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News 8/11/02I have taken so long to update because I was trying to figure out what I should say. I have allot of opinion about everything that happened. I have allot of words I'd like to say to several people. But I have decided to be a bigger man and not use this site as a forum for such spite. I thank everyone who helped to make Peatage what it was, and I overall had a really good time making it all happen. While I don't want it to end, at the time being it seems to be for the best. I'd like everyone to share with me their thoughts about Peatage and its success and failures. For fans of this site, do not worry, it will remain existent for the time being. And for fans of quality, fun softball, do not worry, for there will be another team in the future and there will be another website. In the meantime please stay tuned to here for periodic updates. Sincerely Yours, News 7/26/02A very disappointing loss last night to The 313. But in a way you have to feel good that so many former Peatage players have found success in this great sport. The loss last night just proved once again that if we gave the opposition only 3 outs an inning, we would be in ever game no matter who we played. Come out next week August 1st to see Peatage's final curtain call as we take on the Fighting Rebels. See you there! News 7/21/02This is the big week for Peatage. Peatage vs. 313 in a battle for the ages. Megan O'Neil was heard saying, "This makes me want to crap my pants, its so exciting." Well we will see if the shit really does fly this Thursday. Stay tuned to the message board all week for continual coverage right up until game time. I shouldn't have to tell you to be there or be square! News 7/8/02Sorry for the lack of updates everyone. As you might know its been a sometimes rough summer for me. And when it hasn't been I like to spend my time having fun rather than staring at a computer screen as I do at work. Anyway Peatage starts up this week once again and I hope we can finish on a high note. I expect the full roster back and ready to go, and I hope we have some fun out there. Anyway I will see you all this Thursday!! News 6/20/02So much has been going on, sorry for the lack of updates! Peatage or CC has been rolling onward, despite several absences. Many last week are due to our Red Wings winning the Stanley Cup, so it can be excused. Many changes are coming for this team, very positive ones. I am currently working on some very interesting projects to revitalize Peatage. Much of this season is left though, and it can still be a success! Lets keep working and for all the fans, keep coming out and supporting us! News 6/3/02Peatage wins again! Great game on Sunday, and a win we definately needed. We are slowly improving every week, building toward what will be quite a showdown July 25th. But we have a long way until then so be sure to check in this Thursday as we take on Larry's Foodland at 7:25 on Bicentennial Field 3. News 5/25/02Finally, Peatage.com is updated! My desktop computer exploded last week causing Peatage updating to be delayed. Fortunately I have been able to set up shop on my laptop for the time being. After a rainout last week, we suffered a tough loss to the Hatricks after a great comeback. I was disappointed I could not take part moreso, but I was able to come off the DL for the late innings. Jason Krimm also provided a big spark with a homerun during the game. Hopefully we can get our second win this Thursday versus the Hunts Ace Hawks, of whom we are undefeated against. Remember this game is on Bicentennial 9, the back field...see you there! News 5/10/02Peatage wins! Peatage wins! The first game is always the hardest and we finally pulled it out this week. I guess my managerial job is safe for another week. Be sure to be there next Thursday as we take on another mystery opponent, BASF. Hopefully they get off the same bus Open Text did. News 5/3/02Peatage has had a rough start but we'll get on the winning track shortly. Allot of new faces learning the ropes but the team will be clicking and winning soon enough. Be sure to be on hand to watch us next week as we take on a mystery opponent - Open Text! News 4/25/02YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS...YOU KNOW WHERE TO BE AT 6:15...THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY News 4/18/02Can you believe it? This will be the last update of the off-season. Next time your here you will be reading about the results of a 2002 Peatage game! I'm excited and I hope you are too. Get your Peatage pants on, cause were ready to play! Be there April 25 at 6:15 at Bicentennial Field 3!!! See you there! News 4/11/02The season is vast approaching. Peatage had a very good practice on Sunday and it was good to see the turnout. Randy showed some outstanding infield defense and Carl put on a great power display. The jerseys arrived this past week and they look great. Hope to see a big turnout on April 25th, see you there! News 4/4/02The schedules are out, the balls are bought, and