Old Sports Illustrated Article

Balls Deepers,
First of all, let me convey the great pride that this organization takes in the effort displayed last evening. A rivalry game is always an emotional and physical drain on the players and I can tell you that I slept like a baby last night. I know that it is disappointing to end the game in a tie but we played our hearts out and left everything out on the field. I as a player/manager cannot ask for anything more than that. We learned a few things last night about ourselves and the Beavers, that I would like to share:
1. Carl is a jackass. His Carlness was on full display last nite and it
was horrid.
B. We can beat the Beavers
III. Patrick, once a game, pulls the greatest idiotic jumping and jiving
play out of his butt
Quatro. The Beavers' girls are trashy
23. Balls Deep is here to stay
19. Our fans kick ass
XX. Clifford is a big red dog


I received an advance copy of the new Sports Illustrated that will hit stands next month, and I would like to share the excerpt from the game last evening..

" I attended maybe the greatest rivalry game in history last evening. There were screaming fans doing the wave and screaming cheers. I saw a packed stadium with the rich looking down from a state of the art sky box. And I saw a beautiful field with tremendous athletes running around in what seemed like organized chaos. It was not Auburn vs. Alabama, not Ohio State vs. Michigan, not Duke vs. North Carolina. It was Balls Deep vs. The Beavers. The game started under threatening skies but all of the thunder and lightning happened on the field of play. In the second inning, The Beavers struck first with a fantastic job of moving runners on by situational hitting. But Balls Deep was up to the task and responded the very next half inning. The beavers struck
back in the fifth with another excellent job of moving runners although having one runner thrown out on the way to the plate nullifying the chance to score another run. Again the Balls Deepers would not be denied and scored quickly to even it up once again. It was The Beavers who continued to push the pace as they scored again on a fluke play where a trashy looking girl kicked the ball 125 yards down the right field line after recording an out at first. The game continued at that score for several innings until time was getting short. The only scoring chance came for the Beavers when they had a runner thrown out again close to the plate trying to score. The top of the ninth inning was started with just two minutes left and the score still 3 to 2 in favor of the Beavers. That was when the magic started. Patrick Halloran led off the inning with a triple that should have been a single but Halloran jumped and juked and jived all the way sliding into third. After a pop out, Ben Clanton laced a single to center in front of the ailing Beavercenterfielder to score the run. The next hitter popped out to the right fielder in short right and Clanton tagged on the weak arm and advanced to second. The lead was then secured as Jason Lewin tattooed a groundball between second and third and Clanton slid headfirst into home for the go-ahead run. The bottom of the ninth was not quite as exciting as the Beavers continued to play small ball and scored another run with precise kicking and moving the runner around the bases one by one. As soon as the inning ended, the crack field crew called the game becauseof impending rain and lightning, but the only thunder came from the protests of the fans as they voiced their displeasure with the outcome. The field was awash with blood, sweat and tears, and the players slowly made their way to the locker-room with their eye on another possiblematch up in the playoffs. If I were you, I would go ahead and get your tickets now as they will go quick after the display last night. Kickball fever... catch it."
I can't wait for it to hit newsstands. The match up for next is being discussed, but be ready. It will be a victory for the good guys... Thank you and Good Luck.