Mudge Stands Up For Women

(AP) SASKATOON -- Seattle Monarchs first baseman Gregory Mudge has already had a remarkable career. Two-time MVP. Two-time Gold Glove winner. Batter of the Month nine times. Player of the Week 17 times. Filling the career batting leader lists at the young age of 30 (10th in AVG, 16th in hits, tied for 4th in home runs, 4th in RBI, 14th in runs). Mudge's place in SDMB OOTP history is already assured.

Mudge added to his reputation last night when, despite his team's precarious lead in the standings, he stood up for one lady and, by so doing, struck a mighty blow for women everywhere.

Unwinding at O'Shea's Irish Pub after the Monarchs' 5-3 road loss to Saskatoon which narrowed Seattle's lead to a single game, Mudge tossed back a few Guinnesses (eight to ten, according to barkeep Danny O'Shea). Suddenly, a few of the locals became rowdy. They began hassling the attractive yet fragile Katie O'Sullivan, a waitress at the drinking establishment, by asking her twice to bring them the drinks they had ordered a mere half-hour before. Their seeming politeness was obviously a thin cover and things looked like they would turn ugly. Mudge was, at the time, several tables away. He nonetheless rose to Ms. O'Sullivan's defense, and serpentined his way through the bar to the hostile young men.

Arriving at the table, Mudge announced that he would "kick their ashes for bothering thish poor gal" and asked the four men if they wanted to "take thish outside, hic." The comment puzzled the young men to the point where they curiously offered to help Mr. Mudge walk back to the team hotel, the Hilton Garden Inn located just a few blocks away. Mudge would have none of that though, despite the requests from an obviously terrified Ms. O'Sullivan to "let it go." Oddly, everyone at the bar then ganged up on Mr. Mudge, telling him that it was HE who had had too much to drink.

Mudge refused to let the insult slide, and threw a fierce, but errant, right hand at one of the locals. The young man, obviously trained in self-defense, sat still as he watched the blow miss by mere feet. He then must have used some form of mind control in causing Mudge, on the follow-through of his mighty blow, to suddenly careen into the jukebox. Unfortunately, that was the last thing that Mudge remembers from that evening, as he woke up in the hotel the next morning with a severe "shiner".

The mighty battle was summed up by Doc Gooden, the team physican, with this pithy epistle to Manager Alvin Davis:


Sunday, 8/4/2010
From: Seattle Doctor
Subject: Gregory Mudge injured

Hello Manager,

He had a little fight in a bar, and got knocked out. Diagnosis: Swollen Eye. He is day-to-day, but full recovery will take one week.

Regards,
Team Doctor.


Although Mudge may have come out the loser in one sense, his willingness to stand up for Ms. O'Sullivan, and women everywhere, makes both Mudge and society the true winners.