practice is just about here. I can smell baseball! Be sure to check out the schedule. If you can't make any other game, be sure to be there July 25th as Peatage takes on "The 313", a team filled with several former Peatage players. Should be quite the clash of the titans. Also, be sure to frequent Coach's Corner and tell the owner Mike your a fan of his Peatage softball team! Thats all for now, see you next week. News 3/28/02Hello Peatage! Hello Coach's Corner! The bobblehead has disappeared for the time being. Thanks to all who looked for him! Practices are hard to come by in these cold weather days. Hopefully Spring will start arriving for real shortly. Not much else going on. I'll be in touch... News 3/21/02Sorry for the sparse update this week, I am a little under the weather. First Peatage gathering tonight, hopefully it will be a good turn out. Unfortunately, Luck Larry got struck by lightening and won't be able to sign on to Peatage until the fall. (Ok he's really playing hockey). Big Peatage news, or should I say Coach's Corner news next week, schedule will be out, and hopefully an interview with the owner shortly as well. Until then have a great week! News 3/14/02Peatage is sponsored! Peatage will be sponsored by Coach's Corner for the 2002 season! Very exciting stuff, we will have great jerseys and a greats squad this year...more details to come soon. Don't forget a week from today is Peatage's first practice. If the weather is good, come on out and see us! Anyway thats all for now, stay tuned News 3/7/02Peatage rolls on into the start of the regular season. Still no confirmation of sponsorship, unfortunately we wont be the only team sponsored by Coach's Corner, yet rest assured we will be their favorite. I should have the deal finalized by next Monday. If you have any sponsorship opportunities however, please don't hesitate to let me know of them. The bobblehead game seems to be a success. Look for trivia on Notes From Under The Blue Hat soon as well. That's all for now, see you next week... News 2/28/02I hope to have big sponsor info by next week. We'll keep most of it on the DL for now. Those of you on the team have the detailed info for now. I paid the registration fee today, so we're official but hopefully we will have a sponsor to reimburse me. I got a quality jersey estimate, but without sponsorship, such a jersey might be out of our range, but it'll be up to a team vote. Tim Orow owes me a column, Leah Burney posts messages now (so should you), Randy Dell owes me a beer. That about sums it up...see you next week! News 2/21/02Peatage will go on a very important mission this week to recruit a sponsor. Peatage will target Coach's Corner Bar. It would be very interesting considering they are located only one door away from arch rival Wintergarden. Stay tuned, for Peatage may never be the same again, it'll be better! News 2/14/02Valentines Day...blah. Anyway it only means that the baseball season is closer. I got news today the fee will be due March 1st, so rest assured you'll be hearing from me shortly. In some sad news, Peatage would like to send its deepest sympathies to our dear friend and teammate Jim Bradow for the loss of his father. We will be there to support Jim during this hard time. Anyway, I will return next week.... News 2/7/02Well Gabbo seems to have made an appearance on the message board. There goes that guessing game. Matt has been hard at work plotting out the final 20 question interviewees. Hmm, didn't know that was actually a word but it is. Anyway I want to add some more content to Peatage soon, most notably video. The higher speed I have now will make that more possible. For this week, check out the 20 Questions with Gary, it rules! Have a good week... News 1/31/02Another week, another week closer. Not much else to say. Hey man, check out the 20 questions this week. By the way, who the hell is Gabbo? See you next week! News 1/24/02Time keeps on slipping (slipping slipping) into the future. Peatage will be here before you know it. As a matter of fact, I start my rigorous workout program of Intramural basketball tomorrow. I love basketball, yet am so horrible at it. Oh well, running up and down the court can't hurt my Peatage conditioning. Lots of questions remain for Peatage 2 double 0 2. We shall see how they are answered in the coming weeks. I'm still waiting for some of those jobs to be filled that I listed on the message board. Oh well, until next time.... News 1/17/02Peatage is getting so close, and everyone is excited! The roster for the coming year is still being finalized and still may very well be up in the air going into spring training. The players who are locked in though are ready. Nads and Randy are on opposite weight plans from what I hear, Nads to gain, Randy to lose. Therefore, look for the team weight overall to stay the same. Not much else going on, be sure to check out the blast from the not too distant past 20 Questions with Jimmy! Until next week, this is your Cap'n signing out.... News 1/10/02Hey Peatage, I hope everyone is well. Great 20 Questions this week, I think Scott Krimm's take the cake. As many of you know, Matt Marken of both Peatage and Backseat Rhythm fame, organized an auction of a BSR cymbal autographed by the BSR members. The proceeds from this auction were given to the American Red Cross. Below are pictures of Matt at the Red Cross. That's all for now, see you next week!
