Latinos Dominate Sabado Rojo
Here's the email Lucas and I sent to recap the dominoes tournament:
Folks,
Sabado Rojo has begun its passage into lore. Before the details dissipate, we'd like to take a moment to recap the action (pics are at the end).
The Capricious Division featured Kevin Rose and Elvira Duran pitching a couple of early stunners to reach the prime time rounds. Within the confines of the Kasbah Koliseum, they dashed the red dreams of two teams hoping to go all the way. When Kevin and Elvira were through with them, Lucas Mills was attempting to take his own life with the "sharp" end of a double four (thankfully, Theresa Lee half-heartedly talked him out of it) and Steph Cha and Jorge Camacho looked like they had just walked in on their grandparents experimenting with scented massage oils.
Kevin and Elvira's inspiring campaign reached its Waterloo at 25 Broadway (above Cutler's, just call Andrew, Megan, or Ronan to get in). There the #1 seeded Tim Heggem and Aaron Scherzer, bruised from previous marathon bouts, awaited the seventh-seeded upstarts. Kevin and Elvira put together an early lead, but Tim and Aaron, quietly whispering their mantra "remember your training, you can do this" surged to soundly conquer their foes and advance to the finals.
In the Arbitrary Division, Tomas and Sergio--aka Tomio--had perhaps the toughest road to the final four, a road that went right through Sohail and Ligia, The Axis of Evil. A thrilling first round match against a skilled wildcard squad (Yahonnes and Andres) revealed that The Axis bleeds like any other mostly-human team. Partial mortality was all that Tomio needed to crack The Axis and blow the tournament wide open. After courteously congratulating the victors, Sohail wandered off into the evening mumbling something about "purificacion y penitencia." Ligia took it out on Zach.
In the semis, Tomio faced Critter Sweaters, the seemingly untouchable partnership comprising Steph Hays and Chris Sherman. Critter Sweaters had doled out some serious beat-downs in the first two rounds; astonishingly, no team had managed to squeeze a single point from the perfect pair. This dominance would have surely intimidated most opponents, but Tomio had already dismantled one great team and was prepared to dissect another. With the calmness of repeat offenders, the dapper duo dexterously derailed Critter Sweaters' legendary run.
The stage was set for a spectacular final: Jonesin' for Bonesin's top seed, Aaron and Tim, versus Tomio, the Big Six Bullies' dark horse.
Multiple lead changes marked the seesaw battle to 300. With the red bones on display next to the handcrafted championship table, the two best teams in Big Six served their best stuff on center court. The late night drama attracted a fire marshal violation of fans clambering to get a glimpse of celebrity in the making. Although Steelballs Scherzer dazzled the fans with a ferocious back to back 25+25 point bonus combination to climb back into contention, Tomas and Sergio dominated the bonus point ledger, amassing an incredible 125. With the score teetering at 271 to 272, Tomas put down his sandwich and unleashed a absolute fury of fours. Despite the valiant efforts of both teams, there could only be one winner. In the end, Tomio outpaced the stellar play of Tim and Aaron to cross the 300 barrier and claim the reds. It was a truly epic match to cap a truly epic day.
And so, without further adieu, the Big Six Social Club extends proud congratulations to our new champions:
~Tomio~
Sergio Perez and Tomas Lopez
Big Six Champions
Very well done, gentlemen.
We wish to offer our many thanks to all who contributed. Notably, we'd like to give a special shoutout to Theresa, Kevin, and Ligia for the brackets, Jeremy for supplying the oh-so-fresh table and not getting mad when Lucas broke it (just kidding! all fixed!), and Andrew, Megan, and Ronan for offering the arena. Most importantly, thanks to all of the players who have helped to build our club and make events like this possible. You guys make the Big Six Social Club what it is. We've had great times playing with y'all and look forward to many more in the future.
