{"id":2257,"date":"2010-04-06T11:53:03","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T16:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=2257"},"modified":"2012-08-29T22:53:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T02:53:04","slug":"season-preview-gouging-anklebiters-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/season-preview-gouging-anklebiters-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Season Preview: Gouging Anklebiters"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Now With 100% Less Foot<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/biters2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2579  aligncenter\" title=\"Anklebiters\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/biters2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/biters2010.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/biters2010-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Color:<\/strong> Dark Blue<br \/>\n<strong>Year Founded:<\/strong> 2001<br \/>\n<strong>2009 Regular Season Finish:<\/strong> 8-11-2 (12th place)<br \/>\n<strong>2009 Playoff Result:<\/strong> Lost to Filthy Gorgeous in first round<br \/>\n<strong>Conference:<\/strong> Schumacher<br \/>\n<strong>Division:<\/strong> Donohue<br \/>\n<strong>Home Arena:<\/strong> The Shoe<br \/>\n<strong>2009 Leading Scorers: <\/strong>Charles DeFranco &amp; Alex Derhohannesian, 12 goals<br \/>\n<strong>Key Additions:<\/strong> None<br \/>\n<strong>Key Losses:<\/strong> Jeremy &#8220;The Foot&#8221; Schumacher (Retirement)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Gouging Anklebiters captain Phil &#8220;Sandy&#8221; Donohue imagined the following &#8220;10 Questions&#8221; conversation between the media and Anklebiters alternate captains <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Amy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Kovner<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Quiet.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Quiet&#8221; Mike O&#8217;Connor<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Derek &amp; Eli:<\/strong> Amy, Quiet, welcome.\u00a0Are you ready to get started?<br \/>\n<strong>Quiet:<\/strong> Yes.<br \/>\n<strong>Amy:<\/strong> Sure, that counts as the first question though.\u00a0Nine more and we&#8217;re out of here.<br \/>\n<strong>D&amp;E:<\/strong> That&#8217;s clearly not a real question.<br \/>\n<strong>Amy:<\/strong> Sure it is.<br \/>\n<strong>D&amp;E:<\/strong><em> <\/em>You have to be sh*ttin&#8217; me.\u00a0What kind of crap is this?<br \/>\n<strong>Amy:<\/strong> Just playing by the rules.\u00a0 Eight to go.<br \/>\n<strong>D&amp;E:<\/strong> Whatever.\u00a0 FIRST question, Quiet &amp; Amy, how do you feel about the Anklebiters going into the new season?\u00a0 What is the vibe around the squad?<br \/>\n<strong>Quiet:<\/strong> We&#8217;re confident that we can really improve on last year&#8217;s record.\u00a0 Amy, Annika, and I have been playing on Dependable Scrap in the Moffo winter league, and we had 13 Anklebiters playing broomball this winter &#8212; we&#8217;re in good shape and should be ready to go.<br \/>\n<strong>Amy:<\/strong> We feel good and look good.\u00a0 In fact, I caught Eli looking at my boobs a second ago.\u00a0 By the way, that was two questions &#8212; six more.<br \/>\n<strong>Eli:<\/strong> What? No, I wasn&#8217;t!\u00a0 I was just trying to read your t-shirt.\u00a0 Ummm&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>Amy:<\/strong> Five more&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>Derek:<\/strong><em> <\/em>(To Eli) Your face is red, dude.\u00a0 And how long does it take to read &#8220;Wonder Woman&#8221;?<br \/>\n<strong>Amy:<\/strong> I won&#8217;t count that one, it was for Eli.\u00a0 Well, Eli?<br \/>\n<strong>Eli:<\/strong> Yeah, ummm (cough), moving on.\u00a0 Pundits have often accused the Anklebiters of being a &#8220;drink first, play hockey later&#8221; type of squad.\u00a0 Is that how you see yourselves as well?<br \/>\n<strong>Quiet:<\/strong> Yes.