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The Running of The Kristen

On By Seamour Sea Kitten

September 12, 2012 Magnetic Monopoles 13, Sea Kittens 11 ‘Twas a fall-league game vs. arch-friendly rivals Magnetic Monopoles- before they became Infield Flies (or even Baltimore Factorioles), and before there was a Can O’Corn Trophy at stake. The scene: Joe was on first, Kristen on second. Jon at bat. Jon doubled to left-center, and Joe decided he would score from first- but in order to do so, Kristen must get there first. Joe caught her

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Sea Kittens Celebrate 2012 Champions

On By Seamour Sea Kitten

ON THIS DATE-  August 22, 2012 Five years ago today Sea Kittens made its third season of existence a memorable one, winning Buffalo League Championship- the team’s first, and to date, only summer season title.  THE TEAM Solid top-to-bottom, the 2012 Cats featured a dynamic duo in Gretchen “G-mama” Hansen (455/471/576, 12 runs scored, 8 RBI) and Erin O’Brien (469/514/688, 11 runs, 9 RBI, 3 triples) and were paced by Josh Ghena’s 0.667 batting average,

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On this day… June 6, 2012

On By Seamour Sea Kitten

Scrappy Sea Kittens capture first-half flag Needing a win to keep their first-half championship hopes alive, Harmony Sea Kittens (4-1) squared off against JCO Smurfs (2-3) on a dusty diamond in bright sunshine at Olbrich Park yesterday afternoon.  When the dust settled, the Kits claimed a decisive 14-5 victory, and two hours later secured their first-ever championship game berth when Magnetic Monopoles (3-2) fell to TEK Systems (4-1).   Joe Hennessy helped set the tone for the

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Sea Kittens Celebrate Anniversary of Historic First Game

On By Seamour Sea Kitten

May 19, 2010, after being washed out in the first two scheduled games in team history, Sea Kittens trotted onto the field to tussle with Jackalopes in its first-ever MSCR league game. Founded on the principle that softball was going to be a lot easier on their knees than Ultimate Frisbee, co-managers Joe Hennessy and Erin O’Brien drummed up 15 other people to join them on the adventure.  Some had never played softball. Some had

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