Chicago Kickball

Good Morning Chicago Kickball!

I hope your Monday is treating you well! As we are taking this week off from kickball I ask you to use this free time to focus on giving back and charity!

Chicago Kickball is proud to announce our Charity Event with Misericordia Home

The event is going to be an afternoon of kickball with the children currently residing at Misericordia Home.

The games will begin at 1:00 pm on Saturday July 11th.

The event is going to take place (rain or shine) at:

Misericordia Home
6300 North Ridge
Chicago, Illinois 60660

Information has been sent out to Captains about this so please inquire with your Captain for further information.

If it is nice out we will play outside, if it is rainy we will play indoors in the gym.

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It’s sooooooooo hot!

I know weeks back when it was cold, dark, and rainy we all did anti rain dances and wished for sun and fun.. Well we over wished and now its 1000 deg out!

*Important Update Chicago Kickball will be taking our regular 4th of July Holiday break for next week! Stock up on your BBQ and Swimming! Make sure to check out the Taste of Chi as many Chicago Kickballers will be working there and/or partaking in the festivities!

Chicago Kickballers it’s hotter then the hottest hot pants you can imagine! Please, please, please stay hydrated throughout the day! Please take steps to prevent dehydration tonight!

• To prevent dehydration during hot weather and exercise, drink 8 to 10 glasses of fluids, such as water or rehydration drinks each day.
  • Drink extra water before, during, and after exercise.
  • Take a container of water or sports drink with you when you exercise, and try to drink at least every 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Use a sports drink if you will be exercising for longer than 1 hour.
• Encourage your child to drink extra fluids or suck on Popsicles. Children between the ages of 4 and 10 should drink at least 6 to 10 glasses of liquids to replace lost fluids.
• Do not drink coffee, colas, or other drinks that contain caffeine. They increase urine output and make you dehydrate faster.
• Avoid high-protein diets. If you are on a high-protein diet, make sure that you drink at least 8 to 12 glasses of water each day.
• Do not drink alcohol, including beer and wine. They increase dehydration and make it difficult to make good decisions.
• Do not take salt tablets. Most people get plenty of salt in their diets. Use a sports drink if you are worried about replacing minerals lost through sweating.
• Stop working outdoors or exercising if you feel dizzy, lightheaded, or very tired.
• Wear one layer of lightweight, light-colored clothing when you are working or exercising outdoors. Change into dry clothing as soon as you can if your clothes get soaked with sweat. Never exercise in a rubber suit.
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Welcome Kickballers to Week 8,

As we power through more then halfway through our season we see things heat up on and off the fields! There is now only one Undeafeated team: Bayside Tigers – Congrates go out to them!

At Ravenswood the flipcup scene has intensified.. The friendly feuds between teams have gotten intesne! While it still appears the Burninators are the team to beat many other teams battle eachother into the early hours to claim bragging rights!

P.s. Scores will be updated shortly!

***GAMES ARE ON FOR TONIGHT***

You may have heard some weird rumors that games were canceled.. No my friend why would we ever do that?! Well the fields were pretty bad but Mother Nature used her sun power to dry the fields just enough to allow us to play. Their may be some puddles and we may need to change where home plate is. But we will be playing kickball! Thumbs up to solar power!

Welcome my friends to week 7

*Please note we did fix the game schedules on the right hand side to reflect the correct matches.*

We are moving steady thru our midseason of kickball! We shall have updated scores shortly. One quick announcement our Allstar game vs. the league from St. Louis fell thru. We will be playing open kickball on Sat. If you want to play some good old fashioned kickball come out to Winnamac Park Sat 12-5 and we will be randomly creating teams to play 7 inning matches. It will be a fun change up and you can play with and againts your friends on other teams!

This week we are going to highlight some special matchups!

Porn on the Cob vs Bayside Tigers – This is our feature presentation as these two undefeated teams match up against each other. Only one will keep their undefeated title!

Tastes Like Kickin vs Ferocious – Two previously undefeated teams take the field to get back on the upper track.

James Brown vs Burninators – These two teams have had their wins and their losses but both teams have amazing trash talking skills.. Check out this game as hilarity ensues!

Hello Chicago Kickball Land!

How was your pub crawl? Care to share your stories.. just click on the comment button on the top right corner! Also check out our Pub Crawl Gallery!

WHITE TSHIRT 2009

We also want to announce we have now up to date standings on our website! Thank you for your patience on this matter!

Check the standings

Marty and Doc Brown were successful we have go for games! See yall there!

“Wednesday: A chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Northeast wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.”

Check out our updated Gallery!

The White Tee Pub Crawl is this Saturday! For all of you that don’t know what this is, its like any normal pub crawl, but this time you get a white tee shirt and a marker. Put 2 and 2 together on this one. It is one of the best crawl of the kickball season.

Wednesday at the bar I will be collecting $5 for the crawl. This will get you a white tee shirt and a marker (Shirt and markers will be given out Saturday at the crawl). All you have to do is fill out your name and your shirt size and we do the rest. If you think you will not be there Wednesday then email your name and shirt size and I will have one waiting for you at the bar. The first bar is Durkins and the party starts at 4:00.

Anthony

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*****UPDATE******

Radars Look Clean! See you on the Kickball Fields!

Again Chicago Kickball Nation is watching the weather radars for tomorrow! Stay tuned to our website and twitter feed.. We will be making updates throughout the day tomorrow.

**Schedule**

We apologize for the schedule information posted last week. We did carryout week one games schedule last week unannounced to myself. So please not the website schedule on the right hand side bar is correct.

Once again.. We do we have weird pictures on our site? Well we need your help upload your pictures to your facebook account. Let us know or tag them with Chi Kickball and they will be added to our site immediatly!

See you tomorrow (Think Positively)!

Week 3 Recap

-We got our kickball on!
-Some games were delayed due to little league practice. We have resolved this issue with the Chicago Park service and Little League. Games shall now start on scheduled times.
-Sweatyness was had at the bar! We should be rounding the homestretch for the outside license. Please hang in there a bit longer and we should be all good!
-If you have not done so already Captains please e-mail jim@chicagokickball with your scores for your game that you played in!

P.s. I am going to just start putting random pictures for our site until people start uploading their kickball pics to Facebook! You can have your sweet pictures featured on our site.. it’s easy all you have to do is tag each pic you want to add with Chi Kickball

The man who made it rain!

This time we are not messing around! What you can’t see in the above photo is that we have a gun pointed at the sun. We want our kickball, and we are going to get it. If this doesn’t work we are going to personally bare knuckle box Weather Man Tom Skilling!

This week are are moving on and will be following the scheduled games. Shirts again will be available at the start of first games. Captains please try to arrive early to pick up your teams shirts. Please remember that since we are playing different games then week 1 the ref schedule has changed. Please review the schedule to see if your team is going to be refing!

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