The Frozen tundra of late November in Chicago was not going to stop a determined Dogballer team from showing up and hoping they would not have to play this past week. To the delight of several if not all team members, the opposing team had somehow found/googled Stephanie "the Boss" Katsaros and notified her that they would be forfeiting. This was received as great news by Slavek "Slavo" Kucharski, who was seriously debating not showing, but his conscience got the better of him, especially after a scolding from "the Boss" after he confessed his apprehension of playing soccer in 20 degree weather. Who the hell does that anyway!? Nonetheless, having their priorities straight, most members of the Ballers went on to the 4 Trey's to celebrate their first win of the season with several frosty beverages of the beer variety. Nathan "Red" Melotte had this to say, "Man, I am so proud of you guys and gals, I didn’t think we would be able to do it, but you all fought hard and sacrificed today, and because of that we were rewarded with a win, it was either that or because Shank actually showed up to a game" a truly inspirational speech, considering the co-captain Mike "Gimpy" McAtee didn’t even show to the bar, very disappointing. Several people were absent, some with prior commitments, others only because they did not want to brave the elements,  notably Matt “Sleepy” Brewer, who had suffered an injury last week, when he sneezed too hard and broke a rib, a sign that playing soccer is inadvisable in cold weather.

On other injury fronts, Ben “Benny” Bischmann will be going under the knife this week to repair his torn ACL suffered in the final game of last season. He will be getting an Achilles tendon form a cadaver, lets hope for his sake that the donor was not a girly man but an able bodied athlete, which will result in Ben having a super-knee capable of superhuman feats. Maybe it will even be as flexible as Cedric Benson's, wow did you see that thing bend? As part of my selfless promotion, for photos of that injury go to the Bears section in this publication.

Now we will see if the Ballers will have to play a playoff in December, it is this writer’s opinion that the damn league should just shut it down, and apologize for their lollygagging when they decided to re-turf the field. So if this is a wrap up, good job to the Ballers on a decent season, here’s to the off-season and this winter’s indoor league, where the Ballers can expect to actually win several games.