Steven Moore has a very memorable experience, though he doesn't remember to much of it. It's a long story, so sit down and get ready for a long winding tale. Moore used to play baseball, in fact he was pretty good at it, maybe not as good as some other people but enough to get to the professional level. He was playing the hot corner, third base for the unknowing. Well he was playing and a line drive smacked him right in the head and he went unconscious. He awoke a couple of days later and he couldn't remember a thing. Not his name, where he was, or what he was doing. It took a while but Moore finally started to figure out who he was and what was going on. But, in the mist of re-remembering everything, there was one thing he couldn't remember. How to play baseball, he could barely hit a ball off a T and he couldn't catch a ball if his 90 year old grandma was the one throwing it to him. Eventually the team cut him and he was pretty down until his friends asked him to play a pick up game of football. And wouldn't you know it, he was actually good at it! Well one thing lead to another and he soon was able to play football professionally.
One of the most memorable events in Brad Pennington's life was when the underdog Luchadores somehow made their way to the S7 Ultimini. This was before the time when Tijuana would become dominant and Portland was still mostly in peak form with a number of NSFL caliber send downs. People like Viggo Squanch or Balthazar Crindy were some key playmakers on offense that made everything happen even if Brad on his own was relatively mediocre. The team also had the other Penningtons, Chad and Thad, who helped headline a solid defense that was evidently the strength of Tijuana at that period in time. The talent had mostly just arrived, and most of the Tijuana players would head up to the NSFL the following season. However, the small whirlwind that S7 had generated was a huge deal in generating the buzz and momentum that would help lead to their future success in the DSFL. It just happened that the first batch of players didn't achieve the success of the players who would come after them. Brad's personal connection to Tijuana comes may be less apparent than his NSFL experience, but he does look fondly upon the team that had given him the opportunity and guidance to succeed.
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Growing up in Orangeville, not a lot happens to you. Everyone you meet went to the same school. Everyone you know goes to the same grocery store. Everyone you date has the same strain of herpes.
It takes an awful long time before you live something truly memorable. I don't think I truly remember a day in my life before the tour of the OrangeCo Orangeville Orange Juicing Plant. It was my seventeen birthday. I'd asked my parents for a car, but I knew they couldn't afford one. It just seemed like the thing to ask for. My dad woke me up early in the morning and set an envelope on my bedside table. I groaned and rolled back over to go back to sleep. He squeezed my shoulder affectionately and made me open the envelope. Inside was the shining orange holographic foil of a premium tour of the OrangeCo Orangeville Orange Juicing Plant, the kind you could only win by saving up one thousand OrangeCo juice bottle caps. Even then, you were only entered into an annual lottery, there was no guarantee you'd actually win the premium tour. I spent a few seconds looking up and down the ticket. How long had my dad planned this? How many bottle caps had he pooled? He must have spent days off his precious time off to even get a shot at giving me this gift. I didn't know what to say. I just sat there, in stunned silence. He looked so happy seeing me like that. The tour was a total bust. They stopped that marketing program pretty soon after as word got out. But, that didn't matter to me. Seeing how happy my dad was, to give me that gift, that was my real OrangeCo Orangeville Orange Juicing Plant tour. Player Page Update Page [img=0x0]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/800790374204571721/834234186051092480/SELICH.png[/img]
Life is far from a linear journey. No, life is a twisting turnpike of endless experience; unexplored avenues of perilous predicaments and poignant pleasure lie in every direction. But which road is which is perhaps impossible to determine, for when travelling quickly, it's easy to misread the passing road signs. Sometimes the best experiences - the best road on which to drive and trail on which to walk - will pass you by, without having you ever having known you missed them. Sometimes, much worse, you'll pass and know how close you may have come, but fail to reach it.
When Dean Jackson declared for the draft, he knew he'd be moving far from home, and he knew he'd be moving far from the girl of his dreams. 3 years in high school and 4 years in college they'd been dating, and they were both about to graduate. She had already had a job at the Houston Medical Center, and Jackson had a job offer from the Houston Symphony Orchestra. But, he sought bigger things. Music is part of his life, but what man would deny themselves an alternate career path they love that pays several million more? Two weeks before graduation, Jackson drove to a jewelry story and came home empty handed. One week before graduation, Jackson declared for the NSFL. And amid the flashing lights of cameras and clamoring of reporters, the one memory that he cannot shake is the look of resigned sadness twinkling in her eyes. (248 words)
I think everyone has a minimum of one major decision point in their life. For Oats there has been a couple big ones, but one that really sticks out. For Steven Oats, the biggest one wasn’t to long ago. In his second season in the league it seems like things are trending upwards for him, but this may never had been a thing. In his final year at Penn State Steven hit a point in his education where he needed to decide if he should continue to focus on football or continue his education. He had received an offer to work for a major player in the tech industry and have them pay for his Master’s degree, or enter the draft. We all know which one he picked. Its still in the air as to whether he made the right decision or not. His parent played a major role in this decision. They never picked a side but instead helped him decide based on what he wanted to do. This must have been tough on them since not many parents want to see their child take a gamble over a sure thing. So far it looks like the right choice was made. Oats’ parents spend every gameday in the stands cheering like any other fan. Most fans are oblivious to the fact that there was a chance that the hard hitting safety may never have suited up.
In high school, AJ Robertson, who was somewhat of an all-sport star, found that because he played so many sports he often didn't have a lot of time to devote to each individual sport. As a result, his skills steadily declined and before long, he had to endure the horror of being average. AJ was confident that he would return to his former self. However, during that thought process, he did realize as well that he needed to choose just one, or maybe two sports to focus on - and after a couple weeks' worth of reflection, he decided to go to college with baseball and football in his head. In his sophomore year of college though, he discovered something that would change his life. A crazy scientist had created an elixir that would enable AJ to split his body into two at will, allowing him to play baseball and football simultaneously. AJ was originally hesitant, wary of being poisoned, but decided to take it, and that is how AJ consistently plays professional baseball and football. Two weeks into the season though, he had to check with 'ol crazy-head to make sure that the mixture didn't have drugs, as they were undergoing a test, but the funny thing is - when he looked in the scientist's office, he didn't see a single shred of evidence that anyone had ever lived there.
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