Why Love NY

Last night the top sixteen teams took to the court in a battle for the title of ultimate dodgeball champion. Balls were thrown, balls were dodged and egos were crushed over the course of the evening.

Round 1 - Pepe’s Cheese Bitches vs Cojones Grandes

Pepe’s Cheese Bitches came into the night ranked fourth in the Early Division. Matching up against Cojones Grandes, the team they defeated in the last week of the regular season, confidence levels were high. Perhaps they were too high as you can see below.

On the brink of elimination, the Cheese Bitches bounced back. Systematically eliminating their green shirted foes one by one. In the rubber match Pepe’s stayed strong with another solid victory and advanced to the second round of the playoffs.

Round 2 - Pepe’s Cheese Bitches vs McBalls

This season McBalls were the Yankees to Pepe’s Blue Jays (says the diehard Mets fan). McBalls roster had a ton of depth and no obvious weakness. Pepe’s plays in Canada and can’t afford to buy uniforms for their players.All that being said, the Bitches hoped to compete against the dodgeball powerhouse that is McBalls and were swiftly denied time and time again. The Cheese Bitches were simply overmatched and understaffed. Their road to glory ended here.I don’t have video of this match, but you can see the teams battle it out in an exhibition game on SportsNet NY’s Street Games.

Round 3 - McBalls vs Care Bears

I didn’t stick around for this match as there was post-dodgeball drinking to be done. I do know that McBalls beat the Care Bears. Enjoy this photo in lieu of actual game footage.

Round 4 - McBalls vs Money Shots

As with the above match vs the Care Bears, I was not around to see the details of this match either. McBalls won. Hooray McBalls!Well folks, that’s the end of this season of dodgeball. If you’re interested in playing in the best dodgeball league in New York City head on over to Downtown Dodgeball and sign up for the winter season today*.  Tell ‘em Pepe sent ya.

Previously on This Week in Dodgeball:

[This Week in Dodgeball: The Final Countdown]
[This Week in Dodgeball: No Time for Love, Doctor Jones]
[This Week In Dodgeball: Kickin’ It Old School]

Photo and video courtesy of Dwidson Metayer.

*Full disclosure, WhyLoveNY and Downtown Dodgeball are run by the same folks.