Greg and I went to the Dolphin Lounge to shoot in the blind draw but when we got there, we found out that the American Darts Association had a sanctioned event, men's 501 round robin.
It was good to watch much better players than I shoot darts. There are some good players out there, but not in Orange County. San Diego, Ventura, and Los Angeles all have active ADO events, but not many here locally. One player, Doug, was part of the board of the ADO, said that they would have a qualifier tourney at the Dolphin. I wish the word would get out so more players in this area could get out and start shooting!
After they were done, Greg and I threw a 501 game then Jeff stepped up to us and we shot a Cutthroat Cricket game. Jeff was sort of put off that the fact a father and son team were teaming up against him, but we had fun doing it.
It was pretty close between Greg and Jeff while I was floundering. I finally had a chance to help Greg and get me closer to Jeff by pounding 17's. I finally became the spoiler so I stepped out to let Greg and Jeff battle it out. Greg stepped up and made me proud. He shot a crap load of bulls and finally he needed one 15 and one bull. Needless to say he had one dart in his hand when finished.
After that Jeff and I shot a Cricket game. It was close, not.....I finally got it closer by a trip and then got on the bulls. Jeff won the game and I really had a good time out with my son.
A blog about my adventures in the dart league (http://www.pacificdarts.com)
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Thursday Darts, Week 9 (Final week of the season)
Final Score: Da Geeks 6, Twitchers 1, Bob, Jim, and Mike showed up at Michael's Sports Pub & Grill with Thom showing up later on and came in at game 5.
Rodman started out strong and was leading his first game then he faltered and Bob got the win. Strong darts though from Rodman and he did enjoy himself.
Marv is throwing his "good" darts and is more consistent with them than his "bar darts".
I threw fairly well tonight bye throwing 4 rounds of "machine" darts. Machine darts are three solid singles in a turn, like a machine (it's a geek thing). I was also nicknamed the closer by closing out 3 games with a single dart in the bull.
The Honor Roll had Marv with a 3x2 and Bob had two 3x2's.
Code: RBM0661111
Rodman started out strong and was leading his first game then he faltered and Bob got the win. Strong darts though from Rodman and he did enjoy himself.
Marv is throwing his "good" darts and is more consistent with them than his "bar darts".
I threw fairly well tonight bye throwing 4 rounds of "machine" darts. Machine darts are three solid singles in a turn, like a machine (it's a geek thing). I was also nicknamed the closer by closing out 3 games with a single dart in the bull.
The Honor Roll had Marv with a 3x2 and Bob had two 3x2's.
Code: RBM0661111
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Tuesday Darts, Week 9
Final Score: Geek & Son 0, Ship Faced 7. Kim and Scott brought their A game. We were close, but there was a star for the night, not on my team though.
Scott......I want to start out by saying Scott is a good friend and one heck of a nice guy. The pineapple he dropped off at the fireworks booth was enjoyed by a lot of Rainbow Girls and it was delicious! Thank you Scott. See he is a nice guy but when it comes to darts, Greg said it best when he came up to me and said "Your right, he is a dick" after he whooped Greg in 2 close games. He turns from nice Scott to Arsehole Scott in the blink of an eye. His streak of not losing a singles match this season is still intact. Way to go arsehole. Oh yeah, He was also annoying with his "Magic Number" of 5, 4, 3, etc. all night.
Greg shot good numbers all night and can hit the bull regularly which is nice.
I shot a lot of big numbers, I took out some good outs, and got us on in 301. It wasn't enough.
The star of the night was Kim. In our 301 game, I got on with a 94 but he took out the 91 that he had with a 51-40 after I told him T-17, D-20 (2 darts for him also on that). I should have kept my big mouth shut.
Against Greg in the 501, he threw T7TT. That was Kim's night. He was quite impressive.
The Honor Roll had me with a Ton-14, Ton-17, Ton-20, and a High On of a Ton. Scott had a Ton-40 while Kim had a Ton-21, Ton-80, and a High Out of Ton-18. Way to go Kim.
Code: BG4000004
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Thursday Darts, Week 8
Final Score: Da Geeks 1, Here For The Beer 6. Justin, Ed, and Julien showed up at Throwbacks and we all played on the stage set up there. Makes you fell kinda special.
There should be an award for the Most Improved Player and that should go to Justin. I remember when he first came in the league to now where he is consistent and accurate all the time. My hat goes off to you Justin, well done and great darts!
He kicked my arse..........bad.............it still friggin' hurts!
The one thing I hated playing him is when I looked at the scoreboard, all I saw on his side of the board was the disgusting Smiley Faces while mine had a mark or 2 on a few numbers.
Marv shot a beautiful 9-2's in an area less than a dime, resting on the wire.
Ed was steady as usual, except for the team game with Marv and I, but that was it, and a nice 60 out!
