Pool Sharks

The Parking Lot, which was one of the major draws to the NSL, giving players and fans a place to tailgate following a win, is a thing of the past. Some called it "the Lot", others, "The Sparking Spot". To many it was a safe haven where they could get all their fixes in before leaving the island and returning to reality after a hard fought game, win or lose. There were parties that lasted into the wee hours of week nights with music, booze, butts, and hackeysack. A nightly shotgunning of beers or two, recounts of the game, and countless games of elimination hackeysack. The days of the lot dwindled as the parties got bigger, the music got louder, and the women got younger. One thing led to another, a white buick's break line mysteriously went, it was then driven through the roof of a nearby garage, and the parking lot has been banished, and rightfully so, by Nahant's Finest.

The team formerly known as the Greensox have gone through four sponsors in four years due to lack of interest in the establishments of the sponsors and lewd and lecivious behavior inside their former sponsor's business', in some cases prompting abrubt sponsorship withdrawl. In their first year as a club, The Tides unknowingly offered sponsorship hoping it would be a boon for business and a marketing tool. What they got was seven to ten dirty, smelly dudes, fresh off of a twelve pack in the lot, demanding free pizza and beer. This sponsorship was short lived. The following year, under a different team name, The Kelly Greensox were born. Under the sponsorship of another of Nahant's bars, Kelley Greens. Again, twelve beers in the hole with short arms and deep pockets the new same old team was demanding beer and food for winning a softball game. This lasted about a game. The owner of the business took us all aside and told us that "there wasn't a place for loud mouth drunks who smelled like marijuana in his restaraunt." He was probably just in a bad mood, nonetheless, our sponsorship was revoked. The team formerly known as Tides, formerly known as Popo's, formerly known as Kelly Green Sox, were left with no choice but to seek private ownership, and I. Croal, the team's lawyer, stepped up to sponsor the ball club as the GreenSox. With little to do and no venue to attend for post-game activities the Green Sox gourged themselves on beer in what became known as the "Lot".

This sponsorship, or lack there of, was also short lived, because the police disagreed with having a parking lot as a sponsor. The car through the roof did'nt help either.

Games got under way on Monday, with a battle of two unbeated teams, NFL and Galaxy. A young vs. old ball game that was surprisingly one-sided. Galaxy was down a couple of players and only fielded nine guys. With no short-fielders, Galaxy was minced meat for a hungry NFL team. R. Moleti was saddled with his first loss of the season as NFL peppered the short-handed Galaxy for 25 runs, running their five game total to 99 runs. NFL remains the only unbeated team in the NSL. Galaxy who have lost players due to jobs, injuries, and other responsibilities have signed J. Lacorte off waivers. J. Lacorte, a former Greensox and Popo's player took two years off to follow his life-long dream as a hair dresser. J. Lacorte will make his debut on Friday against his former team, The Knights.


On Tuesday in a game that was nearly rained out, the last two winless squads did battle. The Gulls dispatched the Sand Bar Pirates in a blow-out, earning their first win of the young season. C. Gingle, nearly hit for the cycle, but a sure double in the top of the seventh was squandered by poor baserunning from B. Collins, who at times has looked lost on the base paths this year. Gingle tries to build his numbers after failing to live up to the preseason hype for the first four games.



Wednesday was a rematch of last years semifinal contest between the Knights and the Brickyard. The Brickyard had a new pitcher that they called to start against the tought Knights lineup. P. O'Leary, looking to take a stronghold on the wins and era race, took the hill for the Knights. The Knights big righty shut down the top three batters in the Brickyard lineup, inducing all three to ground right back to him. The Knights got on the board early, scoring two runs in the bottom half, with help from a J. Ragusa leadoff single and run. J. Ragusa was aquired in a trade that was made in 2006 with the Brickyard and Popo's. Popo's sent A. Gracile and J. Reynolds to the Brickyard for a box of balls and a player to be named later. The Knights defense was incredible on the night, leaving the game with only one error as a team, a marked improvement from the early season. P. O'Leary carried a no-no into the third inning. With the Knights in control at 3-0, J. Peterson Sr. came to the plate. Peterson smoked a single to right field. With ground balls and finally a clutch hit, the Brickyard moved the not-so-nimble Peterson around to score and break up the shut out. The Brickyard cut it to one, but the Knights stormed back out in front with a four run top of the sixth. Thats all P. O'Leary needed to lock up his league leading fourth win. The Knights have finally found a sponsor as lewd and lecivious as their team, the Knights of Colombus. Beers are a bit more expensive than a BYOB scenerio, but the venue is pissah. Views of Boston, an outdoor grill, and best of all, a pool table. The Knights club has not only become great at softball, but have added pool to their repertoire.

NFL 5-0

Knights 4-1

Galaxy 3-1

Brickyard 2-2

Barbarians 1-1

GEA 1-3

Gulls 1-4

Sand Bar 0-5