Cock Bloc-ed

Last nights tournament was insane. Tempers flared, bullets were dodged, but only one team had the hopes of becoming the winners of America's Next Flop Model. Oh who are we kidding? Eastern Bloc took it down last night defeating the fiery Splash team, first placers Gym Bar, the underdogs Duplex, and one helluva showdown with XES (who really brought their A game last night with Osada kicking some serious ass). They played four games straight and boy were they a hot sweaty mess by the end of it all. We are happy Monica kept her angry face on througout the night, we wouldn't want to see her leave home without it.

We saw some amazing playing by everyone in the league, and to see the 7th and 8th placed teams in the league as the last teams standing for the final showdown was quite the surprise. Nonetheless, Eastern Bloc came out on top, XES took a well earned 2nd place, and Pieces took third place for the night. We are happy everyone was on their best behavior (we saw Benji giving the "good sportsmanship" talk before every game, and we mean every game) and that people came to win! We know some teams may have been Cock Bloc-ed last night, but let's hope that only happens on the court. xoxo

And The Winner Is....

Gym Bar! Congrats to coming in first place in the league, with Bamboo 52 and Pieces a close second and third respectively, it was a true fight to the finish. Although none of it matters when it comes to the tournament on Monday. Whichever team is left standing, is the team that can call themselves the winners of BAD!'s 4th crazy season.

We must say, we are a *little* confused because according to the standings the scores were adjusted. Can we ask why the scores were adjusted and what is the disclaimer: "a couple of teams were forced to (incorrectly) forfeit matches. However, there is no rule stating there needs to be a minimum number of players." If someone knows what happened, can you please let us know? We don't know what that smell is, but we think it's bullshit. xoxo

Way Back Wednesdays 4-29

As we approach the tournament in the next couple of weeks, with winning the season in back of all of the teams minds, we hark back to last season and wonder how the hell Masterbeat won the whole shebang?! Half of the time they didn't have enough players, but when their team did show up, they did some major damage. You know Splash was none too pleased since they had pretty much beat every team in the league, but somehow BAD!'s very own Bad News Bears snuck up and took the title in the end. Talk about underdogs. xoxo

Pour Some Stripper On Me

Monday night started out normal enough. At the Tony Dapolito Center Gym Bar continues to dominate the league, and since it's getting towards the end of the season, it looks like they could pull off being first place in the league. That is if Pieces or Bamboo 52 doesn't knock them off their pedestal. With only two weeks left of regular play before the tournament, the dodgeball season is winding down and the heat is on. Can we also just mention we are not loving the fact that there aren't enough balls, what's the deal??

The league slowly made it's way over to Henrietta Hudson's in the rain for some drinking. There was pizza to be had, and since it was 4/20 we saw some glazed eyes and very hungry dodgeballers make their way to the food. We also saw a raging game of flip cup starting so naturally we were excited. We also saw Ruby tearing it up on the pool table, and we approve of her tactics to distract the other team when they were shooting, show some skin!

What do you know, put on a trashy 80's rock song, and the bar turns into Rock of Love: Tour Bus. The 80's song in question was Pour Some Sugar on Me, and we swear no poles were harmed in this dance-off. Dom started off the dancing, was joined by Carrie 2.0 and Mikey who promptly gave him a run for his money in pole dancing. We can't say we are surprised the pole made it's comeback, but we were surprised there was no stripping accompanying the dancing.


The dancing didn't stop there. Dom brought some much needed attention to the cage and Niki and Ruby quickly made sure it was well used. With the girls basically ruling the front and the boys chilling in the back, it was great to bring everyone together no matter how it got done. We thought, well nothing can top this, but we were oh so wrong.

Paul the Commissioner pulled a jump rope out of nowhere and with the help of Monica and Leven got an old fashioned jump rope hoedown right in the middle of the bar. Who does that? It slowly went morphed into a crazy 8th grade party and everyone started doing the limbo. It showed just how low some people can actually get, and from the looks of it some of those dodgeballers (and Flo-Rida) know how to get low.

All in all, quite the crazy night. We are actually sad it's going to be ending soon, just 3 weeks left of dodgeball, drinks, and debauchery. We are sure next week at Gym Bar will be insane, but there is nothing like a crazy night at good ol' Hen's. She's like that wild trick you keep in your phone, and sometimes you forget they are there, but when you go back you realize there was a reason you only go back every so often. xoxo

Karao-Gay

Last Monday, BAD! got their dodgeball on, and it was craziness on the courts. Every team was fighting mad, and as usual the games were fierce. Gym Bar still continues to dominate the season just ahead of Stonewall, and as usual swept all 6 games. According to the standings they are the ones to beat this season, and with only about a handful of weeks left in the season, someone needs to knock them off their pedestal.

