APPLES SAFE

Near Miss In Atlanta Tornado
GMC 1 Saves the Apples

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The original plan was for a leisurely drive through Georgia to their off season compound on Hilton Head Island. Instead, the Apples were faced with a harrowing adventure this past Friday's evening as they drove through an F2 tornado in downtown Atlanta.

Traveling in the team bus ( AKA GMC 1 ) the Apples narrowly averted disaster as they unexpectedly found themselves driving through Atlanta just as the freak tornado ripped havoc across the city. " It was one heck of a ride " said AGFOHF Don Bernitt as he describe the events that took place. " No doubt we knew we were driving into a storm as we made are way towards the city " added Bernitt. " I've seen a lot of wild storms and this one was different" "Picture this" continued Bernitt, "it's 10:00 at night and the skies are aglow with flashes of lighting. The odd thing was that with each flash of light you could see the sky and it was yellow versus the normal white or blue light that accompanies most lighting storms."

Little did the Apples know that they in fact were driving into the middle of a tornado that was ripping Atlanta to shreds. "It got rocky and wild " said Patty Pender as she calmed her nerves following the drive. Pender was at he wheel of GMC1 and was forced to navigate through toppled interstate signs, cars slammed against medians and other arrays of twisted metal and debris that littered I85 in the heart of Atlanta.

" I don't know what it is about Atlanta " said Bernitt as he recalled that he had also been in Olympic Park back in 1996 on the day the park was bombed during the summer Olympics. " I think the next time we want to head to Hilton Head we will take the company plane Apple 1"

Following the harrowing drive through Atlanta the Apples continued their drive as planned and within a few hours were safe and sound at their Hilton Head Estate. As is often the case following these types of storms, the Apples awoke to beautiful clear blue skies along the coast of South Carolina and began what is to be their final few days of vacation before the beginning of the 2008 Coed Softball season.

In other team news, it has been announced that the U.S. 5th Court of Appeals has ruled in favor the Apples and a previous attempt by Granny White to ban the Apples from the league has been denied. The case, which has been under a gag order since the end of last season was finally ruled on and court records will soon become public. The thrust of the case involved an attempt to deny the powerhouse Apples a right to play in the Granny White League based on the immigration status and legal residencies of several players. It is being reported that officials from the Dept. of Homeland Security and the INS testified on behalf of the Apples and that all former and current Apples have passed the requirements as mandated through eVerify.

The news of the Apple victory was announced by first baseman Christi Copous as she left the leagues winter meetings in Franklin, TN. Copous told reporters from Court TV that "it's official, the Apples will be playing again on Wednesday nights this year beginning in about three weeks"

So here we go, with Spring upon us it's that time again and it is now just a matter of time before we hear that famous cheer............... How bout them Apples.