Post-Season: 11.01.08

Game 1: There was nothing scary on this day after Halloween except for the declination in the field topography. Sludge slid into their comfort zone versus their young, albeit (or as expected) hungover, opponents. NICH’s D and a pinchy cup assisted to narrow the passing lanes as right & left wingers united to befuddle JhACmmerz. Sludge showed maturation against a stretched out offense.

jOe’s finger grasps, Amy’s scoring & Rob's only-a-mom-could love presence got brown’s O a-going. The slight wind also helped propel an 8-3 lead.

Sludge continued their adult swim into the afternoon, grounding the youngsters by error (heads up…incoming pink Life is Good disc…hee, hee, sorry!), land & see (ya later).

Win 15-5.
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Game 2: Brown really took to the electionary-ish advice of ‘Score early, Score often.’ Up 5-0, Mike, Russ & Christy kept a left-leaning approach to Sludge’s offense as they moved the disc up & down the sidelines. Playing "sick" were Nigel & Matthew.

David had an ESPN moment of a knockDown, then a soaring hammer score to highlight the first half. With no margin of error, Sludge looked quite confident with solid exit polling numbers +5 at half against I dunKnoW.

In what could only be called a November “October surprise” MicHael completed a TRIfecta of catching 3 straight scores to start the second half. Charlie, MJ & Andrew’s slick play kept brown’s mOmentum as Jen peppered one point with a dramatic “in-play” somersault. Sludge’s confidence intervals continued consistent with another 15-5 win.
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Game 3: Never since the Patti-era has this been accomplished! Sludge led 1-0 versus DL!

HEADLINE 1: Sludge leads DLuvs by 1!
HEADLINE 2: Start chilling the CHIMAY!!
HEADLINE 3: Sludge goes Rogue for Minutes
HEADLINE 4: Sludge Invokes Next Last Point Wins Policy!!

After point #1, DL put Sludge’s into OFF-ense.

Mixed up in a clogging abyss, Sludge dropped 2-8 at half, then found something to cheer about in the “3rd quarter” with a dia de los (not quite) muertos mantra. Sludge’s opponent’s brokeaway (again) with an aggravating ability to catch swill and score easily like taking advantage of the fallback of Daylight Standard Time.

In a game where Sludge had nothing to lose, they .... wait for it ...
did not win. Loss 8-15.

Recap: 2 wins + 1 loss. advancement.

Thank you to the Sludge fan-base and special gratitude to the LA Times photographers.