The after party was a rocking good time, and for a change on the east side at Eastern Bloc. Not only was there karaoke to be sung, but there was a mini flip cup table, where not a whole lot of flip cup actually happened. We hear there was a dirty game Shoulders 1, 2, 3 where if you didn't follow the rules you had to take a drink and kiss the person to your left. Let's just say it got pretty frisky, pretty fast.

So everyone had a turn at unleashing their inner Beyonce and stepped up to sing some karaoke. We heard Eduardo do "La Isla Bonita" (how very latin of him), Big Vinny and Niki tackle "Love Shack", Cutrone belt it out on "Sweet Caroline", and we were introduced to Freddy (a non-dodgeballer) who single handedly slayed "Georgia On My Mind". All in all, we were quite impressed by music skills on everyone, but we think you shouldn't let your dreams go of ruling at the Tony Dapolito Center any time soon.

Naturally there was a pole, and of course the dodgeballers were dancing the hell out of it. We saw quite a few people take a turn on it, and we found it entertaining that when James the gym teacher and his crew mysteriously disappeared and reappeared all red eyed and cotton mouthed grinding on the pole. Guess for some it just takes a little liquid courage, and for others an herbal refreshment. We have to give kudos to Kelly who mastered the pole again, with the help of a certain lady friend. We believe a pole is where Kelly was born.

It was quite the surprise when Justin Bond, of Kiki and Herb, sauntered into Eastern Bloc and mixed and mingled with the league. By mix and mingle we actually mean sit in the back and stare at the drunken shenanigans going on around her. We do have to give her props where props are deserved. She belted out one hell of a Stevie Nicks tune, and she did it well. She, of course, looked flawless and was gorgeous as a virgin on prom night.

We saw our fair share of makeouts, and we will go on record, and say we have never seen so much tongue at an after party. We don't what was in the water, but we did see one newbie in particular makeout with 5, yes 5!, other guys in the course of the after party. He's ruthless on the court, and a lothario off of it apparently. The after-after party continued on to D-Tox where it only got drunker and sloppier. After a couple of drinks we had to call it a night. We were certain our tongues, and liver, needed a rest if we ever hoped to see the weekend. xoxo

The Gloves Are Off!

There were a couple beatdowns last night that happened, and we are still kinda shocked what went down. Let's get to the on the court beatdown which was brought by the still undefeated Eastern Bloc team. Three weeks in a row they have won all of their matches to take first in the league, but they better watch out because Stonewall is right on their tail. Both of the teams are fighting mad, and both won 5 out of 6 games, but Stonewall is still beating them game-wise. All it takes is for one slip-up and we may just have a tie for first.

While we know we are totally in a recession, times are tough, no one has any money, etc etc, we sure do love those dodgeballers love to get the most out of their Tony Dapolito gym membership. That bike looks like the perfect place to gaze at the cute newbies this season.

We headed over to Stonewall for some flip cup and fun. While the flip cup was in full effect, it was an altercation that looks like it came out of an episode of Rock of Love that really got us scratching our heads. Imagine one minute you are dancing with Kelly while he shows off his white boy dance moves, then the next minute you are scrambling out of the way of hair pulling, name calling, and a what, a what, a girlfight.

Yup, just when you thought BAD! couldn't get any more crazy, leave it to the girls to really shake things up. We don't know specifics of the fight, or who even started it, but what we do know is there is an all love, no hate policy in BAD! Let's hope the two girls kissed and made up, otherwise count on some majah tension on the court when the two play each other in the coming weeks.

After the altercation, we continued to salsa dance with Eduardo, double dutch with Leven (who brings a jump rope to dodgeball?), and we were introduced to a new game from James the Gym teacher. He started a little game of spin the bottle, but if the bottle lands on you, you have to dance with the person instead of kiss them. There were definately some interesting partners, and all in all some people got down and dirty.

While we grabbed our coats and headed home from another exciting evening at BAD!, we happened to walk by two guys who were getting hot and heavy by the bathrooms. It reiterated the all love, no hate policy in the league and our own personal policy here at gossipgays. Make love, not bar fights. xoxo

The End Is Rear

Balls (literally and figuratively) were flying in the air on Monday at the final night of regular play for Big Apple Dodgeball. Flying so high that at least 5 people (that we saw) were hit in the face with a ball, and that wasn't even the tip of the iceberg (Kelly can't you just play nice??). We aren't sure if its just the intensity of final night play, some hidden animosity between players, or roid rage but whatever it was, it wasn't pretty.

We witnessed the vicious elbowing of Poppy by an Eagle teammate. She totally had a crater on her forehead, but what concerned us most is the paramedics that tried to convince her to go to the hospital, but just like Amy Winehouse she said, No No No. She was fine after an icepack and a drink, just what the doctor would have ordered!

Splash may have single handedly won the season, with United Shipping Company and Eagle competing for second and third place respectively. We give props where props are due, but they better bring it at next week's tournament.

