We are the Champions!!!

Ok, kids, here comes another post coming at ya from work so I have to keep it short. If you are reading this at home, I recommend you put Metallica’s Hero of the Day as background music to set the mood.

What What In The Butt remained undefeated last night, clinching the Ruby League Cup, and achieving immortality as the greatest Kickball team in the history of Green Bay in 2010. Woo Hoo!!!

We played, by far, our most challenging opponent last night. The ensuing battle can only be described as LEGENDARY. We gained a quick three run advantage and then basically clinged on to it for the duration of the game.

And like I previously alluded to, it all came down to the coaching. Knowing three runs would not be sufficient, I coached Matt Pearson in the fifth inning to make this spectacular jump, doing the splits in mid-air, to narrowly escape a throw at home plate. That run was the deciding factor that eventually won the game for us.

I’d like to give a special shout out to Greg Altmann for calling up Matt earlier this season to invite him on our team. Matt would eventually become the MVP during the post season. Way to go, Greg!!!

I also coached my players to catch various pop fly catches in the infield and outfield as well as coached our pitcher, Ben Zimmerman, to throw various strike outs throughout the game. Whenever a player got a base hit, I coached that too. There were flashes of Lombardi out there, I’m not lying.

Unfortunately my actual play was sporadic at best and I missed an easy catch at first base that set the opposing team up for a two run comeback in the last inning. But we prevailed, making bitter enemies with the opposing team in the process, but nuts to them, we wanted it more and that’s to be expected when you self umpire your own championship game.

I’d like to give special thanks to Jessica MacGregor, Nicole Denis, Renee Heraly, Karin Adams, Jamie Baierl, Greg Altmann, Ben Zimmerman, Matt Pearson, Blake Main, Jenny MacGregor, Beth Bartolazzi, Maria Cornette, Brad and Martha Johnson, and everyone else that subbed or came out support the team. Same time next year.

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Team photo post victory. I brought Champagne but having never won a team athletic competition in my life, did not know what to do with it. Apparently you shake it up and spray it on everyone in a celebratory fashion.



Also, not to distract from our glorious victory, but look at this goofy sign put up in front of the new roundabout near my work in Appleton. Who were the wizards at the WDOT that came up with this clear and decisive traffic directive???