The organizational meeting for the 2009 season of the TTSL has been scheduled for Thursday, March 26, at 6pm, here at the Cato Institute (1st floor conference room). Snacks and drinks will be served — of course! Please RSVP to the commissioner prior to the meeting!
It is very important that each team have a representative present to draw for schedule and division. If a team cannot send a representative, please inform the commissioner so that he can act as proxy. If a team has no representation at the meeting, it will be understood as indicating that the team is not playing in the league this year. (Sorry to be so strict on that, but it would be a nightmare to reconfigure the divisions and schedules after the meeting.)
You gotta love media attention! BusinessWeek has mention of last night’s championship game on its website, and reporters from Washingtonian and NPR affiliate WAMU were at last night’s game and will file reports soon. Check back for links.
Thanks to the work of Brookings coach Erin Williams, the TTSL post-season tournament will kick off tomorrow (9/13) in West Potomac Park. First pitch is at 9:30 am.
Teams should contact Erin (ewilliams@brookings.edu) to enter.
Individual players who would just like to play some ball are encouraged to come out — the more players, the better!
Last night, in a game filled with sparkling defensive plays, the Center for American Progress “Leftfielders” bested the Heritage “Supply Sliders” to take the 2008 Think Tank League title. Congratulations to CAP for the excellent season, and to all DCTTSL teams for a very good year.
CAP will receive Der Kommissar’s Trophy next week and, like Lord Stanley’s Cup, they can enjoy drinking victory from it for the next year.
While no video intimidation means were used this week, the RBIs reputation as a fearsome force once again preceded them into battle. Though the Security Council of the Think Tank League had authorized a robust peacekeeping force of 26[,000] personnel, the clever lobbying by the RBIs’ Representative to the General Captains Assembly had successfully lobbied for Peacekeepers coming only from the Dupont Circle region, upholding the previous regional line of Dupont Solutions for Dupont?s Problems.
With a resolution from the Security Council, the softball peacekeeping force headed out to patrol the urban jungle of Dupont Circle? hoping to not encounter any attack from the Brookings RBIs. However, before they could even leave their headquarters at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (ironically located immediately next door to the RBIs? forward base of operations), Peacekeeper General Travis Daub found himself several Peacekeepers short of a full team. Despite recent equipment arrivals from other member teams, without sufficient Peacekeepers to keep the RBIs? movements in check, a forfeit was the only viable option for the Peacekeepers. General Daub gave a press conference later in the day. ?We?ve told the Security Council previously, without the necessary manpower, there is no way to challenge the RBIs and protect other teams from a loss. This is especially critical as the season winds down.?
Though the Peacekeepers lived to fight another day, the RBIs improved to 5-5 on the season. RBIs’ political chief, Erin Williams, relieved to find her organization back at the .500 marker and having expressed happiness at the past two victories (coming through sheer intimidation), returned to headquarters to wonder how her small organization could adapt these tactics for the showdown with the Heritage Foundation next week.