December 7, 2004
Faculty & Staff Engineer Devastating Defeat
of Students in Softball Square-Off
In yet another installment of the eternal story of experience
vs. innocence, wisdom vs. youth, McCombs faculty and staff
defeated an upstart assortment of MBA and BBA all-stars 16-6
Saturday in the annual McCombs@McCombs softball tournament.
The face-off at Red and Charline McCombs Field pitted a scrappy,
rag-tag team of faculty members and staff against the elite
players from the combined BBA and MBA teams that had competed
earlier that day. (The BBAs won the intra-student contest in a
nail-biting extra innings effort.)
Faculty stars included Gerhard "Batman" Barone and surprise late
addition Gaylen "Long Tall Texan" Paulson, both of whom knocked
two homeruns a piece.
The homers were a significant addition to this year's contest.
Last year, out of fears of student dominance, the faculty team
negotiated a deal under which all fair balls hit out of the park
would automatically qualify as ground-rule doubles.
Under the new, homerun-friendly regulations, the faculty-staff
team took full advantage of McCombs Field's friendly confines.
At times in the hit-happy contest, the faculty appeared to be
driving the ball at will into the grassy knolls and parking lots
surrounding the softball stadium.
Students, some of whom were routinely heard crying "Uncle" and
"Mommy" during the throes of their defeat, even tried to invoke
the "Slaughter Rule," calling for a cessation of play after the
faculty built up a 10-run lead.
Dean George Gau would hear none of it. When asked should the
game continue, he stated simply, "Bring it on."
To dispel the claims of conspiracy theorists, we reproduce here
documentary evidence of the faculty win. This photo has not been
doctored.
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| Faculty-staff victors in the 2004 McCombs@McCombs student-faculty challenge, pictured left to right: (top row) Jay "Moneyball" Hartzell, Bill "Harley Davidson" Carner, Mike "Spam Doctor" Guentzel, George "Born to be Wild" Gau, Chris "Yes, I'm an Aggie" Meakin, Gretchen "Accounting for Two" Charrier, Regina "Yellow Rose" Hughes; (bottom row) Gaylen "Long Tall Texan" Paulson, Gerhard "Ragin' Cajun" Barone, Arthur "Roid-Rage" Allert, Katy "Razorback" Nelson, and Kristie "Slick Hands" Loescher. |
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