Gone, but Won’t be Forgotten

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.