Fans of the FFL were anxiously filling into Comfort Inn Stadium, home of the Slaves in anticipation of another exciting season.
And why shouldn’t the Slave faithful be excited?
The Slaves always seem to be contenders out of the Stan Lee Conference and this year should be no exception.
Not to mention a strong, early test awaited the Slaves as they were to take on the Horsemen of the Apokolips in what was to be an epic battle to kick off the 2015 FFL season.
Speaking of the Horsemen, over in the visitor’s locker room, Professor X had his team cool, calm and collected. Upon posting the lineup card on the wall for the team and media we’d learn that Cyclopes would lead the Horsemen on the mound while former slow pitch softball pitcher Green Lantern Ryan Poteracki would be warming up in the bullpen. It was somewhat of a gamble by Charles Xavier considering the question marks surrounding Poteracki and his transition from slow pitch softball to the rigors of the FFL baseball league. Either way the Horsemen were ready and satisfied with their positional roles except for Brandon Inge who threw an occasional bitch for playing utility infield instead of third base but that was quickly quelled. Besides, the Horsemen didn’t have time for infighting. The team was eager to get out to a hot start after their embarrassing loss to the Sisterhood in last year’s playoffs.
However, as the Horsemen were about to take the field for pre-game warm ups, a loud explosion could be heard from the Slaves’ side of the field followed by a pungent aroma emanating out from the home team’s dugout.
Rushing to investigate what happened; FFL Security came to a grisly sight…
Dead bodies of Slaves’ team members lay strewn across the locker room. There was blood everywhere as well as the torn stink sac of Stinkor handing out of his mangled body. But among the carnage, Superman sat at his locker stall looking bewildered and in obvious shock.
“What happened?!” A member of the security team asked?
A shaken Superman replied, “I killed them, I killed them all…” as his face dug back into his hands.
“But why?!” the security personnel asked.
“Why?” Superman said. “The Slaves front office provided us with a roster but no position assignments” sobbed Superman. “Nolan Ryan came in and said he was going to pitch”
His voice growing more angry “I told him I’d be damned if I was going to let a 68 year old pitcher start for this team! Especially against the Horsemen!”
Superman continued, “He (Nolan Ryan) then threw a baseball at my head and a brawl ensued…”
“I swear I didn’t mean to kill anybody!” pleaded Superman who at this time was sobbing uncontrollably.
Looking over the devastation a security guard said “Damn, not even his own father was safe”.
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The Horsemen of the Apokolips are victorious! None dead.
George Washington’s Slaves are all dead except for a horrified Superman. RIP Runner.
Posting for Adam.
Every week this year is a absolute deathmatch. So Supes gets tossed in the woodchipper too.
And roster assignments were optional.
Congrats Ry.
That damn Superman. Somebody needs to get him a therapist.
Tough break Fizz.
He was under poor leadership last year.
The leadership was sound. He won a championship under that staff.
His original handlers cracked his psyche. It's a difficult one to wrangle now. Good luck to you with him this year.
An unpredictable Superman. I like that.
Thanks for the joint effort writing and posting this one guys. Congrats Ryan.
Very cool stuff Adam. A mentally unstable Superman is infinitely more interesting then the usual Supes.
I love joint efforts!
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