Homegrown in Memorium
Today marks the passing of Stella the Dog, a Staffordshire Terrier/Australian Shepherd mix and my great companion, just two-days shy of her 15th birthday. Stella is noted in Homegrown lore as the dog who, in 2000, destroyed one of the first two official Homegrown kickballs roughly 30 seconds after Starfire arrived at Chester Park and tossed the newly purchased balls onto the field. She spent most of the rest of the day carrying its carcass, occasionally thrashing it about.
In memory of Stella’s remarkable spirit I humbly request that members of the Friday and Saturday night teams take the field this Saturday under Stella’s motto:
Carpe calcitrant pila!
Smart as she was, that dog never could get her Latin declensions right.
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baci
about 12 years agobrian
about 12 years agoTony D.
about 12 years agoSwan
about 12 years agoemmadogs
about 12 years agoTony D.
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about 12 years agoBadCat!
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about 12 years agoPaul Lundgren
about 12 years agoSimilar to how several Homegrown bands played a George Jones song to honor the recently departed country singer, this dog performed a Stella tribute at the kickball game.
Fortunately, it happened after the game instead of before, because I think that was the only ball.Tony D.
about 12 years ago