Kyle Brett's 17 Plenty for Week 5
For the 4th straight week the Pick’em winner was decided before the Monday Night and this time before the Sunday night game. Kyle Brett’s 17 was enough after the 4 o’clock games to carry him to victory even though he lost the Sunday & Monday night game. DCignoni gave a solid effort owning the title 1st loser award with 16. Kyle has put in a nice string of victories winning once the past 3 years. Venmo payment for Week 5 coming shortly.
Honorable Mention in Week 5 with 15 – Ninbrugs, Casey and the Kap-ettes, Lil Rak, Danny Molino, Rip Wheeler & Jim Rowe
I told the story last year after Kyle won week 11, when I first met Kyle and his father Bob (Buckeye Bob) at the New Tampa Little League (NTLL) baseball fields. If you don’t recall let me refresh your memory. It was 2002 or ’03 and when you saw Kyle on the baseball diamond you knew he was the complete package, throwing, fielding, hitting, pick anyone and he’d be top 1 or 2 on any team. Hell, even Stevie Wonder could have seen he was an excellent player.
If his dad was not his coach throughout NTLL he most likely would have been the top pick in the entire league for many coaches. For sure, Top 3 of any coach if not for another talented player, pitcher Michael Clemens, who also threw some serious heat and years later ended up in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system. S after Kyle was tormenting batters at NTLL with his fast ball and excellent control, where kids had to decide whether to swing or not while Kyle was in his wind-up, he took his talents to the local high school Wharton (Go Wildcats!). Kyle made a name for himself on the mound, doing the same to other HS teams as he did at NTLL. I’m sure this was a relief to Danny Molino, Will-I-Am Fergi-son, Shaun Rubin, Zack Zaversnik, and Lil Rak, all Madness members who played against Kyle at NTLL. All talented players in their own right, I’m willing to bet their combined batting average against Kyle during their years at NTLL was under .200 if not .100. (I know this will start a debate in their group chat who actually got a hit against him. I’m sure one will even say hopin others have memory loss, “I think I even homered against him”… yeah) I’m sure it was even a bigger relief when Danny, Shaun, Will-I-Am and Zack joined Kyle on the Wharton baseball team as a teammate, a year later.
Kyle moved on from Wharton, signing with the University of Tampa, (Go Spartans!) Kyle played at UT before leavin for FSU where he enjoyed playing in a more relaxed atmosphere on the FSU Club team. Most importantly Kyle received his Bachelor of Science degree in Real Estate and Finance. Today, now 33?, Kyle is working for Real Estate Acquisitions at R.K.M. Development Corp in the Greater Tampa Bay Area and I’m sure that company is happy to have him
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eRak’s (Erik Rakoczy) and lovely bride Diana wed on Friday Oct 11th in a beautiful outdoor ceremony. The venue was charming, the weather gorgeous and the party that followed… a Rockin! Just a great time in NC. Although it was like herding cats, I managed to pull together the largest gathering of Rak Madness members since the pool began in the late 90s for a picture… see below. Great seeing Everyone! and for those of you who thought ‘MomRak’ was my second entry… well she’s real and pictured below. MomRak was in Madness heaven when she got to meet the crew Rubin, Zaversnik, Molino and the famous Will-I-Am Fergie-Son, yes the Will-I-Am that she’s been quietly cursing the past several years for winning too much. 
