Team Awards

The Team Awards categories were emailed to everyone on the Surrey Indians roster except one (he doesn't have email). All the recipients replied back before the deadline except two. There were two rules: 1) One entry per category; and 2) You cannot vote for yourself. These two rules were broken by four players. One Indian voted for two players in one category (both votes were tallied), two Indians each voted for themselves once (after careful consideration and a beer or two, both votes were tallied), and one Indian voted for himself in two categories (he has been given an appropriately lengthy detention).

Instead of announcing just the winner of each category, which was our original plan, we have decided to include all entries received. If you don't like it, eat it. Entries are listed in order of most-votes to least-votes, with the total number of votes, if more than one, in brackets.

(One late submission came Friday morning. The tallies have been revised)

And now, the Team Awards...


Most Under-Rated Player

1) Jeff (4)

2) Rob A. (3)
3) Enrique (2)
3) Shane (2)
5) Brad


Most Improved Player

1) Shane (5) 2) Brad (3)
3) Rob A. (2)
4) Enrique


Most Superstitious Player

1) Rob E. (5) 2) Clay (2)
3) Jeff
3) Chris


Play of the Year

1) Kelly falling on his face running home (3)
1) Shane's diving catch in left (3) 3) Clay's in-the-parker
3) Rob A.'s [error-assisted] in-the-parker
3) "Any play Kelly makes"
3) Rob E.'s 1st game/1st inning ejection


Best Sportsmanship

1) Rod (3) 2) Rob A. (2)
2) Jeff (2)
2) Kelly (2)
2) Enrique (2)
6) Sandra

Would Look Best in Drag

1) Lee ("he's so pretty") (6)

2) Scott (3)
3) Kelly (2)
4) Chris

Most Valuable Player

1) Rob E. (5)

2) Kelly (2)
2) Chris (2)
2) Clay (2)


Most Likely to Clone Themselves

1) Lee (5) 2) Rob E. (4)
3) Brad (2)
4) Jeff


Shortest Temper

1) Chris (10) 2) Clay


Best Quote

1) "I think our offense has adjusted but our hitting hasn’t.." – Lee (2)
1) "Is that a tumbleweed?" – Lee (2)
1) Whoever came up with HF (2) 4) "attabubadebuddayawoyawubudub" - Brad cheering
4) Jeff H.
4) "Don't play like we're not good enough or anything like that" - Kelly


Most Dedicated Player

1) Kelly (8)
2) Rob A. (2)
3) Brad
3) Rod
3) Scott


Could Win a Fight With a Velociraptor Armed Only With a Baseball Bat

1) Enrique (3)2) Scott (2)
2) Clay (2)
2) Chris (2)
5) Kelly
5) Rob A.


Best Defensive Player

1) Kelly (3)
1) Rob A. (3)
3) Jeff (2)
3) Clay (2)
5) Lee

August 21 2005

Well. That was a tough loss. A "heartbreaker" if you will.

When we last played the Revolt, we held a 7-3 lead going into the seventh. We lost that game 17-8. On Sunday, feeling good after three straight lopsided wins, we got a short-but-sweet pep talk from our player/coach/manager about us being a formidable opponent and not going into the game thinking we're going to lose. Essentially, play-to-win, not play-to-not-lose.

We aren't going to say much about this game.. It may be therapeutic to get it all out, but if we start to do that, the dripping tears may cause our keyboard to malfunction, and that wouldn't be any good now would it? A one run game at just 5-4, now that's a good playoff game. We'd like to think that we went out fighting. It feels like we did.

Not that it affected the outcome of the game(?!?), but how 'bout them umps, eh?

We're pretty sure some pics were taken at the game. When they are posted we'll let you know.

The next posting, announcing team awards, is coming soon..

Q+A with Sandra Aubertin

Clubhouse Chatter: What's the first music album you ever bought?

Sandra Aubertin: NewKids on the block (go Donnie)

CC: What's the most recent music album you bought?

SA: Who buys music anymore it's free

CC: What is your most embarrassing baseball moment?

SA: Grade 8, I was right field trying to catch a fly ball and somehow caught it without my glove and broke my thumb. It was great.

CC: You have $20. It's the last $20 you can ever spend. How do you spend it?

SA: Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate.

CC: Who is your favorite baseball player of all-time, and why?

SA: Robert B Aubertin ( what a sexy hunk)

CC: What is the best thing about scorekeeping?

SA: I get to check out the guys on the other team. Woo Hoooo

CC: What is the least-best thing about scorekeeping?

SA: Your butt gets flat!! I think next year the guys should buy me a pillow.

CC: What is your favorite baseball movie?

SA: 61* some goodlooking guys in that one

CC: Besides baseball, what is your favorite sport to play?

SA: Hiking ( some people call it a sport, I am really competitive)

CC: There's a movie about your life. What's the title and who plays you?

SA: Title "ME", Person Sandra Bullock

CC: Do you have any baseball superstitions?

SA: ??

CC: What was the best vacation you've ever been on?

