2012 Richland Sagebrush Division Playoffs

Tuesday July 31st the McKay's Dirty Birds will be capping off their regular season success with the Sagebrush Division playoffs. The 3rd place game will be taking place at 6pm with the #2 seed Uptown Bar & Grill facing off against #3 seed AirVan and the winner of that gets a shot at the #1 seed McKay's Dirty Birds in the Championship game which will take place at 7:15pm at the Horn Rapids Athletic Complex in Richland, WA.

Final Weeks Results of the Regular Season

The McKay's Dirty Birds softball team were dialed in for their final two games of the regular season. They started off against Swamp Donkey's and beat them 15 - 9 and so we again played AirVan, as it seems we always do, in an important plus final game of the season. This game was not like the usual games we play against AirVan that traditionally go to the bottom of the 7th inning. Defensively these games are a strong hold and this one was no different but we excelled to pull this one off in a 9 - 3 victory. That leaves the McKay's Dirty Birds team with a final regular season record of 15 - 5 and looking to make a huge dent in the playoffs.

A new Dirty Bird!

BJ Woodruff and Heather Mahoney are proud parents of their most recent boy and new Dirty Bird London Joey Woodruff who was born yesterday July 16th at 8:13 in the morning weighing a healthy 8 lbs 12 oz. Congratulations!

Belated Congratulations and Happy Birthdays

I missed a few key anniversaries and birthdays the past few days so I'm making it up now. First off the anniversaries. Brian Seely and his wife Hannah celebrated their first anniversary on Monday July 16th. Seely plays 1B / OF for the McKay's Dirty Birds softball team. Zack and Meghan Chalk also celebrated their first anniversary on Monday July 16th. Zack plays 1B for the McKay's Dirty Birds. On Sunday July 15th was Marcus Dixon's 22nd Birthday. Marcus plays OF for The Dirty Birds softball team. Happy Anniversaries and Happy Birthday!

Last Weeks Results - July, 10th and 12th

Tuesday July 10th for the first time this year the Mckay's Dirty Birds lost back to back games against Uptown Bar & Grill 2 - 12 then Ballz - Out 6 - 15. It was a reality check for the team but we are looking to rebound this week. On Thursday July 12th The Dirty Birds softball team rebounded well and won their first game by a score of 21 - 1 and then had a cliff hanger with a 13 - 14 loss.

Next weeks games

Tuesday July 17th
McKay's Dirty Birds vs Swamp Donkeys at 6pm
McKay's Dirty Birds vs AirVan at 8:30pm

Thursday July 19th
The Dirty Birds vs Sons of Pitches at 6pm
The Dirty Birds vs Towne Crier at 7:15

Results For This Past Weekends Tournament

The McKay's Dirty Birds participated in a tournament this past weekend that Kip Revis put on at the Horn Rapids Athletic Complex in Richland, WA. The tourney was an open tournament that combined classes of REC, E and D teams and put them all head to head in one smorgasbord of glorious softball that was a brazenly hot weekend in the Tri-Cities. The temperatures reached well into the 100 range but there was softball to be played so we did. The McKay's Dirty Birds had a rough day Saturday going 1 - 2 so that forced us to go through the losers bracket Sunday, which we did, and ended up reaching the Championship game against an E team called the Mashers. The name wasn't a joke or play on words as they disposed of us 10 - 2 and took the tournament. Finishing second wasn't a bad deal considering the mix of teams that were out playing and we will wear that with pride. Aaron Massey - P, Jim Mehrer - C and Zack Chalk - 1B were voted our teams MVP's as they did a terrific job as usual. I would also like to thank a couple players that came out to fill in a couple of roster spots and give everyone a breather in this weekends scorching weather. Thank you Gibby Franco, Reilly Hewitt and Brad Andreas.

4th of July

Have a Happy 4th of July from all of The Dirty Birds.

Happy Birthday Kelvin

Today is Kelvin Ratchford's Birthday. Happy Birthday Kelvin! Kelvin plays third base for the McKay's Dirty Birds softball team.

The Dirty Birds Week 8 Results

The results for last Thursday's games were both unfortunately loses game 1 was against Towne Crier which was a close one 7 - 9. Our second game against Sons of Pitches had a similar outcome with a 9 - 15 final.