B Clay's Bonanza Blog Series
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By: Brian
Come share the adventure of summer life in Chicago as a young man living in Chi-town working for a gaming manufacturer and playing in the MLL.
LAST MLL GAME OF THE SEASON
08/07/2008 By BrianSquaring off against my old team, the Rochester Rattlers, on Sunday for our last game of the season. It's going to be a pretty tough game, they have an unbelievable squad of great players. I know, I played with them all last year. I'm interested to see who they decide to play this game knowing that they already clinched a spot in the playoffs. A little note, during playoffs teams are allowed to dress 20 guys as opposed to the regular 18. That being said, I remember be sat last year for the final game after we made the playoffs because they said the game didnt matter and they wanted to try out some other guys to see who they would put as the extra +2 guys on the dress list during the playoffs. I'm not gonna lie, it really makes no difference having those extra two guys. The 6,7th midfielders in the 18 man lineup dont play alot as it is anyway, (they'll maybe have 1 offensive run a quarter and play a wing everynow and then) so wasting time trying to pick the right 8th and 9th midfielder is exactly that......a waste of time.
Got a good feeling about this weekend, we are flying in all the guys for this game, so the sidelines should have a lot of enthusiasm and a great group of motivators. There is definitely going to be a good atmosphere, especially at the last game at home.
On the flip side of things, with all the guys flying in, it will be interesting who we also choose to dress knowing that we wont be making playoffs this year. Do you be fair to guys that have traveled and not dressed that much and give them a run during the final game? Or do you dress some guys that you want to get a better look at in a real game for next season? Or do you stick with the normal lineup?
Obviously I have my own opinions, (which I will not be sharing).
In other news, we recently picked up my college teammate David Mitchell from San Francisco. It would be great if we dressed him this weekend having Mitchell, Pittard, and Myself out there like the good ole days our senior year at Cornell in 2007.
0 commentsFirst Franchise Win vs. LA
07/22/2008 By BrianShanny said it best...."FINALLY!!!" Just got our first win against the LA Riptide this past Sunday. Unbelievable come from behind victory to beat them 17-13. It was hotter than hell out on the field, and about as humid as the amazon. Guys started cramping up toward the end of the game. I remember Brooks saying his calves cramped on one shot he took. Not as bad as Driscoll, both his calves were cramping because of the heat and he had to go off the field for a little bit.
Real proud of my team and the way we battled back from a 7 or 8 goal deficit to win by 4.....especially in the heat. The heat has a way of getting guys to give up, but not today. They dug in and got the job done. Now if we can only get our first road victory against Denver this weekend....would make this a season of "firsts"
Back off the IR
07/11/2008 By BrianIt's been a while since I posted anything, ended up not being a hip pointer that I had. Think its more of a bone bruise (probably should have gotten an x-ray or scan of some sort). Been rehabbing 3 times a week trying to get back out on the field and it had gone really well and going to be strapping it up this weekend in our game against San Francisco. Being 2-6 this is a must win game if we would like any possibility of making the playoffs. We need to win out the rest of the season and then have a whole lot of luck with certain people losing some big games.
I am so pumped right now for the weekend, its like I haven't been playing for the past 3 weeks. Just itching to get back out there and rip the duck. Keep you posted on the game.
LAST MLL GAME OF THE SEASON
07/22/2008
First Franchise Win vs. LA
07/11/2008
Back off the IR
06/24/2008
Pain
06/20/2008
Day before and day of travel
06/18/2008
Update
06/12/2008
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