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The way Justin always
made me and everyone else laugh until we couldn’t laugh anymore. –Bradley Kohring
My favorite memory
of Josie was the playoff game this year when he leaped off the mound to catch a pop-up.
He always did everything he could to make something happen. He never gave
less than 100% at anything. That’s why we all love him. Love, --Adam O’Malley
I don’t really
have favorite memory of Justin. Every time I was around him was a good memory
because of his fiery and fine personality. He was always the lift of the “party.” You could always expect some excitement when he was around. The thing I most appreciated about him was that he treated me with the same respect that he gave to the
other baseball payers even though I’m younger. Just was always teasing
me about my diet and how I loved to eat. At a recent scrimmage our team was down
by a couple of runs and Justin said to me, “I’ll hit a homerun and then you hit one and we’ll win the game.” I will miss his fun-loving attitude and the way he always did thing out of the ordinary. Just this past week when it was cold outside and before practice, he was running through
the parking lot in only his sliding shorts. I wished I had more time to get to
know him better. –Colby Price
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The 2004 team dedicated its season to "Josie"
who in their hearts will always wear
the Brenham Cub jersey of #1!
Brenham Cub Jersey #1 was present at
all games during 2004.
*The “Raspy
Voice” from the outfield or the dugout, saying, “Let’s go Pollack, or let’s go Blake.”
*His demeanor on
the pitchers mound during a game (the way he walked around on it after every pitch).
*If there was a
ball in the outfield that could be caught, it would be by him.
*The fiery attitude
*Bar-B-Q Season
*The fact that he
actually thought that he could strike me out (Truth is, I thought that he could, but wasn’t willing to let him know!);
*His unbelievable
work ethic;
*The influence that
I saw that he had on this group of young men.
These are just a
few things that I will remember about Justin. What an awesome son to his family,
ballplayer to the coaches and friend to the guys that he grew up with.
I have fought
the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is
in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day and not only
to me, but also to all who have forged for His appearing. 2 Timothy 4:7-8.
In Christ, –Coach
Williams
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope
without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23. In love, –Coach Harris
It is hard to write down my favorite memory of Justin, because there were so
many. He was always such a clown. So
I guess if I had to say what my favorite memory of Justin was, that it would have to be Prom Night. Justin walks through the door with a smile on his face and his favorite person by his side. The night was his, and knowing Justin he just wanted to get a few laughs.
He was dressed real nice, his tux looked well. As he walks up to you can
see his sparkling white tennis shoes upon his feet. Everyone got a laugh and
so did he. No one else would have thought it up, but he did. I admired his courage and his all out attitude. Try to be
strong, I know he would. He loved everyone and we all will miss him. We love you #2. –Aaron Green
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My favorite memory
with Justin was during practice after school in the outfield. We got bored one
day and Justin, Ryan and I came up with the “POON” Club. The “POON”
club consisted of people who missed a ball during drills or was scared to dive or go get a ball. Of course, I was always in the “POON” club, in fact I was in it so much I was actually elected
president. And Justin of course never joined me; he was always showing us up
with circus catches, even barehanded catches. That is one memory I will never
forget. –Brant Taylor
One game when we
were playing Oak Ridge, we were winning by quite a
few runs and their pitcher couldn’t get his last out. So Justin goes up
to bat and swings at the first three pitches and missed by several feet each time. Then
the pitcher thought he was so good for striking him out. –Weezy
He was the only
person I know that could chew 6 feet of bubble tape before every game. –Chad
The time I saw him last, he had on a purple PNG
jacket. I asked him, “Why do you have a PNG jacket?” He said, “It stands for Pretty Nice Guy!” All
I could do was laugh. – Clay VanHook
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My best recent memory
of Justin and I went duck hunting. We skipped around a few of his ponds but we
didn’t see anything; so we went to a place I know of on New Years Creek. To
get to the location that we were going to hunt meant getting on the other side of the creek.
We wouldn’t jump across because it was too wide, we couldn’t go around because it was too long. So, with a little looking around and some major brainstorming, we decided to jump a few feet to a tree
limb that went across the creek. Our next move was to swing our feet up and crawl
along the limb to the other side. I wanted to find some other way across but
Justin insisted that we make our move there. I guess for an adrenalin rush or
just to make me look like a girl. With little thought and no hesitation, he leaped
up and caught the limb, he didn’t have a bit of fear in him. I was terrified
enough for both of us. He made it across with no problem and then looked at me
to make my move. I never would have tried to make it across if he wasn’t
there guiding and giving me courage. We did not get any ducks to show for our
hunt, but we came back with another great memory and story to tell. –Ryan Majewski
Justin and I went
duck hunting one afternoon. When we shot the ducks, one of them flew off wounded
into the neck of the tank where it was coved with trees and brush. Well, the
duck was swimming around in all the bushes. Well, Justin thought was had to get
that duck so he threw his gun down and stripped own to just his underwear and went in after it –Bradley Mueller
Justin and I have
been friends since the first grade. I have a lot of great memories of him. Each year we would go fishing for his birthday and then go back to his house and play
video games all night. Every summer, Justin would come camping with me at the
lake. We would ride the tube and the ski bob all day long. Justin was a fun person to be around and would always make me laugh.
He was a good friend and my life will never be the same without him. –Blake
Rosenbaum
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