Author Archives: Heather

League Night Recap for 5/23/23

Posted on June 13, 2023 by Heather

May 23 was not just James Blish’s birthday; it was also the beginning of the back half of the league season. We started a rotation of Banks 5 and 6, known to me (and possibly only to me) as “Athena” … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 5/9/22

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Heather

May 9 was the last night of the first half of our eight-night season. We had a healthy crowd for it as usual, and split everyone between banks 3 and 4, which I have dubbed Poseidon and Hermes. Since this … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 4/25/23

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Heather

Our league night of 4/25 was the third of the season, so we were starting a new two-bank rotation, this time between banks 3 (Poseidon) and 4 (Hermes). Almost all of the new players we’ve had an influx of this … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 4/11/23

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Heather

April 11 saw the league finishing up a two-bank rotation of Athena and Hera (I picked those names and I’m going to use them damn it). We also had the return of most of the new members who swelled the … Continue reading →

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Season 18 standings

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Heather

This Google doc has our league results spreadsheet for Season 18.

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League Night Recap for 3/28/23

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Heather

The Capital Crushers descended on The Avenue Cafe on March 28 to kick off the eighteenth – you read that right – season of the Lansing Pinball League. It was our best-attended night in a long time as 25 people … Continue reading →

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Heather and Joseph return as Super-Ball champs after 15 seasons

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Heather

Joseph and I won our first Super-Ball split-flipper “Zen” tournament as a team since Season 2 during Super-Ball XVII on Tuesday, March 21. Although we have played as a team more often than not subsequently, our only previous victory was … Continue reading →

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Season of Dan: Clark and Nelson win Season 17

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Heather

Season 17 ended on March 14 with Danny Clark winning the double-elimination playoff and Dan Nelson taking home the B division trophy. Ten people qualified to play in the top division and the tournament wrapped up shortly before midnight, helped … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 2/28/23

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Heather

The last day of February was also the last night for the regular league season. The final seeds for the playoffs, and even more importantly who would make it into A division, was decided on this night. It promised to … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 1/24/23

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Heather

Our penultimate league night was way back on January 24, and it was the conclusion of a two-bank rotation between Hades (Indiana Jones, AC/DC, Deadpool, Ghostbusters, Stranger Things) and Ares (The Simpsons, The Mandalorian, Scared Stiff, Star Trek, and Attack … Continue reading →

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