Midland Represents

The teams that played in the 11th Annual Carlstrom Beerdie Tournament were as follows:

These Guys – HOF & KO
Team Steam – The Hawk & El Nino
Baseline – Heavy & JJ
94’ Ed Walsh All Stars – Chet & Heck

I think we proved that we are the premier beer die league around, just like the quote says in the top right hand corner of this site, by having all 4 Midland teams finish in the top 5.

Carlstrom delayed These Guys’ first game for an hour and a half because Murdz had a teacher certification test that took a lot longer than we had all expected. At 2:30 Murdz was still missing in action and I was posed with a serious dilemma. Carlstrom gave me the option of picking up a new partner, which Mif was more than ready to oblige, take an automatic loss and go into the loser’s bracket, wait for Murdz to start the first game and lose a point for every minute he was late, or start the game playing solo and have to drink from both cups for every point I lost. I chose the latter.

I was up 8 to 2 when Murdz walked in and was welcomed by a thunderous roar of boos, but like time and time again, he demonstrated why his nickname is “H.O.F.” He hit a cup on his first shot and sank his second to walk-off and These Guys won their first game 8 to 0 in dramatic fashion. We went on to win our next 5 games to finish the tournament undefeated and 2007 Champs. Murdz hit cup after cup and I had 8 sinks to tie JJ with the most sinks ever in Carlstrom Beerdie history.

Team Steam lost their very first game, but battled back to take 3rd place. El Nino played his trademark “Velcro” defense and The Hawk was voted the “Best Dressed” player at the tournament. With a wardrobe the size of his, he didn’t mind going home with beer and grass stains on his neatly pressed collard shirt. That just goes to show you he’s a player that gives it his all.

JJ was JJ and caught fire sinking 8 shots throughout the day. Heavy, impressively, did not toss a single die off the table the entire tournament, which is huge because of the automatic loss of a point rule. Baseline finished in 4th, losing to These Guys twice and Team Steam in the 3rd place game.

The 94’ Ed Walsh All Stars had a roller coaster ride to their 5th place finish. They were dominant in their first victory, but almost lost to the only female team in the tournament. Heck ignored Chet’s repeated warnings to stop doing shots with “Blue” while sitting on the sideline waiting to play each game. Regardless, they played well and should have had the opportunity to play for 3rd, but because of some strange rules, which were constantly changing, didn’t get the chance.

Since JJ and I were tied with 8 sinks a piece, although JJ will complain that I bounced one in, we had a shootout to determine who would win the “Dead Eye Dick” award. This is a Carlstrom Beerdie award that goes to the player with the most sinks. We both missed our first 5 playoff shots. JJ took his sixth shot and missed again. I sank mine and took home the award.