DoG 2000: DoG 1999, Part II

Month		Tournament	Finish	Notable Wins/Losses
	Comments
April		Turkey Swamp	6-0, 1^st	Blackjack
	Saturday was a mess. Blackjack had us on the ropes and merely had to trade out for the win, but let it slip away. At the party that night they were rather dejected. Ironman goes topless at the bonfire. Sunday was one of those magical times where everything goes right. "Hammers were raining down" on unfortunate Blackjack and NY teams.
June		Easterns	6-1, semis	L to Florida
	Yet another mind-boggling uninspired loss to Florida, although not with as bloated of a team. The overall level of the tournament wasn’t as high, but we still had some close games. And our loss (semis this year) was remarkably similar in script to the previous year’s "effort." Bright side is that players like Nathan have still never won Easterns.
August		Worlds	11-1, 1st	L to Japan, W over Sweden in finals
	Offensive showcase. "Hogan’s Heroes suddenly seems a lot more plausible," "Slow down, Brainiac." Motel squanders thousands of dollars by not opening its bar until Wednesday. TD is Germanically uncreative and so we have transportation and ice troubles. Mr. Haskell accompanies team. 88 pound trophy gets checked in on airplane back to America.
September		Tuneup	8-0, 1st	1 point wins over Sockeye and Sub Zero, near loss to Chicago that would have sent us to B pool
	Our 2^nd Tuneup victory, my first, as I missed the inaugural event in 1994. A little windy at times, making play appear ugly. One point win in the finals. Final throw was a 20 yard blade from me to Forch, and while the disc was in the air, I began celebrating with a "Genius!" call. Transition zone debuts, but D won’t tell O what it is so O can’t help and therefore talk amongst themselves during play. "39" O taken to new levels. Nearly sent to B pool by Zaz and Mike Glass of Chicago
October		Sectionals	2-0, 1st	Beat Blackjack and Red Tide
	Nathan and Moses jump up and down immediately after the second win, celebrating their first Sectional championship.
		Regionals	4-0, 1st	Yes, Bomb Squad
	Our O is flawless in the finals until Alex says "We don't have a turnover" early in the 2nd half. We turn it over. A couple points later, he says, "At least we haven't been scored on." He dumps it to Lars and watches them score. 'nuf said. Jim "UPA something" Parinella is kept busy in myriad ways unrelated to his job. I missed the first half of game 1 due to a roster fiasco. Then as I'm watching the exciting Midvale/Blackjack game in the last round that day, I'm suddenly aware that 200 people are looking at me wondering whether I was going to enforce the cap or not. And on Sunday, I had to explain to a team why the format rules that I had seen for the first time the day before were the way they were and why they were eliminated.
		Nationals	6-1, semis	Beat Sockeye and Jam by 2, L to Condors 17-14
	Errr. DoG has now won 52 of our last 53 games at Nationals?
42-3, 5 victories, 2 semis losses