John's 1984 tee-ball 'all-star in our hearts' trophy (2007)
story · status: told 2× · last event: mentioned (2018-10-29)
John's only childhood trophy: as a 1984 tee-ball all-star alternate he missed the all-star game to visit his grandparents, and his parents had a trophy made reading 'All-Star In Our Hearts'. He told it in 2007 and came back to it in later videos, at length in 2018.
About: Little League Baseball
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-10-30 (happened 1984) | told | John tells how, as a 1984 tee-ball all-star alternate, he got his only childhood trophy: one his parents had made, reading 'all-star in our hearts'. (playful) | Oct. 30th: My Name Is John Green. And I'm a Nerd. 00:02:26 |
| 2007-11-15 | mentioned | John reminds Hank of his 'tortured history with trophies' and hopes the Inky trophy will read 'winner of the 2007 Silver Inky ... in our hearts'. (playful) | Nov 15: Jay-Z, the Inkys, Nerdfighteria, and Venn Diagrams! 00:01:08 |
| 2018-09-18 (happened 1984) | retold | John's parents' solution: the family still visited his grandparents and he missed the game, but they had a trophy made reading 'John Green 1984 All-Star In Our Hearts'. | On the Participation Trophy 00:01:56 |
| 2018-10-29 | mentioned | The Pizza John satin jacket lets you look like John's 1985 Little League coach, who made him an alternate on the All-Star team. (playful) | PIZZAMAS IS HERE! 00:02:07 |
What is said about it
6 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-10-30 · Oct. 30th: My Name Is John Green. And I'm a Nerd. — John: In 1984 John, about four years older than the other tee-ball players, missed the all-star team to a kid he thinks was four and was named an alternate out of pity. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:50
- 2007-10-30 · Oct. 30th: My Name Is John Green. And I'm a Nerd. — John: The all-star game fell on Thanksgiving weekend; John didn't want to visit Grandpa in Indiana in case he was needed, and only all-stars got trophies. (playful) — 00:03:00
- 2007-10-30 · Oct. 30th: My Name Is John Green. And I'm a Nerd. — John: Partly to get him to leave town and because they love him, his parents had a trophy made reading 'John Green, 1984, all-star in our hearts', his only childhood trophy, which he cannot find. (playful) — 00:03:16
- 2007-11-15 · Nov 15: Jay-Z, the Inkys, Nerdfighteria, and Venn Diagrams! — John: Inky winners get a trophy; John alludes to his 'tortured history with trophies' and says the one behind him is from heading his college sketch comedy group. (playful) — 00:01:08
- 2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — John: At seven, in 1984, John was the oldest player on his Little League t-ball team, where the ball is placed on a tee rather than pitched. — 00:00:29
- 2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — John: After a good season, owed to being older than everyone, John got a participation award and was named an alternate for the t-ball all-star team. — 00:01:27