Golfball - Game 2 - The Story v The Breakdowns
Michi-chan Sports Rundown for Jomboy Media Warehouse Games, Captains League, originally aired Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
NOTICE: This article contains spoilers. Its publication was intentionally delayed pursuant to our embargo policy in an effort to protect the original creator. This article is a journal of the outcome and our reaction. If you have not yet watched the episode, we encourage you to do so now.
Game 2 of Captain’s League Golfball would pit the two Jomboy Media founders in a game that could go no longer than a Golfball game can go. Jake Storiale’s The Story takes on Jimmy “Jomboy” O’Brien’s The Breakdowns.
Driving order
The Story: Jake Storiale, Jolly Olive, Zo Demalia, Lucas D’Aversa
The Breakdowns: Rob Scirocco, Jimmy O’Brien, Swilly, Lou Dab
Spoilers start here!
First Inning
The first inning would start with The Story’s captain leading off with a stroke going low (below the black line on the back wall), getting by Lou Dab and reaching the green near the bunker for the first duck. This would be immediately followed by Jolly Olive with a pop-up to left that would be swept by Swilly for the first out. Two drives later, Lucas would send one screaming mid center with the roll to eternity on the green ending up about a foot and a half from home plate. Jolly Olive would then hit one high left on the wall to be caught by Jimmy for the second out.
With two ducks on the green, Zo would easily sink Lucas’ ball, a foot and a half from home plate. For the second duck, Lucas attempts a 6 foot, 3 inch putt on second base and comes in short. Jake uses the two-putt from 2 feet and makes it. Story picks up two in the inning.
Rob Scirocco makes his Golfball debut with a ball that rolled right to Jake’s left foot and then Jimmy would hit one to high center to be cleanly fielded off the wall by Jolly Olive for the first out. Next up, its girl power in the warehouse (even though she was called a “guy” in the Shady Rays ad) as Swilly hits the wall, low center. The ball actually bounces inside the first base hole before bouncing out and ending up about 4 1/2 feet away from the base. In Golfball, if a “hole in one” is achieved, that will count for two automatic points towards winning the inning. Rob’s second stroke went to the ceiling bouncing off the wall at high center and landing near first base about 2 feet from Swilly’s duck. Jimmy’s second stroke would go high right, tapped off Jolly’s glove like an unintentional Banana Ball trick play and caught by Jake for the second out.
With The Breakdowns also putting two ducks on the green, Swilly attempts to putt from about 4 1/2 feet to first base and comes up less than a foot short, Lou Dab would finish the job on the two putt. Since Rob’s duck was very close to Swilly and you can’t putt two consecutive balls into the same hole, Rob Scirocco, who may be considered the best real golfer in the warehouse had a challenging putt attempt to make. He had to go to home base, which is about 10 feet away and mid way, there’s a tree just to the right of his path. The warehouse gods must have been smiling because Rob was able to make that putt. Breakdowns also pick up two and the inning is a push.
The Story: Balls driven: 6 ~ Ducks puttable: 2 ~ Ducks earned: 2
The Breakdowns: Balls driven: 6 ~ Ducks puttable: 2 ~ Ducks earned: 2
Inning result: push.
Second Inning
Second inning will start with the Breakdowns. Jimmy’s first shot is high right and after the bounce, Jolly tries for it and missed it. Since the ball did touch Jolly’s hand, it was considered a place putt (where the ball can be placed 7 feet from any base on the green) and the first duck for the Breakdowns. Lou Dab would then go off the ceiling then high center and get about 5 1/2 feet from the third base hole. Breakdowns will have a challenge getting this one in because of how close the water hazard is in the path to the base. Going completely though the order, we are back to Lou Dab who hits his second stroke to high center and picked up by Jolly Olive for the first out. On the last stroke of the inning, Rob Scirocco would hit to the ceiling, bounce high center and takes the ball to 3 feet from home plate for the third duck going into the putting session.
In the putting round, Jimmy would take the placed putt ball was able to sink it 7 feet to third base. Swilly attempts Rob’s ball 3 feet from home. She taps a little too hard sending the ball another two feet past home base. Like in the first inning the postman (Lou Dab) rings twice and fixes the issue. Finally, with third base already occupied by Jimmy’s putt, Rob Scirocco has to take a putt 16 feet to second base over the water hazard. He only got half way. Breakdowns pick up two in the inning.
