Give me your fives, yes both, or your pair of sevens - they're not helping you. The middle two of your "evens" hand. Send these, the best cards, kitty-tossed to me, I'll lift my peg to mark a healthy score! I take liberties of course (see what I did there?) with some of the most famous words stamped on an American statue. Yesterday was not only week 9 of the season, but also the anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty and the origin of the ticker tape parade. A ceremony of dedication was held on the afternoon of October 28, 1886. President Grover Cleveland, the former New York governor, presided over the event. On the morning of the dedication, a parade was held in New York City; estimates of the number of people who watched it ranged from several hundred thousand to a million. President Cleveland headed the procession, then stood in the reviewing stand to see bands and marchers from across America. General Stone was the grand marshal of the parade. The route began at Madison Square and proceeded to the Battery at the southern tip of Manhattan by way of Fifth Avenue and Broadway, with a slight detour so the parade could pass in front of the World building on Park Row. As the parade passed the New York Stock Exchange, traders threw ticker tape from the windows, beginning the New York tradition of the ticker tape parade. No ticker-tape parade for our players tonight, but we did get to enjoy some delicious snacks courtesy of Megan Player, she of the chocolate-dipped sugar cookies and the sinfully delightful Oreo cheesecake cupcakes (oh my GAWD!), and Tom Goeschel, with various buckets and bins of candy. Some of our players were back from their jaunt to North Conway with the rest expected back next week -- assuming the cold that many caught whilst up in the Tundra goes away. Fran ended up with the club's best finish at the Grand National, finishing 3-4 in the main. Several other Club 58ers qualified in various Main and Consy tournaments, but Fran went the farthest. We also bid a bittersweet fare-thee-well to Tracey, our favorite hostess, who is changing jobs to one which will allow her to spend more time with her precious child. Best of luck to Tracey! With Cathy away this week, it fell to Jennifer Johnson and Megan Playerto run the night. There were no casualties -- but the results won’t be posted until Cathy returns next week. That being said, nobody wants to wait THAT long to see standings. So with a little bit of help from Microsoft Excel, here are this week’s unofficial results. With 18 players, none of the 12s took home place money, as only top four paid out. First team honors went to Larry Phifer and Ernie Hodgson Second team was Allan Simpson and Tom Goeschel And rounding out the money was third place team John Morch and Jennifer Johnson And here are the super-unofficial standings, through 9 weeks: See y'all next week! ~ Jennifer
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With the Grand National festivities starting this week in beautiful North Conway, New Hampshire, the club was a little lighter than usual. Only 16 souls were on hand to play. For some reason, it still took us 3.5 hours to complete 9 games, but that's neither here nor there.
With the current leader, Kristy Haught, off in New England (though technically, she was packing Monday night), Andy's 12 card was enough to leapfrog him over her to take the top spot after 8 weeks. Catherine Perkins was a good sport and wore her string of pearls for the evening. In fact, she not only wore the Club Jewels, she wore real pearls too, a gift from her husband Russ (hi Russ!). Though I failed to get a photo of our Fearless Leader bedecked in white-beaded-glory, trust me, she kept them on the whole night. Sometime player Steve Hooker joined us this week, and took third place honors for the evening with one of two 13 cards posted. He missed second place by a measly two points! BUT, there's always "more cribbage to be played". With so few players, money was won by the top four cards, and the two best teams. Cathy had to go into her way-back machine to find the payouts for such a low number - that's how long it's been since the club has been that lightly attended. Second team went to Sean Lang and Andy Wagner (yep, he had a dirty 12, which knocked him out of the places), with first team was Ernie Hodgson and Luther Lanier. Next week should be another light week, as the Grand National Main Event is this coming weekend, then back to normal next week. Good luck to all the 58ers in New Hampshire!!! This week's results are below, along with the top-10 after 8 weeks. ~ Jennifer In a word, sure. A bad 12 