Week 13 - Fall 2008

J F K

J isn't for John, it stands for James.

And F isn't for Fitzgerald, it stands for F'ing.

Finally, we have K....and it sure as heck doesn't stand for Kennedy. It stands for Kwon.

Put it all together, and what do you have? A darts player, built like a fire-hydrant with a head.

We call him 'JFK'.

The 24 year old A-league rookie carried the Dartbags to a 14-10 victory, catapulting them into 5th place, skipping over 2 teams in the standings, the Big Triple Hunters, and this weeks opponent, Boolsheet.

JFK opened the match sweeping their best shot, Mark Evans, which is no small task. This guy is solid. All 3 games were slug-fests. JFK hit more 80-somethings than a geriatric giggolo. He answered every big shot with one haymaker of his own, slamming the door on Mark, going out on his first dart in all....3....games.

Ridiculous.

After sweeping singles, he threw FURIOUS on his back and swept cricket. And if it weren't for a momentary lapse in doubles 501, he and CUPPA would have swept that as well.....but the last game of the night got away.

Final score, Dartbags 14 - Boolsheet 10, and 8/9 for The Kwon. The most solid individual performance of the season thus far. Nothing sexy....only 318 allstar points. All he did was win, though, and in commanding fashion.

Give the rest of the 'bags a nod for their supporting roles:

Vince was deadly in cricket.

FURIOUS was solid in singles, taking 2/3 against Garo, who racked up 500 points against him. He also went 7/9 on the night.

CUPPA's hi-light was a back to back T, 4T0, in the final game of the night, setting up JFK to end the match with a doubles sweep. Wasn't to be.....but 14 was good enough.

Allstar recap:

Vince - 345
JFK - 318
FURIOUS - 314
CUPPA - 240

This week is Christmas week, so no darts will be thrown. Next monday is the final match of the season. The Dartbags will take on Threepenny Opera, away, at McSwiggan's bar on 2nd avenue, between 22nd and 23rd.

After a lost season, a 5th place finish for the 'bags would be a huge victory. However, its highly unlikely. The boys play a very tough Threepenny Opera team, who should be set as a 5 point favorite. Boolsheet, who is 3 points behind us, plays Jumbled Alien Paranoia, who's having a very rough season, and would most likely be a 3-4 point underdog.

You get the picture.

But no one really knows what the future holds, and some time before monday......the 'bags should take a step back, and listen to the immortal words of Herm Edwards (click here).

Go Dartbags!

And Merry Christmas, Joy Harmon!

Week 12 - Fall 2008

DOUBLE TROUBLE

No....not that double trouble.

Or that one.

And for the love of God.....not this one.

(Notes: am I crazy, or does the first one look like dartbaguette Nell in double vision? As for the second one, Otis is a bad-ass.....sans the 2 dorky white dudes on sax. And I have no use for chocolate-ice, for cryin' out...)

This version of double trouble starred CUPPA and Vince The Hornets Nest, who turned a potential 13 or 14 point victory into a 13-11 loss, by choking away 3 straight 501 games to the good dudes from Biddy's.....the Big Triple Hunters.

FURIOUS was back from his Parisian honeymoon, but contracted the airplane flu on the trip back. The remedy was a steady diest of hot toddies, but the flu would ultimately win out. The FURIOUS One, despite taking 2/3 from Eric "The Matternhorn" Mattern, would understandable never quite get on track.

It did get us off on the right foot though. At the end of singles.....after less than stellar darts.....we were playing with house money, up 7-5.

Scott "Ooh La La" Sisson played some of the best darts we've ever seen from him. He racked up 425 points, and was out faster than Robert Duncan.

And I, CUPPA, in the same vein, was more like David Gest, as it seemed I'd never get out. However, a flamboyant singles-night-high 495 points, helped snag 2/3 from Tom Gray. Fabulous.

