" width=\"636\" height=\"86\" class=\"wp-image-12318 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/JM-FB-Request.png 636w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/JM-FB-Request-300x41.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">To Confirm or To Delete Request?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hours before the Gremlins vs WTP contest, Justin M. from WTP approached Jamie B. of the Gremlins and said, &#8220;Hey, you haven&#8217;t accepted my Facebook friend request yet. Because of that, I&#8217;m going to score on you today!\u201d Startled, Jamie replied with, \u201cHmmm, what if I accepted your request sometime before our game?\u201d Stumped, Justin decided that this would be acceptable and so Jamie would have nothing to worry about. No scoring from Justin. Well, Jamie \u2018had\u2019 the intentions of logging in and confirming it, but sadly he \u2018forgot.\u2019 Sure enough, fully enraged with the sense of rejection, Justin scored the first goal of the game by driving to net and firing right at Jamie\u2019s head, ricocheting past the goal line (the ball, not Jamie\u2019s head). An important lesson on media etiquette was taught.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>Gunnar of Mega Touch Rocks the Raspberry<br \/><\/strong>By Rachel G.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12321\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_1806-e1461032035745.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12321\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_1806-e1461032035745-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mr. McGee would be proud.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_1806-e1461032035745-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_1806-e1461032035745-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. McGee would be proud.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Every once and a while, for a really big, really important (or just any old) game, Mega Touch chooses their amazing alternate jersey, the Raspberry. Don\u2019t think this is any old pink. It\u2019s RASPBERRY. Please also note Alex E.M.\u2019s very specific finger placement. And nobody wears this hue better than Gung. Does she have an entire closet dedicated to this game? Did you see the sweater leg warmers? Unfortunately we had a mediocre photographer, so you might not see that her sneakers are actually Raspberry and orange, perfectly coordinated with the shirt. Not only did she look amazing, she then went out on the court and shut-it-DOWN, in pink\u2026erm\u2026Raspberry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pitching In: Week 3 Opening Crew<br \/><\/strong>By Isaac S. (inspired by Newman)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12322\" style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_5412.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12322\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_5412-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"There's no 'I' in teamwork.\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_5412-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_5412-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_5412.jpg 1089w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There&#8217;s no &#8216;I&#8217; in teamwork.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As the early game teams arrived at the courts on Sunday a sharp and jagged discovery was made at the south end of the East Court. No, it wasn\u2019t human waste this time from the TSP locals; it was shards of broken glass from a Bud Light Lime bottle. To echo Newman\u2019s appreciation FB post, a big Thank You to Brian C., Hornswaggle, Derek T. (for supervising), Tim B., Mike M., Adam R., and Dana K. for borrowing brooms and dust pans from the NYC Parks Dept. to clean up the mess. Despite the potential set back the 1 pm games were able to start on time thanks to them.<\/p>\n<p>Wait, its oddly suspicious that late-Dana, I\u2019ll get there when I get there-Dana, what you think you are better than me-Dana was the first one to the courts. Let\u2019s back up to Saturday night\u2026<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12323\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ysd29.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ysd29-300x169.png\" alt=\"We should really do this again sometime.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ysd29-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ysd29-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ysd29.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We should really do this again sometime.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The evening was clear and full of possibilities, and as Dana K. stumbled out of an East Village pub and into the brisk evening air she was feeling a little giddy. Close enough to the league courts she decided to pay them a visit to envision her team continuing their success in the next game. Stopping by a local bodega along the way to lift a bottle of beer it was becoming clear which direction her choices were headed. Twisting the cap off and proceeding to chug her five-finger-discount her joy quickly turned to revulsion as she found out it was a Bud Light Lime. Enraged by its repugnant taste, she channeled her inner Sam Norris and launched the vessel of low-level American capitalism hundreds of feet into the air. The booming noise it made when landing shocked the locals and caused the slumbering TSP Gods to stir in their rest &#8211; thus resulting in bad fortune for Dana\u2019s next visit at the Park.<\/p>\n<p>The next day Dana\u2019s team lost their first game and she left with a protruding souvenir.<\/p>\n<p>The moral of the story is that only Sam Norris can get away with being Sam Norris. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorable Mention: The Year of the BTSH Lady<br \/><\/strong>Last week (2, not 3) was another first goal for a league lady. Sarah H. of Fresh Kills has been going to war for 5 years and last week she banged home her first goal. This week (3, not 2) she followed it up with another from in front of the net and shows no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n<p>Congrats to both her and Rachel for notching their first career goals in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note to League:<\/strong> the ladies are hungry and this could be their year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notable mentions from Week 3. Lesson No. 41 in Social Media Etiquette: Timely acceptance of Facebook friend requestsBy Jamie B. Hours before the Gremlins vs WTP contest, Justin M. from WTP approached Jamie B. of the Gremlins and said, &#8220;Hey, you haven&#8217;t accepted my Facebook friend request yet. Because of that, I&#8217;m going to score [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6355,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-league-info"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12316"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12879,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12316\/revisions\/12879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}