A Recap of the Gopher's Dublin Trip, So Far (On-Site Article #1)
7/20/14
by Trent Steffes
Thursday:
-The Gophers left Minnesota en route to Dublin, OH
-Andrew Lindor and Garrett Grage made a woman on east-bound I94 in a Iron-Range Vermillion colored Honda CRV swoon as we played tag on the interstate (she's a bad freeway driver)
-Stopped in Osseo, WI for a Subway visit. It is as worse as Osseo, MN
Friday (beginning very early in the AM):
-Blew through a $3.00 toll booth outside of Chicago
-Spent seemingly 5 hours just driving through Chicago
-Trent and Garrett had a spirited debate outside of Chicago about the futures of Duke Freshman PG Tyus Jones and C Jahlil Okafor
-Kevin Knutson, Devin, Lindor and Garrett fall asleep
-Trent gets 15 minutes of sleep outside of Ft. Wayne
-Stop at a great-smelling gas station outside of Ft. Wayne
-Enjoy breakfast at Waffle House in Godknowswhere, OH (Ohio people have southern drawls?)
-Arrive at our planned hotel in Marysvillle, OH, and it gave off a very murdery-vibe
-Get a room at a 4-star hotel, Staybridge
-Trip to Dick's
-Naptime, finally
-Practice time at the complex in Ohio, totally blown away at the atmosphere
-Trent participates in the HR Derby, and gets hyped when he hit 1 home run
-Devin participates in the All-Star game, turning heads with his rainbow shorts
-The Gophers meet H8R and Ryan (Randy) Bush
Saturday:
-Wake up to misty rain and head over to the fields
-Take on Kalamazoo, where it got competitive towards the end and lose 8-7
-Go back to the hotel for breakfast and meet Breakfast Girl, and Trent tells her promptly they lost
-Head back to the fields to take on SRL, and win 13-5 after an offensive explosion
-Make best friends with the Skibbe WBL
-Played HWL Brew Jays and lose 8-0, although cleverly extending the time of the game
-We take on our best friend Skibbe and lose 13-1 because Gus is great and Trent was terrible
-Head back to the Hotel and Steak-and-Shake it up
-We hear the final tournament bracket and report back to the field to take on HWL, again
-A rivalry is born after this intense matchup that included stellar pitching from Devin Nelson and clutch performances all around at the plate. Ended with a walk-off by HWL to end one of the best games of the tournament, with almost everyone watching
-We watch HRL play SRL before our next game and become best friends with Tyler "Smallpox" Flakne
-Lose 12-1 to Hudson Valley WBL
-Have dinner at Garrett's favorite restaurant, Buffalo Wild Wings
-Get some dessert at Baskin Robbins, to the pleasure of Trent Steffes
-Meet the cute and bubbly Ice Cream Girl
-Relaxed in the Staybridge Courtyards before they were eventually taken over by Mequon after we leave
-All fall asleep after way too much time looking at and chatting with girls on Tinder
Sunday:
-Trent wakes up an hour before everyone else and realizes he forgot about an on-site article he had to write
We are heading over to the field in an hour to watch "Skiffle <3" take on Mequon, and our homies who are better than us, HRL, take on WSEM. We will be playing in the Dangerfield, and hope between us and HRL to take all the championship hardware home to the Land of 10,000 lakes!
by Trent Steffes
Thursday:
-The Gophers left Minnesota en route to Dublin, OH
-Andrew Lindor and Garrett Grage made a woman on east-bound I94 in a Iron-Range Vermillion colored Honda CRV swoon as we played tag on the interstate (she's a bad freeway driver)
-Stopped in Osseo, WI for a Subway visit. It is as worse as Osseo, MN
Friday (beginning very early in the AM):
-Blew through a $3.00 toll booth outside of Chicago
-Spent seemingly 5 hours just driving through Chicago
-Trent and Garrett had a spirited debate outside of Chicago about the futures of Duke Freshman PG Tyus Jones and C Jahlil Okafor
-Kevin Knutson, Devin, Lindor and Garrett fall asleep
-Trent gets 15 minutes of sleep outside of Ft. Wayne
-Stop at a great-smelling gas station outside of Ft. Wayne
-Enjoy breakfast at Waffle House in Godknowswhere, OH (Ohio people have southern drawls?)
-Arrive at our planned hotel in Marysvillle, OH, and it gave off a very murdery-vibe
-Get a room at a 4-star hotel, Staybridge
-Trip to Dick's
-Naptime, finally
-Practice time at the complex in Ohio, totally blown away at the atmosphere
-Trent participates in the HR Derby, and gets hyped when he hit 1 home run
-Devin participates in the All-Star game, turning heads with his rainbow shorts
-The Gophers meet H8R and Ryan (Randy) Bush
Saturday:
-Wake up to misty rain and head over to the fields
-Take on Kalamazoo, where it got competitive towards the end and lose 8-7
-Go back to the hotel for breakfast and meet Breakfast Girl, and Trent tells her promptly they lost
-Head back to the fields to take on SRL, and win 13-5 after an offensive explosion
-Make best friends with the Skibbe WBL
-Played HWL Brew Jays and lose 8-0, although cleverly extending the time of the game
-We take on our best friend Skibbe and lose 13-1 because Gus is great and Trent was terrible
-Head back to the Hotel and Steak-and-Shake it up
-We hear the final tournament bracket and report back to the field to take on HWL, again
-A rivalry is born after this intense matchup that included stellar pitching from Devin Nelson and clutch performances all around at the plate. Ended with a walk-off by HWL to end one of the best games of the tournament, with almost everyone watching
-We watch HRL play SRL before our next game and become best friends with Tyler "Smallpox" Flakne
-Lose 12-1 to Hudson Valley WBL
-Have dinner at Garrett's favorite restaurant, Buffalo Wild Wings
-Get some dessert at Baskin Robbins, to the pleasure of Trent Steffes
-Meet the cute and bubbly Ice Cream Girl
-Relaxed in the Staybridge Courtyards before they were eventually taken over by Mequon after we leave
-All fall asleep after way too much time looking at and chatting with girls on Tinder
Sunday:
-Trent wakes up an hour before everyone else and realizes he forgot about an on-site article he had to write
We are heading over to the field in an hour to watch "Skiffle <3" take on Mequon, and our homies who are better than us, HRL, take on WSEM. We will be playing in the Dangerfield, and hope between us and HRL to take all the championship hardware home to the Land of 10,000 lakes!