Gone, but Won’t be Forgotten
Hendrickson Brothers will be forever Remembered as Great
Bums
As the 2006 GKWL season shifts into summer gear, bad news
has swarmed the league. The Hendrickson brothers, Mike and
Nick, will be moving to Sacramento shortly, and will no
longer be full time Bums. The league will honor them by
possibly creating a hall of fame, and no other Bum will ever
wear the number 5 again (the number worn by Mike
Hendrickson). Surely, the rivalry established by the
Cougars and the Bums will never be the same. I don’t know
what the league will be like without the all day intensity
of little Nick Hendrickson, who plays hard and grinds it out
day in and day out (and one thing is for sure, he doesn’t
like to lose). Mike Hendrickson led the PoeBums in home
runs, just recently eclipsing the century mark on his
career, surely an elite club to be in, considering that
there are only four other members ahead of him in that race
(Mike Hendrickson has 120 career home runs). The league
will miss the intensity of these two and will never be the
same without them. They will be back over the summer,
possibly for a few weeks in August, and will be greeted with
warm welcomes. But once the players cross the white line,
there is no holding back. The fire under Nicolas will
always be there, and the hustle of Mike will be present.
But in the long run, wiffleball is losing two real
champions.
Mike Hendrickson:
120 career home runs (5th all time)
11 career steals (5th all time)
1 win 7 losses
0 holds
2 saves
Nick Hendrickson:
17 career home runs (13th all time)
4 career steals (7th all time)
Had one career appearance, stats N/A
*statistics as of June 27