FALL SCHEDULE IS UP!

Alright, after some grueling task taking the schedule is finally out! I tried to be as accommodating to the dodgeballers playing on the same day so hopefully this helps at least some of you:

https://www.kickball.com/node/845898/schedule/view

It's still not too late to sign up and pad your teams with bodies for those days when friends are on vacation and such so keep on registering as it will be closed after week 1 THIS SUNDAY!

Congratulations to SITH HAPPENS for reaching team status second. You guys have earned 2 pitchers of beer for your first week of indulgence!

T-shirts are being ordered now so Week 1 you'll have to wear your team colors out of your own wardrobe. Sorry for the inconvenience but because the season came so quickly many of us were teamed last minute. Teams are as follows: Sith Happens (Charcoal Grey), Pitches Be Crazy (Purple), Dumbledore's Army (White), Balls Deep (Cardinal Red), Ball of Duty (Black), and The PINK Bambino (Pink).

Jasmine McAtee and Courtney Cohen will be announcing this week's social challenge soon so you can prepare yourselves for the skill and talent needed to succeed and build your way to becoming this seasons SOCIAL CHAMPIONS! In my opinion, the crown of Celebrity!

Cheers and see you SUNDAY!!! WOOOOO!

FALL REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

Register here: http://www.kickball.com/season/cacelebrityfall2016

Key Season info: 
- Celebrity plays at Hollywood Rec Center on Sundays at 6pm and 7pm
- Plays with wacky rules that keep the games more light and fun than other leagues
- Registration includes official WAKA t-shirt, field permits, equipment, awesome parties and more!
- Registration is $76 and up
- Each season includes on-field kickball experiences and off-field social experiences that are sure not to disappoint!
- After parties and exclusive specials at Happy Ending 

 

FALL 2016 DATES:

• 8/28 - FREE Pick up Game
• 9/4 - NO GAMES - LABOR DAY WEEKEND
• 9/11 - Week 1
• 9/18 - Week 2
• 9/25 - Week 3 - Theme Week - NFL Day
• 10/2 - Week 4
• 10/9 - NO GAMES - WAKA DOES VEGAS!
• 10/15 - Midseason party
• 10/16 - Week 5
• 10/23 - Week 6 
• 10/30 - Week 7 - Theme Week - Halloween
• 11/6 - Week 8
• 11/13 - Week 9
• 11/20 - Week 10 - Playoffs/All Star Game
• 12/10 - Celebrity End of Season Party

Fun Games and Playoff Finale

Congratulations to On Sundays We Wear Pink and Ball of Duty on making it to the final round in the playoffs!  This will surely be a battle of the colors as the fate of the entire season sits on this final game.  WHO WILL BE VICTORIOUS?  Who will be left to wallow in shame...or in alcohol?  Who knows!

Before we talk about that lets get the fun stuff out of the way and save the boring stuff for those who need it later:

FUN GAMES TOURNAMENT!  You paid for 10 weeks of kickball and you're going to GET 10 weeks of kickball!  We have a separate bracket for all of us less fortunate souls who weren't able to make it to the final.  If you want to come out and have some fun and get your drink on then join us.  If you don't have enough people to form a team but some of you and your friends still want to come out, we'll create new teams and make up our own rules!  All for fun, like kickball is meant to be played!  These games will be at 4pm, and 6pm (possibly one at 5pm but I'd like to watch the finals game).

Here are the details on this final game:
Backwards base running redux - 3rd base is now 1st base, 2nd base is still 2nd base, and 1st base is third base. All runners must run clockwise around the bases.  If a runner runs counter-clockwise to start, they must run back to home plate before they can advance back the correct way.

BUNTING IS ALLOWED.  Pitching to the other team is happening.  In regards to pitching:  It was said before but I'll say it again just as a friendly reminder:
No "hard pitching."   Guidelines for how these will be treated by referee's:

1) On first "hard pitch" called by head ump it will be called a no-pitch.  Giving the pitcher AND the kicker another attempt at the ball.  Since its 2 pitch if it happens on the first kick they get to start over with 2 fresh pitches.  If it's the 2nd it's just a repeat of the 2nd pitch. First time comes with a warning and the aforementioned solution.

