Roller derby has been gaining quite a bit of traction lately. The most I knew of roller derby before today, though, was there is a movie, directed by Drew Barrymore, about the sport. It's a pretty easy sport to understand: one jammer and four blockers per team. One of the blockers may also function as a pivot, or a possible substitute for the jammer. The object of each bout is for each jammer to "jam" her way through the crowd of blockers to the front of the pack and around the track, as many times as possible. The more successful "jams," the more points her team scores. Today's match-up was on a flat track, so it was a bit slower of a pace then I expected. Because of the slower pace and lackluster energy, we opted for a sushi happy hour instead. Nothing like roller derby and sake bombs for a quiet Sunday afternoon.
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