 The
first to arrive
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 The
obligatory "Frankie and Johnny" shot - the soberest I've seen
these two in awhile.
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We had quite a few out-of towners join us for the celebration
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  Some
of the Denver Contingent (plus a roondog)
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 Some
more folks from Denver - Congratulations to Scott and
Kristen, they got
engaged two months ago!
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 Pete
and Amy joined from Boston
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 And
the award for the longest flight to get to the digger goes to Kevin
and Steph Baum (left) who flew in from San Diego. They're Pictured here with
Flagg's who flew in all the way from Glenview.
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 Hey
dude, let's party!
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 Joey
D livin' large.
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 Hey,
is there a truck driver convention in town?
Mitchy (left) would have to sit the Digger out due to a recent Achilles
Tendon tear (ouch!)
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 The
ladies lookin' very colorful
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 "Da
Domers"
a.k.a. the Evil Empire, the Dark Side. If they just wouldn't win this
thing so often, we wouldn't have to harass them. Oh yeah, and then
there's the attitude.
The ABC after-school-special "Brently-portrait of a domer-wannabe"
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 Pete
- ready to play some hoops? Our only shot against the Domers is to
play something physical - they can't handle pain!
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 Two
generations of Rooney's. The uncle/niece combo would kick some butt on
Friday, joining forces in the semi-finals, for what would be their last
hurrah.
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 Laurie
and her Suitors (I couldn't get the best angle, but at one point there was 6
guys around her)
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 Congratulation
to Val & Susanna who got married one week after the digger
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 Is
that Captain Morgan on the left?
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 "You
talkin' to me?"
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 Stevo,
what's up with the drool on the shirt.
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   And
then Frankie got a hold of the camera.
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 Late
Night at Durkin's = "Diggers Gone Wild"
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 The
"Bonedigger Originals". 10 out of the original 15 were in
attendance - the most since 1993. The remaining 5 were stuck in Key West,
Denver, Austin, Salt Lake City, and Fairlawn-OH for the weekend.
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 the
1am photo - everybody was looking for their gold star
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 Tommy
- once again corrupting the Youth of America!
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So the stage was set.
Digger Day June 28th, 2002
Let's see, what do we need to make a digger. How about
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 The
Digger Flag,
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 Some
Balls,
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 Beer,
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 and
Bloody's.
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 Oh
yeah, how about some People.
They come in very handy in situations like this.
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It's Diggin Time!
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 OK
Gang, let's get this thing started. . .
Is anybody listening?
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 Seriously,
I'm not kidding
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 Don't
even think about taking this bullhorn away from me.
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 OK,
time to put the game face on!
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 I'm
a Lucky Dog, I'm a Lucky Dog
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 "Yeah,
sell 2000 shares of Cisco and schedule my post-digger massage for 6pm"
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 It's
good to be the King!
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 Surf's
Up Dude!
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 Denver
Clan Part One
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 Denver
Clan Part Deux
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For several years, the Denver Chapter of the Bonediggers has held their own
grass tournament in the Fall (this year it's on 9/21/02). During the
tournament, we have a Chicago vs. Denver grudge match. Last year, they decided to create a trophy that would stay with the
winner. They called it "The Pot" and Chicago captured it
with a 15-2 Crushing of the Denver team. The Denver team wanted
retribution. So for this digger, we decided to have a Chicago vs.
Denver grudge match on sand. It was a hard fought battle, but Team
Denver (Scott Cousino, Greg Scheckenbach, Chris Murdy, and Carol Alexander)
pulled out the victory 15-13 over Team Chicago (John Brandeis, Joe Finley,
Melissa Sprau, Marc Kaplanes).
 Team
Denver's Prize,
the Chicago Bonedigger trophy,
known simply as "Chicago"
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 OK,
everybody get ready for the Digger Picture
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 There
we are: 80+ folks enjoying the fun in the sun
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 "Behind
the Curtain"
The method to my
madness. . .
"Let's see, how about pairing me with Amy Gillin
again - yeah, that's the ticket".
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 Congratulations
to Denise and Patrick on getting engaged a couple of months ago.
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 Da
Boyz!
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 The
ball went out? You gotta be freakin' kidding me!
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As the day wore on, the participants fell into that most happy of states
"the Digger Haze". Eventually the field was narrowed to 4
competitors and the stage was set for the finals:
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 Lisa
Trumbull - Digger Virgin
paired with
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 Greg
Barrett - 5-time digger finalist
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 Melissa
(Sprau) Maloney - 4-time digger finalist
paired with
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 Some
5'6" guy who forgot to wear sunscreen, who was playing easily like a
5'8" guy
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And with that, the battle had begun. We take you to the action. . .
.
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 Somebody
kill me now!
The score's what?
7-14!
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 But
the Maloney/Kaplanes team came storming back to 13-14. At one point,
Barrett even worked up a sweat and had to wipe his brow.
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 At
game point, team Lisa/Greg squeaked a ball just over the net and a diving
Melissa/Marc were unable to pop it up. And so we had our champions
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 Greg
Barrett & Lisa Trumbull
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 The
winning team was gracious to let us get in the ceremonial "Flag
Shot" usually reserved for the champions.
(see more
finals pictures)
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Some fun statistics
We had 82 people playing at one time (round 3), which is at least 15 more than we've
ever had.
Melissa Maloney has been in the finals now 4 of the last 5 diggers,
rivaling Dawn (Herold) VonEschenbach's record 6 finals in a row
Lisa Trumbull keeps the streak alive with 6 finals in a row containing a
digger virgin (May Yau, Kim Gravel, Becky Maxey, Kent Schlaefer, and Jeff
MacCagnone)
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 "Excuse
me, what did you say?"
What I said was that
Digger#41 will be remembered not only for the record number of players, but
also for all the Digger Babies! In the last 18 months we've had 14
babies born to past-digger participants. I don't know all their names
so I made some up.
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 Serious
Baby. This looks like it should be a U2 Album cover.
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 "Crabby"
Baby
(if you don't get it, look at the toy)
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 Happy
Baby
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 Curious
Baby
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 Baby
Spiker
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 "Floppy
Hat" Baby
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The rest of the Baby Gallery
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The Rest of
the Weekend
On Friday Night, we met at Yak-Zee's and then headed to
Marigold to do some bowling. The paparazzi was not allowed, so we have
no video evidence that Friday night actually occurred.
On Saturday, we went to Oz Park to play some frisbee golf
and bocce ball and eat Potbelly's (mmmm).
Saturday evening, Brent & Gaye Davies' loft was turned
into "Club Davies". There may be some pictures from this,
but the camera is still MIA.
Sunday, some folks met at McGee's for Brunch to round out
the weekend.
 This year's
MVP (most valuable participant) goes to Amy Gillin. Flying in from
Boston, Amy attended every event of the weekend. Notice how we
surgically removed her husband Pete from the photo. He would have been
co-MVP had he been able to answer the bell for Bowling on Friday night.
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The Many Faces and Sites of Digger #41 Weekend
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