Re: Correction: Erroneous Reporting in 1997 or 1998
- From: "Paul Sackley" <paul.sackley@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 27 Jul 2005 16:18:33 -0700
my old friend garb alerted me to thsi post, and my first reaction was
to say, there goes da again, taking credit for my plays, but the truth
of the matter is that i am so old, and my memory is so bad that who
knows how many blocks i had? i mean, i was all over the field that day.
peace
red
p.s. the team was 'yessssss'
Leonardo wrote:
> Hello RSD fans,
>
> As some of you may know, back long, long ago I used to travel to Club
> and College Nationals every year and write-up the tournament. I wrote
> for the UPA Newsletter, posted stuff to RSD and generally made myself a
> scribbler's nuisance for weeks before and after the big tournaments.
>
> Despite the lack of money, time and a proofreader, copyeditor, editor
> and other such things more or less common in the genre of journalism, I
> tried to earnestly make sure to get the facts as straight as I could.
>
> However, even my best attempts at accuracy were often foiled.
> Repeatedly. And dont even ask me about my attempts at running an
> Ultimate tournament. Talk to Bil Elsinger about that, he knows
> everything. That guy is sharp as a tack.
>
> I digress. Accuracy is important, and I have been gratefully reminded
> of this recently by my friend Da'vid Goldemberg, a NYC Ultimate player
> who I have played with and against and consider my friend.
>
> In 1997 or 1998 while writing about the Masters division at Nationals
> and throwing some props at Westchester summer league god Bill Baer, I
> accidentally reported that Paul Sackley got THREE blocks in one point,
> helping to lead the NYC masters team Cigar (or Yessss) to a win in the
> finals.
>
> HOWEVER, that was incorrect. Red didn't get three blocks at all. In
> fact, he got TWO blocks. The first block was instead recorded by one
> David Goldemberg.
>
> I would like to retract my previously published piece that credited
> Paul with three blocks, therefore.
>
> I would also like to take this time to announce one of the coolest
> plays I have witnessed, at the hands of Da.
>
> It was regionals three or four years ago when Da played with the much
> reviled coed team Tattoo Hottie. Handling against a wind playing in the
> game to go against (Wicked? or Chinstrap?) Hottie's one Da'Vid
> Goldemberg faced a high stall count and hucked the disc long. It got
> caught in the wind hanging and loping, angled, into the endzone.
>
> Da realized his mistake. Instead of crying about it, he hopped on rails
> and burned down the field towards the endzone he just hucked into from
> 50 yards out.
>
> As he tld me at the time [paraphrasing], "I knew it was going to be a
> big gathering going for the disc, so I ran down to put myself in
> position to catch anything that would be mac'd in the air. Sure enough
> a bunch of guys went up for the disc and tipped it. I was right there
> where the disc was coming down and layed out to make the catch. We
> scored the point [ed note: this was late in the game] because I caught
> my own huck."
>
> Da and Hottie won the game and qualified for Nationals.
>
> Da, I am sorry for the errnoeous reporting in 1997 or 1998 and am happy
> to be able to make the correction posted to RSD now and good luck with
> your endeavors this season.
>
> yours,
> Tony L.
.
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