# Student/4-year manager of basketball team suits up in last game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-4-year-manager-of-basketball-team-suits-up-in-last-game/524082>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 7, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-4-year-manager-of-basketball-team-suits-up-in-last-game/524082 "2010-01-07T22:20:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-4-year-manager-of-basketball-team-suits-up-in-last-game/524082/1 "2010-01-07T22:20:18Z")

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[http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1036282](http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1036282)

I am having a chaotic day and this made it a little better. So nice to see the team and coach make such an effort to make the game special for this kid.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-4-year-manager-of-basketball-team-suits-up-in-last-game/524082/2 "2010-01-07T22:30:18Z")

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I like the way it ends. If you were writing a screenplay for this you would think that a buzzer beating 3-pointer to end the story was just a little too much. Like they say stranger than fiction.

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**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-4-year-manager-of-basketball-team-suits-up-in-last-game/524082/3 "2010-01-08T00:54:26Z")

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I think it is a great story; however, who the hell nicknamed him “Chubbs”? And then the name is actively used throughout the story.

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**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-4-year-manager-of-basketball-team-suits-up-in-last-game/524082/4 "2010-01-08T02:48:19Z")

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> [@don\_t\_ask](#):
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> I like the way it ends. If you were writing a screenplay for this you would think that a buzzer beating 3-pointer to end the story was just a little too much. Like they say stranger than fiction.

It reminds me so much of this story from a few years ago: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAc4N\_drTXU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAc4N_drTXU)

I had to look it up to make sure it wasn’t the same thing. I love the video of the crowd and team reacting.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-4-year-manager-of-basketball-team-suits-up-in-last-game/524082/5 "2010-01-08T02:58:02Z")

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> [@Disheavel](#):
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> I think it is a great story; however, who the hell nicknamed him “Chubbs”?

Other guys.

That’s how we roll. Got some extra flab? You’re Chubbs. Tripped in the locker room and fell on your face? You’re Stumbles. Hint of a bald spot? You’re The Dome. Had a runny nose during a game? Boogers.

It’s a badge of acceptance and honor.