I think it is a town in Illinois and thus a HS as well? and Tanner Roark pitched for them in 2005,6,7?

Last night he pitched for the Nationals as he was called up earlier in the week.

Must have been 40-50 people there to cheer him on, which I have no issue with, but the homemade ROARK Jersey are only outdone by the 30+ year olds wearing Purple Wlmington Jerseys, banners, bandanas, etc.

Wont even discuss the fact the guy gave up a 5 run lead, with 4 straight hits and why the manager left him in, I have no idea, unless he did so because he knew the guy had 50 people there? Kinda sad

But with the exception of the 1 or 2 years after High School, if you show up anywhere sporting the colors of your HS and flying the school flag, you have obtained DB status

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Yes.

By Christmas break my freshman year in college couldn't have given less of a fuck about sporting HS colors etc.

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I'm making this into a t-shirt. I'll give it to you next time I see you.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

There ain't much to celebrate out of Wilmington.

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I wouldn't say I sport the colors but I do have some Ignatius wear.

Bigfan, most of them were probably family and they were celebrating a guy reaching his goal. It's not like there is some Wilmington army showing up to every game for the guy.

When Dr. Ken shows up to Wrigley in his Teutopolis Corn Jerkers shirt to cheer on his kin when he makes the show I hope you are a little more understanding.

Dbag anyone who viewed this thread and didn't make a Tattoo joke for Roark

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Leave them good ol boys alone. Wilmington is small as shit, down south and in the middle of nowhere and high school is all they've got. I think my high school beat the shit out of them to win the football championship back in the 90's. There is some reason I have heard of the place before and I think that is it. This is a good primer to the 2013 IHSA football season....haters!!!!

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

I will be going to the St. Pats v. Mt. Carmel kickoff to the season on Saturday, August 31 at Soldier Field

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Yeah, I don't get the whole you can't go and watch your local high school team, you can't do this, you can't do that. I didn't know there were written rules on who and what you can cheer for and when the time you can cheer for them runs out.

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I don't get the whole Dbagging of a schools mascot.

Yeah, fuck you Cornhuskers!! Screw you, idiot Lancers!

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I will be wearing maroon and gold as I stand in line for the opening of Star Wars I in 2015.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Pretty sure that Teutopolis are The Wooden Shoes.

Best worst nickname ever.

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You know me like that.

I'll send you the memo.

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Please do

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I'm wearing my Rockford Boylan soccer alumni tee today and it looks resplendent.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

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I still wear my old HS soccer and baseball t-shirts from our conference and regional championships. What a DB! How dare I wear a shirt!

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High School sports pride shows a fair degree of meatballism. I like it!!

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

I would make sure to avoid the southside then. Specifically Western Ave and 11th street through Mt. Greenwood and Beverly.

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Those people went to high school?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4MSDKfcRz0

Their football team gets led out onto the field by local bikers. I'm serious too.

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That is pretty bad and definitely in the team photo but I submit to you the team from Watersmeet, MI...

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Never seen that one.

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I don't have the design skills to make a sweet flow chart (not with a quick turnaround, at least...), but the only decisions that should lead to caring about high school sports are "do you have a child on the team" and "do you have a friend on the team." If you don't, then you don't need to worry about the hobbies of 16-year-olds.

Also, if you can answer in the affirmative to both questions, there are probably some long discussions that have to happen about life and where it's taken you.

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Great to see you know me so well and can make so many assumptions. Hope you don't fall off of that high horse that you are sitting on.

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What if you have a cousin or nephew on the team? I'm originally from a small town. Granted our football team was awful, but part of me would consider heading downstate if they ever were to be in the state championship. Hell, I bet most of the town would be there.

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In small communities, typically the only live sporting events that can be viewed easily are High School sports. It's a rallying point for the community and a place where the town goes to be together and enjoy the events.

Living in a larger city, it does not have the same impact and is usually harder to understand since there are so many other options for the community's entertainment.

But, in smaller communities, it is not out of the ordinary for adults to attend high school football games their entire lives for entertainment.

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You know me like that.

With such esteemed alumns as Zbikowski, McBride and Boyd I cannot hide my Buffao Grove Bison pride. I will forever bleed blue and orange!

Fight on you bison fight till the end!

Well put, Ken. It's weird to some (Dan Berstein argument), but for small, rural towns, that's their way of life. That's what you do on a Friday night. I don't see anything wrong with that.

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Thank you gentleman!

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