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EXTRA INNINGS with Adolf Oliver Busch
June 5, 2009 --
Hey there wiffleball fans, Adolf Oliver Busch here with some more Extra Innings for you. This week we talk to Josh Burckhardt of the Cowlitz Cubs.
Burck has been in the CCWA since the second season. In his first year with the Vancouver Penguins he won Player of the Year and led the Penguins to the title. He is currently in his first year with the Cubs, playing with some old friends Erik Williamson and Erik Guttormsen.
When he's not wiffleballing you can find Josh hanging out with his son Braden. Besides that you can usually find him on the golf course, basketball court, softball diamond, tennis court or anywhere else there's some competition. On the rare occasion that he is not playing sports he may be hanging out with some friends enjoying a beer or two.
1. How long do you plan on playing in the CCWA?
Until I can’t hit anymore.
2. What are your favorite restaurants?
Hart C’s and Cap-n-Yobi's
3. Who’s the toughest batter to face in the CCWA? Toughest pitcher?
I’d say the toughest batter is Jim Hewey, he always seems to get the best of me. Toughest pitcher would be Mike Wilson with his speed and accuracy, lethal combination.
4. Who’s your favorite pro wrestler?
Junkyard Dog!!
5. Who’s your favorite MLB team and player?
Favorite team is the Yankees and player is A-Roid, I mean A-Rod.
6. What’s your fondest CCWA memory?
Hitting for the cycle twice in the same game and clinching the CCWA championship in 2007 for the now defunct Vancouver Penguins!
7. Pick your top three movies of all time.
Gladiator, Braveheart and Nightmare on Elm Street the original. Gave me nightmares as a kid, but it was awesome. 1, 2, Freddy's coming for you...
8. Who are your favorite three musicians?
Green Day, any 80’s bands and Journey!
9. What do you like on your cheeseburgers?
Meat and cheese, pickles on the side
10. If you could play for any other CCWA team who would it be?
Bring back the Yankees and play with Philly and Willie again.
11. What’s your favorite three TV shows?
Scrubs, ESPN and the golf channel
12. What do you love most about wiffleball?
Shit talking, the fellas, just hanging out and having a beer.
13. Do you have any pets and what are their names?
No pets
14. If you could face a major leaguer in wiffleball who would it be?
Tim Lincecum. See him throw the wiffle about 100mph right by me!
15. Who’s your favorite Eric?
Erik Williamson! Great guy and one helluva drinker/pisser! HAHAHAHA
16. If you were stranded on an island and could only eat three things for the rest of your existence what would they be?
Pizza, pasta and pu$$y! The 3 p’s in my diet!!
17. What is your dream job?
PGA Golfer
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EXTRA INNINGS with Adolf Oliver Busch
May 29, 2009 --
Hello wiffleball fans! Adolf Oliver Busch here with our newest helping of Extra Innings. This week we get to know Eastside Expos team captain Mark "Manni Mota" Sefner a little better.
Manni has been playing wiffleball for about a decade now. He came across the CCWA last summer on a drive home, stopped by half a week later to check out a game and joined within the next couple of days. He is one of the best hitters in the league and has a great batting eye.
When Manni's not playing wiffleball he's usually hanging out at one of the local watering holes or eating some El Jefe wings from Fire on the Mountain. He's a graphic designer by trade and has helped the league by re-designing many of the teams logos this past offseason.
1. What do you love most about wiffleball?
Tough one. The competition – the pitcher-batter duel. Taking cash from Danno per hit is great but nothing is as rewarding as throwing a screwball at el Dominicano's head, watching his knees buckle and getting the backwards K in the middle of the zone! "Que lastima, cabron!"
I enjoy me some smack talk too.
2. What are your three favorite albums
The Clash - Give 'em Enough Rope, Butthole Surfers - Rembrant Pussyhorse, TSOL - Dance With Me
3. Who’s the toughest batter to face in the CCWA? Toughest pitcher?
I haven't thrown against them but the Brothers Liepa (Karlis & Tony) are tough outs.
Pitcher? Mike Wilson has my number. But I might want to change my vote to Eric Keele after this coming weekend.
4. What are your three favorite burger toppings?
Avocado. Thick tomato. Stone-ground mustard.
5. Who’s your favorite MLB team and player?
I stopped following baseball after the '86 world series. But if I have to choose a current player I'd say Manny Ramirez. Despite the drug charges, that dude and his wack-ass antics are funny and great for baseball. Who else is chilling w/ the grounds crew in the Green Monster during a pitching change or catching fly balls against the fence and high-fiving fans?
