WE HIT BOMBS? WE HIT SEEDS? WE GIVE UP 19 RUNS IN 1 INNING??? WHAT!!!??
A new season is upon Prestige Worldwide for the year of 2010. And as they closed the 2009 season with a championship they opened up the year right where they left with management eliminating some old faces and adding some new ones. With that being said and winter behind PW expects nothing more than the unexpected each week with great stories and great softball. PW Newsletter is back after a long strike by the editors due to cost of paper and ink, oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico, and shanangans going on in Greece.
OFFSEASON NEWS
Prestige Worldwide had some serious transactions go on during the offseason that involved losing two key players to the PW Squad. Both were out of PWs control.
PW’s regular Left Fielder Matthew Bailey, aka T BONE, after he demanded his brother Gabe Bailey be traded because he wanted to be the only Bailey on the team. PW management found this request to be outrageous and denied it. Matthew Bailey went into depression and ran back home to his native town Columbus, OH, leaving his job, apartment, his girlfriend, and most importantly his team of 3 years Prestige Worldwide. T-Bone can now be found in Columbus running a Batting Cage complex. He is accepting donation to keep it running. As for his brother Gabe Bailey, he is still Proud member of PW, but when asked to comment on the situation with his brother he declined.
Another key loss to the PW was 3B/RC Scott Biegler. Scott was a big bat in the top of the older for PW. He was known for his up and down personality and his temper when he fell into slumps or managed a bad throw. That temper of his is exactly what got him in trouble. Scotty Buggler was the quiet type until you pushed his buttons. One winter day he was walking down Madison road when a 16 year old boy yelled, “I recognize you, you’re the guy that threw the ball over the back stop from right field, YOU SUCK!!” Scott lost it and pushed the kid out into the street and he got hit by 1988 Thunderbird. Thanks to God’s great wishes the kid survived the accident and Scott accepted a plea deal of paying his medical bills, registering as sex offender, and forced to leave the city of Cincinnati. Luckily Scott’s at home girlfriend loved him so much she stayed right by his side. Scott set up a news conference at 400 Broadway in downtown to announce he was leaving city of Cincinnati and was going to sign with Charrlotte Mud Rats. Scott Bielger told left a statement with PW NEWSLETTERS saying, “PW is the team everyone wants to play for and to be forced to resign with them because I can’t live in the city tears me apart. All I can do is put this all behind and start over with the Mud Rats. I wish nothing but the best for Prestige Worldwide and the players on the team.”
Final players they could not talk into coming back after leaving halfway through the 2009 season was Steve Turtle Catanzaro. He left the team at the time for undisclosed reasons, but PW Newsletter learned he had entered himself into Alchole Rehab. When management offered him a second chance to be apart of the team again, he said he could not do it because of players like Ryan Shelton who would never give up not putting a beer in his presence. PW understood and let the situation go.
ROOKIES
We will briefly go over the newcomers as a detailed bio will come with the player profile section in weeks to come
Stang – Stang is making the transition from hardball to softball. He’s got strong bat and a strong arm for the right side of the outfield. Stang looks for his inspiration from Lil Waynes music and believes that hoes, money, big booties will lead him in the right direction
Smiley – I mean the name tells it all Smiley just makes people smile. You look him the eye and fall in love with the bloodshot focsed eyes. Smiley brings power and backup the picture to the squad. PW believes he will be force to reckon with in the years to come. Smiley also brings character to the team as he supplies Softball in a box in the dugout. What’s that mean? You may just have to come to a game and ask to see the box.
Pat – Pat and Smiley are actually from the same litter. Ryan Shelton is there half brother and half father. No not really, but that’s how close these three amigos are and to have them on the same team brings more comedy and fun to the field. Ryan Shelton called Management and recommended Pat to be on the team. Shelton told PW newsletter, “I told coach I know Matthew hurt us by losing him, but this Pat kid has got ham. Sign him and you’ll thank me later. That’ssss riiiight.”
EXHIBTION GAME – April 9th, 2010
Since this was an exhibition game we will not go into much detail of the game, but it was a typical PW game. Mike Lemmink started the season off in typical suspense fashion, being a no show for the game and the question was who is going to pitch. We later learned he had to pull over and puke because he was having butterflies about the season starting up.
