{"id":735,"date":"2009-03-23T12:17:39","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T17:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=735"},"modified":"2009-03-23T12:17:39","modified_gmt":"2009-03-23T17:17:39","slug":"season-preview-mega-touch-formerly-bad-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/season-preview-mega-touch-formerly-bad-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"Season Preview: Mega Touch (formerly Bad Touch)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>That&#8217;s Some Mega Logo<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/megatouch02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-815  aligncenter\" title=\"Mega touch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/megatouch02.jpg\" alt=\"Mega Touch\" width=\"450\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/megatouch02.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/megatouch02-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Color:<\/strong> Gray\/Red<br \/>\n<strong>Year Founded:<\/strong> 2002<br \/>\n<strong>2008 Regular Season Finish:<\/strong> 1-15-1 (18th place)<br \/>\n<strong>2008 Playoff Result:<\/strong> Lost to What The Puck in first round<br \/>\n<strong>Division:<\/strong> Woodsworth<br \/>\n<strong>2009 Marketing Slogan:<\/strong> &#8220;Good enough not to be called &#8216;Bad&#8217;.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Key Additions:<\/strong> Molly Brown, Kristen Echemendia, Katie Hasty, Brett Oppedisano, Andy Robertson, Ben Rosenthal, Nadya Salcedo, Rabi Whitaker (all free agents)<br \/>\n<strong>Key Losses:<\/strong> Bethany Cocco, Amy Krawczyk,\u00a0Elizabeth Moy,\u00a0Christopher Neal<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>With a new team name, new philosophy, and largely different roster, captain\u00a0Eric Devlin&#8217;s squad underwent some major changes this offseason.\u00a0 The primary change is that the\u00a0team will no longer be called the Bad Touch.\u00a0 Instead, it will now be known as Mega Touch.\u00a0 He explains , &#8220;We&#8217;re trying for some sort of karmic shift, away from bad vibes and towards something more positive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u00a0its poor record last season, the team remains optimistic about its chances for 2009.\u00a0 Although the team\u00a0managed only one regular season win (against the Happy Little Elves), its play picked up immensely in the playoffs and consolation games.\u00a0 The highlight came in the play-in game, when the Bad Touch defeated the Gouging Anklebiters despite playing the entire game 3 on 5.\u00a0\u00a0Devlin notes, &#8220;We felt that our game started to come together towards the end of last season.\u00a0 We had less than stellar attendance, but those who were there all came to play hard and brought a good attitude.&#8221;\u00a0 The rebranded Mega Touch was created with this new mentality as Devlin has sought players with the passion and drive to pick up where last season left off.<\/p>\n<p>If nothing else, Devlin adds, &#8220;I feel we also boast both the highest quality and quantity of bearded men in the league.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Food They Closely Resemble:<\/strong> <em>Black Eyed Peas<\/em>.\u00a0 It worked <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/2008\/04\/03\/season-preview-the-bad-touch\/\" target=\"_blank\">last year<\/a>, so why not now?<br \/>\n<strong>Fast Fact: <\/strong>Martin Olson is secretly a member of the Hannah Montana Fan Club.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROSTER:<\/strong><br \/>\nMark Anderson<br \/>\nMolly Brown<br \/>\nDanny Canarick<br \/>\nToby Carrol<br \/>\nJane Cramer<br \/>\nEric Devlin (C)<br \/>\nAlex &#8220;Coop&#8221; Eben Meyer<br \/>\nKristen Echemendia<br \/>\nJonathan Hanson<br \/>\nKatie Hasty<br \/>\nGungsadawn Katatikarn<br \/>\nGreg Kellerman<br \/>\nJoe Lops<br \/>\nBill MacGregor<br \/>\nJennifer Nedbalsky<br \/>\nMartin Olson<br \/>\nBrett Oppedisano<br \/>\nMeghan Peterson<br \/>\nDavid Ritter<br \/>\nAndy Robertson<br \/>\nBen Rosenthal<br \/>\nScott Rosenthal<br \/>\nNadya Salcedo<br \/>\nMike Tuckman<br \/>\n&#8220;Sweet&#8221; Rabi Whitaker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s Some Mega Logo Color: Gray\/Red Year Founded: 2002 2008 Regular Season Finish: 1-15-1 (18th place) 2008 Playoff Result: Lost to What The Puck in first round Division: Woodsworth 2009 Marketing Slogan: &#8220;Good enough not to be called &#8216;Bad&#8217;.&#8221; Key Additions: Molly Brown, Kristen Echemendia, Katie Hasty, Brett Oppedisano, Andy Robertson, Ben Rosenthal, Nadya Salcedo, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[123,124,18],"class_list":["post-735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2009-team-previews","tag-2009-season","tag-mega-touch","tag-team-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735"}],"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=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":960,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions\/960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}