STREAKING AT NMU PART 2:  
 

THE LEGEND OF THE 
NAKED BASERUNNER

The Original Naked Baserunner, Charles Murphy Carrol aka Murph aka the CMC Music Factory (an NMU Packer Weekend alum from the early 1990's, most likely last date of attendance being the freezing cold Raiders game of 94).  This pioneeer seen here at the Iron Mountain Ski Jumps blazed a naked trail of glory on the basepaths at the first post-springball softball game at the Shrias Hills diamond in 1989.  He's currently in law enforcement in suburban Chicago.

 

 

Next up is old nunber 72 Matt Collins aka Fat Matt aka Rollo or Rollo Johanowicz (Matt is an NMU Packer Weekend Alum having attended at least three times circa 1990-94).  Matt picked the torch of the Naked Baserunner circa 1990-91.  

 

The second and third post-spring ball softball games were quite raucous affairs which included Stitch Jones taking out the cyclone fence at the Shiras Field diamond, the borrowing of bikes from elementary kids selling lemonde, and a post-game two-tracking adventure which left Bubba's car with a crap on his windshield, a gaping hole in the back window, and a doorless on the drivers side.

 

Matt later coached at NMU and Capital University in Ohio and is believed to still live near Ohio's fair capital city of Columbus.

 

 

 

 

Next up is Eric H. He took a chance and dropped his pants and circled the basepaths with gusto circa 1992-94 post-spring ball softball matchup b/w the hockey team and the football team that also featured a near riot at the Tourist Park softball field.  I remember a group of people attempting to tear down the scoreboard in the improptu post-game celebration and Chuck Whelpley, of all people, acting as the voice of reason in urging everyone to stop the mayhem.  

 

I recall that Eric was quite proud of being the naked baserunner in later years as I once heard him exclaim to someone who dimly recalled someone being naked at a softball game, "I was the Naked Baserunner!"  

 

Eric is now an assistant coach and head football recruiting coordinator at Concordia University Chicago under NMU great Randy Awrey who recently took the head coaching position. 

 

An honorble mention goes to two other 1990's Cats who enjoyed streaking --  Paul "Peppy" LaJackass and Wayne Steiglejackass (both NMU Packer Weekend veterans) who once rode patrolled the streets of Marquette on bicycles sans clothes.  They were chased into their house at Fourth and Prospect by two of Marquette's finest earning one of my all-time favorite local newspaper crime blotter headlines "Nude Bicyclists Elude Police."  Great closing line, as well, in which the police conclued that " . . . it was a case of too much beer." 

 

Stay Naked My Friends!