Peatage News Story Of The Week 1/3I did some more research on the word Peatage. The word itself is Estonian. Through several websites I have come to discover that Peatage means a thief or robber! I think this works out as not a bad nickname for a team. Upon hearing this I think we should come up with a new logo that incorporates a thief character and softball. If you have any ideas or artistic abilities please email me! News 1/3/02Not much going on around Peatage. Tim Orow has obtained a digital video camera so he could be having shananigans of his own online shortly. A big happy Birthday goes out to sister and Peatage fan, Megan! I hope your starting to think about softball, it will be here sooner than you think! News 12/27/01Merry Christmas Peatage! Hope everyone is having a good holiday and got all the presents they wanted! You may have noticed the message board is back to being free and clear, please use this freedom appropriately. Also, the premiere OHM or ONE HOT MINUTE will probably be on the site by next week, trust me, you'll enjoy it! This is the last website update of the year, 2002 looks bright for Peatage so stay tuned! News 12/20/01Whats up Peatagites? Nothing going on in Peatage land, mid-winter blues. Your beloved leader, well actually me, just got an internship for the observer, so now I can spend countless hours in a cubicle...working on the web site! Baseball will be here sooner than you think. Until then get in shape and visualize success! News 12/13/01Lots of good and bad shananigans going on around Peatage this week. Our red cross auction is up to 45 dollars?! Peatage will be auctioning off some intriguing items shortly as well. After Christmas, I kid you not, video on Peatage.com!!! This will revolutionize the entire Peatage.com network. Looks like Peatage has a true rival on it's hands. Maybe its time I go back to my St. Colette coaching philosophy, if your team loves you and all the other teams hate you, your doing your job as manager! Anyway, see you next week! News 12/6/01Howdy Peatage Partners. The winter keeps rolling along, and so does the website. I'm happier I am able to update more often, and I hope you are too. I should be getting a digital camera from Santa so that might also help to spruce up the web site. Also look for ONE HOT MINUTE, coming to Peatage soon. See you next week, Casey News 11/28/01Hey everyone! Not much going on. I'd just like to thank-you all for keeping the site strong during the off season. October was our highest hit month ever! I think we can do even better in the future. Keep spreading the word of Peatage to everyone you know, the empire will get bigger yet! See you next week... News 11/21/01No news is good news for Peatage these days. I'm happy to report there have been no defections this week! In all seriousness were going to have a hell of a team and great fun next year so don't think for a moment the team is in trying times. Peatage will continue to thrive, grow, and adapt to any situation that comes the teams way. Get excited! Anyway, I'm shortly going to add some offseason drills to work on and such, that you should all at least attempt. As for now, see you next week! News 11/14/01Hey everyone! Having a pretty good off-season so far, lots of good updates to the website! You have to love the 20 Question answers, and I promise the best are yet to come! Many possible recruits have been contacting Peatage, its too early to count yet but should be an interesting group next year. See you next week, Casey News 11/7/01Nothing much to report on the off-season front. It will be a long winter without Peatage. Several players have already been reported as going through withdrawal. Hang in their boys, make sure you check the counter daily to see that Spring really is just around the corner! News 11/01/01Hello Peatageland! I just want to comment on the spectacular end of the year party that was held at Tim Orow's house. Everyone had a great time. Some of the highlights included the awards ceremony, capped off by Craig "Machine Gun" Kelley being inducted as the first member of the Peatage Hall of Fame! The MVP winners for 2001 were voted to be Matt Marken for the summer and Carl Buchin for the fall, congratulations! For more on the updated awards, go to the awards page. I will keep this page updated frequently throughout the winter, and don't forget to keep checking the 20 Questions every Thursday. Until next time... News 10/25/01Hey everyone, Happy Birthday to me! Anyway just wanted to make sure you were all aware the Peatage party is November 1st at 7:00 at Tim Orow's house. Peatage players and their associates are welcome. See you there! News 10/16/01Peatage ends yet another