M Team

Amanda Thomas

Running away to join the circus.

It's not very often, or actually never in my experience that a team chooses someone from the opposite side to be their player of the game, but that happened this week as Final Countdown chose Amanda "Just calm down I got this" Thomas to get the player of the week. So put your best "NFL Films" voice in your head and get ready for your player of the week.

The kickball gods were smiling on a perfect Sunday afternoon at Colonel Summer park, when Amanda Thomas pulled down what we will just call from now on "The Catch" (apologies to Dwight Clark).

The sun, setting in the west was right in the face of all the players when a member of Final Countdown crushed a ball toward left field. Running under it with the speed of a gazelle being chased by hungry hyenas, Amanda ran straight at it, and slipped...that's right slipped. Fortunately for Amanda " Just calm down I got this" Thomas, her timing was as perfect as her play was all day. Keeping her eye on the ball, and disregarding her safety like a midget in a mosh pit, she snagged it out of the air on the way down, crashing onto her back, ball in hand.

All in attendance stood stunned as she hopped up and threw it in like it was just another day on the field.

Great job Amanda. You are a great player and a great Underdog!