Gayle in MD
10-10-2003, 06:31 AM
Some of you may recall, I play in a league which is somewhat based on APA rules. There are no handicaps, just a five person line up on each team, captains exchange lists of shooters right before the match begins. Also, there was a fantacy team throughout that used players from other teams each week because they didn't have enough players in the beginning, but by the end they had eight players on their team to use, therefore in my mind, they were no longer a fantacy team.
My team had maintained first place mostly all the way through. On the last evening (final play off) I saw the captain of team 3, that was in second place, come in and make a bee line for the captain of team six, the team we were playing that evening in our final match, and captain 6, who had been practice shooting with several of us on my team, gave every indication that he was shooting that night. Team six had been in last place throughout, and team 3 was shooting against a better team than we were, so it was just about a cinch that we would win the tournament since we were about sixteen points ahead of team 3.
Next, in walks the LD, who had been less than impressive throughout as a LD, (I had to correct his numbers every week) He goes over to the other two and I am watching this bunch with their heads together, the other two captains and the LD, so then the LD makes an announcement that some folks have been bumped up. Now this is the last night, and he bumps up three of my players, which means that I can't play my only seven.
We get ready to shoot and I am looking for the captain of the so called fantacy team, team 6, only to learn that he has suddenly had to leave and can't shoot, some kind of energancy at work, (He does sheet metal work, LOL) and another of his players walks out the door, and then I learn that team 3, (second place team) has planted their seven, who has the top shooting percentage in the league, to replace him, (He is a two) along with another shooter replacing a lower ranked player, who is ranked higher than the guy he is replacing.
The captain of team 3 didn't like me and I am sure he didn't like my team being in first place, and also, the LD probably didn't appreciate the fact that every week I was pointing out to him that he couldn't add, LOL.
I was pretty hot about all this, and all they would do when I approached them was smirk, and say, "Well, it's legal"
Bottom line, we kicked their a$$es anyway, and won the league, but after that, I learned that when one of my guys appoached the captain of team 3 before the match, saying "Come on dude, you know this isn't right," he answers, "If it wasn't Gayle's team, I wouldn't have pulled it" basically admitting that he had some kind of grudge against me personally. This was news to me at the time.
If this isn't bad enough, another guy on another team, who is supposed to be a friend of mine,.... I learn later that he was in on helping them plan the strategy, advising captain 3 who should plant on my team and who he should shoot on his team in order to have the best chance to beat us.
The kicker in this story is that every team in that league was awarded points they would never have gotten because I was the only person in the league who took the time to go to each captain every week and keep track of the points.
My question is, what's your opinion of these three guys, and do you think my so called friend is really a friend?
Then, the third week of the winter league, captain 3, same guy, the ball-less wonder, sends a gal on his team that he knows I like, over to me to ask if he can substitute another player other than the player on his roster, who isn't there to shoot in time, to play against my team, and the new league director, my so called friend, tells me my whole team has to wait fifteen minutes for his guy to get there, or let him substitute another shooter.
The good in all this is that I was so proud of my team the way they shot on that last evening of the summer league in spite of all the BS that had upset all of us early in the night. I guess they showed them all who the Champions were!
Thank you in advance for your input, can't wait to hear what you guys think of this!
Gayle in Md., walk softly and carry a big stick!
My team had maintained first place mostly all the way through. On the last evening (final play off) I saw the captain of team 3, that was in second place, come in and make a bee line for the captain of team six, the team we were playing that evening in our final match, and captain 6, who had been practice shooting with several of us on my team, gave every indication that he was shooting that night. Team six had been in last place throughout, and team 3 was shooting against a better team than we were, so it was just about a cinch that we would win the tournament since we were about sixteen points ahead of team 3.
Next, in walks the LD, who had been less than impressive throughout as a LD, (I had to correct his numbers every week) He goes over to the other two and I am watching this bunch with their heads together, the other two captains and the LD, so then the LD makes an announcement that some folks have been bumped up. Now this is the last night, and he bumps up three of my players, which means that I can't play my only seven.
We get ready to shoot and I am looking for the captain of the so called fantacy team, team 6, only to learn that he has suddenly had to leave and can't shoot, some kind of energancy at work, (He does sheet metal work, LOL) and another of his players walks out the door, and then I learn that team 3, (second place team) has planted their seven, who has the top shooting percentage in the league, to replace him, (He is a two) along with another shooter replacing a lower ranked player, who is ranked higher than the guy he is replacing.
The captain of team 3 didn't like me and I am sure he didn't like my team being in first place, and also, the LD probably didn't appreciate the fact that every week I was pointing out to him that he couldn't add, LOL.
I was pretty hot about all this, and all they would do when I approached them was smirk, and say, "Well, it's legal"
Bottom line, we kicked their a$$es anyway, and won the league, but after that, I learned that when one of my guys appoached the captain of team 3 before the match, saying "Come on dude, you know this isn't right," he answers, "If it wasn't Gayle's team, I wouldn't have pulled it" basically admitting that he had some kind of grudge against me personally. This was news to me at the time.
If this isn't bad enough, another guy on another team, who is supposed to be a friend of mine,.... I learn later that he was in on helping them plan the strategy, advising captain 3 who should plant on my team and who he should shoot on his team in order to have the best chance to beat us.
The kicker in this story is that every team in that league was awarded points they would never have gotten because I was the only person in the league who took the time to go to each captain every week and keep track of the points.
My question is, what's your opinion of these three guys, and do you think my so called friend is really a friend?
Then, the third week of the winter league, captain 3, same guy, the ball-less wonder, sends a gal on his team that he knows I like, over to me to ask if he can substitute another player other than the player on his roster, who isn't there to shoot in time, to play against my team, and the new league director, my so called friend, tells me my whole team has to wait fifteen minutes for his guy to get there, or let him substitute another shooter.
The good in all this is that I was so proud of my team the way they shot on that last evening of the summer league in spite of all the BS that had upset all of us early in the night. I guess they showed them all who the Champions were!
Thank you in advance for your input, can't wait to hear what you guys think of this!
Gayle in Md., walk softly and carry a big stick!