season, continuing to slowly climb the long road to the top. Some success was seen this year, and I think everyone involved with this team learned quite a bit. Peatage will continue to grow and develop, and I look forward to continuing to work, for myself and for our team to see that happen. We've seen many new faces this year and seen some familiar ones go, and this will continue to happen. The important thing is those who stay, and strive for the better of the team, will one day be champions. An announcement concerning the party will be forthcoming in the next few weeks, stay tuned. News 10/5/01Peatage took a couple tough losses last night to Premiere Video. Peatage will look to surpass its summer record by sweeping Time Warner next week. Hope to see you there! News 10/1/01Peatage has continued it's splitting ways again last Thursday as we lost and then won versus Potters. We'll see what is in store for Peatage in the last few weeks of the season. Stay tuned! News 9/26/01Sorry for the slow update, allowing 15 runs in an inning as a pitcher will tend to slow you down. What can I say, I'm no Mike O'Neil, but who is? Big games this week against some never before seen opponents, we'll see what happens. Hope to see you there! News 9/13/01Peatage had a solid outing Thursday against Carpet Works winning 10-3 and tying 9-9. In the second game Peatage came back to tie the game yet unfortunately could not put across the winning run. It was a good effort nonetheless and will be character building for the rest of the season ahead. Join us next Thursday as we take on OHM...See you there! News 9/10/01Peatage got it's first victory of the season Thursday in the second game versus the Rebels. Great games were had by all including Randy's outstanding pitching performance, holding the Rebels to only 6 runs scored. Join us Thursday as we battle the always entertaining Carpet Works team! See you there! News 8/30/01Peatage lost its 2 openers Thursday, 21-15 and 16-10. Good offensive games were turned in, however, the defense came up just short for this week. Look for vast improvement next week as we take on our arch rivals The Fighting Rebels. See you there! News 8/28/01The fall countdown is on! Only 2 days remain before a highly anticipated fall season. Peatage starts it's 5th season with much promise after improving greatly in the summer season. Some roster moves were made, however, this Peatage team looks to be stronger than ever. Stay tuned for further updates.... News 8/5/01Peatage lost it's season finale Thursday, 8-5 to Century 21. A 5th inning rally fell just short of a great comeback. Although this season ends, Peatage has allot to look forward to in the fall and beyond with the great steps we have taken. Stay tuned to the web site for further updates regarding the fall season! In other Peatage news Jeff Wade has signed a contract with Peatage for the fall season. Many remember Jeff from his outstanding play last Fall and his addition will add to Peatage's arsenal for Fall. News 7/26/01Peatage had it's most exciting victory in years when we best the first place Mustard Horse team, 7-5 tonight. Peatage took an early 3-1 lead and never looked back. Anthony Ciatti added an insurance homerun in the 7th to seal the victory. Please join us for the last summer game of 2001 next Thursday vs. Century 21! News 7/19/01Peatage had a fantastic win Thursday beating COTS, 12-10. Scoring 6 runs in the 6th inning, Peatage rallied and never looked back. Noteworthy from the game was the Peatage debut of "Nads" Chris Mazzara who had two hits with a run scored. Peatage looks to get back to .500 next week against Mustard Horse. Hope to see you then! News 7/16/01Peatage suffered a tough loss this week to Foodland, 9-8. So tough in fact I didn't feel like updating till now. Stats will be available later in the week, until then please keep visiting and lets get the message board started up again! News 6/29/01Peatage fell off it's winning ways Thursday as we fell to Wintergarden, 16-8. Great games were turned in by Tim Orow, Matt Marken and a certain left-center fielder but it unfortunately was not enough. Peatage has another week off for 4th of July before taking on Larry's Foodland July 12...Hope to see you there! News 6/14/01RANDY RETURNS! Popular former Peatage star Randy Dell has returned to the area after a year and a half away and is already looking to return to the Peatage organization. Randy was an original member of Peatage and despite only playing a half season, put up great numbers. We all welcome the possibility of Randy rejoining the team sometime soon. Peatage continued it's winning ways Thursday night as we beat Hunt's Ace Hawks, 11-7. Great games were turned in by Jason Buntine who had 2 triples and Anthony Ciatti also had 3 hits in the game. Peatage gets next week off before continuing the fierce rivalry with Wintergarden on June 26. Hope to see you there! News 6/8/01Peatage had an exciting victory Thursday night as we beat Homezone.com, 8-7. Matt Marken led the offensive attack with his second homerun of the