Category Archives: Recaps

League Night Recap for 10/26/21

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Heather

For those relatively new to the league, I have to explain a little history, which might help account for what probably seemed like a bizarre choice to cram more than two dozen people into the Avenue’s alcove at our last … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 10/12/21

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Heather

The league started Season 15 on 10/12 with a historic event. The thing I had worried about and prepared for finally happened: more than 20 people attended, meaning we could not fit all the groups on five games. This was … Continue reading →

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Season 14 is over at last: Mike wrests back the title from Danny

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Heather

The interruption-protracted Season 14 of the Lansing Pinball League finally came to an end on September 28 with an exciting – but mercifully short – final playoff tournament. In the 8-person A division tourney, Danny climbed out of the second-chance … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 9/14/21

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Heather

The league night of 9/14 was notable for two reasons: first, it was, at long last, the final qualifying night for Season 14, a season that began in January 2020; and second, it was the return of the Tuesday Night … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 8/24/21

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Heather

Our second meeting of August was the penultimate qualifying night of Season 14. (Despite what Kyle Kaminski of the City Pulse thinks, penultimate means “second to last.”) It was the last official “Labor of Hercules” as the final bank would … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 8/10/21

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Heather

August 10 was our first official return to league play since March 2020. We are continuing Season 14 which was already in progress when things got interrupted, changing our usual “long season league” into an “ultra-long season league.” Turnout was … Continue reading →

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Joseph wins first “Silver Balls in July” tournament

Posted on August 3, 2021 by Heather

Since IFPA sanctioned events could not be held yet in July, we had a “just for fun” tournament as a way to ease back into league activities. It took the form of a six-hole mini pingolf tournament, using games that … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 3/10/20

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Heather

March 10, 2020 was the fifth meeting of Season 14. As part of our “Labors of Hercules” themed season, we played bank “Stymphalian Birds” which was Attack from Mars, Elvira’s House of Pancakes Horrors, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, and Iron … Continue reading →

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League Night Update for 2/25

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Heather

Our fourth league night of the season, taking us to the halfway point of the regular season and qualifying for finals, was on the bank titled “Girdle of Hippolyta”: Tales of the Arabian Nights, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Addams … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 2/11/19

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Heather

Hello all you pinballers out in Lansing League Land. I hope you’ll forgive me for the brevity of this recap for the league night of 2/11, as I was first under the weather and then had a huge pileup of … Continue reading →

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