Week 6 PLayer Profile - The Balled and The Beautiful

This week we’re profiling Delarna of the Balled and the Beautiful, and it’s obvious which of those categories he falls into. D, as he’s also known (not to be confused with Sweet Dee from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” – though he has been known to shout “I’ll eat your babies!”), is no stranger to kickball, but this is his first season in WAKA and he’s enjoying it. His favorite part of kickball is watching the girls run. But, not one to play favorites, D also enjoys watching the boys run. And he’s seen plenty of that, as TBATB have had 21 runs scored against them.

D considers himself the A-Rod of his team, as he goes “wherever they need him.” Janitors do that, too, but I don’t think they compare themselves to Yankees players.

I asked his teammate Bob what D’s best quality is:

“His laugh.”

Hmm. Not his kicking? Fielding? Base running? Chugging? Flip cup?

“His laugh.”

Well, there you go. He hasn’t had much to laugh about, though, as TBATB have lost five games. D likes losing, though. His favorite way to lose is by forfeit, for not having enough girls.

I asked D what his biggest accomplishment of the season has been – “Scoring two runs in a game.” I'd say that's quite an accomplishment for an individual. Then again, I'd think it'd be quite an accomplishment for my team as a whole.

The maroon team has been making quite the showing at MacDinton’s after the games, so next time you find yourself across from him at the flip cup tables, ask him about The Great Kickball Debacle of 2008.