Wednesday, June 24, 2015

SUMMER SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT...MARSHALL STREET BAR & GRILL

Marshall Street Bar & Grill is an official NACKA Kickball Summer Season Sponsor! This corner bar has agreed to contribute some serious buck towards a kickball team this summer. And ironically, we think that beer, food, and money go fabulously together! Like peanut butter and jelly but waaaaaaaay better.

Here's the skinny on this NACKA Kickball Sponsor...


Who: Marshall Street Bar & Grill
Where: 81 Marshall Street, Rochester, New York 14607 (at the corner of Monroe & Marshall)
When: Monday - Saturday: 11am to 2am. Sunday: 12pm - 2am.
What: Marshall Street is a friendly neighborhood bar with a relaxed vibe and eclectic mix of people. Open 7 days a week, this chill bar features a full menu, daily specials, catering options, darts, pinball, table games, and pool tables. Oh and we should mention that the kitchen is open until 2am (giddy-up).

Marshall Streets's Weekly Specials...

Everyday: $2.50 Pints & Well Drinks till 7pm.
Monday: $7/9 Pitchers
Tuesday: $7 Domestic Pitchers, $2.50 Well Drinks.
Wednesday: $2.50 Domestic Bottles
Thursday: $2.50 Pints
Friday: $2.50 Blue/Blue Light Bottles
Saturday: $2.50 Bud/Bud Light
Sunday: $7/9 Pitchers, $3.00 Microbrews




Source: https://www.nackakickball.com/article.cfm?ArticleNumber=129

GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN...CRYSTAL COLE

It is with a heavy pen and very heavy hearts that we announce the loss of one of our own this past weekend. Crystal Cole was taken from this earth entirely too soon. But to all that knew her - her captivating personality and magnetic presence will live on in spirit and in memory, for those we love don't go away...they walk beside us every day.


"On Saturday June 6, 2015 sadly we lost one of our kickball family members. Crystal Cole was a vivacious, energetic, thoughtful person. She was the true life of any party, with her love of music you could always find her bopping her beautiful blonde locks to the beat of any DJ. She enjoyed traveling the country for the chance to be live and up front and truly feel the sound of the base pump threw her body. Crystal was well known in the Rochester community as she spent most her time either making us all fabulous drinks @ our favorite watering holes, OR kicking her way into our hearts on the kickball field. No matter what she was doing she brought a ray of sunshine with her. She has left behind two wonderful children, a son Chase, and a daughter Abby. Chase is an up and coming soccer star who hopes someday to compete in the big league. He and his mother had a special bond, and when they were together you could see the sparkle in her eye. Abby is a soft spoken, kind young lady who enjoys to dance. She is a spit image of crystal and often refered to as Crystal's mini-me. Her children brought out the gentle, nurturing side so many of us will miss. As we say good-bye to a friend it's never easy, Crystal Cole you will always be in our hearts and memories, and every time the sun shines, or a dragonfly flutters by, or the base drops on our favorite song we will know it's you saying Hello and you love us back!" Beckie Dodge

NACKA Kickball is setting up a double elimination charity tournament, to be held on Sunday July 12th, in Crystal's memory. Check in will be at 8:30am, with a 9am start. More information, including proceed details will be available shortly.


Calling hours for Crystal Cole are on Thursday, June 11th and a funeral service will be held on Friday, June 12th. Please visit the website below for further details.

Until we meet again...




Source: https://www.nackakickball.com/article.cfm?ArticleNumber=128

SUMMER SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT...WALLSTREET BAR & GRILL

Wallstreet Bar & Grill is an official NACKA Kickball Summer Season Sponsor! This food-tastic "night pub" has agreed to contribute some benjamin's towards a kickball team this summer. How awesome is that? And everyone wins playing in this market...sell beer...buy beer...drink beer...jackpot.

Here's the skinny on this NACKA Kickball Sponsor...


Who: Wallstreet Bar & Grill
Where: 330 East Avenue, Rochester, New York 14607
When: Hours change daily...check their website for info.
What: Wallstreet is a modern bar & grill that features an extensive food and drink menu and an energetic crowd. A perfect spot for grabbing a drink, a bite to eat, or to network for business. Offers a full size food menu, take-out, catering and events, and rotating daily specials.

Wallstreet's Weekly Specials...

Monday: "Market Crash Monday's" (7pm-close)...$3 Wells, $3 Domestic Pints, $4 Calls, $5 Domestic Pitchers, 1/2 Off Boneless Wings.
Tuesday: "Taco Tuesday" (All Day)...$9.99 Beef, Chicken, or Mahi Mahi Soft Tacos (all you can eat!), $3.50 House Margaritas & Coronas.
Wednesday: "Burger Wednesday" (All Day)...$5.99 1/2lb. Burger & Fries, $3 Rotating Pint Specials, $3 Wells, $4 Calls, $3.50 Drafts & House Wines.
Thursday: "Ladies Night" (5pm-10pm)...Buy 2 Specialty Cocktails & Receive A Free App, $3.50 Blue & Blue Light Drafts.
Friday: "Fish Fry Fridays" (5pm-10pm).
Saturday: "Stock Drop Saturdays" (4pm-10pm)...1/2 Off Select Bottles of Wine w/ Purchase of Entree.