J.FURIOUS.K did the honors, starting us off in cricket, against Eric & Christian "Fuhwhuttitz" Wirth. Nothing against the other guys, but I, CUPPA, who wrote the lineup for cricket, thought Frankwonstein would get us out to a 9-5, or even a 10-5 lead. They've been that good lately, especially JFK.

But the bad-guys took 2/3 rather decisively, cutting our lead to 8-7. Cuppa'cenz would then take 2/3 from red-hot-Scott, and cult-hero Ed Lewis, who wasn't dishin' out R-5's at his usual pace. Props to Vince who smacked a couple of R-7's, and a ridicu-finish to game 3.

The score was now Dartbags 10, BTH 8.

But as we moved into doubles 501.....ladies & gentlemen.......I introduce to you CUPPA & the aforementioned "double trouble". Hey, no one really lit it up on our side, and FURIOUS didn't even stick around to see us get swept, he was so sick. JFK took off as well, leaving Vince and I to wallow alone in our own misery.

BTH took the last 5/6, hi-lighted by a great 146-out by Tom Gray that ended the match, sealing a 13-11 victory.

We left faster and angrier than....I don't know, 2 really fast and angry dudes.

As we stormed out, I could still hear Tom screaming in ecstasy over his 146-out.

So angry.....

Anywho....kudos to Biddy's who are always great hosts.

And big props to the jukebox and the "play mine next" feature.

Note to non-darts people in the bar: if you play Enrique Iglesias or Marc Anthony (who, up until just now, I thought were the same dude), your remaining selections are goin' DOWN.

Which leads us to the Line Of The Night (TM), that was delivered at a low-volume point during Anthony's "You Sang To Me":

CUPPA: "JFK, gimmie all your money....I gotta get this crap off the jukebox."

Allstar recap:

CUPPA - 595
VINCE - 535
JFK - 471
FURIOUS - 195

Tonight....monday, December 15th:

We play Boolsheet at The Jeek. We have an opportunity to jump 2 spots in the standings if we win tonight. Here's our chance to make something happen in an otherwise lackluster season.

I think we're going to battle with JFK, FURIOUS, Vince, and I, CUPPA.

See you there.

And last but not least: LALLYPALOOZA was....in a word: insanity. Great times. There's too much I could type here. Not enough time. Everyone was there. Cheers, and thank you Mr. Lally.

Outtie.

Like.

Gowdy.

Week 12 - Fall 2008

18-6
By Cuppa Joe Gasparino

Do you really need to ask who had 18?

And another gone...and another one gone.

The Dartbags bit the dust, once again.

Sure the 'Hammocks went bananas on us, racking up about 3000 asp's. And, of course, FURIOUS was honeymooning in Paris, which left us without our big-toe....our David Koresh.

Whatever....here's the bottom line: its just another ho-hum drubbing by the opposition. Its become routine now. We had a great time. Even The Hornets were yukkin' it up. The conversation I had at the end of the match kinda sums up the state of the Dartbags union:

"Oh....match is over?"

"Yeah."

"Wow, that was quick. What was the final?"

"18-6."

"18-6? Wow. Nice job guys. And its 10:45? Thats convenient. Thanks for ending it early."

"No problem."

"Hey, before you guys head back to Jersey, can you get us a round of shots? Jamesons."

"Sure."

"Thanks guys!"

Thank you, indeed.

Lets see if I can scrape up some hi-lights here...

1) the Arnold Schwarzenegger calisthenics song, playing on the jukebox, so ridiculously funny that no one could throw.....had to stop the match and figure out how to turn off the jukebox. I highly recommend if you should feel the need to pee in your pants.

2) Craig Aiken hit an R-9, and match high 1028 asp's.

3) CUPPA hitting the double-bull 4 separate times (including a C-4) to keep the 'bags alive in a cricket game that racked up about 1200 points. We lost it, of course. Nice bit of bully though.

4) Vince and C-Mell took 2/3 in doubles '01. Yeah, thats worthy of a hi-light about now.

5) Molly Pitchers did a heck of a job treating us right. We'll remember that, and we will indeed be back as a result. Kudos.

Finito. Exeunt. Good night, Joy Harmon.

