Tour de Palm Springs

How about a nice bike ride prior to the start of the Muhfugger softball season?

A few of us are planning to participate in the Tour de Palm Springs bike ride in February. They have 25, 55 and a 100 mile rides. Some Muhfuggers are planning on doing the pinche 25 mile ride. Those of you who are more ambitious can certainly do the longer rides. If you do, not to worry, we will wait for you at a TBD location where you can meet us afterwards for some cerveza!!

For most of us, this will be our first tour. So don't be worried about being left behind or thinking that you don't wanna ride with some Lance Armstrong types.

If you have any questions, please contact Ceez, Deej or Leeonel. See below for more info.

Date:
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Time:
7:00am - 10:00am
Location:
Spa Resort Casino Parking Lot F 400 Block of North Indian Canyon

Home Page Tour de Palm Springs
Source: www.tourdepalmspring...

Since 1999 the Tour has gone from 300 riders to over 8,500 riders. We have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for our non profit groups. We have become the largest ride of its kind in the Western United States.

Muhfuggers/Poi Pounders Medaled in Long Beach

Dragon head on dragon boat in the 2009 Viewsonic Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival

Thousands of DB racers and spectators came to Marine Stadium in Long Beach, CA for comraderie, the great California weather and a great weekend of dragon boat racing.

Game faced Rico, Ceez and Jeremy with fellow Space Dragons awaiting their turn to compete in the Men's (open) race.

The Water Muhfuggers competed and medaled in the 2009 Viewsonic Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival on the weekend of August 1st and 2nd.

Brian Kellough waiting to race.

They trained for months and could not wait to compete against teams from all over the United States, China, Trinidad and Australia.

From left to right: Jeremy Sander, Rico Rivas, Deadra Doctolero, Jeremy Carver, Brian Kellough, Kieren Cobb, Ferdinand Karandang, Caesar, Tammy Cobb and Blanca Pena.

Missing: Arlene Dizon.

Jeremy, Deadra, Brian, Blanca and Caesar represented the Red team brought home the bronze against some tough competition in the division A 200m finals with a time of 00:52:58. Of the seven teams that qualified for the finals, Long Beach teams took the top 3 spots in the finals, leaving four Northern California teams in their wakes.

Rico, Jeremy Carver and Tammy Cobb garnered a silver medal coming in second in the 500m Mixed IIC divisiion with a time of 02:30:41. They battled hard and looked like they were going to get the gold, but was edged out by the surging MLIS Predators, a team from Trinidad.

Arlene Dizon and Ferdinand Karandang got gold medals in a hard fought race in the 200m B division finals with a time of 00:56:52. They beat out another Long Beach based team, the Electric Dragons Yellow, by 00:26 seconds for the gold!! The first place finish made them 200m B division champions the biggest division in the tournament with 35 teams.

Never mind. We found Arlene!!

It was Ferdinand's first ever tournament. He only had about a month of training, but he showed why he is known as the pride of the Phillipines that weekend. Ferdie in his first tournament, already bought two carbon fiber paddles!! He is the first on the team to purchase a Merlin and a Grey Owl carbon fiber paddle. He will collect paddles like he collects softball bats!!

The Pride of the Phillipines

It was a great weekend of racing. Although the Muhfugger Space Dragons did not medal in their other races such as the Women's, Men's and Master's races, they were very happy to win medals in the mixed divisions and just having fun out there.

Some links: From the CNN website http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-308470

Next for the Muhfuggers/Pois is a tournament at Lake Gregory/Lake Arrowhead, San Francisco and a possible tournament at Lake Las Vegas.

See What You Folks Done!! : )

Seems like whenever the Poi Pounders and Muhfuggers go out into the real world, we corrupt the world with our brand of work ethic and craziness!!

This e-mail is from Rick Ikemoto. One of the founding members of the Space Dragons Paddling team. He is now retired from coaching the Space Dragons but is now co-captain and coach of a junior high dragonboat team, the POSERS. Don't

"Caesar, Thanks for the kind words, but it was dedicated people like you that made the team. I just sent out the emails. I remember, your leadership of the "poi pounders" is what started the dynasty for the SD. We were just a rec team prior to that. You guys have done so much for the team. The Space Dragons have become a team to be reckoned with and respected through the dragon boat community. It is great to see. Good job Ceez. I am proud to say I am a Space Dragon....,Rick "

I responded to Rick's e-mail. I told him it was not the Poi Pounders that created the dynasty known as the Space Dragons. There are people on the team like Joe and Wade, that truly made them a Dragon Boat powerhouse. But we, the Poi Pounders/Muhfuggers, were instrumental, in some way or another, in turning the team into a reputable "Paddle Hard...Party Hard" type team. It was nice for the Poi/MF to get props.

Poi and Muhfuggers....go forth and CORRUPT!! LOL!!

Cz

Muhfugger Spotlight - Rico "the Latin Lover" Rivas

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Muhfugger (real name): Ricardo Rivas

Jersey Name (if we ordered jerseys): Rico Suave

Hometown: "Whittier where the girls are prettier" or "Whittier, one key stroke away from being $hittier"

Birthday: Nov. 1981

Favorite Positions: Whatever turns her on..... I mean the outfield.

Why do you play softball? To hangout with cool people and get a workout. Oh yeah, the girls!

Favorite drink or beverage? crown and 7

What you do when not playing softball with the Muhfuggers? I paddle with the Space Dragons

Do you wear a cup for protection? What size? Nah, I free ball it.
What wood/bat do you swing? (bat type and size): I stick to the standard regulation bats

Do you finish with one hand or two? Two, don't want my bat flying and hurting anyone.

