{"id":1343,"date":"2009-06-09T21:51:19","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T02:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2009-06-09T21:53:47","modified_gmt":"2009-06-10T02:53:47","slug":"week-9-news-and-notes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/week-9-news-and-notes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 9 News and Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Why Is Adriano Winking At Me?<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/enayetadriano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1350  aligncenter\" title=\"Adriano Face\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/enayetadriano.jpg\" alt=\"Adriano Face\" width=\"450\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/enayetadriano.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/enayetadriano-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hopefully, Cobra Kai Doesn&#8217;t Have Any Loose Photos Of The Media<br \/>\n<\/strong>For the first time since his free agent signing with What The Puck, former Cobra Kai member Adriano &#8220;Muscles Marinara&#8221; Bratta took on his former team on Sunday.\u00a0 Still upset at the 2008 regular season scoring champion for deserting the team, the\u00a0Kais\u00a0had some tricks up their sleeves for Bratta.\u00a0 On the second shift of the game, the Dojo unveiled its &#8220;5 Adrianos&#8221; formation, consisting of five players all\u00a0with cutouts of Muscles&#8217; face\u00a0poorly taped to their chests. Captains\u00a0Enayet &#8220;Retail&#8221;\u00a0Rasul and Greg\u00a0&#8220;Lysol&#8221; Altman even\u00a0convinced stand-in goalie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/minkusadriano.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Minkus<\/a> to\u00a0partake in the charade.\u00a0 Although the mind games worked well enough\u00a0to hold Bratta to only one goal, What The Puck still won the game 7-3 or 8-3, depending whom you ask.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sadlbs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1349  aligncenter\" title=\"Sad LBS\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sadlbs.jpg\" alt=\"Sad LBS\" width=\"400\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sadlbs.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sadlbs-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been wearing white since this league was initiated!&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong>Adding another chapter to an already storied rivalry, Mexican Standoff was up to its usual shenanigans against LBS, Inc.\u00a0during Hockey Night in Tompkins.\u00a0 As the home team, Peaches&#8217; crew elected to wear its white jersey, despite having a multitude of other options, a decision that forced LBS, Inc. to don atypical dark jerseys for the game.\u00a0 In addition, Standoff player Ben sported a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/bencollar.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">LBS-like white collared shirt<\/a> under his Standoff jersey, which only added fuel to the fire.\u00a0 LBS, Inc.\u00a0was clearly\u00a0disoriented in\u00a0its makeshift uniforms, as the team\u00a0stumbled out of the gate and allowed Standoff to take an early 1-0 lead.\u00a0 Corporation member Karsten Pichon noted, &#8220;At one point, I passed to the wrong team, because I&#8217;m so used to passing to white.&#8221;\u00a0 Although LBS, Inc. eventually came back to win the game, the team remains miffed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Special Message from Hector &#8220;Jam3$ Joyc3&#8221; Melendez<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Elves did what past teams haven&#8217;t been able to do: get a lead and hold on to it against us. This isn&#8217;t kissing anyone&#8217;s ass, but the Elves gave us a run for our money. I guess, overall, you can call the Happy Little Elves the &#8220;$how$topp3r$&#8221; from now on. But then again, we do play one more time. Who will win??? You have to wait and see. Hope Nicole gets better, and Randy&#8217;s text message after was worth the laugh out loud on my train ride home, as he never texts me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Know Your Neighbor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/coop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1345  aligncenter\" title=\"Coop!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/coop.jpg\" alt=\"Coop!\" width=\"400\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/coop.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/coop-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Alex Eben Meyer<br \/>\n<strong>Team:<\/strong> Mega Touch<br \/>\n<strong>Nickname: <\/strong>Coop<br \/>\n<strong>Rejected Nicknames: <\/strong>Co-op, The Flying Tomato, Oscar Meyer, Rasputin<br \/>\n<strong>Origin:<\/strong> Philadelphia, PA<br \/>\n<strong>Hair:<\/strong> Curly<br \/>\n<strong>College:<\/strong> Washington University in St. Louis<br \/>\n<strong>Early Aspirations:<\/strong> To be a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ogre.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">jock<\/a> who torments\u00a0nerds<br \/>\n<strong>First Job: <\/strong>Security guard at the Liberty Bell<br \/>\n<strong>Current Job:<\/strong> Freelance illustrator<br \/>\n<strong>Hero: <\/strong>Rocky Balboa<br \/>\n<strong>Reason to Love Him: <\/strong>He&#8217;s the webmaster for btsh.org.<br \/>\n<strong>Reason to Hate Him: <\/strong>Whenever <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eben.com\" target=\"_blank\">eben.com<\/a> goes down, btsh.org mysteriously goes with it.<br \/>\n<strong>Fast Fact:<\/strong> He claims to have scored a goal by shooting the ball &#8220;through&#8221; Craig &#8220;Ug&#8221; LaCombe&#8217;s head.<br \/>\n<strong>Favorite Things: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/coop.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Biron<\/a>, cheesesteaks, foul language, bicycles<br \/>\n<strong>Favorite Mega Touch Teammate:<\/strong> Joe Lops<br \/>\n<strong>Least Favorite Things:<\/strong> Pittsburgh Penguins, haircuts, Santa Claus, pork <strong>Best Known For: <\/strong>Winning the Brendan &#8220;Flounder&#8221; Hay Memorial Award in 2007.<br \/>\n<strong>Hockey Comparison: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/hartnell.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Hartnell<\/a><span style=\"COLOR: #2277dd\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Non-Hockey Comparison:<\/strong> Sideshow Bob<span style=\"COLOR: #2277dd\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Things the Media Will Continue to Overhype about Him:<\/strong> He&#8217;s the fastest gunslinger in the West.<br \/>\n<strong>Down the Road: <\/strong>Disenchanted with society&#8217;s increasing amount of materialism and ever growing dependence on technology, Coop retires to a simpler life in the Amish Country.\u00a0 While there, he adapts to the lifestyle quickly and begins to enjoy the 4 AM wakeups, the barnraises, and the 20-hours work days.\u00a0 However,\u00a0to satisfy his desire for recreational outlets\u00a0in his one free hour a day, Coop establishes ESH: Eben Street Hockey.\u00a0 He captains a team named the Mega Taste, which finishes second to last in the league, only in front of the Moderately Pleased Little Elves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Is Adriano Winking At Me? Hopefully, Cobra Kai Doesn&#8217;t Have Any Loose Photos Of The Media For the first time since his free agent signing with What The Puck, former Cobra Kai member Adriano &#8220;Muscles Marinara&#8221; Bratta took on his former team on Sunday.\u00a0 Still upset at the 2008 regular season scoring champion for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[123,22,61,113,42],"class_list":["post-1343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-league-notes","tag-2009-season","tag-cobra-kai","tag-coop","tag-muscles-marinara","tag-news-and-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343"}],"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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1356,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions\/1356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}