Congrats to the World Champs!
I have had more than one reader express surprise that Gina hasn't blogged about the Hawaii Little Leaguers. I'm surprised, too! Don't worry, she went as nuts as you'd expect. She's just been a bit busy these days, particularly with the start of her second year of medical school today!
If you haven't heard, the team from Ewa Beach, Oahu, won the Little League World Series yesterday over defending champion Curacao, and they did it in extra innings! With a walk-off homerun! After trailing by 3 runs going into the final inning of regulation!
Michael Memea (left) hit the game-winner to give Hawaii its first ever LLWS champion.
As much as I enjoyed watching this scrappy bunch of kids (most of them diminutive Asians) pull off the improbable comeback, my favorite moment came in the third inning, when the umpire blew a call that turned a 1-1 game into a 3-1 game in favor of Curacao.
I immediately received a blistering, obscenity-laced phone call from Gina cursing the umpire. I didn't have much to say in response (it's best in those situations to just nod your head in agreement, even over the phone), but I remember thinking, "Boy, have I met my soulmate or what?" Is it any wonder that we have to watch in different rooms during Stanford/Hawaii volleyball games, or when our fantasy football teams go head to head? Yikes!
Sure makes it fun though! I'm sure I wouldn't have cared nearly as much about the outcome of this game had I not known that Gina was on the edge of her seat the entire time, cussing, screaming, and generally behaving in a manner consistent with my 6th-Man heyday.
Thankfully, the good guys won!
If you haven't heard, the team from Ewa Beach, Oahu, won the Little League World Series yesterday over defending champion Curacao, and they did it in extra innings! With a walk-off homerun! After trailing by 3 runs going into the final inning of regulation!Michael Memea (left) hit the game-winner to give Hawaii its first ever LLWS champion.
As much as I enjoyed watching this scrappy bunch of kids (most of them diminutive Asians) pull off the improbable comeback, my favorite moment came in the third inning, when the umpire blew a call that turned a 1-1 game into a 3-1 game in favor of Curacao.
I immediately received a blistering, obscenity-laced phone call from Gina cursing the umpire. I didn't have much to say in response (it's best in those situations to just nod your head in agreement, even over the phone), but I remember thinking, "Boy, have I met my soulmate or what?" Is it any wonder that we have to watch in different rooms during Stanford/Hawaii volleyball games, or when our fantasy football teams go head to head? Yikes!
Sure makes it fun though! I'm sure I wouldn't have cared nearly as much about the outcome of this game had I not known that Gina was on the edge of her seat the entire time, cussing, screaming, and generally behaving in a manner consistent with my 6th-Man heyday.
Thankfully, the good guys won!
posted by Chang Kim at Monday, August 29, 2005
6 Comments:
I don't cuss! :)
Only when it matters. :)
that must be nice to have
yay hawaii! :)
wow, i'm scared of gina now
One time we went to a Stanford/Hawaii vball game at Burnham, and she was rooting for UH right next to me! I was getting steamed and she knew it, so when a friend from Hawaii (also a Stanford student) saw her while walking by and asked what she was doing in the Stanford section (yeah, what's a Stanford student doing in the Stanford section), Gina got up and left me to sit with the UH fans. They won the match (and ended up winning the national title later that year).
It was a bad night.
So now we just know, when it comes to Stanford/Hawaii vball, we keep our distance. Otherwise we are pretty much in line with our rooting interests. Even our head to head fantasy football games never get bad, though I joke about it. But Stanford/Hawaii volleyball...I just stay clear.
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