Smile Fades as Man Remembers What Happened in Summer of ‘86

As his teammates ordered a second round in celebration of their come-from-behind win, Jordan Ruck (3-for-4, 4 RBI) was hit with the memory of what happened during that coming-of-age summer so many years ago.

Moose Thomas, who hit a double and stole base twice, agrees that the storm clouds appearing overhead were “like some sort of (sic) foreshallowing”, and that Jordan’s mood darkened around that time.

A restaurant employee added at one point she thought Jordan mumbled “But… We killed Her,” only to admit the pub was “pretty loud” and maybe she had misheard.

Bar staff were surprised at how quickly it started to thunder. Line cook Abe “Birdie” Irving offered that he hadn’t seen weather like that in “twenty-five, maybe thirty years”.
 
Forty-one-year-old Jordan wasn’t able to comment about the flashback to the once-forgotten, life-altering vacation.

While no witnesses could confirm how sudden his severe nosebleed was, or the speed at which his car left the parking lot, most agreed that he was a big part of the team that day. “He’s been a leader for us all season long,” said one teammate. “We’d follow him into anything, no questions asked.”
 
But his behaviour has divided the locker room, with Keith Solle going so far as to say Jordan leaving the bar in a hurry was “bullshit”. The pitcher-coach-sponsor, who allowed eight hits in the first inning before the team asked he leave the mound, went on to express disappointment about how Jordan also hadn’t contributed to the tip. “Yes, it’s three dollars, but for whatever reason, I have this feeling that he’ll never be able to pay me back.”

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