Allstar recap:

CUPPA - 705
Vince - 639
Glenn - 605
C-Mell - (-20) you missed the board once...thats -20 each time.

Tonight we play the Big Triple Hunters, at Biddy's. Lets see if we can turn things around.

*LALLYPALOOZA is December 13th, at Gaf East.

*Last night, Jamie Donovan beat James O'Brien 16-3 in their second head-to-head money match at Biddy's. And in the undercard, CUPPA tied Harlan and his Achy-Blaikie-Darts, 2-2. Kiss your sister....

Outtie...like...Gowdy.

Week 11, Fall 2008

Dartbags In Disarray
By Cuppa Joe Gasparino

Disorder.

Confusion.

A mess.

That pretty much sums up whats been going on the past 4 weeks. Disorder, in that....for multiple reasons, we don't really know who's playing from week to week anymore.

Confusion, for mysterious reasons, our performance levels have dropped dramatically, pretty much across the board. Some....like I, CUPPA....more than others. And where have the weekly writeups been? The same place as my darts game: MIA.

But its not without good reason...

I can only speak for myself....but add a dash of "I'd rather focus my attention elsewhere" in the mix.....and what you end up with is a mess. At least in terms of playing darts. Everything else in life seems to benefit, but lets not go there, this is a darts blog after all.

Maybe someday my friends and I will get together over coffee and a book. Or Bible readings at church. Maybe boxing class, or yoga. Things that don't involve boozing til 1am on a monday night. And lets be honest. Show me a sober guy at a darts match, and I'll show you a Jew for Jesus. I know.....they exist, but you get my point.

I think it was Groucho Marx who said, "half of life is just showing up". Well that works the other way around, too. Don't bring the fat guy to White Castle.

Anyhow....the past 4 weeks, we've gone 0-3-1. We barely....and I think undeservingly....squeezed out a tie against Paul "The Quiz" Quisenberry and J.A.P. My game has been so far down the toilet, Paul couldn't even look at me without shaking his head, in sympathetic pity. Of course, we played eachother again in singles. No matter how you shake the lineup, its CUPPAQuiz everytime. Death, taxes, Joy Harmon somewhere in our blog....and you bet I'm playin' Paul in singles.

It used to be a good rivalry. Now its like Lennox Lewis, beating on Mike Tyson, begging him to put his hands up.

We've had some personal bright spots here and there. JFK, for example has turned into our most consistent shot. The kid is good. Message to dart-geeks: remember the name James Kwon.

FURIOUS, when he's been able to show up, has had some bright spots as well. Like hitting a ton-80 with one shoe on.

Thats pathetic.

But, its been what its been.

And tonight it gets even worse!

We play The Banana Hammocks, at Molly Pitchers. I have no idea who these guys are. I didn't play the first match, where we got beaten down like red-headed mules...

???

...but what I do know, is that, aside from Julio'brien, and Menace To Sobriety, they've been beating the snot out of everyone in the division.

Yaayyy!

And FURIOUS is in France, on his honeymoon....to make things even easier. But, like I said, that's par for the course this season. Heck, I didn't play last week, and we had to play canadian against the aforementioned Menace.

If you get a chance to read this, Frank, while you're in gay Paris.....I just want to say, from the bottom of my heart, that you're a bigger dart-geek than I thought......STOP READING THIS! YOU'RE IN FRANCE, for cryin' out....

Anyway....tonight, I think we're going with CUPPA, The Werewolf, The Hornet's Nest, and the c-melliest darts player in the NYDO, C-Mellen.

Oh...one more thing: Joy Harmon.

Addendum...

Please read the Captain's Log, Dartdate 10-20-08, first...below this addendum.

By Cuppa Joe Gasparino

I have no choice but to add this short addendum. I'm not actually in total control of my actions right now.

It was a long night, forgive me FURIOUS.

1) Ed Lewis played the most retarded cricket I've ever seen. "Retarded" meaning ridicu-darts, not subaverage cognitive functioning.

