{"id":2204,"date":"2010-03-24T19:20:07","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T00:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=2204"},"modified":"2010-04-10T22:41:43","modified_gmt":"2010-04-11T03:41:43","slug":"season-preview-dark-rainbows-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/season-preview-dark-rainbows-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Season Preview: Dark Rainbows"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Once Again, The Dark Rainbows Lead Off The Previews<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/rainbows2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2368  aligncenter\" title=\"Dark Rainbows\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/rainbows2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/rainbows2010.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/rainbows2010-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Color:<\/strong> Pink<br \/>\n<strong>Year Founded:<\/strong> 2004<br \/>\n<strong>2009 Regular Season Finish:<\/strong> 14-6-0-1 (6th place)<br \/>\n<strong>2009 Playoff Result:<\/strong> Lost to Fresh Kills in first round<br \/>\n<strong>2009 Leading Scorer: <\/strong>John Nielsen, 20 goals<br \/>\n<strong>Conference:<\/strong> Weyersberg<br \/>\n<strong>Division:<\/strong> Hackett<br \/>\n<strong>Home Arena:<\/strong> Rainbow Palace<br \/>\n<strong>Key Additions:<\/strong> Jennie Brown (back from pregnancy), Janica Lee (free agency)<br \/>\n<strong>Key Losses:<\/strong> none<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Rainbows began the 2009 regular season with 10 wins in their first 12 games, giving them sole possession of first place at the end of July.\u00a0 However, with losses in five of their last nine games, the Rainbows slipped to sixth place heading into the playoffs, where they were upset by Fresh Kills in the first round.\u00a0 Captain Sean Reynolds explains, &#8220;Last year was comparable to a breakfast consisting of\u00a0four cups of coffee and\u00a0four sausage Egg McMuffins&#8230;fast start and a shitty finish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the sour end to 2009, Reynolds and the Rainbows are optimistic about the upcoming season.\u00a0 The team did not lose any key players in the offseason and will benefit from the addition of Janica Lee and the return of Jennie Brown.\u00a0 Additionally, Reynolds notes that goalie (and new league secretary [self-appointed]) John Meyer spent his entire Christmas bonus on new gear that is guaranteed to bring his goals against average down 1.5 goals.<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds warns the league, &#8220;You can expect thorough ass-kickings handed out by us week-in and week-out, culminating\u00a0with us hoisting the poorly made BTSH Cup, which we will proceed to drink champagne from and then spit out on the losing team (most likely the Hookers).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professional Wrestler They Closely Resemble:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/taker.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Undertaker<\/a><\/em>. Age may start to play a role in their success in the very near future (if it hasn&#8217;t already), but there&#8217;s still one or two good runs left in them.\u00a0 Plus, you certainly can&#8217;t deny any of their past accomplishments.<br \/>\n<strong>Fast Fact:<\/strong> Dan &#8220;Danny Abs&#8221; Abdo lost any realistic\u00a0chance of winning\u00a0his March Madness office pool when his sleeper champion East Tennessee State lost to Kentucky in the opening round.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROSTER<\/strong><br \/>\nDan \u201cDanny Abs\u201d Abdo<br \/>\nJennie Brown<br \/>\nJohn Cassidy<br \/>\nMike Dudolevitch<br \/>\nLindsey Foehrenbach<br \/>\nJesse Gerstein<br \/>\nLibby Hartle-Tyrrell<br \/>\nJanica Lee<br \/>\nJohn Meyer<br \/>\nJohn Nielsen<br \/>\nChrista Paloglou<br \/>\nMary Pat Porinchak<br \/>\nSean Reynolds (C)<br \/>\nJon Rudd<br \/>\nBrad Thomason<br \/>\nRory Tischler<br \/>\nTrevor \u201cWhite Jesus\u201d Tyrrell<br \/>\nYuichi Uchidi<br \/>\nMichel Walkley<br \/>\nP.T. Walkley<br \/>\nJosh Wilson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once Again, The Dark Rainbows Lead Off The Previews Color: Pink Year Founded: 2004 2009 Regular Season Finish: 14-6-0-1 (6th place) 2009 Playoff Result: Lost to Fresh Kills in first round 2009 Leading Scorer: John Nielsen, 20 goals Conference: Weyersberg Division: Hackett Home Arena: Rainbow Palace Key Additions: Jennie Brown (back from pregnancy), Janica Lee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[132,12,18],"class_list":["post-2204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2010-team-previews","tag-2010-season","tag-dark-rainbows","tag-team-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204"}],"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=2204"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204\/revisions\/2389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}