As The General and I arrived on opening day at Glendale High nice and early we kind of looked at each other and raised our eyebrows as we noticed how many guys had gotten to the field BEFORE we did….we didn’t really say anything about it but definitely took note of it….
I’ve already written a post about this….including a pic of the 93 team doing it down at Stengel Field one day…..
But this was the day it officially began as far as I could tell. It didn’t have everyone involved because I don’t think everyone knew what the heck this small group of guys were doing. Maybe half a dozen guys were involved with it.
The guys who were doing it seemed like they knew what they were doing. Like there was some meaning to it….but it looked chaotic and didn’t make any sense to me…..so myself and the General and the others who weren’t in on it just kind of watched and tried to figure it out what it was…..
It began on this day and was a ritual that took place every game (Home or away) for the next two seasons until we disbanded…..
It grew fast too. Pretty soon after a few games just about everyone on the team was in there doing it and it was like this bizarre yet brilliant thing. I would watch from afar and saw it as a good thing. All I knew was this….I had never seen ANY ball club do this before a game…..
And after it was over some of the guys would start playing catch and get ready for the game….others felt that after they did whatever it was they were doing that that was “enough” and they were “ready to go”….
I think sometime around mid-season I finally asked someone “what is that thing you guys are doing down there?”
I cant remember who finally told me what it was…..but it was a one-word answer…..
All he said was……..
“Flip”
verdugo288 