Moritz Life

This past Saturday I was here in Fresno to watch the Fresno State Bulldogs Men's Basketball team take on the Creighton Blue Jays at the SaveMart Center. Jonathan was also in town, so after work he came over to my dorm. We hung out for a bit, and then I took him for dinner at the Residence Dining Facility. After a "nice" dinner we headed over to the game. One of the special things about Saturday nights game was that Squatch, the mascot of the Seattle SuperSonics, came to the game for some additional entertainment.

Squatch is one of those mascots that does flips and athletic jumps from a trampoline on a basketball court. He was quite entertaining during the half-time show as well as during a time-out in the second half of the basketball game. Squatch used a Seattle SuperSonics basketball for his stunts, and when the game was over, he came out onto the court with the ball he used autographed by himself. I saw him looking around like he was going to throw the basketball into the stands, and so I jumped up on my seat. Squatch looked around and saw me. It seemed like we made eye contact (if that is possible with a mascot) and from that moment I knew he was throwing it to me. Sure enough, he tosses the ball up directly into my hands, and I now have an autographed Seattle SuperSonics basketball.

Here are pictures of the ball





And just in case you were wondering, Fresno State beat Creighton 69-54. Creighton is also a typically good team from season to season. The Fresno State Bulldogs Men's Basketball team is now 9-1, and we're on track for a very good season.