When we asked Benji what he thought of reffing this season, he made this face and then proceeded to run to G Lounge for the after party. And what a way to end the season, we saw more couples pairing off than an singles cruise in Mexico. Perhaps Paul the Commissioner was just speaking to Spencer about the season, but we saw them get awfully close. Perhaps this wasn't the first time they hung out this week?

Also what was the deal with the side meeting of the minds? We saw a heavy discussion happening with V leading, Sanchez nodding, Sergio dancing, Weeks looking pretty, Dom getting icy, and Monica itching for a drink. We hope they were discussing something VERY important for that long, you know how we like to be involved in everything! We were jealous we weren't invited.

It was off to Cubbyhole for the after after party and boy did it deliver. The boys and girls got together for the impromptu danceparty and hookups indeed. We love that Dykey Mikey found a new boy lesbian in Craig who was totally willing to join him in all things lesbian. And could it be two certain teammates have found love on and off the dodgeball court. We know one of them may be in a relationship but it didn't stop them from making out in the corner! Like we said before, the after after party is always where it's at, two turntables and a microphone. xoxo

Called Out!

While Splash continues to dominate in the standings, we can't help but but wonder what got into Paul the Commissioner at the games on Monday? In a sudden death match between Boy Butter and Splash (who is currently in first), he managed to jump into the game to catch a ball that Lori single-handedly was going to catch, even though he wasn't playing. The refs called interference, thus losing the match for Boy Butter. Perhaps he was really excited to play, or maybe it's just a bonafide on-the-court scandal? xoxo

Mirror Mirror On The Wall...

Who is the fiercest team of them all?

From the way all of the teams were playing last night, we would say all of them. It seems as if there was a little tension in the air as the teams are now past the half way point and the race for first is on. Splash continues to dominate the league, with United Shipping Company is right on their tails!

Unfortunately for View Bar, they didn't even have enough people to play. They had to forfeit both games, and Vinny who did show up was none too pleased.

BTW, we are loving the Logo team shirts. I mean we get it that they were supposed to be orange, but bravo to who ever decided to get all Martha Stewart on their asses and design the shit out of them.

And a special shoutout goes out to Eagle and Logo that had one of the most intense sudden-death over times ever. They didn't just have one, they had two. We got goosebumps until Logo got one of the new members of Eagle out.

Well let's just say the real fun didn't even begin until all those dodgeballers got to View Bar. It was there that they began to "fierce it out" they say, and we don't even know where to start on that trying to recap that, but give us time...

Master Beatdown

Well it's official, Masterbeat has broken their losing streak. In fact they had not only enough players, but a couple of hot new additions! James, the phys-ed teacher who just moved to the city, totally rocked it along side his team, and Dom was a vicious force on the court. We are happy they won their first game of the season against G Lounge.

The matchup of the two teams in first (Henrietta's and Logo) battled head to head with Henrietta's sweeping all 3 games, and we believe the true title for first place. Meanwhile third place team Eagle tumbled out of 3rd losing both of their games in the night! Meanwhile Monica needs to simma down, she knocked someone from the Eagle straight back so hard we winced in pain for him.

In fact a lot of teams swept both of their matches last night. United Shipping, Boy Butter, Splash, and Stonewall all successfully won both matches so we can only imagine how the standings are going to play out. Right now it's anyone's game with no clear winner in sight. Thus making it an exciting season.

We are a little sad that the gym is now closing earlier. Apparently the last match of the night between G Lounge and Gym Bar didn't even finish because they turned out the light at 9:45! What was up with that? We thought we had the gym until 10:00? Guess that means we are either going to start earlier or use the other gym? Either way we assume that means the drinking after starts earlier.

We are sad there will be no play next week, but we can't wait for week 5 on October 20th, because shit will finally start hitting the fan.

Predictions - Week 4

Well B.A.D. is officially on week 4 and we can't believe how the season is playing out. Henrietta Hudson's and Logo TV have taken a commanding lead vying for 1st place. You can imagine our enthusiasm to see the two teams play eachother tonight at 7:45 in what can only be tonight's most anticipated game. With Gilbride's birthday yesterday, we know how much of a hot mess he was last night, but we are sure he can still fierce it out for Logo TV on the court today.

Eagle is currently in 3rd place and sadly Masterbeat and View Bar are bringing up the rear (not that it's a bad thing in the gay world). We are sorta wondering where Koray has been, as we know he can surely help the View Bar come out the trenches of last place and prove to be a force in the league. We are also sorta wondering how many people will show up for Masterbeat since they haven't had a lot of people play recently (in fact they had to forfeit last week).

Nonetheless, the real party is happening after at B.A.D.'s favorite post play bar - Gym Bar. So get ready for pizza, flip cup, and hook-ups!