season and Mike O'Neil pitched the victory backed by solid defense. Peatage looks to make it 3 in a row this Thursday as we take on Hunt's Ace Hawks at Ford Field #7 at 7:25. See you there! News 5/31/01Peatage got it's first forfeit victory in it's history today as we beat Jobo's team 12 guys to 6. A scrimmage was played, however, and everyone had a great time. Hopefully Peatage will have a real game next week versus Homezone.com, hope to see you all there! News 5/28/01For the first time ever I do not have a first hand account of the Peatage game. I heard by all that it was a close battle, and with a full Peatage squad they would not have stood a chance. Oh well, there is always next time. The important thing is we get on the winning track this Thursday against Jobo's. Wish us luck and come watch the game! News 5/24/01Peatage tries to get back on the winning side this week as they play Hit And Run. Last week Peatage fell short in a heated battle against rivals The Fighting Rebels. Several Peatage members will be out which opens the door for a cameo appearance by former Peatage fan favorite Craig "Machine Gun" Kelley. Wish the team luck and if your free come watch them play! News 5/11/01Peatage mercied Carpet Works Thursday night 19-4. Peatage turned in a great defensive effort including the Jimmy Moore's infield debut. The offense was highlighted by Matt Marken's first homerun of the season and the premiere of the "Brothers Of Destruction", Damien and Jason Krimm. Everyone played well and this game puts Peatage in position for a very successful summer. Just a reminder next weeks game is at Bicentennial Field 9, which is located in the back of the park by the tennis courts....see you there! News 5/4/01Pretty ugly contest yesterday between Leidal & Hart and Peatage. There is allot to be learned from it, yet the best thing to do is put it behind us and try again this week against Carpet Works. If everyone plays up to their capabilities we will have our first victory on May 10th. Hope to see you all there to help cheer us on! Later... News 4/27/01News two days apart, this can't be! Peatage was involved in a slobberknocker yesterday Vs. Knockouts. A comeback that fell just short, however, is a sign of good things to come. If you didn't have a chance to be there be sure to come next week at 6:15 when we take on a tough opponent in Leidal & Hart. See Ya! News 4/25/01Here we are, less than 2 days away from the first game. Its very exciting, and I think it will be a good time. I want to take this opportunity to also announce the director of the Peatage documentary to be filmed this summer is Emily Cole. Emily has experience creating video magic and I think she will be able to create a film we all will love. Make sure you bring your friends and your friends friends on Thursday, and lets knockout Knockouts!! That's all for now. News 3/30/01Only a matter of counting down the days now. The 2001 schedule is up and other information will be soon. I would like to re-launch this web site sometime this summer, if you have any suggestions for new or reformatted items, please email me...Thanks! News 3/6/01The time is approaching us, the season will be here before you know it. I want to start practices by the end of March so we'll be one up on Earl and the rest of the competition. I need some feedback quickly about who actually is planning on playing so we can be organized right away and ready to go. Hope you're all having a great break! Until next time this is the Cap'n signing off. News 1/9/01Welcome back to Peatage.com! There will be many new features added before the coming season so I hope everyone keeps checking in. I've tried to keep up with the fans of the week and have added a fan profile feature to that section. As most of you know, our message board was disabled so there is a new one now to use. It has some positives and negatives to the old but I'm sure we'll all get used to it. As far as the Peatage players go, everyone is keeping in shape and preparing for the battle starting in just a few short months. It will be here before you know it...that's all for now! News 11/6Peatage held its end of the year party last night at the Kelley's home. It was a spectacular event and was enjoyed by all. Among the highlights was Jason Buntine receiving the Fall 2000 MVP award. I hope to get some other info on the site soon including a Peatage record holder area. I did do such a page for the awards. Go check it out. Hopefully Matt will do another column for us all soon. That's all for now! News 10/12Peatage ended the season on a three game win streak, completing the sweep of OHM 21-4 and 24-16. Game highlights include Matt's 3 dingers, Jason going 7-9 to continue his hot hitting, and Tim going 7-8. Mike locked up his 2nd batting title going 6-7 to finish at .697. Anthony also came through with his first career homerun. There were many injuries suffered by players in this game and this past two seasons. Anthony and myself had an ugly outfield collision and myself and the entire Peatage organization wish him a