Source: https://www.nackakickball.com/article.cfm?ArticleNumber=126

O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!

Calling all captains EVERYWHERE!! This is your time to shine...to feel important...to feel like a true leader of something special. It's NACKA Kickball's Captains' Meeting for the summer 2015 season...and it's THIS weekend!

NACKA's Captains Meeting is being held on Sunday, May 31st at 7:00pm at JD Oxfords. So set your DVR's to record Dancing with the Stars ballers...you might not make it home in time to watch it live. Besides throwing back some beers, you can expect a slew of other things to happen at this meeting of the minds...
  • High Fives
  • Receiving team T-Shirts/Hoodies
  • Team Payment (Bring your checkbook bitches)
  • Rules and website mumbo jumbo
  • Q&A (not T&A...although we might not rule that out entirely)


So if you're the captain of "Your Pitch Makes My Kick Hard" or "Menace 2 Sobriety" or "C U Next Thursday", or any other of our stellar kickball teams this summer, you are wanted on Monroe Ave this Sunday night. And if you can't make it because you're out of room on your DVR and don't want to miss Madam Secretary...then send a team rep. We'd like at least one person on each team to know what the hell is going on. See you Sunday!

Popular Captains (past & present):
  1. Captain Morgan
  2. Captain Kirk
  3. Captain America
  4. Captain Crunch
  5. Captain Jack
  6. Captain & Tennille
  7. Captain Hook
  8. Captain Kangaroo
  9. Captain Lou Albano
  10. Captain Stubing
  11. Captain Obvious
  12. Captain Planet
  13. Captain Underpants
  14. Captain Marvel
  15. Captain Caveman

Source: https://www.nackakickball.com/article.cfm?ArticleNumber=125

SUMMER SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT...JD OXFORDS

J.D. Oxford's Pub is an official NACKA Kickball Summer Season Sponsor! This thirst quenching establishment has agreed to contribute $200 towards a kickball team this summer and they will pay NACKA directly (so you don't have to chase down money). We'll drink to that...and tip one to our homies!

Here's the skinny on this NACKA Kickball Sponsor...


Who: J.D. Oxford's Pub
Where: 636 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, New York 14607
When: 3PM til 2AM...365 days a year.
What: JD Oxfords has been a staple in the Rochester bar scene since opening in 1991. A chill, friendly bar that offers over 20 beers on tap, a full food menu, daily specials, weekly events, darts boards, pool tables, and kickass music.

Oxford's Weekly Specials...

Sunday: $3.00 Premium Drafts, $2.50 Bud & Bud Light Bottles, Sunday Steak & Bake with Tatar.
Monday: $5.00 Pitchers of Bud Light, $10.00 Pitchers of Bud Light with a Dozen Wings.
Tuesday: $2.00 Non-Premium Drafts, $2.50 Well Drinks.
Wednesday: $4.00 Pitchers of Non-Premium Drafts til 1:00AM.
Thursday: $6.00 Pitchers of Yeungling.
Friday: $2.50 Molson & Molson Light Bottles, $3.00 Pints of Magic Hat, $9.00 Pitchers of Magic Hat, "Brew Bag" with The Zone 94.1.
Saturday: $2.50 Bud & Bud Light Bottles, $2.50 Well Drinks til Midnight.




Source: https://www.nackakickball.com/article.cfm?ArticleNumber=124

NO SHIRT...NO SERVICE!!

Hopefully by now you've stopped being lame and have registered for NACKA's Summer Kickball Season. Closing time for team registration is creeping up fast and steady and we'd hate for you to be left out on the streets...homeless & friendless.

Summer registration is open until 11:59pm on May 21st. Not midnight...we said, 11:59pm. Once registration closes, the shut off for your NACKA t-shirt order closes right after on May 22nd. Meaning, if you don't sign-up for kickball you'll be left out on the streets homeless, friendless, and now shirtless. Don't go naked...play kickball.


Each registered player is allowed one official NACKA Kickball t-shirt free of charge in their selected size. If you don't select a size when signing-up, you will be ordered whatever size is displayed on your form. This could be disastrous for some...think Tommy Boy, "fat man in a little coat". FYI: Additional tees are $10.00 each and hoodies are $20.00...we seriously have better prices than Aeropostale.  

Even though most of you have forgotten that it's Mother's Day on Sunday and suck at being children...that doesn't mean that you have to forget about kickball and suck at life. Sign up, get a shirt, grab a beer, and play some ball. Time...she is a ticking.




Source: https://www.nackakickball.com/article.cfm?ArticleNumber=123

CATCHING A BALL + CATCHING IT ON CAMERA = AWESOME!

It is hard to believe that there are only a few more weeks left until the NACKA Spring Kickball Season comes to a close. We started out playing around snow banks and are finishing up sweating our faces off in shorts. Speaking of faces...

Here at NACKA we are lucky enough to have a professional photographer on location for each game. Our photographer, Robert Frohne of Frohtography, beautifully captures all of our glorious and less-than-glorious kickball moments. And because there are a lot of images in the less-than-glorious department, it would be truly irresponsible of us not to post these in an article. You can almost feel the sheer determination and the complete mental instability of our NACKA players while in the field trying to catch a soft rubber ball. Enjoy!






Source: https://www.nackakickball.com/article.cfm?ArticleNumber=122