Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Class of 2020

Guys and Dolls
CF
Wears a St. Louis hat

The plot summary for this thing is really fucking long on wikipedia so instead of reading it, I'm just going to make up my own.

Nathan Detroit and Sky Masterson are two students in Miss Adelaide's 10th grade class. They both have their eyes on the same girl, who happens to go to the Catholic school across the street and is studying to be a nun, Sister Sarah Brown. They are also tormented by the bullies in the class, Nicely-Nicely Johnson Johnson, Harry the Horse and Rusty Charlie. Along with the kids learning how to count in old-timey increments ("A Bushel and a Peck"), we learn that Miss Adelaide secretly believes she is a man trapped in a woman's body ("Adelaide's Lament") and that Sister Sarah has an undiagnosed case of schizophrenia ("If I Were a Bell"). Eventually, Nathan and Sky engage in an old-fashioned game of War in order to determine who will win Sister Sarah's affections ("Luck be a Lady"). Nathan wins the contest and Sister Sarah is forced to marry him after being caught in a compromising position with Nathan behind the bleachers ("Marry the Man Today"). Everyone returns for the last number ("Finale") including a very pregnant Sister Sarah.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Class of 2019

Jamie Gold
SS
Wears a Boston hat.

Let's take a trip in the way back machine to 2006. The World Baseball Classic was captivating the attention of people across the globe. Chamillionaire was just beginning his ascent to the apex of the pop world. Myspace was allowing teenagers of all stripes to blast "S.O.S." at top volume directly to your computer and tell you why Night at the Museum was the Best Movie Evar!!!!!1111111oneoneoneoneone. And the world of poker, which continues its stratospheric rise in popularity to this day, was being conquered by this man:



We will all no doubt remember where we were when ESPN announced, via tape delay, that Jamie Gold had entered our lives to stay. It was a magical year.

Peter Hook

1B
Wears a New York (AL) hat.

Besides being the owner of the world's longest-running, wispiest beard, and having the world's most annoying Myspace page (you've been warned), Peter Hook also spent some of his time in two bands that managed to amass a small, if loyal, following. And how does one follow up that sort of career? By forming a band with two other totally not washed-up bassists called, get ready for hilarity, Freebass. The sky's the limit for this young go getter.