January 25, 2005: ...His Name is Carl Cox
By The Diesel
Sacramento, CA

Eulogy read by The Diesel at Carl's funeral

On January 20, 2005, Cousin Carl passed away at the age of 40. Cousin Carl battled brain cancer for over 17 months while taking advantage of his remaining time enjoying exotic trips and telling everyone he loved how important they were to him. Cousin Carl never complained of his situation and even as he became too weak to sit up in bed, he retained the same wit and charm that drew people towards him. Cousin Carl was the one person that you would always look for at the party, call if you had an extra ticket, or could be guaranteed to laugh with regardless of the circumstances (like at a funeral). Those who met Cousin Carl liked him and those who knew him loved him. He was inexhaustible when it came to work, yet he always made sure that he had ample time to spend with his family and would help his friends without hesitation. Anyone would be fortunate to pass with just a fraction of the love, friendship, respect, and laugh-to-yourself memories that Cousin Carl left us with. The lights dimmed a little when Cousin Carl passed, but the memories he left us with will brighten us up when we most need it.

Cousin Carl came to California as a teenager and moved in with The Diesel's family while he attended college. Cousin Carl and The Diesel, who was three years younger, spent far too much time together. The bullets below are some of the more memorable, if not shameful, moments of their relationship. The story behind each of those bullets will be added at future dates.

• Jim Finnerty Show - Run in with Guardian Angels / Gay students
• General Hospital Weekly Sessions - DVX is Everywhere! / Luke Spendcer
• Promoting Dustin's Break Dancing - Wedding fun
• Event Photos - Tasteless photos at weddings, parties, and other events…usually with guest cameras
• Springsteen Tickets - Bruce is throwing Up, Up, Up / Born in USA Tour
• Horse Races - Winning races / Jay Leno lookalike
• Game Room - Stats on everything
• Miniature Golf - Tiger Woods never had this much fun
• Oakland Coliseum Urinal - Why wait in line?
• Nelie's Testicles - Carl's brother, meet Nelie
• Sports - Little Rudy, Wiffle ball, Basketball, Swimming, Tom Selleck
• Silent Treatment - How long can you go without talking? Carl set Rosemont, Ca. record

Cousin Carl participated in many BMTG events over the years and had earned the rarely given status as an honorary member of the BMTG. With his passing, Cousin Carl is now a full-fledged member of the BMTG (see Pete Rose HOF Discussion) and entitled to all of the benefits that are included with the designation. Additionally, the BMTG will honor Cousin Carl this year by:

• Renaming the Wiffle Ball Most Valuable Pitcher Award the Cousin Carl Award.
• Approving Cousin Carl as a full member of the BMTG.
• If anyone is hit in the groin area during a BMTG sporting event they will have been "Carl'd" to pay homage to Ahchie's inadvertent groinal jab to Cousin Carl during a session of Street Heat. Cousin Carl's quote after that game was, "I was taking a shower later that night and I noticed my penis was black and blue. I thought I had somehow gotten a bunch of grease on it at work, then I remembered getting hit."

He requested that those attending his funeral on January 29th wear Hawaiian shirts instead of traditional black clothing. Cousin Carl wanted those attending his funeral to celebrate his life and try to enjoy themselves at his funeral.

Street Heat Stats

Season	G	Points	PPG	FGA	FGM	FG%	3PTA	3PTM	3PT%*	R	RPG	A	APG	ST	STPG	BLK	Foul	FTM	FTA	FT%	SWP	SWP/G
1	6	53	8.83	68	25	37	8	1	13	49	8.2	12	2.0	6	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	142	23.67
2	39	420	10.77	414	190	46	69	12	17	349	8.9	73	1.9	33	0.8	13	15	4	10	40	1058	27.13
3	23	212	9.22	194	92	47	37	9	24	175	7.6	44	1.9	34	1.5	8	2	1	4	25	599.5	26.07
4	8	76	9.50	58	30	52	6	4	67	57	7.1	10	1.3	6	0.8	0	0	4	8	50	177.5	22.19
Career	76	761	10.01	734	337	46	120	26	22	630	8.3	139	1.8	79	1.0	22	18	9	23	39	1977	26.01

*3 Point stats not included in field goal stats

Additional Records
2	Triple Nickels (on 4/24/00 and 6/20/00)
18	Double Doubles (last accomplished 3/28/02)
2	10+ points in a game (8/19/99 and 3/20/00)
5	71.4%+ shooting in a game (twice shooting 88.9% on 8 of 9 shooting)
4	5+ assists in a game (last accomplished 6/6/00)
8	3+ steals in a game (last accomplished 7/11/00)

Street Head Awards
Rookie of the Year - Season #1
Most Improved Player - Season #2
Most Valuable Player - Season #2
Best Injury - Black and Blue Penis - Season #2 (tied with The Diesel's shattered eyeball)

Note: Season #3 was cut short due to The Diesel's knee injury. No awards were given, although Carl was the front runner to capture his second consecutive MVP award.

Wiffle Ball Stats

Pitching
Season	ERA	W	L	T	IP	H	K	W	R	HR	K/9	W/9	H/9	WHIP	1-2-3 IP
2001 - #1	2.42	9	1	1	22.3	12	47	11	6	2	18.97	4.44	4.84	9.28	6
Career	2.42	9	1	1	22.3	12	47	11	6	2	18.97	4.44	4.84	9.28	6

Batting
Season	AVG	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	W	K	AB/K	SLG	OBP	Gr Slam	TB	XBH
2001 - #1	.473	91	43	18	7	9	58	54	38	17	5.35	1.121	.628	2	102	34
Career	.473	91	43	18	7	9	58	54	38	17	5.35	1.121	.628	2	102	34

Individual Standings
Season	G	W	L	T	Points (W=2, T=1, L=-1)	Runs For	Runs Against	AVG Run For	Avg Run Against	+/-
2001 - #1	15	10	3	2	19	101	39	6.73	2.60	4.13
Career	15	10	3	2	19	101	39	6.73	2.60	4.13

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