Hucklebuck Writes a Muck

another brilliant piece of writing
 

That is depressing news. I can remember when Pat was playing for them at the youthful age of fourteen after his Amity games. A staple of a West Bend summer hs been lost forever. Next thing your going to tell me that Bob Pick moved.
 

Bobby packed up his belongings (oh wait, they're already packed in the back of his car) and headed to the big city to move in with his long lost twin brother, Freeway.
 

i love the way i sat the bench for the benders. sad... very sad. Billy once took me out of a game in 2002 when I was 2-3 and 2 doubles and put in a high school sophmore , only to watch him strick out. We were actually winning by a run or two to Grafton and ended up losing. Billy never saw that sophmore again, and I never saw the field again.. I think it was because I was the only one on the team that didn't tell him to fuck off.

_E. Hansen
 

I get a kick out of you clowns talking about real ball players. You couldn’t hold Engeleiter’s jock strap. Engeleiter played 23 years of land o lakes baseball. He was also an all-Wisconsin riugby player for UWM in 1992 and 1993. I saw Engeleiter play his first game in Lakes ball back in 1984 when he was 15. I’m sure Billy had Engeleiter throw 150-200 pitches in some games because the defense was so bad. Engeleiter was tough player and at one time the best player in West Bend. Arm injuries and the fact his old man made him play Lakes ball at 15-16 years old when he should have been playing with his kids his age. Engeleiter finished playing with Hartland Oilers a Lakes West Conf Champ. Engeleiter hit home runs, hit to all fields and would dive for anything in the outfield. The guy could play but was already wiped out by age 25 because his dad made him pitch constantly as a kid. Engeleiter would throw a game for Land o Lakes and play for a City of MILWAUKEE team and close out the 8th and 9th inning for STM in Langsdorf league which had many pro players. I caught for Engeleiter and both caught his wrath when I didn’t play hard but he also was one of the best teamates I ever had. Engy was tough and it’s sad to see he hung on too long. Billy and Engy’s dad probably ruined any opportunity he had to get drafted or play at higher levels. Stick to writing you fking clown.
 

Hahaha, I once saw Engeleiter slap a kid in the dugout for dropping a fly b-ball and laughing about it. You didn’t fu—k with Engeleiter. I never liked Engeleiter on the field but the guy was loyal to Backhaus and their best player for years. He kept WBB in many games and would pitch 2, 3 games in a row because they would be out of pitchers. Engeleiter would throw a shut out one day and bring it back 2 games later and get rocked but his arm was hanging. He would also hit 5-10 home runs every year. Had Engeleiter stuck to only Land o lakes and played for a winner he would be in the Lakes HOF. The guy could straight up play baseball. He also had like 4 knee surgeries and one shoulder. Who the fk are you? Where do you dweebs get off writing about sports when you should have been playing video games. I’m sure you didn’t say anything to Engeleiter in the dugout did you? I ran across this article going doing a search for old Lakes Players. I played for Port Washington and Plymouth for 20 years and always hated playing against the Benders if Engeleiter was playing because he would throw at you if you pissed him off. The guy was tough, I never really liked him but there was no doubt the dude could play the game.
 

It is sad to read that article. The boys of summer are all old now. I also remember Pat playing for Amity and going to Regner to catch for the Benders when he was 14 or 15. Pat could have won rookie of the year when he was 15 but he you had to be 16 to legally play Lakes ball and Pat was only 15 the first year he played. Elmer once kicked Pat out of a game and Pat pushed him and was suspended. Pat would then turn around and give Elmer a hug after the game. It’s sad, like the comment above Pat was only 14 when his dad had him play for the Benders or Barton after his Amity games. Pat lived by the park and was a staple of the summer in WB. Sad to see. I remember seeing pat on the field with his dad or one of his brothers throwing all the time when he was 9, 10 years old. Pat’s dad coached senior league for years and would bring a cooler of beer to the game on the bench. Not sure that would fly in current youth baseball..... Sad to read he hung on for Billy, another sad chapter in the history of Bender Ball. Pat was too good to play for Benders but he was that kind of guy. I played with Pat on the Benders and when a bunch of us left to form the Barons Pat wouldnt leave Billy. Chad, Tisch, Artie Buechler and the others on the team wanted Pat to leave but he wouldnt. Pat and his best friend Shawn Erickson stayed with the Benders and they were a battery. WBB would win 5 Lakes games a year and Engeleiter would win or save all of them. Sad sad sad.
 

As a bender from 2011 to 2014 with Billy as my manager, this was a special treat to read. Although I was playing college ball at the time, Billy refused to play me because I was from Random Lake and wasn't a West Bend guy. Hated the motherfucker until he finally let me play and we actually had some great success even with the detriment of having the Backhaus gruesome twosome as managers. Billy was still taking swings in 2014. Godspeed fellow Bender Brothers