Week 2 pitted the noble Honey Badgers against the all boy team of the Banzai Executioners. This week we were allowed to mix a co-ed team to play when their girls were supposed to be playing games. It did level things in terms of fairness, but I felt bad that it meant more sitting out for some of our girls.
We got ourselves into a pretty deep whole early, losing the first several matches. They had a couple of hard throwers on their team, with one guy really launching that ball with some serious heat.
Once we settled down we began to take several games, some in a dominant fashion. I saw us develop some teamwork; coordinating attacks, communicating better, shielding our throwers, etc. It was really great to see us play better as a team. I’m still pretty certain that if we can develop some further chemistry we’ll be able to take down any dodgeball squad.
I did catch a fastball from robo-dodgeball man. I thought this was important to try to do. I wanted everyone to know that he was human and we didn’t have to just duck whenever he unleashed a laser on our side. I was also glad to get a good amount of hits in tonight as well, it’s great feeling when you hear a teammate say, “nice throw”. The whole playing for your teammates is corny be also really gratifying as well.
Afterwards I stopped by Gregory’s with the lady Honey Badgers minus Lauren (apparently she really likes Dancing with the Stars). It was really great to get to know one another better. They all seem to be a really great bunch and I’ve very glad to be on the same team as them.
It was also nice to get carded as well as see jaws drop by my teammates when they learned my age. While I’m not exactly super old, it’s still nice to know that I also don’t look my age either. They were all very funny about it, I did get a little chuckle out of it.
