Spring Dodgeball - Week Five: Slow to Get Going.

This damn green team.

We just can't beat 'em. This time around it was due to (or maybe it's just easiest to blame it on) a slow start out of the gate, as I think we lost the first four games to them. We ended up taking four of the next seven, but alas, the damage was done. Still, they were good games, especially once we got going. They're the only team we've lost to this season, and it's frustrating. Hopefully we'll meet them again in the playoffs.

If we were a little annoyed at our performance in the first match, we must have used it to our advantage in the second one, because we shut out the next team we played. Nothing like hitting your stride 25 minutes into the evening, eh? Needless to say, I'll be studying game footage for the next week. Or I would be, if any existed. My arm's been feeling great lately, and I have almost no remaining traces of soreness in my shoulders anymore. I attribute it to getting back in the weight room and stretching extensively before our matches. Yup, I'm officially taking this all too seriously.

So, now we're in second place, all by ourselves. Yep, it's lonely near-but-not-quite-at the top. Only one week of the regular season left. Hope these steroids kick in soon!

Standings are here.