2) FURIOUS neglected to use one of the greatest tandem nicknames in darts history, "Mattern & Lewis", coined by yours truly.

3) Tullamore Dew is now the official drink of dart-night. Who needs beer when you have premium Irish Whiskey. And don't ask Justin where he keeps the secret stash. Hands off!

Its a great way to relax the nerves....I strongly recommend drinking your first about a half-hour before match-time, and have at least 2 before you throw your first singles games. Then have some dude on your team order another one for you, so you can go to it during your games.

Then use your discretion as the night rolls along. Proceed with caution.

The only negative side affect, besides slurred speech, impaired balance, poor coordination, flushed face, reddened eyes, reduced inhibition and uncharacteristic behavior....is that, at the end of the night, you want to beat the ever-loving snot out of guys that look french.

That actually may be the only reason I drink Tullamore Dew, in retrospect.

4) I just found out Harlan "The Blaikinator" Blaikie threw 1177 allstar points last night, including a TON-58 on, and a TON-80. Redarted.

5) I just dubbed Harlan, "The Blaikinator", about a minute ago.

6) I don't remember Ginsberg showing up last night. Oh....yes I do.

7) I ended our first cricket game, hitting single-bull / single-bull / single-bull, thank you very much.

8) Ed Lewis just hit another R-5.

9) Every time a bell rings, Ed Lewis has just crushed another R-5....screw the angel's wings.

10) I love Ed Lewis.

11) I think I may go over to Apiary after I'm done writing this. Everyone has to go there. New rule. My friend owns it, and its freaking awesome.

12) Halloween is coming up, and the Dartbags have to play in costume, its mandatory. If you're not in costume, you're not playing....its that freaking simple.

13) Lallypalooza is on December 13th this year.

14) December 13th is also my dad's birthday. Couldn't have picked a better day to throw a huge blow-out gathering of dart-dorks, Tom. Well done.

15) I'm a dart-dork....and I'm ok with that.

16) Why does Tullamore Dew taste so ridiculously good? Oh, this is why: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv6rHAHcHSM

17) The Dow is dropping points like James O'Brien on Monday nights.

18) 'The Jeek' is spelled with a j....geek.

19) Joy Harmon.

Outtie like Gowdy...

HUNTED DOWN AT THE GEEK: 'BAGS FALL 11 - 13

CAPTAIN'S LOG: DART DATE: 10 - 20 - 08

It was good to be back at the Geek (soft "g"). If you consider the Columbus Day holiday the week before, the egregious beatdown by Banana Hammocks the week before that and a bunch of road games. This match up represents the first "normal" home match since the season opener.

We matched up against old friends, Big Triple Hunters. We'd gotten the best of these guys the last couple matches so we knew tonight they wouldn't just be seeking Big Triples... they'd be seeking revenge.

They'd have it too. (More on that below).

There are few noteworthy changes at George Keeley this season.

1) A second board has been set up on "The Stage" where former greats such as Chickenstand Throw Down Band -who rocked, and Little Rapper Guy - who didn't ("C'mon, y'all!!!, C'mon, y'all!!! YEEEEEEAH!) used to tread the boards. So now on any given Monday there are 2 games going on.

2) Chris "The Viking" Mellen and James "JFK" Kwon have been called up from the Starving Dartists, our spin off/farm team. Chris has been terrific. And James would see his first action of the season tonight - great debut.

3) And lastly, the soap in the bathroom makes your hands smell like Fruit Loops. I'm serious. I can NOT be the only one who's noticed this. The previous soap smelled a little like marzupan, but the new stuff smells exactly like the breakfast cereal. This means that everytime I go to the bathroom it reminds me of my staying over my grandma's when I was a kid. (She was the only one who ever let me and my brother eat sugar cereal). It also means that if a dude's hands doesn't smell like Fruit Loops when he leaves the can... choose the fist bump over the handshake.

Here's what happened.

