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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID

While we're celebrating Journalism Week here, we can't forget to link to our own Kerry O'Connor, who is discovering that great writing is one thing but a warm nose is the quickest path to success.

Kerry penned an ode to faithful companion Bogey in the current edition of the Weekly Press (bottom of Page 2). Hey, if it could work for John Grogan, maybe "Bogey & Me," is the ticket for Kerry.

We love Bogey, who apparently loves Kerry enough to tolerate being photographed wearing a ridiculous hat. The occasion for the article was Bogey's 11th birthday (nice round number). That makes Bogey 77 in Pen & Pencil softball years. Still under the age cutoff, and we look forward to having him back next season. And the guy in the Red Sox hat, too. (Hey, maybe Bogey makes him wear it in retaliation.)

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FINAL CCSL STANDINGS

..........................W..L.... Pct...GB
Franklin Inst...... 12....2.....857...--
Bishop's Collar... 11....3.....786....1.0
S. Philly Tap...... 11....3.....786...1.0
Pen & Pencil....... 8....6.....571...4.0
Art Museum....... 6....8.....429....6.0
Phila. Zoo...........5....9.....357....7.0
Acad. Nat. Sci.... 2...11......154...9.5
Nat'l Const. Ctr... 0...13....000...11.5
SCORES: Championship (best of 3): Game1 - FI 8, BC 1; Game 2 - FI 13, BC 4. Third straight championship for Franklin Institute. Semifinals: FI 30, P&P 5; BC 9, SPT 8. Week 14: P&P 7, Art 1; SPT 20, Zoo 3; FI 15, ANS 0; P&P 12, NCC 2; Art 7, ANS 0 (forfeit); BC 20, Zoo 7; Art 9, Zoo 6; ANS-NCC, canceled. Week 13: P&P 14, BC 9; Art 7, NCC 0 (forfeit); P&P 17, Art 10; SPT 14, Zoo 7; FI 14, ANS 4. Week 12: Zoo 15, P&P 10; SPT 26, ANS 4; BC 10, Art 5; FI 20, NCC 8; Zoo 17, ANS 14 (susp.); Zoo 15, ANS 8. Week 11: Art 8, SPT 7; P&P vs. NCC, ppd.; FI 33, Zoo 13; BC 12, ANS 2; SPT 14, P&P 7. Week 10: Zoo 7, NCC 0 (forfeit); SPT 14, BC 13; FI 27, Art 18; P&P 10, ANS 1; BC 7, NCC 0 (forfeit). Week 9: BC 23, FI 7; SPT 19, P&P 8; Art @ Zoo, ppd. Week 8: SPT 19, NCC 5; FI 19, P&P 6; ANS 14, Art 10; BC 15, Zoo 7; SPT 8, FI 6. Week 7: FI 19, SPT 5; BC 13, NCC 4; Zoo 18, ANS 18, susp., darkness. Week 6: BC 11, P&P 4; Art 29, NCC 10; FI @ANS, ppd.; SPT @ Zoo, ppd.; P&P @ Art, ppd. Week 5: FI 8, P&P 3; SPT 24, NCC 0; Art 15, Zoo 10; ANS @ Art, ppd.; BC @ Zoo, ppd. Week 4: P&P 18, ANS 9; Zoo 29, NCC 12; FI 22, Art 6; BC 12, SPT 3. Week 3: FI 17, BC 13; ANS 17, NCC 0; P&P @ SPT, ppd.; Zoo @ Art, Ppd. Week 2: P&P 26, NCC 5; FI 19, Zoo 10; SPTR 20, Art 6; BC 18, ANS 5. Week 1: SPTR 17, ANS 6; P&P 11, Zoo 10 (8); BC 16, Art 2; FI 16, NCC 4.

I want to thank everyone who took part this season. We had nearly two dozen players crease the scorebook this year, and that means that not everyone got as much playing time as they might have liked. I wish there was an easy way to do this, but there isn't. Once again, I have offered my resignation to general manager Chris Brennan, but he's not responding. Thanks for being so understanding and supportive every game. I wish we had ended better, but, well, that's softball. Please try to come out an cheer on our All-Stars on Tuesday, Aug. 5 at Edgeley 8. It's a good time. Bring a chair and some beer and the league provides snacks! Beyond that, we are still trying to come up with a date for a cookout/intrasquad game in the next few weeks. Stay tuned. Otherwise, just get your running in.

EDGELEY OVAL -- Turn off Kelly Drive at Grant's Statue and proceed approximately 0.8 miles. Edgeley Oval is the set of fields on your left, just opposite Diamond St. The turn is Randolph Drive and the fields are numbered on the backstops.
DAIRY FIELDS -- Turn off Kelly Drive at Grant's Statue and proceed 0.2 miles to Mount Pleasant Drive. Turn left at the fields, which appear on a plateau above the road. Backstops are numbered.
BELMONT PLATEAU -- The entrance for us is between Belmont Ave. and West River Drive on Montgomery Ave. Fields are on the north side of Montgomery Ave. and our field, #4, is closest to the road.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008