{"id":1213,"date":"2011-09-28T06:01:55","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T13:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2011-09-28T06:01:55","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T13:01:55","slug":"kickball-injuries-mostly-emotional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1213","title":{"rendered":"Kickball Injuries Mostly Emotional"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>\nThe 8th Annual Stapleton Kickball Tournament sponsored by The Stapletonion<\/em> was another rousing success. Balls were kicked, people were tagged, refs were yelled at, and alas, Champions were crowned (congratulations to Team Spencer<\/strong>). Everything seemed to go fairly smoothly. In fact, even injuries were down. Well, at least the physical ones.\n\nThere were only two hand injuries compared to seven last year. Hamstring pulls were cut in half from six to three. And shockingly, no trips to the emergency room. The only injuries that seemed to be in abundance, were emotional ones.\n\u201cI thought this was just for fun,\u201d said athlete Kevin Day. \u201cHowever, I missed a ball and our captain screamed at me. I don\u2019t think I will ever forget that. Ever.\u201d Then there was Matt Johannsen who kicked to foul balls and essentially struck out with the game on the line. \u201cMy team, even the girls were just shouting at me,\u201d said Johannsen. \u201cThings like, \u2018What were you thinking?\u2019 and \u2018We should have won that game!\u2019\u201d The loss caused Johannsen\u2019s team to immediately move to the loser\u2019s bracket.\nReferees like Nicole Porche also took some heat. \u201cPeople were asking me if I knew the rules of kickball,\u201d said Porche. \u201cSome people even asked if I was blind. Yeah, I\u2019ve heard that before, but these guys seemed to be sincere.”\nNext year The Stapletonion<\/em> is going to require that all players take a sensitivity course prior to the tournament. Tournament organizers hope this will dramatically reduce the injuries to people\u2019s feelings.\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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