speedy recovery. Craig Kelley took a rough fall blocking the plate from a fat OHM'er but stood his ground and got the out. Peatage has definitely proven it's toughness these past several weeks. Stats are up now and MVP voting information will be available shortly. There will be specifics on the Fall Peatage party as well. Later. News 10/11Hey, I hope everyone is pumped for the last games tomorrow! Has everyone gotten a chance to check out "Notes from under the blue hat"? Pretty wild stuff comin' from that Mr. Marken. If anyone else would like to write something once or weekly or whatever for the site I'll be happy to showcase their work in the Columns section. Let me know. It could be a club newsletter or anything else (there's an idea ILJGC and whatever other ones there are now). Anyway that's all for now, see you all around 6:00 tomorrow for the grand finale! News 10/6Hey, I hope everyone got the makeup game info from the front page, if not, its there. Peatage lives on for another week this season. We've got some big off season plans for this website to keep our loyal visitors tuned in. Among ideas is an expansion of Matt's Daily Posts into a weekly column, "The Marken Report". I'm sure it'll be something to see. Anyway I'll see you all next week as we close out the season! News 9/29Myself and a team of qualified researchers have completely compiled and updated the Peatage statistics. I assure you 100% of their accuracy. I hope you enjoy our efforts. Thanks. News 9/28Great Game yesterday! I don't even know where to begin but it was just awesome. I'll try to have the stats done within a few days, I know Mr. 9for9 will want to see! This 9th win in Peatage history was certainly a special one. Lets keep it up next week versus OHM and end on a high note! Also I want to congratulate Selena on being the fan of the week this week. She sat through the cold for two games cheering Peatage on to victory. Great Job! I also want to thank Mojo the monkey for inspiring the team to 25 runs. The motivation to be able to spank him was what we needed to push that many runs across. News 9/28Hey everyone, good games on Sunday. Playing against the best team in the league I think the real Peatage team stood up. Unfortunately we're not putting together that last inning but it will all come together in time. Lets go out and run the table and stay out of the basement! On a personal note I want to thank all those who gave me get well wishes after my injury on Thursday. I'll be there ready to go on Thursday, as long as there are courtesy runners, I'm swinging the bat! Some individual stat highlights include Matt starting a triple streak right after his homerun streak. Also last Thursday Jimmy had a single, double, and triple in a game, just a dinger from the cycle, good game for our rookie! Anthony's bat has also been on fire with 4 rbi's in the final loss to Conti. Also I wanted to point out my dad is leading the team in batting with a .609 average. See you all Thursday! News 9/20Hey everyone, just want to make sure you all know the make up games are this coming Sunday, Sept. 24 at 5:05 and 6:15 at Bicentennial Field 3. If you cannot make it then please let me know as soon as possible. As far as Thursday (9/21) we'll be taking on the younger Wintergarden team, who we beat in the first ever men's Peatage game last year. Lets keep our streak against them going! News 9/8Hey, I updated the stats and everything. Good game last night, its only the beginning! I also put email addresses on the roster page so you can communicate with each other if you wish. Jenny Gumas, for her hard work on the Peatage logo, has been named Peatage fan of the week. For this she will receive a stale moon pie. Thanks for your continued Peatage support, later! News 9/5Hey, I hope everyone has had a chance to see the new Peatage logo. It was created by Jenny Gumas. With the design I wanted something kind of odd yet funny, which kind of is what Peatage is all about. I hope you all like it. The entire Peatage organization owes Jenny a debt of gratitude. Please leave a message on the message board giving your opinion of the new logo. Thanks! News 9/4Hey, sorry for the slow updating, I've been busy doing whatever it is I do. I have a few things to note, first of all, I want to thank Matt Ritzler for his efforts this season, as he will be forced to leave the team to fill his Police Officer duties. He will be missed. Next I want to congratulate Jason Marx on being our next Fan of the week. I'm sure he is honored. I promise to have stats done shortly, I've been procrastinating. I hope to see you all at our next game versus Remax on 9/7, we'll be shooting for our first wins this season. Later! News 8/26Hey Everyone, I want to wish Mr. Marken and Mrs. Kelley both Happy Birthdays this week. I also wanted to mention I have a new poll up on the front page, so go check that out and vote. That's all for today, lets get that message board going again! News 8/25Peatage suffered two bad losses at the hands of Wintergarden Bar on Thursday night. It was a rough