One For The Thumb
As I basked in the glory of my 5th CRFC title, I soon realized it has been over 5 years since my last A1 league brick with the legendary Thicker Tubes squad that featured a spin-less JRod and a few other CRFC stars of the past. Sure I have had a few titles since then in the A2 and Charlestown 5 on 5 leagues, shamelessly riding the Chiseís coattails, but this title felt especially good considering it was my crafty drafting rather than my crafty playing that made the difference in our squad. My how things have changed and got me to thinking how much CRFC and everything else has changed since the inaugural A league in 2000. Here is a quick then and now:
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THEN |
NOW |
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| The League |
1 league, 6 teams, 36 hoop players
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10 leagues, 68 teams, 425 stat addicts |
| The Staff |
Josh Smith Joey Diesel |
Commish Wolverine TiCal DMac The Surgeon General The Webmaster Tibbs The Good King JRod Mannning Mon Yavor
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| The Scoreboard |
ìFlipî scoreboard and Dieselís Seiko watch |
Electronic scoreboard with occasional missing bulb |
| The Superstars |
Greg Poulos Jim Meldrim Kevin OíNeil Levan Marman
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Trevor McAndrew Kareem Benjamin Alex Delpleche Tim Diehl |
| The Website |
Non-existent |
You know whatís there – you go there every day! |
| The Stats |
Un-audited point totals |
Un-audited full stats |
| The Refs |
Super Mario Brothers Brian the Ref |
Brian the Ref DMac Wolverine OíCal TO Preston Willie McGuinest (5 on 5)
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| The Uniforms |
Used yellow reverse pinnies. (And when I say ìused,î I donít mean previously worn by someone else. I mean previously worn by someone else during the game right before yours.)
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Fantastically designed uniís of your own that you can choose to wash or not. And donít ask for another one. |
| The Court |
Unpainted, dusty floors with dead spots and aerobic steps that needed to be removed before/after every session.
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Painted floor, banners, and no aerobic steps to move before/after every session. Dead spots still remain part of the CRFC mystique. |
| The League Fees |
$30 (members only) |
$75 for members $125 for non-members (and still a bargain at that!!!!)
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| League Night Out Most Wasted Awards |
0
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7 |
| # of players hailing fromSaugus |
1
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15 (and still no referral bonus!) |
| Tibbs |
15 year old freshman atQuaboag Regional High School (was there a casino on campus?)
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22 year old pegged by many to be Joshís successor |
| The TiCallion Stallion |
16 year old BMOC at Matignon and CRFC towel boy |
23 years old BMOC at Northeastern School of Law and CRFC blogger extraordinaire
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| The Wolverine |
26 year old aimless basketball junkie |
34 year old aimless VP of Basketball Operations |
| JRod signature move |
Jumper |
Spin move (and the foul) |
| DMacís Ride |
A rimless 1994 Lexus GS
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2001 Lexus complete with custom 20 inch rotating Diablo rims |
| # of cars sold by Turin |
500 |
0 (managers donít have to do any actual work)
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| Annual sunny days in Boston |
125 |
2 |
| The President |
George W. Bush |
George W. Bush (look at all he has done for us!!)
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| Celtics Titles |
16 |
16 |
| Peopleís Sexiest Man Alive |
Brad Pitt |
George Clooney |
| CRFC Sexiest Man Alive |
Kevin Scott |
Al Smooth |
| NBA MVP |
Allen Iverson |
Steve Nash |
| CRFC MVP |
Greg Poulos |
Kareem Benjamin (screw you Tibbs, he was the MVP) |
| Billboardís Top New Artist |
Sisqo (thong thong thong thong thong) |
Chris Brown (lemme see if you can run it, run it) |
| CRFCís Rookie of the Year |
Sean OíCal |
Tom Kahana (perpetually) |
| Preferred method of communication with females |
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Text Message (and only after 11PM) |
| Preferred method of blasting CRFC refs |
Anonymous and gutless posts |
Posts with name clearly on them |
