Fwd: Wicker Parliamentary Filibuster Clash

Wicker Parliamentary Filibuster Clash

My bro Thom wrote privately, in an unrelated e-mail... 

"- How did the sauceball meeting go at the Wick?"

Oh, other than a typically angry MOE (U.N.) threatening an inebriated and typically wonderfully obnoxious CLEM (Phyllis')... it went swimmingly!

(Even before Moe got there, Clem help shoot my proposals down- but then we all scorched him on his wimpy/pointless NO STEALING second/NO PICK OFF'S pointlessness (said it slowed down the game too much...)

Reps from EIGHT teams (still expecting another 12 team league)

*******(I have the full rule sheet but my scanner is a little funked up- may have to type it out... remind me...)

I irritated most everyone with about a zillion comments, observations, proposed rule changes, etc ( none of which elicited any sympathy... YET! ;-)

NO allies for 

• SWING ANY BAT, 

• UNLIMITED ARC/16-foot pitching

• No HOME-RUN LIMITS (Sorry Lars!)

There were a few issues upon which accord was reached...

• NO THURSDAY GAMES!!! (Kelli wanted/needed one day a week to sacrifice to the Tiny Tee-Ball Gods...) (I would have given Monday- no back 2 back games!)

• Tentative Sunday, MAY 7th STARTING DATE...

• We will use that additional orange 1st Base bag again for increased safety down the line...

• I got clarification on the EVENTH BATTER / "E.H." Extra Hitter - It's been legal for a while, but maybe the reason I didn't understand why we didn't use it is that if due to injury or substitution we fall to only ten players then that 11th spot draws an out every time it's turn is reached in the order... (was THAT why we never got our poor "man on the bubble" into the game ?)

The next meeting is in three weeks- Thursday, March 23rd... 

"VOTING" will take place on these topics (IF the team has their money in!): (talk about a "simple" majority... ;-)

VOTE 1: • WHICH playoff format- INTER-Divisional Brackets (1 & 2 get bye's- then 3 vs. 6 & 4 vs. 5 IN your own division) OR same format but pitted across the two divisions...

VOTE 2 • Looks like occasional DOUBLE-HEADERS!!! to balance out the NO THURSDAY games (but apparenty NOT two teams playing TWICE against each other??)

VOTE 3 • RE-introduce all of my fantasy island proposals!

DEMOCRACY AT WORK!!!