SINGLES: 7-5

Frank took on his old buddy, Eric Mattern who, for once, was NOT wearing the jersey for the German national soccer team. Pretty solid darts all around. The Captain took the first two in 10 and 9 rounds (395 all stars along the way), and Eric grabbed the last point to get BTH on the board. (2-1)

Cup played Scott Sisson in the second match and started off with a sharp 95. He was hitting more 19s than Wilt Chamberlain at a sorority party. After a couple of sharp wins by Joey Pep, Scott woke and went on a 20's streak in which he hit at least 60 for 5 straight rounds. Like Eric before him, he'd salvage the last point. (4-2)

James played Tom Gray in the third set and followed the example of the veterans (e.g., take first two, drop last one). If JFK had nerves, you'd never know it. Just 320 ASPs and consistent strokes one after another. After two crisp games (9 rounders, I think), Tom had had enough and went out in 7 rounds. (6-3)

Vince took on Christian Wirth in the final set. It was role reversal in the last set. Christian started out hot nailing down a couple of close games, before Vince heated up to take the final one. (7-5)

CRICKET: 2 - 4

Cricket was the game changer. Frank and Vince played Eric and Ed Lewis. The 'Bags didn't play badly. The first game looked like an A league cricket match should look. R4, answered by R-5, answered by R-5 and so on. Some real hero darts by Vince along the way. But Eric and Ed were just too much (especially Ed who couldn't miss double cork). What can you say? They shot great and just outplayed us... 3 times. A big fat sweep, and like that, we were losing (7-8)

It would be up to Cup and JFK. Going up against Christian and Tom, they got the 'Bags off the Shnide. They used Cup's mathematically complicated (and at times anger-inducing) system of pointing to go up a quick 73 points. Like a bear who lives off stored fat in the winter... they would live off the fat point lead and take the first. T & C paid them back in game two. And it was the 'Bags prevailing in the rubber match to knot the score once again. (Loved to see the consistency of James in this game. You need a 16? Bang! Here's a fat 16 with some zip on it.) Good darts. 9-9

DOUBLE 01: 2-4

It was another frustrating set for Frank and Vince. Eric and Tom followed the recipe for success in Double 501; get on quickly, get off quickly. They went in first round every time and wasted no time nailing doubles. Frank simply didn't have it. And Vince's scale on the Nasty-o-Meter was 4.5 (lower than he likes it). Another debilitating sweep (the last on a double 17 by Tom which he knew he needed). Outgunned once again. If anger were potatoes... we were frickin Idaho. (9-12)

Thank goodness for Cup and JFK. They each won 6/9 and they pulled our fat out of the fire once again. I missed some of the details because I was outside cooling off, but they nailed the first two games shut (a DS-97 for Cup in the mix). Ed and Scott took the final game to give us the loss, (11-13 is your final).

So it was jubilation for them. Frustration for us. Mashed knuckles for the captain. And Jameson shots for everybody. A tip of the cap to Big Triple Hunters. They're a great bunch of guys and we enjoy hanging out with them. They even bought us a shot and a beer at the end of the night. We'll look forward to returning the favor at their place.

Also - needs to be said - they shot great tonight. Best we've seen out of them, in fact. Kudos.

Kudos also for the original Dartbaguette, Hope who showed up (and brought a wedding present) and too Ginsberg who came out despite a Rangers loss.

The Dartbags had some fine individual performance, but once again failed to hit on all cylinders. We'll try to figure it out next week against Boolsheet down at Eammon's, a talented team that we haven't seen before.

That is all.

- Captain Furious

All Star Recap

Cup: 626

Frank: 615

James: 320

Vince: 200

Week 2: Fall 2008

FURIOUSLESS
EN FAILTE

Blue Collar 'Bags Battle
Furiouslessly to 13-11 Win

By CUPPA Joe Gasparino

Cpt FURIOUS was in Chicago. Rumors abounded.

Was he the key-note speaker at Trekkapalooza '08?

Was he on a secret mission to 'shrink' the heads of the crumbling stock market?