SA: 2
First one Road trip across California, Death Valley was a blast and Disneyland was spectacular. Boooggerrrs was great he drove the whole way cause I didn't have a licence.
Second New York All the shopping and Times Square, I wanna go back. We also saw Phantom of the Opera.

CC: We want to read a good book, what should we read and why?

SA: Eon by Greg Bear, Scifi book awsome!!!

CC: What is your proudest baseball moment?

SA: Watching my booogggerrrs hit a homer at Tamanawaissss

CC: Any words of advice for the thousands of young fans who dream of one day playing for the mighty Surrey Indians?

SA: Get on the waitlist

CC: Tell us a good joke. Keep it clean.

SA: #1
Guy walks in to a bar snapping his fingers. Bartender asks why are you snapping your fingers? Guy says I'm listening to the music in my head. Another guy walks into the bar snapping his fingers. Bartender asks why are you snapping your fingers? I'm just snapping to the beat in my head. Third guy walks into the bar snapping his fingers. Bartender say let me guess you're snapping to the beat in your head! No, the guy says, (with rhythm) I GOT A BOOGER ON MY FINGER AND IT WON'T LET GO!

#2
Theres a guy standing by the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. He sees a man walking towards him dragging one of his legs. He asks what happened to your leg, and the limper replies "I was shot in the war". Another guy comes along also dragging his leg and he is asked what happened to his leg. The second limper replies "I stepped on a mine in the war". He keeps going. Another guy comes walking and dragging his leg. The man asks did you get injured in the war. "No, I stepped in a pile of S$$T 50 feet back."

August 14 2005

A 20-4 win is a good way to start the playoffs.

To earn player of the game, Raub must have had the best game of his career.. His seven at-bats featured two doubles, two singles, and three walks. He scored six runs. All in a nine-inning game in which, as the home team, we only batted in eight of them. Also tallying four hits were Kelly and Shane, with Shane chipping in five runs scored.

Honorable mention for player of the game is Chris, who pitched five strong innings, allowing just two runs (zero earned), and striking out three (tying opponent Anthony) while walking none. It's his fifth win of the year. Good boy.

Our twenty runs scored came on only seventeen hits, far less than our previous two games (21 and 26). The difference: base on balls. In the previous two games, we had just two walks in each. This game, we had an astounding twelve walks. Quel pa-shance!

After Lee cost him two RBIs, Kelly arranged to have two RBIs deducted from Lee's total in compensation. While we are not inclined to go back and change history, as it can have disastrous effects on the present, we figure mentioning it here is compensation enough. In his return, Lee had many awesome comments come out of his mouth before and during the game, but they are unfortunately not appropriate for this all-ages blog.

After taking a vote, Jeff was encouraged to finally make his profile truthful and show off that switchhitting of his. The ultimate outcome of that enndeavor need not matter. What matters is that, while batting left, Jeff swung twice and made contact both times. That kid has got mad skillz!

We would like to commend the Rockies for sticking with it this season.. While mired in last place all season, without a win to their name, they still showed up to play and compete as hard as any other team right up to the final out. Well done Rockies.. See you on the field next season..

And see you all next Sunday, as we look to extend this three game winning streak..

Q+A with Rob Aubertin

Clubhouse Chatter: Who is your favorite baseball player of all-time, and why?

Rob Aubertin: Willie Mays, because he was a centrefielder extraordinaire

CC: What's the first music album you ever bought?

RA: I don't know how I got the MC Hammer U Can't Touch This tape, and I KNOW the New Kids tape was a gift (thanks "friend"), so it was probably Contact, a collection of pseudo-hockey songs.

CC: What's the most recent music album you bought?

RA: Smart Kid by the Clumsy Lovers. Good clean fun.

CC: Do you have any baseball superstitions?

RA: I always have to wear the same helmet while hitting. Chris better not have it.

CC: What is your favorite baseball movie?

RA: Does "A League of Their Own" count? Tom Hanks was very funny. Or does it have to be men playing baseball? Fine, Major League.

CC: You have $20. It's the last $20 you can ever spend. How do you spend it?

RA: Mmmmmmmmm pizza.

CC: Besides baseball, what is your favorite sport to play?

RA: Tennis anyone?

CC: There's a movie about your life. What's the title and who plays you?

RA: Lucky to be Good, starring Tobey Maguire

CC: What is your most embarrassing baseball moment?

RA: Two seasons ago, in the only game that my parents and brother attended, I struck out in my first at-bat. Walking to the dugout I turned my head and said something stupid to the ump. I got ejected for the first, and only, time of my life. "Thanks for coming to see me play, guys!"

CC: What was the best vacation you've ever been on?

RA: Last summer. Spent a week at a cabin in upstate New York, kayaking, tubing, eating ice cream at Martha's, and watching fantastic lightning & thunder storms that knocked out power. Relaxing. Then spent a night in Boston, watching the Sox beat the Jays at Fenway. Magical. Then spent a week in New York City, seeing the essentials and having a blast one night at a certain comedy club, 30 comics in 4 hours for 5 bucks. Hilarious.

