This is only the second reunion we’ve had since we stopped playing ball in 1997. There were quite a few people who couldn’t make it this year who wanted to attend, so we may have another one sooner than we had this one! The carp trophy was in attendance along with the two Hallowed Books of Carpness, which is a compilation of the insulting missives our law firms sent to each other over all the years we played, along with photographs memorializing all the insanity which, as Janet Kusch so aptly put it, “we were lucky to live through all of that!!” Amen to that! So here’s a few photos along with names since you might not recognize these folks after 26 years.
At some point during our long run of this annual event, the paper mache second place carp trophy that I lovingly created went missing whilst in the possession of the Feiken’s firm (since they had it most of the time anyway). For years I asked whoever I came across if they ever knew what happened to it. Well, surprisingly, I got my answer at this reunion when I looked in one of Jackie’s two photo books. —–>
She stuffed it in the porta-john! I was SHOCKED!!! It was a work of art!
As I drove away from the Brown Iron Brewhouse (excellent place BTW – lots of gluten free options including beer!!), I received a text from Janet, who I left temporarily possessing the trophy and the Hallowed Books of Carpness, saying “She’s doing it again!!!”
I still have a full head of BROWN hair. Wearing out from the inside I suppose or at least it’s what the Docs tell me.