They have moved on well from the off-season defections, and that opening week loss to Fresh Kills seems so long ago.\u00a0 Wins against Filthy Gorgeous and the Dark Rainbows have the Butchers spirits soaring, and their new players have been leading the way.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
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<\/a>We found Jeff!!!!!<\/p><\/div>Some guy named Jeff Laniando potted four goals in their two wins, Tim Burke has been steady between the pipes, and Meredith returned from her sabbatical to anchor the defense.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Tim says he will stay with the Butchers until the Expos get back together.<\/p><\/div>There was even a random Gary Kowalski appearance on Sunday, as Rachel seems to be getting nostalgic for the days of the Mighty Squirrels.\u00a0 Who shows up next?\u00a0 How about Andrea Schloeder?\u00a0 Or Eric Breitman?\u00a0 Wait, Mungo?\u00a0 Please, please let it be Mungo!\u00a0 Remember when he used to do comedy sets at the season-opening party?\u00a0 Those were epic. We want to write about other Gremmies besides Sad Jamie! But in the mean time we made Sarah T. and Jo-Ann very happy with another cat picture.<\/p><\/div>Scoring some goals.\u00a0 Only two goals through three games is not going to move the needle.\u00a0 Put some on the board, Gremmies, and the accolades will follow!<\/p>\n If Jamie smiled more often, he wouldn’t be so sad.\u00a0 Maybe Julie can teach him.<\/p><\/div> Prediction <\/p>\n Happy Little Elves at Cobra Kai Ben Chadwick broke the championship trophy, but he would never even think of doing such a thing to the Barnacle Bowl.<\/p><\/div>Rich’s Pick:<\/em> No Adela or Luisa, but Sarah T. and Budnick are back, along with our new edition (Emeritus note: We think he means addition<\/em>), Trevor’s girlfriend Emily! We’ll try to pick up a free agent girl along the way. 14-0. (Glanzer note: Elly was right, I did<\/em>) Sky Fighters at Corlears Hookers<\/strong>
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Even though they are 0-3, the Gremlins must be doing something right, because how else would they get a cushy Game of the Week spot?\u00a0 Marketing, that must be it.\u00a0 Sad Jamie and his other, less frequent, iterations have been all over this site since the season started, and why not, since the only time he has been kicked out of the crease is when someone shows up in a town car.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this “All Jamie, all the time” blitz has obscured the rest of the Gremlins.\u00a0 John Walker, Luke Berg, and a bunch of other people we don’t really know are getting buried right now.\u00a0 The key to ending this?\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>
<\/strong>Even though he had to latch on to the rising tide of Fresh Kills, Jamie did get his first win of the season on Sunday.\u00a0 With that taste of victory still fresh in his mouth, maybe he can now spur the Gremlins on to a victory.\u00a0 Sad Jamie is slowly morphing into Happy Jamie, and the Gremlins prevail, 3-1.
Rich’s Pick:<\/em>\u00a0 I’ve played a lot with Arnold lately. At the charity tournament that Rachel rigged so she would win my team purposely took him out and busted his nose. Arnold didn’t miss a shift. Respect. Respect. Butchers 3- Gremmies 2. Sad Jamie, remains sad.
Derek’s Pick:<\/em>\u00a0 At the beginning of the season, I really thought Sad Jamie and the Gremlins would make a nice little run.\u00a0 It’s make or break time.\u00a0 This game is divisional, and an 0-4 record would put them into quite a chasm.\u00a0 They realize this and notch a 4-3 win. (P.S. Eli, you remind us of all those old-timey Mighty Squirrel players, but no Tim “(S)crappy” Gray mention?\u00a0 For shame!) <\/p>\nOther Games:<\/h4>\n
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\nNo wonder Richie has been so exhausted this week.\u00a0 The Barnacle Bowl is on Sunday!\u00a0 And unlike the no longer prestigious (yet still imaginary) Fairy Tale Cup, the Elves actually care about this traveling trophy.\u00a0 Which means long nights for Richie as he works on perfecting a game plan that will keep the treasured Bowl in Elves hands.\u00a0 They have dominated this series, and that should continue on Sunday, as the Elves keep the Bowl once again, 5-2.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Derek’s Pick: <\/em>UPSET SPECIAL!\u00a0 The Elves are nothing without Adela, and the Dojo takes the Barnacle Bowl with a 3-2 win!<\/p>\n
With last week’s win against the Mathematics, the Corlears Hookers extended their league-leading winning streak to eight games, which of course, includes last season’s championship run (trivia time: their last loss was a 1-0 loss to What The Puck, with Hannah Stark scoring the game’s lone goal).\u00a0 <\/em>The Sky Fighters, meanwhile, are seeing how the other half lives this season and are off to an 0-3 start, largely due to the disappearance of Martin “Ocho Cinco” Cejka.\u00a0 That said, it seems unlikely that they’ll be the ones to #breakthestreak.\u00a0 3-1 Hookers.
Eli’s Pick:<\/em> One team is 3-0, the other is 0-3, so this should be an easy pick, right?\u00a0 Actually, yes, it should.\u00a0 Corlears 5-1.
Rich’s Pick:<\/em> Isn’t there supposed to be a question along with the trivia? Otherwise its just a fact. I apologize for Derk. Also, Noelle is the only girl including and especially\u00a0Jenna Cruff with multiple goals. 6-1 Hooks.<\/p>\n