6. What’s your fondest CCWA memory?
Too many fun times to count. Bookem and Omar going back-to-back walk off styles in the playoffs. Getting our ass handed to us by the Sox. The blur of All-Star weekend. All great times with cool dudes.
7. Pick your top three movies of all time.
Sex and Lucia. Leolo. Shogun Assassin.
8. What’s your favorite cheese?
Pepper jack or blue cheese.
One time Bookem bet me $70 that I couldn't eat a 2 pound brick of cheddar in an hour. He let me tap out for $30 with 10 minutes and 1/3 pound left. Not a huge cheddar fan anymore.
9. If you could play for any other CCWA team who would it be?
Any team. Maybe... Royals or Brew Crew.
10. What’s your favorite three TV shows?
Not much a TV guy Adolf. I'll go with Sports. Cartoons. Telenovelas.
11. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
Funny question Adolf. I count 16 pair in my daily rotation. 20-25 total. What ya getting at...?
12. What is the best refreshment to enjoy during wiffleball?
No-brainer: KOKANEE! MOLSON! LABATTS! Gotta represent. Delicious beer and maple syrup are all we have.
13. How long do you plan on playing in the CCWA?
I'll play as long as my aging bones let me.
14. What’s your hangover remedy?
Average hangover: water, advil, greasy food, exercise.
Big night out: puke, water, 30min shower, 1 or 2 light beers, watch Bandidas, eat grease.
15. If you were stranded on an island and could only eat three things for the rest of your existence what would they be?
Avocados. WINGS (from Fire on the Mountain). Valium.
16. Who’s your favorite Joe?
The only Joe I know is Señor Bock. He's okay, I guess...
17. How many countries have you been in? Name them.
We've been over this Adolf. I'm here legally. Work and wiffle visas. Not sure who you're working for but I'm done after this.
13 counties: US, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, New Zealand, Australia, OH CANADA!
Lost wiffles to Omar in Mexico last year.... not cool.
Thanks Mr. Busch. It's been real.
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EXTRA INNINGS with Adolf Oliver Busch
May 22, 2009 --
Hey there wiffleball fans, Adolf Oliver Busch back again with another copy of Extra Innings. This week we're talking to Lexington Brewer Timmy Kramer.
Timmy epitomizes what wiffleball is all about, drinking beer and having fun. He is the only player in league history to make the All-Beer Team every season, and his drink of choice is an ice-cold Bud Light. In 2007 he outplayed pretty much everybody and walked away with the Northern League MVP.
When he's not wiffling Timmy is either hanging out with his wife Sara and their two boys or working at Weyerhaueser. He's also an avid outdoorsman and enjoys hunting, fishing and camping.
1. What’s your fondest CCWA memory?
All the beer drinking and hanging out with good peeps every time.
2. What is your dream job?
Playing in the NFL or being a taste tester for Anheuser Busch.
3. What is the most refreshing beverage to enjoy during wiffleball?
Ice Cold BUD LIGHT
4. If you could play for any other CCWA team who would it be?
I would have to start my own team. No other team is worthy!!!
5. Miracle Whip or Mayo?
Mayo
6. Who’s your favorite three musicians?
Guns 'N Roses, Ozzy, and AC/DC
7. Who’s the toughest batter to face in the CCWA? Toughest pitcher?
Tony Leipa is the toughest batter; Scott Coleman and Mike Wilson are the toughest pitchers.
8. Who’s your favorite MLB team and player?
I dont watch baseball all to much so I will go with The BREWERS of course for my team and I've always liked Dennis Eckersley.
9. If you were stranded on an island and could only eat three things for the rest of your existence what would they be?
Bud Light ice cubes, Gwen Stefani and lasagna
10. Pick your top three movies of all time.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Dumb and Dumber and Diggstown
11. Soccer or Hockey?
Hockey
12. If you could face a Major-Leaguer in wiffleball who would it be?
A-Rod
13. What do you love most about wiffleball?
The SMACK TALK and all of the BEER
14. How long do you plan on playing in the CCWA?
All the way to the end!
15. What’s the best way to spend a Saturday (when you’re not playing wiffle)?
Drinking beer with the family or being on the river.
16. Who’s your favorite Steve?
Steve-O, that guy can huff the co2.
17. What’s your most embarrassing CCWA moment?
I dont get embarrassed!
