20-Minutemen.org: A Beginner’s Guide

Balletic grace is a must to become a successful 20-Minuteperson.

It’s amazing how three years of long, thankless and forgettable toiling on a team Web site beating a regional TV station’s softball team can all pay off in the end. Our Webmaster is reporting a major traffic spike since the “Semi-Thrilla in Aspen Hilla,” so we figured it’s time to give the league (and the world) a proper introduction to 20minutemen.org.

Here are a few tips and tricks for navigating this comedic tour de force, starting with the Top 10 moments in 20-MM history.

10. Our inaugural weekend. Hats were mismatched, uniforms were ragtag, but we were there dammit — we were there!

9. The sad, pathetic outing known around the halls of Express as “WTF-day.” Those that were there still tell stories of the horror.

8. Babies, babies and more babies!

7. The animatronic chimp head. Nobody really knows how or why this thing ever made it to the bench with us, but thankfully, its day is over.

6. The great hat debate. It took us a season and a couple EPIC newsroom arguments to figure it out, but we finally got some lids everyone could agree on.

5. Ridiculous features, ridiculous features and yes, more ridiculous features.

4. Our first-ever win over the parent company, and defeat of the Gazette in the final weekend of the 2008 season. For all the hijinx, we occasionally took it seriously enough to win.

3. Our 2009 playoff performance. Sure we backslid into eligibility due to the modified tournament. But we got it done, until we didn’t.

2. An introspective breakdown of the MMSL rules.

1. The Do’s and Don’ts of softball fashion.

Otherwise, the photo galleries are tons of fun (!) and be sure to check out player bios for a more serious, hard-hitting look at just what it takes to be a 20-Minuteperson.