Memento
07-13-2008, 03:44 PM
Yes, you read it correctly. Arguing a close call at first, chest-bumping the umpire. Trying to remove first base from the ground.
Clady gets ejected from a charity game. That's a riot!
Our mild-mannered, unassuming giant of a left tackle shows there is more than just quick feet.
Fire, baby! Fire! Bring it this year Clady. I like this from him, whether it was in good fun or not.
http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2008/07/13/sports/local_state/140291.txt
Boise State offense prevails over defense in charity softball game
By Dustin Lapray
Correspondent
BOISE - These are the fellas of the fall, acting like the boys of summer. The transition from collegiate football to charity softball is easy for some, but rather comical for others.
Saturday's game, played by present and former Boise State football players at Hawks Memorial Field, was a high-scoring romp, complete with trash talk, soaring home runs and a few moments that would have made head coach Chris Petersen wince.
The BSU Offense beat the Defense 19-17, but this game was not really about winning and losing. The real winners were the children who benefit from the antics of these college athletes, who looked to be having a whale of a time.
The charity is the First Tee of Idaho, a youth organization that teaches children ages 5-17 the game of golf, while incorporating other useful skills. More than 2,000 children have taken part in the local chapter of the national organization in the last year.
"First Tee of Idaho is a youth development program that teaches life skills and character education to kids," FTI Executive Director Ann Williamson said. "We deliver that program through the game of golf."
The program teaches putting, chipping and full swing, but Williamson said they also teach children meeting and greeting skills, how to make effective decisions and goal setting.
BSU prospective starting quarterback Bush Hamdan helped organize the event (none of the BSU coaches were present). He took a class last spring in which a guest lecturer introduced him to the program. Hamdan contacted the media, secured the field, and brought his current and former teammates out on a beautiful sunny day to play around.
"The football team gets involved in community events, helping non-profit organizations. That's how it started," Williamson said. "I think this is a fantastic opportunity to raise awareness in the Treasure Valley of the First Tee of Idaho and the program we are teaching the young people."
Hamdan's home-run derby team won the contest before the softball game. Vinny Perretta and Tanyon Bissell joined him in ousting 27 others from the contest. The trio hit seven homers in 15 pitches in both rounds of the contest. Hamdan, Perretta and Chris O'Neil each hit five total home runs.
"I put myself with the two best guys in the home-run derby," Hamdan said. "It worked out."
Hamdan hit a grand slam in the bottom of the third inning, but that was not the highlight of the third. That honor went to Ryan Clady, a first-round NFL draft pick the Denver Broncos this spring. Clady was tossed from the game by the umpire after arguing a close call at first base. Speedy receiver Austin Pettis beat out the throw to first and Clady came out of the dugout bumping the ump and trying to pull first base out of the ground.
Earlier in the game Clady came out to console Shawn Bingham, who was charged with an error playing first base.
"One of our players just doesn't know what he's doing out there," Clady joked between innings. "If he can't make it, he'll just have to be replaced."
The game was not devoid of trash talk between the two units, which repeatedly taunted each other with often comical and near-tragic results.
After the Offense's 7-run third inning, Ian Johnson took the mound and proclaimed that the Defense would have a three-pitch inning. Kyle Gingg ruined his prognostication with a two-run blast in the eight-run fourth for the Defense. Ryan Winterswyk, next up, scared the crowd to silence when he hit Johnson in the thigh on a line-drive. Johnson came out of the game and Ellis Powers hit a homer to the right-field wall.
After the inning, Powers said, "The late, great Dan Hawkins ?- 'Don't talk first.'" And Winterswyk added that Johnson might have deserved the hit. "He had it coming," he joked from the dugout.
Johnson shook it off, with just a bruise.
Jeron Johnson later took out the makeshift centerfield wall diving for a home run hit by Ian Johnson. Jeron was OK as well, jumping up after lying in the grass from embarrassment to the raucous applause from the fans in attendance.
Each of the players picked a song that was played when they were up to bat. Local Little League all-star baseball players were batboys and shagged balls during the derby.