Gabe Bailey pitched the first inning against Superior Honda and it did not go pretty. If a batter wasn’t walked he got a hit, if he didn’t get a hit he reached on error. Outfield look lost, the infield look like first year teaballers scared to field a ground ball.
After getting out of the first inning PW was down to Superior Honda 7-0. Finally, PWs savior Mike Lemmink arrived and was ready to pitch.
Before we go any farther lets talk about Superior Honda – Screamers, thugs, wanting to fight, not wanting to lose, and thinking they were a lot better than they were. To say the least this team quickly became a new rival of PW – replacing the tight pant yellow team.
The next few innings PW climbed there way back into the lead thanks to a 4-4 night by Mark Ledonne and 2 homeruns from new comer Smiley and James Sims. Going into the bottom of 6th inning PW managed to run rule this team 20-10 and put this game behind them.
FAN OF THE GAME – Stang Family
PLAYER OF THE GAME – Mark Ledonne (impressive 4-4 from the plate)
SEASON – WEEK 1 GAME 1
What do you know?! PW was playing Supieror Honda again. Not only were they out for blood for Shelton hitting the middle in the exhibition, but they were just as loud and annoying this week.
Welp, this game started off just like the week before. 2nd inning and PW was down 6-0. Thanks to homeruns by Sims and Rookie Pat PW was back in the game.
Gabe Bailey and James Sims each went 5-6 in the game and combined for 6 of the 25 runs. The rookies also played strong, Pat and Smiley, combined for 9 hits and 6 runs. This game ended up being a little closer than the first as PW thought they were pulling away Superior Honda climbed its way back and had to hold them in the last inning. And that they did. PW started the season off hot and won 25-20. But as the night got colder so did PW.
PLAYER OF THE GAME – RYAN SHELTON
FAN OF THE GAME - MRS MANNING (made the trip from New York City to watch her son Brian Manning go 3-6 with 2 runs.)
WEEK 1 – GAME 2
We are not going to get into heavey detail with this because all this will do is anger the management. PW let the weather affect them. Not only did the temperature drop to 45 degrees but the game started an hour late at 10:00 on Sunday. Fans were gone except for Mrs Manning and it look like PW did not want to be there either.
Their opponent the North Side Hood Rats. Not only did they not look like a softball team but they also look like they probably did not know how to ride a two wheel bicycle.
PW just played stupid with terrible baserunning, not much hitting, and the look of get me home to a hot shower.
That being said they lost the game by one run in the last inning 11-12.
PW made a comeback in the last inning to take the lead 11-10 but blew it in the last inning.
Some stats to point out were James Sims went 4-4 with a HR and Mike Lemmink made up for a tough 1st game at the plate to go 3-4 in the second game.
PLAYER OF THE GAME – JAMES SIMS
FAN OF THE GAME – MOTHER NATURE
WEEK 2 – GAME 1
Stats have not been compiled yet, but we will give quick overviews of these two games.
When you thought Supeiror Honda was an annoying team wait till ya meet the team we will call FAT AND STUPID.
Before the game even began they were heckling PW, by making fun of players of PW and yes they made fun of the name. Did they just go there? I think they did? PW remained quiet and insisted of letting their bats do the talking.
Throughout the game FAT and STUPID kept yelling “We hit bombs” (meaning they try to hit home runs) and then they would yell “We hit seeeeds duuude” (meaning they hit singles). Thus why they are called, what was it, ummm FAT and STUPID.
Unfortunaly bats did not do the talking except for Gabe Bailey who ripped two home runs in the game. They went into the 6th inning down 9 runs and it looked like this was just about over.
Bottom of the 6th inning was an inning FOR THE RECORDS BOOKS. Prestige Worldwide starting hitting bombs, and then some seeds, then some more bombs, and then a little more seeds. After going through the batting order twice and 19 runs later with zero outs this game was over and Prestige Worldwide shut FAT and STUPID up and run rulled them winning 29-19.
Gabe Bailey jacked two home runnings and Marty Huber went 4-4. G
PLAYER FO THE GAME – Gabe Bailey
FAN OF THE GAME – SHETLTONS GIRL – (PW newsletter apologizes they are bad at names
GAME 2
Not much to talk about in this game except PW played solid defense and kept hitting the ball right out of the gate, winning the game by 8 runs.
PRESTIGE WORLDWIDE RECORD for 2010 ---- 3-1
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