The Email Games (Part One)

Johnny Im impressed. Note that this was during the JB vs Frendon season. Enjoy everyone!

From: Brendon Martino [mailto:brendon@mitre.org]  

Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 8:44 AM  

To: Riley, John J. - Information Technology  

Subject: Re: Hockey Sunday, Outdoor rink @ 5:30    

Hey John,   When you get a chance, can you make sure I got credit for 1 goal and   2 assists on the stat sheet....I can only remember two assists (seems   like   I should have had about 6 assists on the night but we just couldn't   finish at times)...One was where I tagged Nick accidentally and the   other had the other team questioning whether it was an intentional   pass or a shot (it was intentional, but either way it counts, right?).

 I'm not sure Ashley wrote everything down so you might want to double check it.   Thanks  -B   P.S. Who would know about Mike Ward's condition..... Jared?

Translation:"Hey I know you actually have to focus on your job during the day but I need a stat check! 1 goal and 2 assists, right!!!???!! Im not sure you are aware but I could have had 6 assists last night! What could have been??!!?? If Sidney Crosby was my center I could be beating JB!!!! Its a good thing Nick is a premiere finisher or I would have had just one assist! Im not sure if you are aware but Ashley did the stats! Ashley! Keep an eye on her. Do you know who her husband is???!!?? Double check it because I smell a conspiracy!" 

P.S. A ton of concern for Ward over here! You think he needs hockey tape?

John's Response:

 From: Riley, John J. - Information Technology   [RileyJJ@chesterton.com]  Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 9:06 AM  To: Martino, Brendon  Subject: RE: Hockey Sunday, Outdoor rink @ 5:30   

No problem, I'll take a look and let you know.   Jared would be the one, but I've texted Mike too so I'll let you know if he gets back to me.

A Different Email Exchange about a month later:

 From: Martino, Brendon  Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 9:49 AM  To: Riley, John J. - Information Technology  Subject: RE: Hockey Sunday, Outdoor rink @ 5:30  

Hey, I know you probably won't get to the stats right away since   you're dependent on your work PC, etc. but when you do get around to   them I just wanted to give you the stats I have for the last 3 games   we played:   

date goals assists points games wins  
12/19/2010 1 2 3 3 2  
12/26/2010 CANCELLED: SNOW  
1/2/2011 CANCELLED: not enough people 
 1/9/2011 CANCELLED: not enough people  
1/15/2011 1 2 3 3 1  
1/23/2011 2 5 7 2 2  
TOTALS 22 31 53 40 22   

It's been over a month since the 12/19 game and I just wanted to make  sure that all the stats get corrected since I got shafted an assist   somehow on that day in the books.....   If everything is written down right, by my count I should have 53   points. Let me know if something doesn't check out on your end.   Thanks  -B

Lol. He is still mad about the Ashley game!

Translation:"It's been over a month since the 12/19 game and I just wanted to make sure that all the stats get corrected since I got shafted an assist somehow (Ashley Borges) on that day in the books.....

If everything is written down right (by Ashley Borges), by my count I should have 53 points. Let me know if something doesn't check out on your end (If not its because Ashley didnt write my stats down correctly).  Thanks  -B

1 week later (black bolded added by me):

 From: Martino, Brendon [mailto:brendon@mitre.org]  Sent: Mon 1/31/2011 9:11 AM  To: Riley, John J. - Information Technology  Subject: RE: Hockey Sunday, Outdoor rink @ 5:30   

John,   When you updated the stats last week, you still didn't update the   assist I was missing. I should have 53 points before last night, plus  the 8 points from last night = 61. I would be trailing Borges by only  9 points now.  I can send you my complete week-by-week list if you want in order to   compare to see what you're missing.   It's hard enough to catch him when Borges called back goals or   assists of mine in the beginning of the year -- remember the first goal of the year I asisisted you on? It was called back. So were a lot of them. ("I have one example it has to be true a 100 times then!") I wrote them all down. ("this time I didnt let Ashley control the sheet! Im on to them!")  But I'm not going to get short-changed when an assist or goal is   actually written down on the paper and everyone agreed that it   counted. Why is it that I find this happening so much? I can remember

 when I first started this (It was Reggie's Idea actually) that people  were complaining that they   should have more stats than got credit for....that's supposedly why   you took over (yes we wanted accurate stats believe it or not)....so what's wrong with your system? Did you give the   missing assist to someone else? Someone with a similar name, like  > Brad? (that has a "BR" in it! Just like my name!! Did Brad get credit for my stat!!!) >  The assist in question came on 12/19/2010 (Also know as the "Ashley game")- I got credit for only 1   goal and 1 assist, but should have been 1 goal and 2 assists. It's   too far gone to recall the exact circumstances of each assist, but   trust me, it was written on the paper, and not by me. (that doesnt make it seem like you wrote the assist in at all) 

 I think Ashley was keeping score that game. (you dont say?)  Can you please check on that this week when you update the stats? I'm tired of falling behind just because my points aren't getting written  down. (1 assist is killing the stat race. Can you guess who didn't write it down?)   Thanks  -B

John's response:

 From: Riley, John J. - Information Technology   [RileyJJ@chesterton.com]  Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 10:42 AM  To: Martino, Brendon  Subject: RE: Hockey Sunday, Outdoor rink @ 5:30  

 I had gone back last week to the stat sheet that you were referring   to and there was no assist that you said. It was only one goal, one  assist. It was not on the paper.

Frendon's response:

 From: Martino, Brendon [mailto:brendon@mitre.org]  Sent: Mon 1/31/2011 10:48 AM  To: Riley, John J. - Information Technology  Subject: RE: Hockey Sunday, Outdoor rink @ 5:30   

What?? Are you sure? I always look at the stats after the game...I   wrote it down right afterwards...are you sure there wasn't some other    name that was close to mine like Brett or Brad that was illegible??