As for the current BSU players, in just a few weeks they'll be back on t
Clady gets ejected from a charity game. That's a riot!
Our mild-mannered, unassuming giant of a left tackle shows there is more than just quick feet.
Fire, baby! Fire! Bring it this year Clady. I like this from him, whether it was in good fun or not.
http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2008/07/13/sports/local_state/140291.txt
Boise State offense prevails over defense in charity softball game
By Dustin Lapray
Correspondent
BOISE - These are the fellas of the fall, acting like the boys of summer. The transition from collegiate football to charity softball is easy for some, but rather comical for others.
Saturday's game, played by present and former Boise State football players at Hawks Memorial Field, was a high-scoring romp, complete with trash talk, soaring home runs and a few moments that would have made head coach Chris Petersen wince.
The BSU Offense beat the Defense 19-17, but this game was not really about winning and losing. The real winners were the children who benefit from the antics of these college athletes, who looked to be having a whale of a time.
The charity is the First Tee of Idaho, a youth organization that teaches children ages 5-17 the game of golf, while incorporating other useful skills. More than 2,000 children have taken part in the local chapter of the national organization in the last year.
"First Tee of Idaho is a youth development program that teaches life skills and character education to kids," FTI Executive Director Ann Williamson said. "We deliver that program through the game of golf."
The program teaches putting, chipping and full swing, but Williamson said they also teach children meeting and greeting skills, how to make effective decisions and goal setting.
BSU prospective starting quarterback Bush Hamdan helped organize the event (none of the BSU coaches were present). He took a class last spring in which a guest lecturer introduced him to the program. Hamdan contacted the media, secured the field, and brought his current and former teammates out on a beautiful sunny day to play around.
"The football team gets involved in community events, helping non-profit organizations. That's how it started," Williamson said. "I think this is a fantastic opportunity to raise awareness in the Treasure Valley of the First Tee of Idaho and the program we are teaching the young people."
Hamdan's home-run derby team won the contest before the softball game. Vinny Perretta and Tanyon Bissell joined him in ousting 27 others from the contest. The trio hit seven homers in 15 pitches in both rounds of the contest. Hamdan, Perretta and Chris O'Neil each hit five total home runs.
"I put myself with the two best guys in the home-run derby," Hamdan said. "It worked out."
Hamdan hit a grand slam in the bottom of the third inning, but that was not the highlight of the third. That honor went to Ryan Clady, a first-round NFL draft pick the Denver Broncos this spring. Clady was tossed from the game by the umpire after arguing a close call at first base. Speedy receiver Austin Pettis beat out the throw to first and Clady came out of the dugout bumping the ump and trying to pull first base out of the ground.
Earlier in the game Clady came out to console Shawn Bingham, who was charged with an error playing first base.
"One of our players just doesn't know what he's doing out there," Clady joked between innings. "If he can't make it, he'll just have to be replaced."
The game was not devoid of trash talk between the two units, which repeatedly taunted each other with often comical and near-tragic results.
After the Offense's 7-run third inning, Ian Johnson took the mound and proclaimed that the Defense would have a three-pitch inning. Kyle Gingg ruined his prognostication with a two-run blast in the eight-run fourth for the Defense. Ryan Winterswyk, next up, scared the crowd to silence when he hit Johnson in the thigh on a line-drive. Johnson came out of the game and Ellis Powers hit a homer to the right-field wall.
After the inning, Powers said, "The late, great Dan Hawkins ?- 'Don't talk first.'" And Winterswyk added that Johnson might have deserved the hit. "He had it coming," he joked from the dugout.
Johnson shook it off, with just a bruise.
Jeron Johnson later took out the makeshift centerfield wall diving for a home run hit by Ian Johnson. Jeron was OK as well, jumping up after lying in the grass from embarrassment to the raucous applause from the fans in attendance.
Each of the players picked a song that was played when they were up to bat. Local Little League all-star baseball players were batboys and shagged balls during the derby.
As for the current BSU players, in just a few weeks they'll be back on t