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EXTRA INNINGS with Adolf Oliver Busch
May 15, 2009 --
Hello wiffleball fans and welcome back to Extra Innings. I'm Adolf Oliver Busch and I'm back with our newest feature where we will be profiling Joey Bock of the Rose City Royals.
The "Old Crow" is in his second season in the CCWA and has been loving every minute of it. You can always find Joey at the field with a nice, cold tall boy in his hand. As a rookie he was a unanimous choice for the CCWA All-Beer team. And unlike most players it seems like the Crow actually gets better the more he drinks. He blasted a couple of homeruns in last years Rookie-Fun Star game after getting his drink on.
Joey works for PDX Vital Signs in Portland, OR. When he's not working or playing wiffleball you can find the Crow either at the Old Lompoc, skateboarding or at one of the many burrito stands around town.
1. What is the most refreshing beverage to enjoy during wiffleball?
Beer
2. If you could play for any other CCWA team who would it be?
I'm loyal to tha Royals
3. Who’s your favorite three musicians?
Debbie Gibson, Tiffany & Slayer
4. Who’s the toughest batter to face in the CCWA? Toughest pitcher?
Omar "Dominico" Steinberg on both
5. Who’s your favorite MLB team and player?
the Mets and any player who's gotten busted for drug use
6. If you were stranded on an island and could only eat three things for the rest of your existence what would they be?
tacos, hay, p*ssy
7. What’s your fondest CCWA memory?
I'm usually pretty loaded
8. Pick your top three movies of all time.
City of God, Full Metal Jacket and Gummo
9. What are three things that need to go away?
Poverty, Global Warming and the Beer Tax
10. What’s your favorite three magazines?
Playboy, Hustler and National Geographic
11. Who’s your favorite pro-wrestler?
Ultimate Warrior
12. What do you love most about wiffleball?
What's not to love?
13. What are your favorite micro-breweries?
The New Old Lompoc, hands down
14. How long do you plan on playing in the CCWA?
Long time
15. Blonde or Brunette?
Both at the same time
16. Who’s your favorite Mike?
I like girls
17. What’s something about you that we don’t know but we should?
Well....I don't have any felonies
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EXTRA INNINGS with Adolf Oliver Busch
May 4, 2009 --
Hello wiffleball fans and welcome to Extra Innings. I'm Adolf Oliver Busch and to kick off our new feature we will be profiling Jackmove Giants team captain Matt Jones, the man of many nicknames.
"Corduroy" Jones was instrumental in helping the league form. Our inaugural tournament was at his house. He was a huge help in getting the field set up and his team is always a contender for the title. When he's not wiffling, "Purple Hazen" rocks the drums for the rock band Jackmove. He's been playing music for well over ten years now and can be seen playing in local seedy establishments.
Matt works for Ferguson doing inside sales out of their Longview location. He is married with two kids and lives in the house that serves as left field at Jones Field (how cool is that?). Step on up Matt Jones, we're going into extra innings.
1. Who’s the toughest batter to face in the CCWA? Toughest pitcher?
Of all the players I have faced, I would have to say the toughest batter would be Tony Liepa. And the toughest pitcher would have to be Eric Keele.
2. Who’s your favorite MLB team and player?
My favorite team is the Seattle Mariners. My favorite all-time player is hands down Edgar Martinez. As far as active players go, I would have to say Ichiro.
3. What’s your fondest CCWA memory?
Probably taking Karlis yard in the 2008 Northern League Championship Series.
4. Pick your top three movies of all time.
Pulp Fiction, True Romance, Goonies
5. Who’s your favorite three musicians?
Huey, Lewis and the News
6. What kind of pizza do you like?
Barbecued Chicken
7. If you could play for any other CCWA team who would it be?
Either the Brew Crew or the Red Sox
8. What’s your favorite three TV shows?
Breaking Bad, the Office, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
9. Who’s your biggest hero?
My grandfather George VanBuskirk
10. What do you love most about wiffleball?
Striking out Jim Hewey
11. Do you have any pets and what are their names?
1 pit bull, everyone knows Chaos
12. What are your favorite restaurants?
Red Lobster, Carls Jr., McMenamins
13. How long do you plan on playing in the CCWA?
Til the livin end
14. Cologne?
Not so much, Axe Touch
15. Who’s your favorite Dave?
Dave Grohl
16. If you were stranded on an island and could only eat three things for the rest of your existence what would they be?
Crab, Fettucini Alfredo and Steak
17. Do you sing in the shower?
Almost always
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