Some believe that FURIOUS was half-way across the country, meeting with Joy Harmon and her top chef at Aunt Joy's Cakes, to secure dessert for his upcoming wedding reception.

Only Frank, God...and hopefully Joy, knows.

What I know...is that, without our 'Big Toe'...our FURIOUS leader...

...the guy who puts the Chic in Geek...

...our flashy all-star point leading King of 'The Ring'...

...we, the Dartbags, rolled up our sleeves, and put forth a gritty, blue-collar effort, that resulted in a much needed 13 points. This was an out-and-out GRIND.

No gawdy all-stars...in fact only 958 total for the whole crew. But like retired Dartbags legend, RJ "The Surgeon", used to say: "Allstar points mean (shite)." And this match further bolstered that theory.

Shite....last week I, CUPPA, recorded 800 and went 3/9. That stinks. This week, I scraped up 100, the lowest total I can recall in years, and went 7/9. Its all about the W's.

We beat 'Jumbled Alien Paranoia', playing out of Failte, a tremendous Irish whiskey pub, on 2nd avenue, between 29th and 30th. A note about Failte, and the guy behind the stick...who's also the guy that helped put the team together, Dean 'The Machine' McCarthy:

Simply put: they do the right thing. Best treatment we've ever had by a darts pub, other than our home, George Keeley. 'The Jeek' has an awesome reputation for its hospitality, and the other teams in the league know it. Failte is at least on the same level. Note to other teams, and their pubs: pay attention. Especially J.A.P's last home bar, that wrote the book on how to make sure we'll never spend another DIME in that.....place.

I'll bring bottled water and a flask if I ever have to play there again.

Whats up with guys that don't get it.

What was that you said, Pya Lou?

Pya: "Those people SUCK!"

In the immortal words of Cameo: "Word up!"

Anywho....tremendously large kudos to Failte, Dean, and the guys that played: Paul 'The Quiz' Quisenberry, Joe 'The Alien' Taras, 'Bloody' Liam Keane, and Brian 'Crack' O'Kane...

...thats a good one :)

We all fought hard, and as usual, we had the friendliest of bouts with these guys.

Now...I brought this up in the last post: What in Jesus-ball-hell is 'Jumbled Alien Paranoia'? Answer: Mr. Taras, who by the way filled out and folded the remaining scoresheets for the rest of the season's matches....out of sheer boredom...ahem...

...took all of the guy's names on the team, threw them in the hopper of some word-jumble program on his computer, and it spit out 3 words: Jumbled Alien Paranoia. Case closed. Mystery solved. It's not as good as 'Liam's Leftovers', but it does the job.

SINGLES 501

Paul 'The Quiz' Quisenberry (1) - CUPPA Joe Gasparino (2)

It seems we square off every time we play. Without FURIOUS around, I figured I'd play Major Dick Winters, and lead us into battle. Paul was spot-on, smacking 490 asp, working his way down at a serious clip in every game. CUPPA hit more 80-something's than a geriatric giggolo, and his outs were tighter than cousin Rob's wallet with his wife in labor. For those of us who get that tid-bit.....thats pretty freakin' tight!

Joe 'The Alien' Taras (1) - Glenn 'The Werewolf' Pike (2)

This was a battle of seasoned veterans, one that has been fought a few times before. Both guys were equally sharp. Not the sharpest we've seen from them, but then again....thats still pretty sharp. All 3 games were close. A bit of double-trouble helped Glenn nail the last one down. Oh...and his hair was perfect.

'Bloody' Liam Keane (2) - Chris 'The Freak' Mellen (1)

This was the A-league debut for 'The Freak', the c-melliest player in the NYDO. After some understandable first game jitters, Chris settled down and took the second in crisp fashion. Liam's bloody tough, and took the 3rd, en route to 322 asp. The kid freak broke in with his first 211 A-league asp in round 1.