CC: We want to read a good book, what should we read and why?

RA: Right now I'm reading Spadework by Timothy Findley. I recommend most of Douglas Coupland's work. Try his Polaroids from the Dead.

CC: What is your proudest baseball moment?

RA: There hasn't really been any one standout moment. Let's go with my two career home runs, both at Tamanawis of course.

CC: Any words of advice for the thousands of young fans who dream of one day playing for the mighty Surrey Indians?

RA: Don't lose focus. You can change what you focus on, but don't lose focus.

CC: Tell us a good joke. Keep it clean.

RA: A guy is in a bar sipping beer and munching on peanuts. All of a sudden, he hears a tiny voice say "nice tie." He looks around and sees no one close. The bartender is at the other end of the bar on the phone. So he goes back to sipping his beer and munching his peanuts. A minute later, he hears a tiny voice say "good haircut." He looks around and still sees no one close. A few minutes later, the tiny voice says "you're handsome." At this point, he calls the bartender over and tells him he's heard these voices saying nice things to him. The bartender says, "Yeah, those are the peanuts. They're complimentary."

August 11 2005

We have decided something that should have most definitely been decided many many weeks ago. We are not driving all the way to Tamanawis, a lengthy rush-hour commute, to stand around in a parking lot with two other guys hoping that at least one more guy shows up so then maybe we can at least, you know, play american ping-pong or something to make use of this 6:30pm Thursday practice that almost everyone, after the last game, said that they could make. With gas reaching a buck ten plus, it's a frickin' slap to the frickin' face, and from now on we are only making a frickin' baseball related drive if it's a frickin' gameday. Should have decided this in April when it would've saved us a shipload of cash. Frick.

Rumor has it that Rod and Raub got together earlier today with a couple of friends and played american ping-pong on a field next to the Nat. Rumor has it that it was a lot of fun. Rumor has it that there might be a Vancouver team in the league next season. Rumor has it that if there is, Rod and Raub will be playing for their hometown next season.

Q+A with Clay Edger

Clubhouse Chatter: What's the first music album you ever bought?

Clay Edger: That would have to be the Godzilla soundrack

CC: What's the most recent music album you bought?

CE: The newest K-os CD

CC: What is your most embarrassing baseball moment?

CE: I got called up to play for the premier team a couple of times and every time I went up to bat I struck out, like 8 times in a row. (and they were all pretty damn ugly)

CC: You have $20. It's the last $20 you can ever spend. How do you spend it?

CE: I'm gonna have to go with beer and porn on that one. Good question though, a lot of thought went into my answer... I'm serious.

CC: Who is your favorite baseball player of all-time, and why?

CE: Ken Griffey Jr., because he gets paid millions to sit on his ass since he's always injured... and when he does play, he's actually pretty good considering he's been injured for a long time.

CC: What is your favorite baseball movie?

CE: The Bad news Bears with billy bob. that's just right now though, i just saw it last night.

CC: Besides baseball, what is your favorite sport to play?

CE: there's nothin better than riding fresh powder on a snowboard

CC: There's a movie about your life. What's the title and who plays you?

CE: the title would probably be " life of a rockstar" and tommy chong would play me.

CC: Do you have any baseball superstitions?

CE: well I'm not sure if it's superstitious but I don't wash my uniform... oh and I rock out to music before every game with my jockstrap on my head. but I don't know if you could really call that superstitious. I have one serious superstition and it is that I always have to be standing in level/fresh dirt. before I step into the box I have to adjust the dirt and fill in the holes, and the same as when I'm catching.

CC: What was the best vacation you've ever been on?

CE: Edmonton trip last summer. drove an '89 POS up there overnight and stayed with another couple in a room. the chick was really hot. won big at the casino and got totally pissed the entire time. all I remember was that it was fun.

CC: We want to read a good book, what should we read and why?

CE: Jerry Seinfeld's "Sign language". it's the only book I've actually read cover to cover... ever.

CC: What is your proudest baseball moment?

CE: signing autographs at the nationals and world series. or maybe when a whalley local was hitting on me... one of the two.

CC: Any words of advice for the thousands of young fans who dream of one day playing for the mighty Surrey Indians?

CE: as long as you walk up to the plate like you're bringing a footlong with you, you'll be fine... and you're halfway to being able to play on the team.

CC: Tell us a good joke. Keep it clean.

CE: so this giraffe and this elephant are walking down the road one day... oh wait that's a dirty one. okay okay, so there's this priest right, and he's walking with this nun and she says to him she says... wait a sec that one is definately very dirty. okay so there's these two girls at a bar, and all of a sudden they just start making out, full on clothes ripping off and everything. so the bartender goes.... wait no, that joke is too long, sorry guys I got nothing.

CC: The end. Please reply back ASAP. If for any reason you do not wish to answer any of the questions, just skip it. If you do not wish to answer any of the questions, please let us know ASAP. Thanks.

CE: I did not wish to answer the question "what time of day do you shower and what's your address?" I just thought that was kinda weird and uncalled for.