2)  If the pitching continues with "hard pitching" then treat it like a "ball" on the first attempt and a walk on the next attempt after that.

3) "Nominal pitches" are straight forward "bowling" rolls that move towards the plate at a fair & moderate pace.  No speed balls, and no overhead bouncy balls.
 No intentional walks will be allowed either.




Alright kittens, thanks for reading and have a great rest of the week.  See you Sunday!

Cheers

Playoffs and YOU!

Welcome to the return of playoffs!  Two more weeks of games and drinking before our own EOS gathering and the Regional Bon Voyage EOS party!  Again congratulations to On Sundays We Wear Pink for getting the most coveted title in Celebrity of Social Champs!

Hope everyone had a great Independence Day weekend with lots of fireworks and grilling followed by drinkies and possible debauchery!  That being said it's time to get to the meat of this blog post!  PLAYOFFS!

We all know the general guidelines but here are the highlights for this week:

We have a comeback rule this week -
Return of Dodgeball - Any fielders may safely throw the ball at a runner to tag them out per usual. However,  if the fielder attempts to peg the runner and the runner can safely catches the ball, the runner is safe at the intended base. The fielder who attempted to tag the runner must take the bench for the remainder of the inning and the defense plays down one player. When the ball is caught by a runner, the play ends. The runner must catch and maintain control of the ball, otherwise they are out. Balls may only be thrown at the runner for this rule to apply, and not kicked by the next kicker. Runners may not catch the ball after they have safely reached the base.

Also there is NO BUNTING this week as usual for odd weeks so teams will be pitching to themselves.  A bunt for our league purposes is "A full extension of the leg with the intended effect being to propel the ball forward at a fair and reasonable distance."  A bunt on any pitch will be considered a FOUL for the purposes of tracking pitches.   Normal TWO-PITCH rule applies.  Since it's self-pitch this week the second pitch MUST be put into play or it is an out.  No walks, no free bases.  Outside of that the bunting rule will be at the referee's discretion following the simple guidelines that have been set.  Any questions or concerns please email or Facebook me!

THIS SEASON WE WILL HAVE A NEW FUN GAMES BRACKET for those of you who don't make it to the championship round.  This will happen on week 10 (July 17th) @ 4pm-Semi's & 6pm-Final.  The Celebrity Championship will be @ 5pm  (July 17th).  I will attach a bracket so you have an idea of what it will look like.

Schedule as of now.

Playoff Bracket as of now.

Cheers and See you Sunday!

4th of July weekend and Playoffs details!

Hey Celebs!  The regular season is now finished and we officially have our Social and regular season field champs.  Congratulations to On Sundays We Wear Pink for running away with the most drunkiest (ahem, social) points in the most drunkiest (ahem, most social) league in SoCal!  You guys fought for it and earned it.  Also congratulations to Dumbledore's Army (shameless self plug) for finishing the regular season and earning the top seed.  BUT, that means nothing as the shadow of playoffs loom over us.  Who will reign supreme?  Who will upset the current standings?  Who cares?  This is Celebrity!  Let's have a good time!

The playoff bracket is up and running and can be seen on the league page HERE by clicking the "Wacky Championship Series" tab under Playoffs on the right.  You may have to scroll down a little.  The time slots and field placements are available by going to "View Schedule."

We are going to be dedicated time slots on week 10 for a separate Bowl so that everyone can still play 10 weeks of kickball (you paid for it after all!) regardless of the results of week 9!  We have the field until 7pm so we're going to take advantage and get you going.  The first round of that will happen 4pm on July 17th.  5pm will be the Championship game that same day.  6pm will be the consolation championship game (working title)!  Then off to the bar one more time before our EOS and the Bon Voyage Regional EOS!

