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Herald-Exit Zero Game Nets $1,600 for V.I.M.
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The Herald Skeeters. Photos by Harry B. Scheeler Jr.
COLD SPRING — A celebrity softball game July 17 at the Carl Mitnick School between the Cape May County Herald and Exit Zero raised over $1,600 for Volunteers in Medicine of Cape May County, an organization that provides free medical care for many county residents that do not have health insurance.
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Herald-Exit Zero Softball Game to Benefit V.I.M. Tonight
Cape May County Herald | 19 weeks 6 days ago | Comments 9
Home page: Sign at the Mitnick School announcing the game. Left, Herald team hones skills for charity game to benefit Volunteers in Medicine of Cape May County July 17.
RIO GRANDE — We mix like oil and water, like pit bulls and feral cats, like the Hatfields and McCoys and we are taking our feud to the ball diamond.
The first pitch flies in a celebrity softball game between the Herald Skeeters and the Exit Zero Zeroes at the Carl Mitnick School, Thursday, July 17 at 7 p.m.
The game is a fundraiser for Volunteers in Medicine of Cape May County, which provides health care for many county residents who lack health insurance.
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Sun, 07/20/2008 - 7:41am
UH OH........Your in trouble !!! The LTTA is going to complain that a Police Officer was assigned to be at that game.......Oh Nooooooo !! my taxes might go up 2 cents. Good job Exit Zero !! Gotta go.... I have to complain about the LTTA in the "Spouty Off" !!
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Thu, 07/17/2008 - 10:36pm
Hey 2:35, who is crying now. Most of you girls played a good game. "Hugs" was awesome. Your biggest problem was the guys played like girls!! Very very worthy cause.
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Thu, 07/17/2008 - 4:43pm
Lets go hearld lets go! Lets go hearld lets go! (Although I have to admit I sometimes read Exit Zero, sometimes)
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Thu, 07/17/2008 - 2:42pm
Better clean the field up after the game......the Lower Twp Taxpayer Assoc will complain about YOU wasting their taxpayers dollars...they couldn't care less about your charitable work! GOOD LUCK TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFORTS....HOPE YOU RAISE A BUNDLE OF$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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Thu, 07/17/2008 - 2:35pm
Your concern is touching, 12:18, but it's highly unlikely anyone at EZ knows the definition of any English words. Perhaps with all your free time, you'd like to point that out to THEM, and not our predominantly female staff - 'kay?
By the way: Classy. Real classy. And irrelevant: If anyone at EZ looks like they've been crying, it's because they cry like little girls on a regular basis.
Go Skeeters.
GO!
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Thu, 07/17/2008 - 12:18pm
Go SKEETERS huh! You guys are showing your age. Guess nobody knows the popular definition of the the term or verb.
If Exit Zero looks like they've been crying it's because they laughed themselves to tears!!!
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Wed, 07/16/2008 - 3:09pm
I hope the Exit Zero intern (Dan) will be wearing the same outfit as he wore on that famous "page 41" spread they did awhile ago... That would be sure to attract a lot of spectators.
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Tue, 07/15/2008 - 3:30pm
Hope rob doesnt hurt himself!
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Tue, 07/15/2008 - 3:19pm
GO SKEETERS!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tue, 07/22/2008 - 1:17pm
I think there should be a Softball game between the Lower Township Taxpayers Association and the Lower Township Police. Since the LTTA likes to take swings at the Police, maybe we can get something going here!! We could charge $5 a person to watch and all proceeds could go to the Lower Township general coffer to help alleviate the tax increase. Side bets would be allowed as long as the Township was able to collect 20% of all winnings. All proceeds from the concession stand would go to the Freeman Douglass Park Grass Replenishment Project and proceeds from the 50 - 50 would go to feeding the cats at Douglass Park!! Lets slide on down to "C" shall we !
Mon, 07/21/2008 - 11:37am
The game was a lotta fun! Jack, I just noticed however, that you really cannot blame our loss on the fact the Skeeters team was "mostly female."
I count 7 women and 7 men, with 8 tipping the scale on the men's side if you count Coach Steve Mehl.
The girls got plenty of hits, and while we didn't always score runs, we brought a lot of enthusiasm to the game. :)
Maybe if a game is set for next year, there could be a rule of half men half women on the team. That might even things up and make the game a bit more competitive.
Thanks, Exit Zero, for a fun night out for a great cause. I'm off to the doctor now.
Fri, 07/18/2008 - 1:04pm
From "Huge, Iconic" Terry O'Brien, Exit Zero (3B)--- I'm feeling every bit of my 38 years today with 4 seperate, distinct lower leg injuries and a shoulder that feels as if a rusty drill bit is entering it a half revolution at a time every 30 seconds (as anyone who saw me throw no less than a half-dozen balls into the air/ dirt/ sky/ first baseman's shins can attest, I have a rocket launcher for an arm... with no guidance system).
For the record, the left-handed at-bat was meant only to shut up our heckler, that I hit a dead center field home run surprised me as much as anybody... but it still felt pretty awesome.
Fri, 07/18/2008 - 12:36pm
I love how the kids got off the trees when we were up. It was a ton of fun. Vicky's video will be posted soon.
-Rick Racela 1B, 26 (injured)
Fri, 07/18/2008 - 11:03am
In a related story, shares of Aleve manufacturer Bayer rose 79% as the entire inventory in Cape May county pharmacies flew off the shelves.
Also, our team may have been all males, but we did have at least one guy in a dress.
-Will, Zeroes' Short Stop, Age 34 (i.e. over 30)
Fri, 07/18/2008 - 10:45am
From Jack Wright at Exit Zero... Nice story, Jack. We are all thrilled to read that many of us were under 30 years old. We must have really good genes. We only had two guys under 30 - our intern Dan Mathers and our Latvian photographer Aleksey who, like me, had never played before. The rest of us were: 50, 44, 43, 38, 35, 35, 31, and 30-and-a-half. Also, I thought you'd mention the fact that one of your players has a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves.
Let's do it all again next year. Was a helluva lot of fun! (Can I say "hell" on the Herald website?) Oh, and the Herald team conducted itself with real class - what a lovely bunch of people.