May 21, 2014

Belugas,

We have our third game of the season TONIGHT against the Secondhand Hounds at 9:00pm at the same damn field as usual. I believe this is the only other team that stayed in the league from last year, so it is our time for redemption. And I guaren-damn-tee that the weather will be warmer than last week.

Beluga. White. Dynamite.

Nate.

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May 15, 2014

Belugas,

After waking up this morning on a rocket ship at the Galaxy Drive-In with a shake in one hand and a beer in the other, I can safely conclude that we won last nights game. image_1From what I remember, we won in the most Beluga way possible… blowing a huge lead but still finding a way to sneak out a few runs in the last inning to deliver a huge blow to the other team.

The win, although not the most epic, was monumental for our team, because we have officially DOUBLED the number of wins from the previous two seasons COMBINED! Not only that, we didn’t suck the entire game! In celebration, as seen in the photo above, Daniel broke out the rare Truffle Shuffle, and for that, we thank you.

There were many highlights to the excellent game, providing some of the best moments of our very young season:

  • Mike, determined to be the best Beluga pitcher we’ve seen, pounded 5 beers within 10 minutes of arriving at the field, allowing him to walk the fine line between “black out drunk” and “really good beer pong skills,” which translated into a great game.
  • Amanda almost catching a ball at some point during the game… I swear this happened, can someone confirm this please? This might not be true because she did have her hands down her pants the entire game.
  • Lynn and Bri actually making an effort for the Beluga team.
  • At one point, someone tried to slide into Caitlin just as Dan has done to the other team. This infuriated Dan, leading him to question if he was older than the ump, and constantly referred to him as “young blood” for the rest of the game.
  • That one guy, I think his name was Mike, he was really good… I think he’s a friend of Josh, who is also known as Mini Dynamite or Firecracker.
  • The guy who was kind of a douche in the neon green didn’t really do much for the other team, that always feels good
  • That ump was kind of a jackass, let’s hope we never have him again.

Also, we would like to formally welcome Tara and Tracey onto the team, as they now have official Beluga web sites. We also kicked a few people off the roster, until they prove they can drink with the best.

White Dynamite Out.

Nathaniel.

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May 14, 2014

Belugas,

Last week was a hard fought battle, and despite what the scoreboard said, we were able to chalk up our first win of the season! (Technically). The game provided many Beluga level highlights, leaving us only to wonder what might come of this season:

  • Daniel provided the first injury of the season, attempting to dig up a piece of the ground underneath the ball, doing his best Calvin demonstration. Tracey jumped into action quick, doing the best medical job she knew how by finding duct tape, battery acid, and 3 beers to help Dan’s wound. Dan died later that night.
  • Kelsey, with her new LSD addiction, was running all over the field chasing imaginary balls. After some time, the other team agreed to act like they were out so she would stop chasing balls into the street and keep it to the safety of the field.
  • Bri and Steph were leased to the other team (a soccer term) in hopes of gaining some experience. Although they played well, we have no doubts they will suck again when they play for us.
  • Amanda was taken into custody by child protective services after women complained that a kid was hitting on them and slapping their asses the whole game.
  • Mike was drunk as usual. Nothing more to say. That’s what old people do.

Our season continues on tonight with a match up against The R.T.M. machine at 9:00pm. We will have our normal white lighting and black magic bats, so bring your best effort, even though it won’t be enough.

I am tall. I am White Lightening.

Nate.

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May 7, 2014

Belugas,

As of right now, our game is on as scheduled! If you don’t hear anything else from me tonight, it is because I am tall. Our game is scheduled for 9:00pm against Seward Narwhals. For those of you that don’t know, a Beluga is a form of a Narwal. Steph, this does not mean you get to play for the other team. Amanda, this does not mean that you get to kill the other team “for research purposes” while being followed by activists.

Also, everyone needs to bring a check of $65 to pay for t-shirts, league fees, and alcohol. Please do not forget!

I am the one.

Nate.

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April 30th, 2014

Today’s game has been CANCELLED! The powers at be (the city of Minneapolis) decided to wait until Caitlin’s broken toe is completely healed so our reign of dominance can continue.

I. Am. Tall.

White Dynamite.

P.S., if Amanda asks, the game is still on, because it would be funny if she showed up and no one was there.

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April 24, 2014

Good Day Belugas,

This is Nate “White Dynamite” Moline, or as the Mexican’s working the soup kitchen I frequent like to call me, “El Hombre Alto”. It was brought to my attention that our season starts in less than a week. Although I am still nursing a hangover from a 6 week binge drinking session, I have decided to will up enough mental strength to recap the off season for many of the Belugas.