Regarding playoffs:

We will be doing wacky rules for each round of playoff games.  Each round can have different rules, but every game in that round will use the same rules.   There are no intentional walks during playoffs as well for Celebrity.  Take that kind of strategizing to Founders Cup.  Lastly, NO "hard pitching."  It's something I haven't seen all season and AGAIN, this is Celebrity, not Hollywood or Studio!  We're sticking to the two-pitch rule so it wouldn't make any sense anyway!

Rules for the playoff's will be decided week of.  Just like the regular season Week 9 there will be NO BUNTING, Week 10 there will be bunting allowed!  Any questions feel free to contact me and we will clarify everything before next week Sunday.

For the Consolation bracket (working title) it'll be no holds barred whatever you guys want!  Make it fun, make up new rules!  Have multiple rules at once.  Whatever!!!

DON'T FORGET it's 4th of July weekend so playoffs will not start until the following week.  If you show up to the fields you will be sadly wasting a perfectly good Sunday Funday alone! ;)

Have a wonderful weekend and talk to you all soon! 

Last week of the regular season! WEEK 8!

Welcome to the last and final week of the regular season!  Who will make it to the playoffs?  (Hint: Everyone).  Who will topple the Social leaders of the Pink team?  Can anyone do it?!  We'll find out THIS SUNDAY.

This week's rule is: Rabbit in a Hat - Teams must choose the kicking order using a deck of cards. Aces first, 2's last. (Spades(highest), hearts, diamonds, clubs(lowest)).  ***Or get bring a sheet of paper and tear them to pieces with numbers in each piece.  Draw them out of a hat and write down your kicking order.***    Point is, RANDOM LINE UPS, no stacking this week (sorry hardcore kickballers!).  ;)

Don't forget this week is THEME WEEK and the social challenge is Lip Sync Battle.  Will people take advantage and combine the two to attach costume to performance?  Or will some teams change it up and go off the wall?  I can't wait to see the creative magic happen!

Again, playoffs are around the corner so remember last week's blog/email.  It's all about the bragging rights so bring your fun B-list celebrity game!  We will be planning to do a "Celebrity Bowl" Week 10 for any teams that don't make it through the first round.  You paid for 10 weeks, and I want you to have it!  Plus it's one more week to party with the entire league, #AMiRIGHT?

Alright!  Cheers and See you Sunday!  Any questions feel free to hit up EDWIN in the Facebook or via email.

Field Standings  

Social Standings 

Assignments:
Equipment:

To the field:  Ball About That Base
Taking it home: EDWIN

REF:
4pm Field: Dumbledore's Army
4pm Grass:  Balls Deepest

5pm Field: Optikicks Prime
5pm Grass: Ball of Duty

Week 7!

Hey everyone!   We're 6 weeks out going into Week 7 and playoffs are right around the corner.  Let's start off with this weeks rule:

Golden Ball - 6 outs per inning.  A legal catch records 2 outs instead of 1. No bunting allowed.

Pretty simple so let's see those pop flies and all those clutch catches!

Regarding playoffs I just wanted to clarify some things.  Maybe they don't need it, but allow me a serious blog moment just in case:  We will be doing wacky rules for each round of playoff games.  Each round can have different rules, but every game in that round will use the same rules.   There are no intentional walks during playoffs as well for Celebrity.  Take that kind of strategizing to Founders Cup.  Lastly, please refrain from "hard pitching."  It's something I haven't seen all season but you never know!  We're sticking to the two-pitch rule so it wouldn't make any sense anyway!

Ok!  That being said, get ready for a great end of the year!  Hopefully Father's Day won't kill too many of us this week... I know how much many of us love our daddy's!

Cheers and see you Sunday!

Field Standings  It's all good and dandy but once playoffs happen, this will only be a minor footnote!

Social Standings  It's getting down to the wire!  Can someone take down the Pink!?

This weeks assignments:
Equipment:

To the field: Balls Deepest
Taking it home:  Ball About That Base

REF:
4pm Field: Ball About That Base
4pm Grass:  On Sundays We Wear Pink

5pm Field: Kickers Of The Year
5pm Grass: Fear Of Blacking Out