The Capital Combo
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The Capital Combo
Welcome to the Capital Combo, a blog of the Lansing Pinball League. Anything posted here can be blamed solely on the post’s author – usually Heather. It does not represent the official position (or sense of humor) of the League.
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League Night Recap for 9/22/26
Believe it or not, our last league meeting was almost a month ago, on September 22, making this the longest in-season gap we’ve had since our famous COVID mid-season hiatus. This resulted from two factors: first, that September had five Tuesdays, meaning we were scheduled for one of our rare three-week gaps; and second, that…
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Lightning Flippers Recap for 9/26/2026
September 26 was our third Lightning Flippers women’s league meet for the season. It was also Joseph’s birthday and he graciously postponed his birthday celebration until the next day in order to provide administrative assistance with the league. We drove the four hours to Indiana Beach the next day to celebrate his birthday and have…
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Lightning Flippers Recap for 9/12/26
Our second of six sessions for the Lansing Lightning Flippers women’s league happened drew nine players, resulting in a neat division into three-player groups. Abby, Sarah, and Mackenzie joined for the first time this season, but Dana and Stephanie were both out of town and we also missed Christy, Lexi, and Marnie. The Swiss pairings…
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League Night Recap for 9/8/26
Our last league night started a new bank rotation, this time between banks 3 and 4, also known (to me) as Hazel and Bigwig. The two characters from Watership Down make for a logical pair – one might call them the “bromance” of the novel. Did our players show the toughness and perseverance of Bigwig,…
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Lightning Flippers Recap for 8/22/26
The Lansing Lightning Flippers women’s pinball league started its second season on August 22 with a good turnout of 11 players! We had two new players, Elke and Jamie. Elke has previously played tournaments in Ann Arbor, but Jamie is new to the competitive pinball scene and decided to try it out after she saw…
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League Night Recap for 8/25/26
At our last league night, we finished the first two banks, “Woundwort” and “Hyzenthlay.” Alas, writing this recap is forcing me to relive one of my all-time very worst league sessions. I think last time I had a league night this bad Obama was president. I’m inclined to make excuses for it – I’d had…
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League Night Recap for 8/11/26
August 11 was our opening night of our silver Season 25! It’s like America’s 250, except something fun actually happened. This doesn’t mean 25 years, since we have had 2 seasons a year for a while and prior to that sometimes had 3 seasons a year. But the 25th season still seems like a great…
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Season 25 Results and Standings
We use a custom Google spreadsheet to keep the books for the league. Follow the link below for the latest posted scores: Season 25 Results
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Silver Balls in the City
The annual Silver Balls in the City, our original and oldest charity tournament, returns to The Avenue Cafe at 6 pm on December 29 at 6 pm. We will have a charity raffle (one free ticket for all participants), holiday snacks, and festive fun. The cost to enter is $10 plus coin drop and the…
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Hat Trick: Danny Wins 3rd Consecutive Season of LPL
Danny once again defeated Tim to defend his championship in Season 24 of the Lansing Pinball League on May 12. For the third season in a row, Tim fought their way through the second-chance bracket to face Danny in the finals. This time, Tim won the first round of finals 2-1, giving Danny his first…
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