Greg got a bad case of "The Wrong Friggin' Side of the Wire" tonight, and that does get to you. He did shoot a nice Ton-40 in the team game and even took a picture of it. Marv commented we only took picks of To-80's, but Greg didn't care, he got his pic.
Julien was his usual 17 whore, not real aggressive, but he did own them early. Thank goodness he struggled on 16's as that helped us, but I wasn't that much help, Marv has a strong back.
The Honor Roll had Marv with a 3x2.
Code: BMG0001000
There should be an award for the Most Improved Player and that should go to Justin. I remember when he first came in the league to now where he is consistent and accurate all the time. My hat goes off to you Justin, well done and great darts!
He kicked my arse..........bad.............it still friggin' hurts!
The one thing I hated playing him is when I looked at the scoreboard, all I saw on his side of the board was the disgusting Smiley Faces while mine had a mark or 2 on a few numbers.
Marv shot a beautiful 9-2's in an area less than a dime, resting on the wire.
Ed was steady as usual, except for the team game with Marv and I, but that was it, and a nice 60 out!
Greg got a bad case of "The Wrong Friggin' Side of the Wire" tonight, and that does get to you. He did shoot a nice Ton-40 in the team game and even took a picture of it. Marv commented we only took picks of To-80's, but Greg didn't care, he got his pic.
Julien was his usual 17 whore, not real aggressive, but he did own them early. Thank goodness he struggled on 16's as that helped us, but I wasn't that much help, Marv has a strong back.
The Honor Roll had Marv with a 3x2.
Code: BMG0001000
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Thoughts for tomorrow's match
Tomorrow my son will be subbing for John, aka Rodman, and he gets to go to another bar he has never been before, Throwbacks Sports Bar. It should be fun and he says he is ready to take on the big dogs. We shall see.......
I have the lineup all set in my mind, but the other team likes to read my blog so I am not saying what it will be, they will have to wait.
I just hope he will throw as good as he did last night, but I am sure he will.
I have the lineup all set in my mind, but the other team likes to read my blog so I am not saying what it will be, they will have to wait.
I just hope he will throw as good as he did last night, but I am sure he will.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Tuesday Darts, Week 8
Final Score: Geek & Son 5, The Pitchers 2. Joel and Kevin showed up and got shocked by us! We played a lot of games because all the games are best 2 out of 3 and we ended up in a 1-1 tie a LOT tonight, forcing game 3.
We won a night and doing it 5-2 ain't bad. Greg was AWESOME! He was consistent and got the Winston Churchill saying " Never surrender, never give up" by coming back in his 301 game from 37 left for the other team and he forgot where the double was located. He finally remembered and lo and behold he won! He said he really enjoyed himself and can't wait until next week. He loves his darts and is still getting used to them, but watch out, he is rapidly improving.
I threw fairly well by taking out my 501 against Kevin with a round about 85, 45-18-22. In the last team 301 game, we had to get on so I missed, DB, 20. All were impressed. I think I took out that game also.
The honor roll had me with a Ton-114 and Greg with a 3x2. Joel had a Ton-25 and a 3x2.
Code: GB5465306
We won a night and doing it 5-2 ain't bad. Greg was AWESOME! He was consistent and got the Winston Churchill saying " Never surrender, never give up" by coming back in his 301 game from 37 left for the other team and he forgot where the double was located. He finally remembered and lo and behold he won! He said he really enjoyed himself and can't wait until next week. He loves his darts and is still getting used to them, but watch out, he is rapidly improving.
I threw fairly well by taking out my 501 against Kevin with a round about 85, 45-18-22. In the last team 301 game, we had to get on so I missed, DB, 20. All were impressed. I think I took out that game also.
The honor roll had me with a Ton-114 and Greg with a 3x2. Joel had a Ton-25 and a 3x2.
Code: GB5465306
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Thursday Darts, Week 7
Final Score: Da Geeks 2, Bud Guys 5. Don, Ernie, and Mark showed up at their staggered times and had fun with us.
My teammates threw some good darts, especially during the team game where we started strong and Marv threw the high score for our side.
I did take my singles to 3 games, but Don got hot in the last game after getting embarrassed by me in game 2. I did get the Last Dart pot with the D2 so ended up $5 richer.
The Honor Roll had Mark with a 3x2.
Code: BMR4060001
My teammates threw some good darts, especially during the team game where we started strong and Marv threw the high score for our side.
I did take my singles to 3 games, but Don got hot in the last game after getting embarrassed by me in game 2. I did get the Last Dart pot with the D2 so ended up $5 richer.
The Honor Roll had Mark with a 3x2.
Code: BMR4060001
Friday, July 1, 2011
Larry Markins Attacker has been caught!
I just got word via Facebook that Larry's attacker has been caught. That is some good news. The FB page is Find Larry Markins Attacker. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Find-Larry-Markins-Attacker/196227230424457
I don't have any details yet but I will post once I find out more about it.
I don't have any details yet but I will post once I find out more about it.
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