Tuesday, August 12, 2008

30 weeks ago

It was the tenth of January a cold winters night. The clouds covered the moon and the only sign of light came from the street lamps. But in a dark parking lot a man steps out of his car. He reaches into his car and grabs a well used bag and a wrinkled blue shirt. With the skill of a drunk opening another beer he slowly slides his arms through the shirts sleeves. Then fumbles with the buttons like a excited high school boy unlatching his first bra. He then reaches over into his car as the rain starts to fall. Grabs a bottle of coke and a funny flask and mixes his favorite drink of choice. Then looks up at the sky as if to celebrate the cold rain on his face. At that moment a lightning bolt flashes at him, but he jumps to avoid the lightning. In that same moment he round houses the door to the car shut with precision and accuracy. When he lands and in the lights while the sparks are still falling you can see the Norris 6 logo on the back of his now Ironed shirt. He pauses for a moment then again looks up to the skies as if he is playing a game with Zeus. Under his beard you can see him crack a small smile that slowly gets bigger, and then turns into laughter. With a thunderous crack several lightning bolts fall to the ground and shatter the laughter of the old man. But around him after the smoke has cleared eight more men in blue Norris 6 shirts appear. This is the beginning of the legend and how the team Norris 6 appeared. For thirty weeks now you could have seen team Norris 6 on any Monday night. They have fought such evil beasts as the dreaded Munson or the dirty Red box. Yes there has been lows like Hi Balls 70. There has also been a great fight to see who can hold the title of most pins down. Starting with Redlines 236, Tortoise 264, D-Bo's 265, and back with Redlines 268. There has been additions to the elite 600 club congrats Tortoise, D-B0, and Lunch Money. It is no surprise that when the Norris 6 comes into the alley they pack such weapons as the turkey, four baggers, five spots, and more. With a record high nine strikes per game held by three of the team members you better watch out. But you should not be surprised this season to have seen a new weapon called the dash & slash that has been perfected by the Professor X. There has been two closed games and a perfect 300 destroyed by a footfoul. But with the season all most over only two weeks remain and one tournament, there is still one stat in question. The most important of them all. Some would say stats mean nothing if you don't have that championship ring. There are three left that are still in contention for the title of the money game leader. Can lunch money be the dark horse and force a three way tie going into the final tournament. He has been on a hot streak the last two weeks ever since turkey was on the menu. The Redline was clutch last night and took the money game by two pins to push a two way tie for the number one seed. Can he continue his streak of wins to finish off the season. Or will the Tortoise pick up the pace and seal the deal before the tournament to hold his title of money game champion. You all better be there to find out the outcome. Or you will just have to read a stupid email like this to know what happened. By the way she stitched her????? Are you kidding me.

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