start to what will hopefully be a more promising season. Among the highlights was both Matt Ritzler and Matt Marken's stellar play in the field and at the bat. Craig Kelley got roughed up for 10 runs in his pitching debut but showed good poise on the mound. Peatage looks to bounce back next Thursday, August 31 versus Library Pub & Grill. I'm thinking about having a column on the web site where different Peatage players every week can write their takes and opinions about the world of Peatage, if your interested in contributing to this, please contact me. I'll have stats up shortly. Casey News 8/10Peatage held its end of season party tonight at Tim's house. It was a really nice event and was enjoyed by all who attended. The final stats and awards were given out as well. Congratulations to Matt Marken for winning the coveted MVP Award! Pictures will be up shortly! The award list is available HERE. Peatage players, practices have been scheduled for the following days and times: **Sunday 8/13, 5pm at Ford Field #7 **Thursday 8/17, 7pm at Ford Field #7 Please be sure to come and let me know if you are unable to make one. The profiles will be updated shortly and the new players profiles will be available as well. That's all for now! News 7/31Hey everyone! I just want to announce the scrimmage game taking place this Thursday at 7:00pm at Ford Field #7. Peatage will be taking on its sister team, The Revolution. It will be very exciting and I encourage you all to attend. Thanks! News 7/29Hey Peatage members and fans! Thanks for a fun season, lets keep it going in the fall. I just got the fall schedule and it is posted on the site under schedule. I will also have paper copies shortly. It looks pretty favorable, we lead off against Wintergarden Bar, who we SHOULD have beat a few weeks back, but we'll get the job done in the rematch. I know your all going to go leave positive messages on the message board, because that is what Peatage is all about, unless your an opponent of course. Well that's all for now, more updates on the new fall players and such will be up shortly. Thanks! News 7/24Hey everyone...Matt wanted me to leave a tidbit here more often for everyone's amusement. So that I guess counts as the tidbit for today. Also, the results and scores for all our games can be found in the schedule section. As soon as I receive fall schedule information it will be found there as well....Go Peatage! News 7/21Peatage suffered its most heartbreaking loss of this tough season Thursday as Wintergarden defeated Peatage 9-8 on a 3-run, walk-off single in the bottom of the 7th inning. Peatage has to fight through much adversity concerning missing players and injuries. Among the positives, Matt Marken continued his surprising power surge, hitting his 2nd homerun of the season. Fine games were also turned in by Jason Buntine and Mike O'Neil. Peatage's outfield also played outstanding as a group. Carl Buchin suffered a season-ending pinky finger injury in the 4th inning sliding into home plate. Carl will be placed on the disabled list and the entire Peatage organization wishes him luck, and thanks him for his contributions this season. Please join Peatage for our final game of the summer, this Thursday at 8:35 on Bicent. field 2. I want to also thank Jim Bradow and Brad MacDonald, who will not be joining us for the fall season, and Mike O'Neil who will be cutting back on his number of games played. Remember, once a Peatage player, always a Peatage player! News 7/14I just wanted to congratulate Sarah Kelley for being the lucky winner in our 1,000 fan contest. For this she will receive a team autographed softball (retail value 100 dollars). Good Job Sarah! Note to team: We need to autograph a softball. Thanks. News 7/13Peatage had its best victory ever on Thursday night as we defeated Hunt's, 11-10 in extra innings. Much thanks is given to the umpire for letting our game continue for an 8th inning. After being down 6-0 the first inning Peatage fought back for its 3rd victory in the last four games. Great defensive efforts were put forth by all, including Matt Ritzler at 2nd base and Anthony who through out the tying run at the time at home plate to Matt Marken. Philippe also turned a key double play at 3rd. Peatage part timer Jimmy Moore also added a 2 run opposite field single in our winning effort. Good Job to All!! Lets keep up the good work! News 7/8Hey everyone, The money for Fall Peatage will be 42 dollars per person. Once again, this league will start August 22, and be doubleheaders on Thursday nights for 7 weeks. If I am able to find a sponsor, a portion or all of this money will be refunded to you. I need to turn the money in by July 21 so the sooner you can get that to me the better. If you have any sponsor ideas please let me know. I know Philippe had mentioned something to me about this, hopefully we can find someone. That's all for now! News 7/6Peatage put on a spectacular performance Thursday as we beat Remax 18-4. Peatage finally put together solid defense with a non stop hitting barrage to pull out