'Who lost?' Question struck me like a jolt of Bolt

Who lost? Young street toughs were strolling the sociopath slow shuffle and slide step heading toward the bright stadium Friday night lights a good 10 minutes after the game was over. We've all seen the "That's right; we cool” profiling prance, which was fine, but what struck me like a jolt of Bolt was the question a young man asked a Laurel student. “Who lost?” I have never heard the question framed in such a negative way by anyone after a game. I wanted to interject, “You lost; you just don't know it yet!” OK, now I feel better.

Fly me over! Solid University of Delaware supporters who come from the cross country and track clique are irate over the Blue Hens dropping - or Blue Hen droppings - the men's cross country and track programs after 99 years. Title IX compliance, equalization of women's to men's sports, was cited as the reason, but track people smell a rat in the chicken house. I spoke to two loyal forever Delaware guys who said they are boycotting Delaware football and hoped they lost every game. And so as irony would have it, before the first home football game in the first season of dropped men's cross country and track programs, a pregame flyover has a C131 aircraft piloted by Troy Bokius, the captain of the 2000 Delaware cross country team. I don't know if that's harmony, disharmony, irony, karma or your momma, but it was pretty strange. I do know this; there are Delaware alumni who could finance the track program out of their wallets without going to the bank.

Iron Mike - The Kid - Johnny Wheels - Baywood Greens will be hosting the Iron Mike DeStasio Hope Classic at 1 p.m., Friday Oct. 28.  Iron Mike is three years down the road after an ALS (LouGehrig's disease) diagnosis. The tournament is to benefit Mike and his family and to raise funds for the MDA/ALS Hope Foundation. The cost per team is $400 and includes an 18-hole scramble golf tournament followed by dinner, prizes and a silent auction. Call the Baywood golf shop at 302-947-9800 for further information.

Note:  This is my column, and after meeting the DeStasios and doing a story on Mike in June 2010, I begged them to adopt me as Grandpa Fredman. Last June 23-25, Mike won the national championship at the National Wheelchair Bowling Association Tournament in Brockton, Mass., hometown of Rocky Marciano.

Two weeks ago Mike disposed of a cast on his broken hand - I surmised he chewed it off - swearing he didn't use a hatchet or buzz saw, so he could play golf with his son Mikey. Baywood Greens and my buddy Mark Coty have adopted Mike and his son and allow them to golf free of charge just because we all need hope and inspiration.

This benefit is mostly about community coming together, so please help us out. Here is a quote from Mike's wife Wendy, lifted from the 2010 story:  “Mike took up golf in his 20s and played with his dad,” Wendy said. “It brought them closer together, and they golfed together any chance they had. Mike was happy to have had that time with his dad and that shared love of golf. It changed their relationship for the better, forever. Mike and Mikey now share that love of golf.”

Boo you, pal - How can a person not playing be booed by 15,000 people at a football game? A Delaware Stadium announcement last Saturday said, ”A person parked in the Bob Carpenter lot has left a dog in a locked car with the windows up.”

A low-bass boo rumbled around the stadium. We are a dog-loving nation, and that's a good thing about us.

Snippets - Mackenzie Peet of Rehoboth Beach, a freshman at Holy Cross College, has started all six games for the Crusaders and has scored three goals in the last three games.

Mackenzie was a first team all-state field hockey and lacrosse player at St. Andrew's. She is majoring in biology.

Maryland field hockey beat Northwestern Sept. 10 3-0 as freshman Maxine Fluharty scored her first collegiate goal. Cape is the toughest gate to crash in Delaware sports, and this year all venues will charge $4, so go to the athletic office and purchase an adult pass for $25.

Little people can be added for $5 a child. I've seen babies charged full price for volleyball, and they don't even know where the ball is.  A high school student pass is $20 but covers all four years.  A Cape pass and Wawa card make just the best gift for that special someone.  Go on now, git!