7/26 Target R Volleyball Game- Lost Without Joe

On Tuesday (7/26) Target R took on the undefeated Orbit in verified volleyball action.  After having a plethora of players at their previous game, Target R was back to fielding a forceful fivesome of KB, Aaron, Frank, Mike, and Gabriela.  Missing Mean Joe's youthful exuberance, this was a game filled with love, deception, greed, lust, and... unbridled enthusiasm.  You see, much like Billy Mumphrey, Mean Joe was a simple country boy.  Some might say a cockeyed optimist, who got caught up in the dirty game of world diplomacy and international intrigue... or he was just getting a quick fix by locking himself in a dark basement watching Ultimate Frisbee highlights.



As the game started, Target R quickly jumped out to a seemingly insurmountable 2-0 lead.  However, the team was clearly in disarray.  Unable to recapture the magic of Frank's Formation And Rotation Transition (F.A.R.T., patent pending) from the previous week, Target R left lots of open space, as once again KB refused to move more than one foot in either direction.  He is really taking to heart Kate's previous explanation about keeping on foot touching the ground at all times. 
Despite their best efforts, the seemingly insurmountable lead was quickly surmounted, as TRx lost a nailbiter of a first set 15-13.  Surprisingly, the combination of Mike's length and KB's girth was unable to penetrate the impregnable defense of Orbit.  If only Kevin had been there to call made up violations on the other team, the outcome could have been much different, as I'm sure there were multiple instances of "illegal use of the left hand with the right knee bent at an angle of under 90 degrees with one eye partially closed" that could have been called (statute 69 of Kevin's Rules for Life, Love, and Volleyball, though his online list hasn't been updated yet).

In the second set, Target R tried to change their luck by resorting to drastic (some would say Extraordinary) Measures.  Mike began trying to ring his own last name in the middle of each Orbit serve to distract them.  Frank pulled out the old Frank-Footer (it sounds worse than it is), and began trying to kick the ball over the net.  Aaron purposely injured his good ankle, hoping Orbit would ease off.  KB even yelled out a "Come on, Joey," trying to channel the mojo of Mean Joe.  However, it was all for naught, as Orbit only upped the pressure, continuously spiking the ball directly at Gabriela, who someone managed to survive the attack without a concussion.  The last time that many balls were flying at someones face GLG was experimenting while drunk back in college, and he already worked around the clock...

In the end, TRx lost the second set 15-6.  To ease their spirits they broke out into a remix of Blink 182's Lost Without You, changing the tune to Lost Without Joe.  In addition to losing the game, and a little bit of dignity, also lost were a pair of glasses, and a silver ring.  Hopefully, both were lost by members of Orbit, so Target R can at least take some joy in the misery of others...