Eric Christensen: Interview

1. How much hostility do you hold towards the league for all the ridicule you endured?

Personally I don't hold a grudge against the league...I mean most might think with all of our testosterone on the field and male aggression that I might want to run into a few people like ol' Jimmy Vassar or Darnell Uhland and crack them one on the chin in a pub for all the times they picked on me while playin at The Sac! But the truth is I was the youngest guy out in the field and my playing probably deserved it. High school kids respond better to negative reinforcement and if it wasn't for all the torment, I probably wouldn't have turned out the same. After all in the end I was the league poster child as Mr. July.

2. How did the Aussies take to wiffleball...and do they now all think we're as bad as you are?

All the Aussies could really say about wiffleball was "It's not cricket." No you English convicts, it's not! So I was sort of a badass in that respect I guess. I mean I was the best pitcher out there considering every one else kept throwing the damn ball in the dirt. Helped my batting out too because I always like those golf swing homers.

3. Who was your favorite/least favorite player to play with or against?

Gawsh, I'm gonna have to say it was Joey Creighton. Those were my favorite days though, back when it was a pick-up league and whoever showed up played. I hated Joey though because every time I faced him when he was pitching he'd just laugh and would tell me when to swing because I might hit it...and he'd call out his dongs when I faced him batting. He never gave up on me though and took the time to take me out on weekdays to work on my own pitching. Not to mention whenever he played the field and I was pitching he'd save my ass a few runs with his fielding. In the end he took me on to the Horsemen and gave me the opportunity to stay with the league. I might not have been the best but I loved to be out there on the asphalt. I guess in the end it was love/hate with the guy depending on whether he had my back or not.

4. Who did you love to bat off?

Jeff Morrisson. Man I could take him deep

5. If you couldn't play for the Horsemen, which team would you most rather have played for?

I would have enjoyed playing with Carmicheal and the Byrd Man. Sorry forgot their team.

6. Holy Whites, you idiot. Top 5 NES games ever...GO!

Duck Hunt, Battle Toads, Contra, Super Mario Bros. 3, Tecmo Baseball

7. Tecmo BASEBALL? Duck Hunt? What a terrible list! I'll give you some points for Battle Toads though. Okay, three parter: If we were to produce a movie about your spectacular wiffle career, and we had all the money in the world...who would we hire to play you? Who would play me? Who would play your g/f in our many gratuitous sex scenes?

Joey, I think you would have to be Brad Pitt and I would be a clean-shaven Orlando Bloom. As for my g/f there couldn't just be one but we could start with Avril Lavigne, but she'd have to be replaced by Katie Holmes when she gets checked into rehab. However the threesome on the road would include Sarah Michelle Gellar and Natalie Portman.

8. I'm Brad Pitt? I don't know whether to thank you or punch you. Moving on...what was your proudest/worst moment while on the field?

Being eliminated from the playoffs was the worst and "Best Dresseed Hot Dog" was the proudest.

9. Do you sill wear a bike helmet all the time?

Sure do.

10. We all know you were a terrible pitcher...but who do you think you could easily handle while on the mound? Or at least most easily handle?

Darnell Uhlanbd, for sure.

11. What's in the CD Player?

Cat Stevens

DVD Player?

"Free 4 All" wakeboarding video

13. Are you good friends with this guy?

Yeah, we're in a lawsuit over him using my local name to promote his business!

14. Wow, you sound like great friends. Who would win in a fight between Seth Yoder and Mickey Kendall?

Considering Yoder is full of cheap shots, I think he would take the title.

15. Kobe or Shaq?

I'm rootin' for Kobe, I think Shaq would fall over trying to swing at him.

16. What was the last concert you attended, and did you get layed afterwards?

Violent Femmes, and no I got laid during.

17. What was going through your mind the moment the Road Warriors took you deep to knock us out of the playoffs in 2003?

"As much as everyone expects this, it's still gonna be a heartbreaker."

18. Tell everyone why I was such a great team manager, and why you played the game.

Joey was the best because, like I said earlier, he put the effort in. He was always there to help and always there to coach. If you played like shit he told you and if you played great he said "it was alright" so you always tried harder next time. Playing the game was a no brainer. He had people calling from all over town asking to join and we had bitches lining the sidewalks in their bikinis to watch us play. There is no other way I could imagine taking in a Sunday except with a game of wiffleball. Rain or shine.

Eric Christensen

Eric Christensen