Dodgeball Furies
For those that have seen the 1970s classis movie, The Warriors, the origin of the name of our team of the week will make perfect sense. Then you wil think back and wonder why they don’t wear the baseball uniforms and face paint. Then you will talk to them and end up slowly backing away, slightly fearful that you may receive a quick blow to the back of the head with a baseball bat and wake up six weeks later a full fledged member of the team. If you don’t know the awesomness of the Warriors, you can check it out theBaseball Furies here. ”The movie The Warriors has a gang called the Baseball Furies who are one of the badder gangs in the movie, probably coming in third to the Warriors and the Riffs.”
Such is the unofficial recruiting policy of our team of the week, the Dodgeball Furies (unofficial in the sense that we made the whole thing up, but whatever, we want face paint). Captained by a conglomerate of Chill, VKerry, and Wagner, the Furies have been around since 2007 when their founder Corey (aka Ladies Choice) decided to make a break from Army of Darkness and found his own team, ”Ladies Choice left AOD because AOD was shaping up to be a sausagefest in the Winter 2007 season, so he left to start another team with a movie themed name. He found a rag tag fleet via the forum and the rest is history.”
Gone for this season are the Irish Green shirts that they have worn for the last few seasons, to be replaced by purple, but they are still easy to find on the court. Despite being formed as a team built around fun, and further proving it with a 1-9 record last season, the Furies (not to be confused with the Furrys, which is something else entirely- Ed Note: DO NOT Google “Furrys”. Just… just don’t. You have been warned, and when you get fired for looking up furry animal fetishes at work, we told you so) managed to pull off one of the bigger upsets in recent dodgeball tourney history by beating the Ligers last season.
”VK: It’s always good to win, but we’re here for fun!
Wagner: [scowls at internet]
After 3 years, they have racked up several highlights and lowlights. But they can tell those themselves better than we can:
Katie: Kerry and I have highlights.
Kathryn: Jay was pretty blonde too, he might have had highlights.
Chill:Lowlight: going 1-9 last season. Highlight: beating the Ligers in the tournament after going 1-9. Between seasons, we also lost 6 guys for various reasons, injury, life (pfft, priorities, LOL!), starting other teams (All That Glitters). Rebuilding from 2 guys was a bit of a challenge, although with our new additions and the return of an old player I think we have some potential to grow. And a highlight from seasons past: Wagner scaring Anger Management because of the patented Wagner scowl.
Wagner: [scowls at internet]
As for rivalries, it is the same story. Have at it Furies.
Kerry: Anger Management, because Kathryn plays better for them than us! Keep that up, K-Slow, and we’ll kick you off the team again!
Chill: AOD because of our genesis, and in recent seasons we’ve been nipping at the heels of the Skeets, the Knights, and Dwayne King and his World. But I would encourage the entire league to grudge match us, if only so we’re the only team that has an all-grudge schedule. ;^)
That wraps up our look at the Dodgeball Furies. Any final words?
Manny:\m/ \m/ \m/
Kathryn: OMG, WTF LOL BBQ
VK: Shut up, nerd!
Ryan: What did I get myself into?
Rach: [rolls eyes]
Wagner: [scowls at internet, then shakes head and walks off]
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