Wreck league lover.

[love to ump]

Hello All,

This forum seems to feel ignored, so thought I would throw up some thoughts.

Besides LL, I do a small 4 team men's rec league in western Canada....and find it way more fun.

#1..Playing in a former Triple A Ballpark

 #2.. Of course you get the usual whining on calls and zones...but for the most part, they are  just happy you are there.

#3.. Catcher's protect you much better than LL.

#4..LL for grown men....you get the WOW plays...and you get UGH plays....best players playing the key positions and trying to hide the worst guys in right field. Yeah, the score is important, but individual glory many times rules the day.....had a few games end where some guys thinks he can steal a base or stretch a single, when his team is down by 4!

Before becoming member on Ump-Empire I had posted in the spring, asking for ideas in helping to refine rules for the league....replies and ideas I got were great.

 

[The Man in Blue]

So … more beer was adopted? 😁

[834k3r]

As long as Old Dutch All Dressed chips are involved, how can anyone not like it? Keep the Ketchup chips though--they're...not ideal.

[love to ump]

you must have missed the "news" story of the father and son who drove many hours from the USA to Canada to load up on KETCHUP chips...

[834k3r]

Well, there no accounting for poor tastebuds. 

[MadMax]

Now sold in the States: 

[SeeingEyeDog]

I'm just glad an Oreo is still an Oreo...

~Dawg

[love to ump]

Don't get me started on Oreo's....when me and wife take roadtrips to Montana...we have to check out Walmart for different editions of Oreo that might not make to the Great White North...the grandkids expect it now.

[love to ump]

but we do have BEAR PAW snacks by Dare...not available in USA

[834k3r]

22 hours ago, MadMax said:

Now sold in the States: 

[834k3r]

21 hours ago, love to ump said:

but we do have BEAR PAW snacks by Dare...not available in USA

All the candy (especially chocolate) in the Great White North (cue Bob and Doug Mackenzie) is better than here in the states.

Also, Pre-2020 my wife and I would often go up to Nelson/Creston/Cranbrook and that's where I found my favorite cereal of all time:  Chocolate Lucky Charms.

[JonnyCat]

On 9/11/2023 at 9:31 AM, love to ump said:

you must have missed the "news" story of the father and son who drove many hours from the USA to Canada to load up on KETCHUP chips...

I thought everyone went to Canada for this.

 

[love to ump]

love the Bob & Doug reference....I am in Edmonton, birthplace of that SCTV comic skit...we actually have a park bench statue of those two in our downtown....

Ahhh..Poutine...now it's gone all crazy, with exotic versions

[MadMax]

17 minutes ago, love to ump said:

I am in Edmonton, birthplace of that SCTV comic skit...

There’s an MSBL WS team that comes down to Phoenix from Wisconsin & Minnesota, with a few Canadians mixed in… they use the Milwaukee Brewers replica jerseys and hats as their base uniform, but modified… the name? 

The Midwest Strange Brewers. 

[umpstu]

46 minutes ago, MadMax said:

There’s an MSBL WS team that comes down to Phoenix from Wisconsin & Minnesota, with a few Canadians mixed in… they use the Milwaukee Brewers replica jerseys and hats as their base uniform, but modified… the name? 

The Midwest Strange Brewers. 

Take off, eh.

[The Man in Blue]

I'll just say ... the hot mustard Doritos are actually pretty good, so, take off, ya' hoser.

[834k3r]

On 9/15/2023 at 11:16 AM, umpstu said:

Take off, eh.