<br \/>\n<strong>Amy:<\/strong> Of course, but we can do both.\u00a0 And stop staring at my boobs.\u00a0 Four to go.<br \/>\n<strong>Eli:<\/strong><em> <\/em>I wasn&#8217;t.\u00a0 I&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>Derek:<\/strong> Yes you were, bro.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll take it from here.\u00a0 (pauses to read over notes) Okay, next question&#8230;Your team&#8217;s founder and first captain, Schuie [Jeremy &#8220;The Foot&#8221; Schumacher], just retired from BTSH.\u00a0 How will that affect the team going into the new season?<br \/>\n<strong>Quiet:<\/strong> He&#8217;ll be missed.\u00a0 He was a leader and a presence on this team for years, and always seemed to step up in big games.<br \/>\n<strong>Amy:<\/strong> Christ, thank God he&#8217;s gone!\u00a0 He used to stare at my chest all the time, too.\u00a0 (laughs) Just kidding &#8212; he&#8217;s very sweet and I&#8217;m excited for him and Dana [Kravis &#8212; engaged during the off-season].\u00a0 Eli&#8217;s the only pervert around here.\u00a0 Three more.<br \/>\n<strong>Eli:<\/strong> Enough!\u00a0 My mom reads this website.\u00a0 How do you think this will make her feel?<br \/>\n<strong>Amy:<\/strong> Probably like she raised a pervert.\u00a0 Two more.<br \/>\n<strong>Derek:<\/strong> Hey, I lived with the guy.\u00a0 What do you think shows up when you scroll through the history of his web browser?<br \/>\n<strong>Amy:<\/strong> I bet you won&#8217;t find it on the Disney Channel.\u00a0 One more.<br \/>\n<strong>Derek:<\/strong> I&#8217;m just relieved to find out he&#8217;s still interested in humans.\u00a0 Last question&#8230;what are your predictions for the 2010 season?<br \/>\n<strong>Quiet:<\/strong> A lot of Sundays where we sweat out Saturday night&#8230;and a lot of Monday mornings that are gonna hurt like hell.<br \/>\n<strong>Amy:<\/strong> Eli gets fired from his media job for sexual harassment.\u00a0 And the Anklebiters kick your ass!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Professional Wrestler They Closely Resemble: <\/strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/dolph.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Dolph Ziggler<\/a><\/em>. At one point, people may have considered them a true future contender. However, as time passes, it\u00a0seems less and less likely that they&#8217;ll ever make\u00a0the main event.<br \/>\n<strong>Fast Fact:<\/strong> There are 14 letters in Derhohannesian.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROSTER<br \/>\n<\/strong>Zoya Craig<br \/>\nCharles DeFranco<br \/>\nAlex Derhohannesian<br \/>\nPhil &#8220;Sandy&#8221; Donohue (C)<br \/>\nNaomi Gabay-Schwab<br \/>\nNick Gardella<br \/>\nJen Kim<br \/>\nAmy Kovner (A)<br \/>\nSarah Moore<br \/>\nCaroline Morrissey-Bickerton<br \/>\nNestor &#8220;Marmaduke&#8221; Nonato<br \/>\n&#8220;Quiet&#8221; Mike O\u2019Connor (A)<br \/>\nAlex Owen<br \/>\nPeter &#8220;Geech&#8221; Prohaska<br \/>\nMike Ross<br \/>\nAnnika<br \/>\nMatt Tsiang<br \/>\nShannon Voto<br \/>\nZach &#8220;Cryme Tyme&#8221; Weiner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now With 100% Less Foot Color: Dark Blue Year Founded: 2001 2009 Regular Season Finish: 8-11-2 (12th place) 2009 Playoff Result: Lost to Filthy Gorgeous in first round Conference: Schumacher Division: Donohue Home Arena: The Shoe 2009 Leading Scorers: Charles DeFranco &amp; Alex Derhohannesian, 12 goals Key Additions: None Key Losses: Jeremy &#8220;The Foot&#8221; Schumacher [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[132,21,18],"class_list":["post-2257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2010-team-previews","tag-2010-season","tag-gouging-anklebiters","tag-team-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257"}],"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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2257"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5961,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257\/revisions\/5961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}