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This vignette was inspired by the fate-film Mr. Destiny.
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Ron Ganz was a talented Caucasian baseball player on the LSU team and was drafted into the Florida Marlins after completing his stellar collegiate career which included the CWS (College World Series) title! Ganz moved to Miami with his beautiful wife Melanie and started playing as outfielder for the Marlins. He was enjoying playing baseball and loved life until one day, a crazed fan broke into his house and killed his wife while Ganz was on a series-road trip to play the Yankees. Ganz was being considered for the honor of rookie-of-the-year, having achieved an incredible batting average and home-run count and rivalled the much more hyped Yankee rookie Ted Clement.
Ganz realized the psycho who killed his wife must have been a Clement/Yankee fanatic and wanted Ganz demoralized for the rookie race. Though devastated, Ganz vowed to finish the Marlins season and earn the Rookie of the Year award, and that's just what he did! When Ganz went to accept his award, he told the media that the honor was dedicated to his beloved murdered wife Melanie. Ganz was excited to begin his second year with the Marlins until a devastating knee injury ended his career. Dejected but still spirited, Ganz decided to become a sports commentator for ESPN who welcomed him with open arms.
Ganz worked alongside the popular MLB sportscaster and ESPN anchorman Chris Berman, and the two became fast-friends. Berman would often ask Ganz how he was recuperating from his two devastating blows (the murder of his wife Melanie and his own career-ending injury), and Ganz would continue to tell Berman he was grateful that God kept his faith alive. Ganz and Berman became a popular ESPN commentating team for the MLB season and their coverage of the World Series Game 7 between the Yankees and the Red Sox was remembered as very dramatic.
One day, Berman received a death-threat letter saying that if Ganz was not fired and if Berman did not stop working with him on ESPN as a sports commentator, Berman's life would be in danger. Berman was furious and asked ESPN executives and the police about the best decision. When Ganz heard news of this terrible development, something inside Ganz snapped. Ganz wondered what he had to do to keep his faith in a career in sports (in any kind of area) alive and cheerful. Ganz decided to become an anti-media serial killer with a message, and he drew inspiration from Charles Manson.
Ganz continued to commentate on MLB games with Berman on ESPN but at night, he would don a white mask and wear a mechanic outfit (so he'd look like some colorful repair man wandering suburbia) and go on killing rituals. Ganz killed 20 people in all (no children however) in just two years, all the while continuing to commentate on ESPN alongside Berman. When Berman died of a heart-attack, Ganz decided to retire from sports altogether. He spent his retirement years sending postcards to the White House with anti-Orwellian messages such as, "American baseball is romantic!" and "Never forget the destructive force of steroids on the MLB!"
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Ron Ganz was a talented Caucasian baseball player on the LSU team and was drafted into the Florida Marlins after completing his stellar collegiate career which included the CWS (College World Series) title! Ganz moved to Miami with his beautiful wife Melanie and started playing as outfielder for the Marlins. He was enjoying playing baseball and loved life until one day, a crazed fan broke into his house and killed his wife while Ganz was on a series-road trip to play the Yankees. Ganz was being considered for the honor of rookie-of-the-year, having achieved an incredible batting average and home-run count and rivalled the much more hyped Yankee rookie Ted Clement.
Ganz realized the psycho who killed his wife must have been a Clement/Yankee fanatic and wanted Ganz demoralized for the rookie race. Though devastated, Ganz vowed to finish the Marlins season and earn the Rookie of the Year award, and that's just what he did! When Ganz went to accept his award, he told the media that the honor was dedicated to his beloved murdered wife Melanie. Ganz was excited to begin his second year with the Marlins until a devastating knee injury ended his career. Dejected but still spirited, Ganz decided to become a sports commentator for ESPN who welcomed him with open arms.
Ganz worked alongside the popular MLB sportscaster and ESPN anchorman Chris Berman, and the two became fast-friends. Berman would often ask Ganz how he was recuperating from his two devastating blows (the murder of his wife Melanie and his own career-ending injury), and Ganz would continue to tell Berman he was grateful that God kept his faith alive. Ganz and Berman became a popular ESPN commentating team for the MLB season and their coverage of the World Series Game 7 between the Yankees and the Red Sox was remembered as very dramatic.
One day, Berman received a death-threat letter saying that if Ganz was not fired and if Berman did not stop working with him on ESPN as a sports commentator, Berman's life would be in danger. Berman was furious and asked ESPN executives and the police about the best decision. When Ganz heard news of this terrible development, something inside Ganz snapped. Ganz wondered what he had to do to keep his faith in a career in sports (in any kind of area) alive and cheerful. Ganz decided to become an anti-media serial killer with a message, and he drew inspiration from Charles Manson.
Ganz continued to commentate on MLB games with Berman on ESPN but at night, he would don a white mask and wear a mechanic outfit (so he'd look like some colorful repair man wandering suburbia) and go on killing rituals. Ganz killed 20 people in all (no children however) in just two years, all the while continuing to commentate on ESPN alongside Berman. When Berman died of a heart-attack, Ganz decided to retire from sports altogether. He spent his retirement years sending postcards to the White House with anti-Orwellian messages such as, "American baseball is romantic!" and "Never forget the destructive force of steroids on the MLB!"
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