Going into the off season, I told everyone “practice makes perfect,” and in doing so, was hoping most people would work on their softball abilities. It appeared that no one did anything of the sort…
– Amanda was last spotted in Columbia trying to recreate Weekend at Bernie’s with the body of Pablo Escobar. If anyone has any information on her whereabouts, please call the FBI hotline.
– Caitlin, disgusted by his red Tahoe, forced Dan to become a lesbian and made him buy a brand new Subaru. To this day, Dan has been unable to find his man card and can be found sobbing in his basement to old episodes of Friends.
– Sommer served 5 months in a federal prison for stabbing a co-worker with a calculator after they claimed that “debits do not equal credits.” Although she did not practice softball, Sommer did manage to join the Cripes, who are sponsoring our team this year!
– Due to a midlife crisis (because he is old as hell), Mike spent several weeks in Galveston, Texas attempting to recreate his senior year spring break by throwing knives at seagulls and playing with dead sharks.
– Steph vowed to spend the winter using physics to determine the optimal Beluga batting stance. After many successful attempts, she attributed the Beluga’s poor batting to “constantly being black out drunk.”
– Bri took up college coaching again, only to find that binge drinking on the bench while shouting about “those God damn hipsters” is not nearly as acceptable at Macalester College as it is for the Belugas.
– Paul attempted to murder Pat by recreating multiple scenes from Game of Thrones, only to find that his softball abilities translate directly into sword swinging abilities… meaning he can never hit anything no matter how slow it is moving.

Lastly, I wanted to address a few rumors about my alcoholism. Many people thought that it has settled down and I was possibly on a straightened path… I want to squash these rumors here and now. I enjoy my beers like I enjoy my life… tall.

Softball begins next Wednesaday at 7:00pm. As always, bring more people if you want, we can always bat as many people as we want besides the people in the field… except Kelsey, she can stay home.

I am tall. I am White Dynamite.

Nate

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April 10, 2014

Hello Belugas,
Take a look at the beautiful t-shirts below, thank Amanda for designing them as my design got vetoed, see attached. Number 1 would be about $13 and number 2 would be about $10. Pat can you put these on the website for us to vote which one we want and let us know when it is up? Also send me an email what size you want and if you know anyone else that wants to join and what size they want. First game is April 30th assuming it doesn’t get snowed out like last year. Lastly I want to have a get together to hand out t-shirts/grill/drink at my place on the 26th. Everyone is invited except Dan, you know why you dick.
Long live the Belugas,

Bye!

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Feb 28, 2014

2014 Season Information:

League: C312 (Open D) (# 37605)
Meeting Dates: From April 30, 2014 to July 16, 2014
Each Wednesday from 6pm to 10pm

Location: Nokomis #04 Softball (65/50)/ Kickball at Lake Nokomis
2401 E Minnehaha Pkwy
Minneapolis, MN 55417

Ideally, we will have a couple short practices at the beginning of April, so look for those to follow!

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Feb 23, 2014

Hi everyone,

Believe it or not but Beluga season is back! I need to get an idea of who is going to want to play and what days work best for you. I am thinking we try for Nokomis again as that seemed pretty central to everyone. Also I’ll try to get us once again in a lower league this year so we can try for a record breaking 2 wins but you never know. Let me know if you know of anyone else that wants to play but right now I assume the price will again be around $50. Kels has a t-shirt design this year so actually the price may be around $60-$65 with the shirt included. Ask Kels about the awesome design.
Let me know ASAP if you want to be part of the “pod” again this year so I can get us signed up.
Bye.
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July 22, 2013

Hello Friends/Acquaintances –
I just wanted to let you know how proud I am of each and every one of you as we are infinitely better than we were last year. Last week we won with a walk off single by our RBI machine Kels. I feel like we have finally become the pack of belugas fin smacking a great white after years of the spiteful beast beating us down again, again, and again.To show how proud I am I will be having a end of the year celebration at my house on Friday 07/26. Come over anytime, I think I will be taking a half day so I’ll be there probably celebrating by myself. I will have some beer but strongly recommend bringing some as well. I will have burgers for everyone but if you want something else to grill you are more than welcome to bring it. Feel free to bring anyone who you want to enjoy the year end celebration with us.
Reminder, our last game is at 6 on Wednesday. Lets all try to be there on time but if you can’t please let me know. Hopefully I will not lock my keys in my car this week.
Bye
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