Funny story... welllllll, sort of....

We were the 'visitors' in yesterday's game... so all Kerman fans sat off the visitor side. I, however, live in Tranquillity where the games were played... so I sat on the home field side.

The game began... I had no idea who the announcer was. Some time early in the game I caught something said over the PA... something like -

"Home of world famous coach Jimmy Marchini". I turned to my son-in-law sitting next to me - "Did the announcer just say my name?". My son-in-law giggled.

Maybe 5 minutes later - "We're proud today to have ex-QB for the Los Angeles Rams in the stands with us today... Jimmy Marchini".

Maybe 10 minutes later.... "World famous Hippie Jimmy Marchini joins us today for the Tri-County All Star Games... maker of the worlds best Wind Chimes".

Another 10 minutes.. "Jimmy Marchini... undefeated Flyweight Boxing Championship..... stand up Jimmy and take a bow".

This went on for the entire game. Now keep in mind.. this was an All Star game... every town from Tri-County in attendance... in other words, they had no idea who "Jimmy Marchini" was... except for the Kerman people and a handful of tranquillity fans.

My family told me after the game there were whispers wafting thru the crowd, "Who is Jimmy Marchini? Did he really play QB for the Ram".

I discovered after the game the announcer was a friend from Kerman... Mark... who is not above screwing around when he gets the mic.