One of our very own is a "State Fucking Champ"

No, not everyone can be Chase Utley and a World Fucking Champion. Some people (re: Mets fans) have to settle for the next best thing.

Being a State Fucking Champion.

Ken, manager of the 16&U Suffern (N.Y.) All-Star team, led his lil' young'ns to a state title Tuesday night with an 11-7 win over Throgs Neck (N.Y.).

In the photo, the third person from the left, hidden, I believe is Ken. I think I can tell by his pale ass arms that I saw every day for 2.5 years in college.

After the jump, check out how inspirational Ken was in the big win.

After blowing an early 3-0 lead, the Suffern boys trailed 6-3 in the second inning. Fuming, Ken gathered the team in the dugout and fired them up.

"Everyone needs to get their heads out of their asses and play the ball we know we can play," he said. "Let's get this lead back, play some defense and watch (pitcher) Dom work his magic."

Lo and behold, Suffern responded with two in the third and four in the fourth to take a 9-6 lead!

The rest was history. Heading into the bottom of the seventh and final inning with an 11-7 lead, our favorite manager (besides Charlie Manuel) gathered the boys again! Cue the speech:

"You guys are three outs away from being state champs," Ken exclaimed. "STATE FUCKING CHAMPS, get it done."

After that, is there any surprise they got it done? Aw, hell no. A 1-2-3 inning and Suffern won. Ken got an ice bath and left the field gleeming, knowing he'd accomplished more than the previous 23 Mets teams.

"I knew even when we were down that we would win," Ken said afterward. "This team has will, losing is not an option for us."

With assistant coaches little brother Travis and Mike from our league, Ken and the Suffern boys head to South Jersey for the Eastern Regionals. They play the winner of Connecticut and Maryland on Saturday at 10 a.m. at West Deptford. Yep, West Deptford. I encourage all of you to be there.