In the bottom of the second, despite Zo’s dramatic putting on of the golf glove, they made eight strokes and was not able to manage getting a ball on the green part of the green. Breakdowns win the second inning. They need to win two innings for the match, so we will move on to the third.
The Story: Balls driven: 8 ~ Ducks puttable: 0 ~ Ducks earned: 0
The Breakdowns: Balls driven: 8 ~ Ducks puttable: 3 ~ Ducks earned: 2
Inning result: The Breakdowns.
Third Inning
The third inning starts with The Breakdown. Jimmy’s first stroke slices right again, staying out of play. The redo also goes right, but this time in play. It was caught by Jake for the first out. Three strokes later, Rob would send one that double ricochets on the ceiling, bounces high center and then into the glove of Lucas D’Aversa. Breakdowns get no ducks.
For The Story, Jolly Olive would lead off, hitting the left TV and then just barely makes it over the threshold of the green stopping about 4 feet from third base. Six strokes later, Lucas goes high right. Rob touches the ball after the bounce resulting in a place putt that was put 7 feet from home plate. Two ducks for The Story.
Jolly Olive would sink in Rob’s place putt ball at home plate, enough for The Story to win the third inning. The game is tied at the end of regulation at one inning a piece.
The Story: Balls driven: 8 ~ Ducks puttable: 2 ~ Ducks earned: 1
The Breakdowns: Balls driven: 4 (+1 redo) ~ Ducks puttable: 0 ~ Ducks earned: 0
Inning result: The Story.
Extra innings
We are only two games into this Golfball series and we already get a view into the entire extra inning process. Two innings (the fourth and fifth) will be one stroke and one putt with no defenders in the field. The sixth inning will be “closest to the pin”, the “pin” being the potted tree moved to a more central location on the green.
In the fourth inning for The Story, Jake would hit the ceiling but not the back wall, calling for a redo. The redo stroke goes high center, skips over the water and stops 5 feet from home plate. Jimmy’s stroke for The Breakdowns would once again, slice right, landing in play but edges the raised green. Jimmy really needs to work on those slices. Zo will then attempt Jake’s ball, which landed at a strange angle from the hole. Since the recessed holes are square, some shots, though close may be challenging. Zo’s putt goes wide to the right and he misses the hole. Still no winner after four innings.
On to the fifth inning and Swilly for The Breakdowns would hit one off the left TV and would land 4 feet from third base. For The Story, Jolly Olive would go high off the right wall. It lands in play and misses the green. Lou Dab would attempt a near 4 foot putt but like what happened with Zo in the fourth, Dab’s put would veer to the right missing the hole. We go to the sixth.
In the sixth where the object is to get the ball on the green and closest to the tree, Rob Scirocco would hit one high center and it would roll to the area near home plate nearly 13 feet from the tree. For The Story, Jake goes low center and the ball would roll to the edge of the green and stop. As Rob’s ball was the only one to make the green, it is closest to the pin, giving The Breakdowns the inning and the win.
Breakdowns Win. The Story 1(5) ~ The Breakdowns 2(7) (6 innings).
Game Stats
The Story
Ducks (in regulation): Lucas D’Aversa (2), Jake Storiale (1), Jolly Olive (1)
Catches: Jolly Olive (2), Jake Storiale (2)
Blocks: Jolly Olive (2), Jake Storiale (1), Zo Demalia (1)
Putts: Jake Storiale (1/1), Jolly Olive (1/1), Zo Demalia (1/2)
The Breakdowns
Ducks (in regulation): Rob Scirocco (2), Swilly (1), Jimmy O’Brien (1), Lou Dab (1)
Catches: Swilly (1), Jimmy O’Brien (1)
Blocks: Swilly (3), Jimmy O’Brien (3), Lou Dab (3), Rob Scirocco (1)
Putts: Jimmy O’Brien (1/1), Lou Dab (2/3), Rob Scirocco (1/2), Swilly (0/2)
Full Game Details
A full stroke-by-stroke rundown of this game by Michi-chan Sports can be found by clicking here.
Game 3 will air Thursday (July 17) at 7:30 PM EDT on the Jomboy Media Warehouse Games channel. We will see the 1-0 Freezers take on the 0-1 Story.
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