Team Saucony isn’t your typical sports team. It’s a league of true Originals. It’s a place to come together and play the sort of sports that don’t require cleats, pads or helmets. It’s less about the goals you score, and more about the hang.
| Team Name: | Chicago's Finest |
| Colors: | Green & Grey |
| Mascot: | Belmont Mouse |
| Song: | The Underdog |
| Motto: | Stand Up and Be Strong |
| Favorite Drink: | 1 Bourbon, 1 Scotch, 1 Beer |
| Team Dance: | Safety Dance |
| Not-so-Secret-Weapon: | Johnny Mars |
| Team Spiritual Advisor: | Tom Lisack |
| Message to the Kids: | Don't Stop Thinkin' About Tomorrow |
| Raison d'etre: | For the Kids |
| Philosopher: | Lin Brehmer |
| Favorite Sports Movie: | The Sandlot |
| Team Taunt: | Can't Touch This |
That’s right, after suffering his near season-ending hamstring injury, Johnny was back and a full XRT team was ready to take this game by storm.
With the return of Johnny Mars, Venus didn’t stand a chance against Team XRT.
After finally figuring out that the game wasn’t pronounced “cub”, we grabbed our Kubb sticks and went to work with two big comeback wins against Venus Zine.
This proved to be the first victory for
Keep a lookout for some new Kubbers in
So we all puffed out our chests a little bit after our game of Capture the Flag last month against WXRT. That is not to say they didn’t give us a run for our money… “Coaching” from the sidelines, aka sitting on my butt, was like watching some nature program on NOVA. I’ve never seen my crew so exhausted from running for their lives. Reality entertainment at its best. I just wish we had some videos from this game. Excited to see how we do during the ever popular KUBB, “an outdoor Viking game for all ages.” Sounds right up our alley…
As our whiffleball games come to a close we reflect on this past week in Chicago with an early reminiscent sparkle in our eye.
Congratulations to game winners this week- MyOpenBar, Threadless & UR Chicago.
Here are a couple links to the games to tide you over until everyone gets their posts up.
Monday’s games and Tuesday’s game!
We will be announcing the next game tomorrow and we really hope you’ll capture the spirit of it!
Meet Chicago’s Finest:
When we’re not listening to the radio, or eating snacks around the office we’re all wiffle all the time.
Sorry if we scared you. We’re intimidating. I understand.
We’re ready to bring it with fury…
And make sure our new Saucony kicks are all nice and snug.
Yeah right, maybe National Little League All Stars.
Two time Sy young wiffle ball pitcher, Johnny Mars had a great start giving up just one earned wifflle and a pitching a complete game.
Johnny may be on the disabled list after pulling a hammy during a tricky play near the mound.
Mike Pentz was one of our heavy hitters, as shown here crushing one into the outfield. Can you feel that?
All and all, it was a tough game and we scored one run against the ‘Attacks, but it wasn’t enough.
The game ended in a tie, but with the after-bar festivities everybody was a winner!
We’re hitting the wiffle cages in preparation for next Monday’s game.
You better watch out myopenbar.com!
The thing about Saucony Originals Summer Office Sports League (or SOSO Sports League), is that the most important thing is having fun. I know that sounds like little league, but it’s a little different. See, the way we want to have fun is to play some not-so-competitive sports in the park for a bit, and then head over to a good bar and fill our booze hole to our liver’s content.
That’s why we were so excited when MyOpenBar.com joined up in Chicago, as aside from offering some highly skilled whiffle ball players and a lot of team “spirits,” they knew where ALL the drink specials were, to maximize our post-game wasted.
Here’s the full list of participants who will do battle this summer in a quest to prove their supremacy at not-so-sporty sports.
