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Tim and Dan Team Up for Super-Ball XII Victory

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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No New Champion for Season XII (Recap for 5/14/19)

The twelfth season of the Lansing Pinball League ended with Mike successfully defending his title as LPL champion. Mike became the second-ever LPL champion at the end of Season XI, dethroning 10-season champ Chris (though without actually playing him). Jason … Continue reading

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League Night Recap for 4/23/19

April 23 was the eighth and final night of the regular season for Season 12. As such, it would decide who got that juicy top seed position and who would play A and B. We were on the randomly-chosen bank … Continue reading

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League Night Recap for 4/9/19

April 9th was the seventh league night of the season and, as we have only six banks, I randomly drew from among the sixth to see which one we would be repeating. The answer was Clio, the “Cartoons” bank, which … Continue reading

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League Night Recap for 3/26/19

It was an exciting week-plus for the league as we had League Night #6 on 3/26 followed by March Hare Madness, the Stephen T. Kendrick Memorial Pinball Tournament, on 4/2. (More on that second one in another post, I hope.) … Continue reading

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League Night Recap for 3/12/19

The league night of March 12 was our fifth of the season, meaning that Season 12 is officially over the hill. Time to go buy some black balloons from Party City. It was also a surprisingly short night, finishing by … Continue reading

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League Night Recap for 2/26/19

It’s almost time for another league meeting and that means time for me to finally post the recap for the last one. Our fourth meeting of Season 12 was the largest in recent memory, with 18 participants. (And that’s not … Continue reading

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League Night Recap for 2/12

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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League Night Recap for 1/22

Our bank for the night was Clio, themed to “cartoons” but named for the Muse of History. I pronounced the name “clee-O,” causing Mike to haughtily correct me, “It’s pronounced Clio” (with an “i” as in “eye”). Oblivious, I launched … Continue reading

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League Night Recap for 1/8/19

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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