Whatever happened on September 23?
Backblasts New Orleans
Whatever happened on September 23?
Backblasts New Orleans

Whatever happened on September 23?

Date:09/23/17
QIC:Milkman
PAX:Bar Crawl, Wapner (from Indy), Reluctant Yankee, Captain Steubing, Two Youts, El Guapo, Heisenberg, Douille, Mr. Awesome, Turbo Tax, Fracsac, Tool, Shorty, Jingle Vader, Bogey, Kimchi, Rocky Top, Eighty-Six, Out for Justice, Detour. I think I missed someone, but I can't recal who. My apologies to the unknown pax.

Looking for inspiration while planning for the Mothership, YHC scoured the interweb for some interesting events that occurred on September 23.  I soon came across three events that were suitable themes for a beatdown: Bruce Springsteen’s birthday (1949); the organization of the first baseball team, the New York Knickerbockers (1845); and the defeat of HMS Serepis by the Bon Homme Richard (1779).

YHC was joined by a complement of 21 men strong, and after a quick disclaimer, mosey to the Great Lawn to celebrate the Boss’s birthday.

IC x 10:

  • Bird dog
  • Oblique crunches (5 each side)
  • Seal jacks
  • Sphinx mercans

(see what I di there?) And, some lyrical trivia:

“Windows are for cheaters/Chimneys for the poor/Closets are for hangers/Winners use the door,” from Rosalita, so

  • Rosalitas x 10

“Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun/Oh but Mama/That’s where the fun is,” from Blinded by the Light, so

  • Sun Gods x 10

“Have you ever seen a one-legged man trying to dance his way free/If you’ve ever seen that one-legged man/Then you’ve seen me,” from The Wrestler; a one-legged man trying to dance can only mean

  • Daft Punk x 8

for a total of 68 – Happy Birthday to the Boss! But one more quote,

“In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream/At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines,” from Born to Run, so mosey to the ball field next to the stadium, where we celebrated the NY Knickerbockers with:

Field of Dreams

  • Home Plate: 8 Count Body Builders x 10 (timer); Carioca facing infield to 1st base
  • 1st Base: Mercans AMRAP; lateral shuffle facing infield to 2nd base
  • 2nd Base: LBCs AMRAP; lateral shuffle facing outfield to 3rd base
  • 3rd Base: Squats AMRAP; Carioca back to infield to home

Mosey back to the Great Lawn to commemorate the Bon Homme Richard’s victory; to paraphrase the immortal words of John Paul Jones, “We have not yet begun to exercise:”

Attack and Defend

  • Run 10 yards, Diamond Mercans x 10, backpedal to start
  • Run 40 yards, LBCs x 40, backpedal to start
  • Run 80 yards, Freddie Mercuries x 80, backpedal to start
  • Run 100 yards, SSH x 100

Plank and wait for all to finish, then circle up for Mary (all IC):

  • American Hammer x 20
  • Hello Dolly x 15
  • Flutter Kicks x 15
  • Windshield Wiper x 10
  • Dying Cockroach x 15
  • Gas Pump x 15
  • Monkey Crunch x 20

Mosey back to the Flag, where there was mumble chatter about time left, so

  • 10 Burpees OYO

Count off, name-o-rama, and BOM for a prayer.

Thanks for letting me lead.