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Tournament Game 3: 78 Horowitz 14, Legal Weed 1

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Neil deMause

The Legal Weed went into our elimination-bracket game vs. 78 Horowitz — who we’d faced only once in the regular season, a game we were winning 1-0 when a giant storm blew in and forced it to be called off … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021 - Legal Weed

Tournament Game 2: SFX Anderson 10, Legal Weed 3

Posted on June 13, 2021 by Neil deMause

As we prepared for our game today against SFX Anderson, we had one hope in our back pocket: Jonathan Lai, their ace who shut us out back in April, had according to the PSAL website thrown a seven-inning one-hitter for Beacon on … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021 - Legal Weed

Tournament Game 1: Legal Weed 7, SFX Wilson 6

Posted on June 12, 2021 by Neil deMause

Well, that was a game. I’m going to do my best to do it justice, but all the emotions may not translate into mere prose… With Dylan off at a travel tournament, Ben M took the mound for the Legal Weed … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021 - Legal Weed

Game 15: Legal Weed 13, 78 France 2

Posted on June 5, 2021 by Neil deMause

Yes, we were supposed to have two games today, but the storms on Thursday and Friday had left the fields “a disaster,” according to another coach who saw them, so anyone who could help was asked to show up as early … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021 - Legal Weed

Suspended Game: Legal Weed vs. 78 Horowitz

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Neil deMause

As the Legal Weed gathered for our first and only matchup against 3rd-place 78 Horowitz, it looked like this at Grand Army Plaza: And this on the radar: Would we be able to get in five innings (or an hour … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021 - Legal Weed

Games 13 and 14: Legal Weed 8, SFX Wilson 2 and Legal Weed 7, SFX Wilson 2

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Neil deMause

Before we get to today’s game recaps, one scoring note: The official scorer has reviewed both Sam’s single-and-error from yesterday’s game vs. Lieber and Dylan’s from our game a few weeks back against Nachsin, and ruled them to be home … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021 - Legal Weed

Game 12: Legal Weed 24, 78 Lieber 3

Posted on May 22, 2021 by Neil deMause

I hope no one minds if I skip the usual blow-by-blow recap of today’s game vs. 78 Lieber (nickname: Chico’s Bail Bonds, “because we have yellow uniforms like the Bad News Bears and play like them too”), as we have … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021 - Legal Weed

Game 11: HN Carmody 7, Legal Weed 4

Posted on May 16, 2021 by Neil deMause

The games are coming fast and furious now. Our opponents, Holy Name Carmody, turned out to have a large contingent of players from Holy Name Meehan, the longtime dynasty that we knocked out in the semifinals two years ago behind … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021 - Legal Weed

Games 9 and 10: Legal Weed 7, 78 Miller 2 and Legal Weed 10, 78 Miller 5

Posted on May 15, 2021 by Neil deMause

It was the season’s nicest day yet for our morning doubleheader rematch vs. 78 Miller: warm and sunny and springlike, and some fresh dirt had even been added to Prospect Park Field 2 to fill in some of the worst … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021 - Legal Weed

Game 8: Legal Weed 10, Camp Friendship Berger 10

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Neil deMause

After a weekend of scrambling to find enough players who could make it to Monday night’s game, the rain that started during our Sunday doubleheader took care of that problem, helping wash out four different sports (baseball, softball, soccer, and … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021 - Legal Weed

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