GSHAS Postseason Gathering
The GSHAS post-season gathering at Leopold Bros. was a big success. We celebrated the end of another fine year of softball and also gave Chris D. a big send off. Lots of folks ponied up cold hard cash to get rid of some points and there was much rejoicing!! Here are a few things we learned:
- football traffic doesn’t clear out by 7:30 for a 3:30 football game (my bad) and people stuck in it drive like idiots
- lots of folks go to Leopold Bros. either to watch the football game or hang out until the traffic clears
- bringing in 5 trophies and lining them up in the window gets you some strange glances by passers by on the street and, while impressive to your waitress, cannot be traded with the establishment for free beverages
- Todd is a swell guy for coming out to celebrate with us and watching the Sox beat the Rockies again on a relatively small TV without much sound (though that is a blessing in disguise with Tim McCarver doing the game)
- though lots of folks were dressed in Halloween costumes, Rocky Balboa was the best (in my opinion)
- officers in uniform quickly draw the undivided attention of the local establishment owners (thanks to Chris W. for stopping by)
To commemorate Chris D’s time as a GSHAS, we presented him with a framed version of his final game’s scoresheet with his last K clearly written in large red ink. We also grabbed some photos from some of the past years and glued them, largely unmanipulated (save for the doctored photo of Jon L. looking longingly at Chris D.’s goofy hitting stance), on the mat where we all wrote some good luck wishes. For those of you who couldn’t make it, there are some pictures from the festivities in the link below (check out the softball set for more photos from past events). Also, feel free to use the comments on this post to roast Chris D. one last time as I’m sure it will make him feel loved.
Here are the final points from this season which we’ll carry over to next. Looks like we’ve got a solid start on next years post-game beverages.
Ron (6.5) [-2 for point payoff]
Ben W. (5)
Jon L. (4)
Matt (3.5)
John B. (3)
Jesse (1)
Dan W. (0)
Todd (0)
Charlie (0) [-7 for point payoff]
Chaz (0) [-7 for point payoff]
Chris W. (0) [-3.5 for point payoff]
Chris D. (0) [-5 for final team debt]
Pete (-0.5)
Tony (-1.5)
Great job this season!! It is now time to officially start counting down the days until spring training next year.
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October 29th, 2007 at 11:01 am
I want to thank everyone that showed up for a great send-off. It will be bittersweet leaving A2 for KU as I will miss the softball crew and all of my friends here. If you ever get a chance to come to Kansas (I don’t know why you would), look us up. We can even go to a Royals game. I’m pretty sure that there will be tickets available.