Brian 'Crack' O'Kane (2) - Vince 'The Hornet's Nest' (1)

Vince was MIA when round 4 was supposed to start. We released the hornets in search of him, and as they buzzed around the murray hill section of manhattan, I got a call from him. You see, instead of a phone-booth, Vince uses a black Lincoln Towncar for hire. When he called he was taking off his suit and tie, and putting on his souveneir Nantucket t-shirt and cargo shorts, in the back seat. He finally arrived.....and with virtually no warm-up and a lipper, he proceeded to lose 2/3, to a heavy-handed Brian O'Kane. Give more credit to Brian, than to a docile Hornet's Nest.

J.A.P (6) - Dartbags (6)

Doubles Cricket

Quiz-Alien (2) - Pike's Freak (1)

Ridicu-darts to start things off. Taras with an R6....Pike with an R7. We started to c-mell what Chris was cookin' in this round, as he sharpened up his stroke. Credit Paul and Joe for taking 2 out of 3 solid games, especially closing things out with alien efficiency.

Keane-n-O'Kane (1) - CUPPA'CENZ (2)

The 'Bags dropped a tough one in the first. It was tight, but not the best darts in game one. Especially as it seemed all 4 guys were treating the bullseye like it was Rosie O'Donnell. That utterly hideous trend would end, however....and the worm would turn....as in game 2, CUPPA treated the bullseye like it was Joy Harmon after a car-wash.

A C-4, that put the 'Bags ahead, and in control of the game, hilited a game where CUPPA hit 8 bullseyes, including a game-winning turn....first dart, single-bull.....second dart, the single 15 to win it. As FURIOUS would say: restaurant quality. Game 3 ended similarly for the 'Bags. Gut-check: check.

J.A.P (9) - Dartbags (9)

Doubles 501

Quiz-n-Keane (2) - Pike's Freak (1)

The good-guys raced off to a quick lead in game 1, and finished it off with, I think, a double-7, 14 winner by 'The Werewolf'. 'The Freak' was throwing c-melly darts for the most part (thats a good thing, Martha), but the guys couldn't overcome the Quiz who continued to be en-fuego. A ton-25 by Paul, and a bloody ton-24 by Liam helped them take the last 2 games, putting jumbled alien paranoia into the heads of the 'Bags. J.A.P would lead 11-10 going into the last set.

Jokane (0) - CUPPA'CENZ (3)

Having fully recovered from his dartryst with the bullseye (aka, Lucille (TM)) in cricket, CUPPA, and CENZO, finished where they left off: utter clutchery. Jokane took control in game 1, and it looked like they were en route to the V, with Brian smacking solid, blue-collar darts. With classic "never say die" poise, the 'Bag-boys hung in there, and CUPPA took out a 2-dart 48. CUPPA got in on his first dart in the next 2 games, and nearly took out a 113. 'CENZO thankfully nailed a 3-dart 40-out in his next turn. Vince's Hornets finished the job in game 3 as well, completing an impressive sweep over 2 guys who were dropping the hammer all round.

We needed the sweep to win....we got it.

FINAL: Dartbags 13 - Jumbled Alien Paranoia 11

ASP Totals:

Glenn - 330 (chinese menu in his hand...)
Chris - 311 (c-melly-ass darts)
Vince - 217 (get you to the darts...on...time...)
CUPPA - 125 (7/9...my Lucille)

Special thanks to:

Dartbaguettes, Hope and Nell for showing their support.

Joy Harmon, for accepting further plugs for her company, graciously accepting her status as Honorary Dartbaguette (TM), Fall 2008, and for putting up with more blatant ogling from us.

And last, but not least....Dean 'The Machine', and Failte for unparalleled hostery.

Next match is this coming monday, when we play a couple of the bigger fans of the Dartbags, Julio Andrade and Craig Nobbs, and the rest of 'Menace To Sobriety', away, at The Gaf (West). Gonna be a tough one. We'll need our A+ game, or it'll get ugly in a hurry.

Extra Aqua Velva, Frank.

That is, if you have any left over after meeting with Miss Harmon.

Did I mention that Joy Harmon has a company called 'Aunt Joy's Cakes'?

I'm outtie like Gowdy...