Sincerely,
Big 4 and The Sorceror
Lastly, the photographs:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=lucas.mills&target=ALBUM&id=5280221557835195729&authkey=Y1yQ32aiZ6k&feat=email
Folks,
Sabado Rojo has begun its passage into lore. Before the details dissipate, we'd like to take a moment to recap the action (pics are at the end).
The Capricious Division featured Kevin Rose and Elvira Duran pitching a couple of early stunners to reach the prime time rounds. Within the confines of the Kasbah Koliseum, they dashed the red dreams of two teams hoping to go all the way. When Kevin and Elvira were through with them, Lucas Mills was attempting to take his own life with the "sharp" end of a double four (thankfully, Theresa Lee half-heartedly talked him out of it) and Steph Cha and Jorge Camacho looked like they had just walked in on their grandparents experimenting with scented massage oils.
Kevin and Elvira's inspiring campaign reached its Waterloo at 25 Broadway (above Cutler's, just call Andrew, Megan, or Ronan to get in). There the #1 seeded Tim Heggem and Aaron Scherzer, bruised from previous marathon bouts, awaited the seventh-seeded upstarts. Kevin and Elvira put together an early lead, but Tim and Aaron, quietly whispering their mantra "remember your training, you can do this" surged to soundly conquer their foes and advance to the finals.
In the Arbitrary Division, Tomas and Sergio--aka Tomio--had perhaps the toughest road to the final four, a road that went right through Sohail and Ligia, The Axis of Evil. A thrilling first round match against a skilled wildcard squad (Yahonnes and Andres) revealed that The Axis bleeds like any other mostly-human team. Partial mortality was all that Tomio needed to crack The Axis and blow the tournament wide open. After courteously congratulating the victors, Sohail wandered off into the evening mumbling something about "purificacion y penitencia." Ligia took it out on Zach.
In the semis, Tomio faced Critter Sweaters, the seemingly untouchable partnership comprising Steph Hays and Chris Sherman. Critter Sweaters had doled out some serious beat-downs in the first two rounds; astonishingly, no team had managed to squeeze a single point from the perfect pair. This dominance would have surely intimidated most opponents, but Tomio had already dismantled one great team and was prepared to dissect another. With the calmness of repeat offenders, the dapper duo dexterously derailed Critter Sweaters' legendary run.
The stage was set for a spectacular final: Jonesin' for Bonesin's top seed, Aaron and Tim, versus Tomio, the Big Six Bullies' dark horse.
Multiple lead changes marked the seesaw battle to 300. With the red bones on display next to the handcrafted championship table, the two best teams in Big Six served their best stuff on center court. The late night drama attracted a fire marshal violation of fans clambering to get a glimpse of celebrity in the making. Although Steelballs Scherzer dazzled the fans with a ferocious back to back 25+25 point bonus combination to climb back into contention, Tomas and Sergio dominated the bonus point ledger, amassing an incredible 125. With the score teetering at 271 to 272, Tomas put down his sandwich and unleashed a absolute fury of fours. Despite the valiant efforts of both teams, there could only be one winner. In the end, Tomio outpaced the stellar play of Tim and Aaron to cross the 300 barrier and claim the reds. It was a truly epic match to cap a truly epic day.
And so, without further adieu, the Big Six Social Club extends proud congratulations to our new champions:
~Tomio~
Sergio Perez and Tomas Lopez
Big Six Champions
We wish to offer our many thanks to all who contributed. Notably, we'd like to give a special shoutout to Theresa, Kevin, and Ligia for the brackets, Jeremy for supplying the oh-so-fresh table and not getting mad when Lucas broke it (just kidding! all fixed!), and Andrew, Megan, and Ronan for offering the arena. Most importantly, thanks to all of the players who have helped to build our club and make events like this possible. You guys make the Big Six Social Club what it is. We've had great times playing with y'all and look forward to many more in the future.
Sincerely,
Big 4 and The Sorceror
Lastly, the photographs:
http://picasaweb.google.com/
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