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Time for Some More ‘Fear and Trembling’

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Heather

The annual Fear and Trembling pingolf tournament is returning to the Avenue Cafe in Lansing on November 6. This nine-hole course will have a unique twist, as usual: each hole will offer two objectives and you have to choose in … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 9/10/19

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Heather

I’ll just give everyone some time to get all the cracks about how OMG EARLY!!11!!!1 this league recap is out of the way. … Ah, Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann. Always worth another listen. Anyway, I’m back with your semi-monthly … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 8/13/19

Posted on August 27, 2019 by Heather

There are no pictures this week (that is, the recap for Season 13, meeting #3), and for a change it’s not because I forgot to take any. No, I have pictures, they’re just inaccessible. This is because the exciting news … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 6/11/19

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Heather

Season 13 kicked off on June 11 with the largest league night I can remember happening in a long while. Nineteen people were in attendance, including two new members: Bryan’s father Jim, and Lexi’s fiancé Nick. Given that we were … Continue reading →

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Tim and Dan Team Up for Super-Ball XII Victory

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Heather

Tim and Dan became the new Zen Champions at Super-Ball XII, the league’s traditional post-season split flipper tournament, on May 28. The champs came out of the “loser’s” bracket to defeat the winner’s bracket finalists, Joseph and me, in four … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 2/12

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Heather

Cue the cracks about how I’m always “right on time” with my league updates. Done? OK, let’s move on… Our third league night of the season was a snowy night. So much so that we worried Mike wouldn’t make it … Continue reading →

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More Madness Than Ever at March Hare Madness!

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Heather

The annual Stephen T. Kendrick Memorial March Hare Madness tournament returns to the Avenue Cafe in Lansing on April 2nd, this time with a new format. This year it will be a Critical Hit match-play tournament. To the best of … Continue reading →

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League Night Recap for 1/8/19

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Heather

Super-Ball XI in November finished with Mike and Bryan beating Joseph and me in an epic six-game finale that finished after last call, then the league took a break for the holidays. We started up again on January 8, the … Continue reading →

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New season starts Tuesday

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Heather

Hello everyone! Time for some start of the season announcements. First and most important, our first meeting is Tuesday. We will be switching this season to a SEVEN O’CLOCK start time. That’s right, my work schedule has shifted so I … Continue reading →

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We have a winner: Mike becomes second-ever LPL champion

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Heather

When the Lansing Pinball League was young, there was Chris, and there was everyone else.  Chris’s victory was so certain that everyone focused instead on who would be the runner up.  Matt called it “the Battle for Second.”  After we … Continue reading →

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