First 2009 foray outdoors

The dozen true cagers who ventured outdoors for some sunshine and hoops Sunday kicked off the 2009 outdoor season with some great ball. OK, so maybe the games were a little rough. But playing outside again was fantastic and will hopefully happen again soon.
I grabbed a few camera phone pix. Apologies for the lousy quality.

Evanston mayoral candidate Barnaby Dinges joins founding Gaia league member John Herder after a couple hours of full court and fresh air.

Misc game shots to follow...

smell the great outdoors

time to change from the hardwood to the harderground, boys! See u outside in the AM-3/15/09.

McNulty takes temporary czar role!

With Barnaby embroiled in embroidering a political embroglio, TMac is appointed Czar of Gaia league for the next 2 Sundays. The usual commissioner will be taking his message of peace, gaia, roundball, and better living through chemistry on the road. To see how, go to lampcharity.org.

since no one in glencoe has given us a court report, and forecast is for 26 F at game time i am proposing the game continue in L Bluff 2/8/9

The Banquet

Many thanks to league management for planning such an excellent banquet at The Lantern in Lake Forest once again this year. It was clearly the social event of the holiday season on the North Shore. Expect to see some of these shots published on the society pages of your local Pioneer Press.

The awards were more impressive than ever.

Tom and Buddy D, two league stalwarts.

The Commish, LJ Hoke, addresses the sweaty gang of hoopsters.

Clearly in campaign mode, mayoral candidate Buddy Dinges delivers a stirring address.

The master of ceremonies, Tom McNulty, hands out one of the many coveted awards.

Steve Kuper relishes one of the most desired awards, a quality brew.

Shots from the gym

Sorry for the poor quality (I need to bring my digital SLR next time), but here are some shots from the gym last Sunday...















TD hits a gamer.















Will, Tom and LJ react from the bench.















Eric takes it on Dave.

AJ lays it in.