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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Conflict of Interest / Sports And the Winner of the Sunday Softball Championship is...

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:44 AM

…us!

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Team Old Gold—the squad formerly known as Team Portland Mercury—took home the Sunday Softball championship this past weekend by defeating lovable dive bar The Matador 17-4, and then toppled artspace Disjecta 13-11 in the final game. More importantly, the trophy no longer belongs to last year's winner, who were the envy of the senior citizen home when they filled it with Werther's Original and used it as a candy dish.

 

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AND YET SARAH MIRK HAS NEVER BEEN TO A SOFTBALL GAME!!!
Posted by Graham on August 30, 2011 at 10:58 AM · Report
2
We had a softball team?
Posted by Williams, Jay on August 30, 2011 at 11:16 AM · Report
3
Whats with the name change?
Posted by Rusty! on August 30, 2011 at 11:28 AM · Report
4
Maybe they changed that name because apparently there isn't a single Mercury employee on the team.
Posted by Blabby on August 30, 2011 at 11:57 AM · Report
5
Now you have to play the winner of the Little League World Series for hardball supremacy. Oh wait, they play with an actual baseball. Never mind.
Posted by Sūṕër Ḉḩüñdŷ on August 30, 2011 at 12:01 PM · Report
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@Rusty! The Old Gold is a bar that I am opening (Christ, what a conflict of interest this is) in October. The idea was to be open during the season, but we failed miserably at that.

@Blabby I am on the team. Also, this season the Mercury's Marissa Sullivan and Tonya Ray both played as well. In previous seasons we've had plenty of Mercury staffers on the team, from Phil Busse to Steve Humphrey (who played about 4-5 seasons before hanging up his spikes this year).
Posted by ezra on August 30, 2011 at 12:04 PM · Report
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@Ezra: you named the business after your dog?
Posted by Graham on August 30, 2011 at 12:49 PM · Report
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Are you opening in my neighborhood? What food is going to be on the menu? Are you going to have TVs, so I may politely ignore the world?
Posted by Fruit Cup on August 30, 2011 at 1:49 PM · Report
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@FC: He's supposedly opening the bar at 21st and Killingsworth.
Posted by Graham on August 30, 2011 at 2:07 PM · Report
10
Graham actually it is not far from there, but it is in N, not NE. Also, it will have eight mechanical bulls, and drinks with names like "Lucky Lady" and "MILFbomb." (some of this info might be inaccurate)
Posted by Ned on August 30, 2011 at 2:11 PM · Report
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Fruit Cup needs to know where the bar is so he can sit across the street and gaze at it.
Posted by Joneser on August 30, 2011 at 2:37 PM · Report
12
" So you trounced some fancy lads at a girls sport?". And exactly what about the Matador is loveable?
Posted by The Showstopper on August 31, 2011 at 10:38 AM · Report
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Let's be fair Joneser. If it has whiskey, I'm far more likely to approach it.
Posted by Fruit Cup on August 31, 2011 at 11:37 AM · Report

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