After you hit it, does it normally come off the bat as a dribbler, like a rocket or a shotgun? In between rocket and shotgun! (rotgun)

What is more important to you? The size of the bat or how one uses it? Definitely how you use it but you won't get a return trip to the plate using a toothpick. lol

Any injury from being struck by soft balls? Or ever been hit in the face by balls? No facial balls but I did get hit by a ball above the knee last week. I shed a single tear and continued playing.

When sliding into home, you prefer to hit it hard or glide in? Depends on the play at the plate. 90% of the time hit it hard

When you trim the grass, do you cut it down to the bare dirt, trimmed for infield, or grow it wild as outfield rough? Trimmed the infield don't, want to any cuts..

On your last date….did you get to first base? Got to second? Got to third? Hit the homerun? Or stayed in the dugout and not play? It has been awhile but I am pretty sure I walked to 1st. :o(

Have you ever mooned, flashed anyone or went skinny dipping? Si, No(walking into a room naked count?), yes, while surfing my board shorts came undone once....

(Men) T or A? (Women) You prefer muscular arms or a six pack? T at heart but I also need some sort of A to grind on when I am on the dance floor.

If you are a cowboy/cowgirl, you :
a) like to ride your animal like a hard bucking bronco.
b) like a nice easy ride. Nice and steady. As long as you get there.
c) like to pull on the reins tight and ride 'er fast and hard.
d) like to rope your catch and tie 'er up!!
A few minutes of C, followed by B if there is time.... lol

When you or a Muhfugger "f*cks Up" out in the field, you:
A) Laugh at the person then tell the person "nice try!!"
B) Laugh at yourself, then tell yourself nice try.
C) Either A, B or C is correct.
D) Get mad, throw equipment and pout …then get pummeled by your teammates, get kicked off the team for violating team rules and then have erectile dysfunction or vaginal dryness just for acting like an A-Hole.
C. because We "f*ck Up" as a team

Leeonel wins another championship with the Poi Pounders

The Pride of Mexico...Leeonel Pena

Ho hum. Leeonel Pena got another Northrop Grumman A League championship with the Poi Pounders. Leeonel and his Poi Pounders beat Shark Infested Waters 16-9. He did this after playing with the Muhfuggers in their semi final loss, in the Poi Pounder semi final and the Northrop Grumman A League finals.

He led the Poi Pounders to a third championship. Leeonel has been an important cog on the moster of a machine called the Poi Pounders. With his accurate pitches and ability to confuse batters, he is arguably the league's MVP.

He disclosed that even though the Poi Pounders won the championship for the third time, there was a lack of celebration from his teammates. Perhaps, the Poi Pounder already established themselves as a dynasty, winning a championship was all in a days work.

Muhfuggers was overheard saying stuff like, "Leeonel, take that musubi out of your mouth when you go up to bat for us!!" , "Leeonel, take the Muhfuggers to the championship too!! U bested!! "

Leeonel returns next year to do double duty...as a Poi Pounder and a Muhfugger..and perhaps another pinche championship.

Water-Fugger Women win Bronze Medals in Vancouver!!

Water Fuggers in Vancouver!!

left to right: Ceez, Tammess, Rico, Deej, Jeremy Black, Jeremy White

The Water-Fuggers went to Vancouver and faced some of the best Dragon Boat teams on the west coast as well as teams who will be competing in the 2009 World Championships in Prague of the Czech Republic.

Tammy Cobb and Deadra Doctolero came back with bronze medals in the Recreation A Women's division. They came in third place behind another Long Beach Team, LARD and a Canadian team.

Tammess and Deej with their Bronze Medals

Caesar Longboy, Deadra Doctolero and Jeremy Sanders on the Space Dragons Red team did not get medals, but they help catapult the team into racing with the Competitive B teams. That means they were amongst the top 16 teams in the tournament. That is friggin good considering the competition. They came in seventh in their division championship. Also, in one of their races, they paddled their asses off for a club record time of 2 minutes flat. Fricken A!!

Red Team Race

Red team is 2nd to last team on the right.

Rico Rivas, Jeremy Carver and Tammy Cobb nearly got a Bronze in the Rec A Consolation bracket. They needed first place to get the bronze but lost to Sync or Swim of Portland, Oregon by 0.3 seconds. During the weekend, the Blue team also posted a Blue Team record of 2:06.

The Men came in eight place in the Open Championships (Men's Race). Even though they posted good times, their competition was too friggin tough. Some of those teams are headed to the Prague world championships. No problem, they now know they can hang with the big boys!!

The Space Dragons almost got a bronze medal in the Visitor's Cup race, but fell short, coming in fourth place.

Also, the Space Dragons took 6th in a grueling, never tried before, 2000m race. The Space Dragons had raced in 1000m races, but never a 2000m race. They had fun doing it.

"That was easy!! I would rather do the 2000m race than the 500m races!!" Said Tammy of her 2000m race.

Dragon Boats Ready for a weekend of racing the next day

It was a great venue. Lots of people showed up. Not the 90, 000 people they expected like last year, perhaps the rain had something to do with the attendance. It was still memorable. The Space Dragons were featured on the Vancouver news and the Space Dragons now know how they fare against top notched competition. "We need to work harder!!" said Space Dragons captain Wade Liu.

Quote of the weekend: "I have more races?? DAMN!! I don't want to paddle anymore. I just want to drink at the beer garden!! " Rico Rivas on Sunday during the Championship races.

Muhfugger News!! Deadra Graduates with AA degree!!

Muhfugger Deadra Doctolero all smiles after graduation

Muhfugger catcher graduated from the University of Phoenix to get her AA degree. She will continue schooling to persue her Bachelor's degree.

Good job Deadra!! Keep up the good work!!