our second win of the season. This is all despite only having 9 fielders, including Jason, who made a very good return from his hand surgery. This schpidoinkel effort will no doubt carry on to our next game Thursday against Hunt's. I'm proud to be a Peatage player! News 7/4Peatage stats will be updated after our next game. They are almost too gruesome to do without seeing how great we do this Thursday. I want to wish everyone a Happy 4th. I'm sure our American Hero, Jason, has enjoyed it. I want to Thank Matt and the others who have helped come up with some very creative cheers for individual players for the next game. All I have to say is RRRR! The Pirate may very well become a symbol or mascot for all that is Peatage, it even starts with a "P", how perfect is that? Well that's all for now, hope to see everyone Thursday!!! News/Game Result 7/1Peatage suffered one of its worse losses Thursday as we were mercied by Immersion Graphics, 16-2. Not only was this personally a bad game, overall Peatage did not perform the fundamentals necessary to win ballgames. To make matters, worse, I was just informed Craig "Machine Gun" Kelley suffered a broken wrist sliding in to second base. The fact he did not let this pain show for the rest of the game just displays what a tough soldier Craig is. This accident is very unfortunate and we will sorely miss having Craig in our lineup the rest of the season. As The Revolution said, this day of baseball was like The Twilight Zone...hopefully next week Peatage will get back on track! I also just received information regarding the Livonia Softball Fall League. As many of you remember from last year, this season is 7 weeks long and has doubleheaders on Thursdays. The money would be due July 21, and the first game would be August 22. Peatage will have to get together and decide as a collective whether or not to participate in this coming season. If you could all drop me a line to give me a preliminary idea I would appreciate it. Thanks! Casey News 6/25Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of updates. It appears the majority has spoken about Steak and Shake, unfortunately I walked in there tonight and it was still a dump. I guess the search for a new, quality place will be a little longer. In the mean time, its unimproved, and we've yet to discover why. I want to say Happy Birthday to our star catcher, Craig "Machine Gun" Kelley. I also want to congratulate our own American Hero Jason Buntine on finally getting his cast off this Wednesday. He will be back in action soon I promise. Be sure to check out Peatage this Thursday as we look to continue our winning streak!! News/Game Result 6/15Finally, Peatage has found victory. Peatage beat Leidal & Hart 14-11 Thursday night to achieve our first victory of the season. Peatage was able to fend off a last inning rally by Leidal when they scored 6 runs. Everyone played a solid game and the entire Peatage clan should be congratulated. I want to personally thank the large crowd as well that was in attendance cheering us on. This weeks Fan of the week is Jen Krisher for successfully saying the secret phrase. For this she will receive a moon pie....Good Job Jen! The stats have been updated through 6/15. One more reminder, there is no game next week because of the Livonia Spree. News/Game Result: 6/8Another tough loss for Peatage as we fell to Benny's 11-9. Improvement was continued yet it was not enough in this effort. Updated stats and more info to be up shortly. News/Game Result: 6/4Peatage again suffered a heartbreaking loss in a makeup game Sunday to Sandy's, 9-8. In spite of a late inning comeback, we came up a run short in the final tally. Players of note for the game include Brad who had two doubles, and Carl who came within inches of a homerun and settled on a ground rule double. This was the best defensive game for Peatage this season and they look to continue that trend this Thursday versus Benny's. News/Game Result: 6/1Yesterday Peatage suffered a heartbreaking loss to The Misfits, 17-8. Despite better overall playing and improvement, the short centerfield fence did the damage as The Misfits hit 3 homeruns in the 5th inning, resulting in 12 runs scored that inning. Peatage looks to continue this improvement as we take on Sandy's this Sunday at 5:05 at Bicentennial Field 5. Hope to see you there! News: Updated 5/29Mike O'Neil (my dad) got his 1,000 hit in softball this past Thursday. As he had hoped it was a legitimate single that he can record in his storied record book. This is a very special milestone and the entire Peatage organization congratulates him! www.peatage.com I promise to be working by Thursday, it will be the same as this site but kind of cool to have none the less. I hope to also have an advertising banner at the game Thursday for our site. This of course is as long as the league lets us hang it. I hope everyone is as pumped about playing Thursday as I am, we really have a good shot against Misfits if we are all on top of our game! |
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