FedEx can do it. UPS too. After what happened at Cornhole de Mayo, you might want to go with a new company called Strzala Inc. You want your package to be delivered by noon tomorrow? Airmail it with Strzalair.
Let’s look at Strzalair. King of Cornhole Semifinalist. IceHole SweetCorn16. Cornhole de Mayo finalist. It’s a rollercoaster of accomplishments. It’s as volatile as his gameplay. His airmails are signs he embraces it. And when he’s on, he can go to the finals, as evident at Cornhole de Mayo.
There are players who are low risk, nonvolatile investments. They perform consistently at a particular level, whatever level that may be. A player may always finish in the SweetCorn16, or they may always finish in the semifinals. Either way, the player is consistent in how far they go in the tournament, with an occasional upward or downward blip in their performance.
The long term projection on Strzalair is still, well, up in the air. There have been highs (King of Cornhole semifinalist) and disappointment (Icehole Classic SweetCorn16) at Strzalair. But the stock in Strzalair, much like his world ranking, is going up overall.
“My airmails were amazing today,” Strzala said after the championship match. “You couldn’t count on one hand how many four baggers everybody threw. Because of my airmails, I threw a lot.”
His airmails helped him to survive the “upset” storm that ravaged the field. He eliminated #39 Dan Reed, #22 Charlie Fletcher and #18 Damon Tucker to meet #1 Matt Guy in the finals. Along the way he dropped more bags than Grandma Gertie leaving the grocery. But his plane didn’t leave the tarmac in game one versus Matt Guy. Everything he delivered was to the wrong address.
“If I had been throwing good as I’d been all day, it wouldn’t have ended up like that.”
The plane finally departed in game two, but it was barely off the ground. First frame was a wash. Strzala tried kicking into gear but missed an airmail for a two bagger. Before you know it, Guy is up 6-0.
But Strzala didn’t stop. He nailed two airmails in the next frame, narrowly missing a third. Guy returns the favor tossing two airmails over a Strzala blocker. Strzala drops another airmail for a two bagger. Almost does it twice. He has a 16-12 lead in game two over Guy. Then the airmail game was grounded. Strzala overshot the board. Guy made Strzala pay.
Guy was down 16-14, went up 20-16, then took it home two frames later.
“I’m more mad now that I was in Vegas,” Strzala said, comparing his loss to Matt Guy to his loss to Steve Vanderver at the King of Cornhole in Las Vegas. “I had the lead that whole game and I blew it.”
Words probably best not said at the next Strzalair shareholder’s meeting.