2006 SASL CHAMPS: THE SOFTBALLERS
Published by Haseeb September 10th, 2006 in Personal, Softballers, SportsAlhamdulillah 
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Pics/Videos (courtesy of Farhan’s Wife, Ammad, Amir, and Haroon) will be up soon, as well as further commentary from yours truly.
For now, I just am very grateful for our overwhelming victory today (We beat the shock in Game 1 9-3 and in Game 2 6-5). After a long grueling season plagued with injuries; 14 weeks of regular season action, 3 weeks of playoffs, spread over 6 months it is very rewarding to know that our team has been the best and we are the champions! And on this momentous day, it was only fitting that our captain, Usman Arshad Ghumman, was awarded the MVP of the Finals.
All Praise is Most Certainly Due to God!
How do I feel? Grateful!
First and foremost, (of course) I want to thank God for allowing us to play softball every sunday for the past 6 months (minus rained out weeks). We truly are very blessed to be able to play a sport we love every week in such a great setting with so many other great brothers. We are also blessed to play well enough to be the champions of this great competitive league with so much talent! Alhamdulillah!
I want to thank the SHOCK for a great Finals! Although we did sweep them (and beat them 5-6 times this summer overall), the games were very fun and exciting, as they have always been this year. Especially Solyman’s chanting and yelling - it really got us going, and in the 2nd game in particular we were as loud as ever. Solyman, if ur reading this, extra props to u, u played a great game!
I want to thank OUR FANS for their support. And yes, we do have fans. Alhamdulillah several of our fans came through today to cheer us on - and it really did help! So Amir, Salman, Omair, Mohsin, Imran, Haroon (even though u were also cheering for the Shock), Farhan’s Wife, and Zeeshan’s relatives. Your cheering and support was REALLY appreciated. Even though the Shock had more than twice as many fans (relatives, spouses, children) you guys were loud and ur cheers really impacted our performance :). I also want to thank all the fans that couldnt make it out to today’s game. We do appreciate your love and support as well
I want to thank every1 else in the league, All the other teams, and especially the commish, Ammad, for the league itself, and a great season. We played 34 great games this year against 7 other competitive teams (well, i should say 6 competitive teams, sorry lions). The league was organized exceptionally well and grew drastically from its humble beginnings last year. Inshallah its going to get even bigger and better and we look forward to defending our championship!
And finally, I want to thank my teamates. I love you all very much, and despite how well I already knew many of you, this team brought us even closer together, and I sincerely am very grateful for that.
18 Responses to “2006 SASL CHAMPS: THE SOFTBALLERS”
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I’d like to thank all the guys who came to support us. It was great having these guys cheer us on and motivate us.
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yo Congratulations, i’m happy for you guys….
it was all cuz of the fans :)….u guys were down 5-0 then we came thru and cheered the Softballers to victory…..congrats
Yeah guys thanks a lot. We like to thank our fans even though they havnt been with us for most of the season.
I’d also like to thank the fans…bcause of them, the game was fun and enjoyable….if not there in person…they were always there in heart. =
I would like to thank Allah
and my voice for allowing me to scream and yell so much.
it was a great day, great game. Thanks to all.
Alhamdulillah, Must props to our few but loyal fans. You guys really did help us, believe it or not. PEACE
Videos of Softballers celebrating on the field and Usman getting showered with gatorade!
Al hamdu lillah.. Guys this was a great season with a bunch of great guys… I love you all for the sake of Allah
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Thanx to all the people people for cheering us on… in person or not… The fans who came to the game got somethiing in common with me now… SORE THROATS!!
LETS GO BALLERS !!
Insha’Allah
this is just the beginning!
Ahh Congrats!!
Mobarak brother
had it not been for my 2 pm orthodontist appointment, I would have been there cheering you guys on
congrats..
Congratulations to the team and Raheel.. I am sure it was tough with your bad knee…. Btw chico, I wish I knew the finals were this weekend; we would have tried to come. Next year Insha’Allah
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Go Ballers !