was October 12, 1216, when King John of England lost his crown jewels in The Wash as flood tides swamp his wagons, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge. (Maybe a good day for treasure seekers, though.) For lots of folks not in New England, “the worst 12” is none other than the GOAT himself – Tom Brady (ha!) Now, I’m not suggesting that this week's 12 is bad. Because after all, it was 12 points. But Joe Greiner again found himself on the receiving end of one of the night’s worsts – a 12/6/-17 which knocked him out of the place-money for the night. We did have an actual worst tonight and it was handed to our Fearless Leader (who was also the Birthday Girl, so clearly she insulted some cosmic entity at some point during the day) in the form of a string of pearls. Yep, Cathy Perkins had a non-birthday-worthy run of bad cards. Some 12s were the BEST. Like February 12, 1964, which was the Beatles' 1st NYC concert (at Carnegie Hall). Or April 12, 1955, when the Polio vaccine tested by Dr Jonas Salk was announced to be 'safe and effective'. Joe's 12 was good enough (paired with Jennifer's paltry 9-card) to be the best team and take those monies. Second team went to visitor Scott Davis and John Medeiros, with the better combined 20, and third team to Larry Phifer and Ernie Hodgson. Frank Abernathy took first place (for the second week in a row) scoring 14 points, putting him in fourth place in the club as of this week, with 46 GRPs earned thus far. The week's full results are below, followed by the club top-10 as of today. ~ Jennifer Club Standings Some may argue that the worst 19 comes when you are sitting at 11 points, are pone in the final game of the evening, and peg into the stink hole. Depending on where you're from, the worst 19 could be April 19, 1775, when the American Revolution begins in Lexington, Massachusetts. The "Shot Heard Round the World" took place in Concord later that day. Now, I'm not saying OUR example is on par with the start of the Revolutionary War, though Joe Greiner may beg to differ.... No, the worst 19 is the 19/8/+186 that Joe scored to earn him SECOND PLACE for the night. Our fearless leader, Cathy Perkins, spoiled his beautiful, but not perfect, card. Top honors this week go to Frank Abernathy, whose Grand Slam, 19/9/+121 took home first place. Way to go, Frank!! We also had FOUR TEAMS pair up for 20 points in the partners list. For those who don't know, the players that do not make the "payout prizes" draw cards for partners. Those partners' scores are combined into team scores, and the top three teams win at least their entry fees back.
Jerry Gooden and John Medeiros had the worst 20, at 20/9/-29. Third team went to David Lambeth and Bernard Whitfield with a 20/10/+28 Second team was Allan Simpson and Liz Henderson with 20/10/+39 Top team was Jennifer Johnson and Andy Wagner with a 20/10/+52 That top honor was the ONLY thing saving the Andy/Jen friendship; when they played each other earlier in the evening, an innocuous K/J throw from Andy to Jen's crib yielded a 15-point Cribbage Salute. To quote Andy, "Boooooooo!" We also had a Battle Royale for the rights to Wear the Pearls. And through SEVEN games, it looked like we'd have to go jewelry shopping to ensure that Jeff Seidenstein, Fran Ward, and Brian Wilson would all be properly bedecked next week. Alas, these fine gents will not be Bedazzled next week: Fran and Brian each won their Game 8, while Jeff hung on until finally winning Game 9. What a week! Full results are below. ~ Jennifer If you're Italian-American, or, if you're a country music artist, then October is the month for you. That's because October is National Italian-American Heritage Month as well as National Country Music Month.
Last night's tournament marked the end of September. Let's get to the good stuff. Jerry Gooden did in fact have the grace and good humor to wear the string of pearls he earned all night (see pictures in the "Photos" section). But just to make sure we are all aware that the season is still young, he also earned a 28-hand. Go Jerry! Kristy Haught earned points for the fourth week this month, to -- get this -- only be in second place in the club. But she has a whopping 52 points. The first place honors go to newly minted Bronze Award Winner, Andy Wagner. He's ahead of her by a scant 3 points, but has played one fewer week. Wow! As Ernie Hodgson might say, "This may be the Season of Andy". Only time will tell. Week five results are below, followed by the September Super Cinque. Happy Italian-American, Country Music month, y'all! ~ Jennifer |
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