Oh, brother.
Posted by pittgirl on 13 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Awesome Burghers
I got a lump in my throat when I saw this picture:
That little boy LOVES his big brother.
If that picture doesn’t also give you a lump in your throat, would you please email me and let me know exactly when it was you died inside? So I can send my condolences on your loss.
Also, Jake Kemerer seems to be all sorts of kickass:
After the match, Kemerer ran into the stands to hug his biggest fan, his 9-year-old brother Luke. And Luke was by Jake’s side at the postmatch news conference.
“You did great,” replied the shy little brother, when a reporter asked his feelings.
Jake Kemerer would like to see Luke follow in his footsteps.
“I wouldn’t be surprised to see Luke wrestling up here some day in the future,” Kemerer said. “And I’ll be here to cheer him on.”
Awwwwwww!
If you did for some reason die inside at some point in your life, here’s two more pictures (shamelessly lifted, but please, Trib, can I keep them up just for a little while? I’m resuscitating souls here!) to rekindle a little bit of life in your dead soul:
Jake and his little brother Luke are the first ever Awesome Burghers. That’s right. We’ve got Annoying Burghers and we’ve got Weird Burghers and we’ve got SMOKIN’ HOT Burghers.
Now we have Awesome Burghers, too.
Your crowns are in the mail, and by crowns I mean such a giant pat on the back it will knock you out of your shoes, yo.
PittGirl loves you.
27 Comments »
on 13 Mar 2008 at 10:10 pm 1.Great Scot said …
Hey Pitt Girl! Thanks for putting up those pics! Jake’s father is from my home town and it was cool of you to post those!
on 13 Mar 2008 at 10:49 pm 2.Gunn Lino said …
Sometimes ” inspiring ” needs no explanation, just a photo or two.
on 14 Mar 2008 at 7:22 am 3.dwight said …
I’ll expect your condolence card, PG.
on 14 Mar 2008 at 8:48 am 4.emstef23 said …
Cutest pictures ever….
on 14 Mar 2008 at 9:27 am 5.elton john said …
uhhhh, those pics look pretty homo-erotic if you ask me. what’s so great about a high school kid hugging his 9 year old brother? it looks as awkward as when mark mcguire hit his 62nd home run, picked up his 34 year old son while crossing home plate and squeezed him.
on 14 Mar 2008 at 9:43 am 6.TheTruth said …
Elton has a point.
on 14 Mar 2008 at 9:51 am 7.pittgirl said …
I don’t think I’ve ever been so bothered by comments to my blog as I am by Elton and The Truth’s.
Way to turn something pure, innocent, and absolutely adorable as one brother’s love for another into something as disgusting as incest.
I’m out of here for the day because I refuse to deal with this right now.
Here’s hoping this poor kid’s family doesn’t visit this page.
Peace and see you all on Monday.
on 14 Mar 2008 at 10:03 am 8.Gunn Lino said …
The haters, always the haters.
on 14 Mar 2008 at 10:05 am 9.elton john said …
okay, pittgirl, perhaps i was being a bit too facetious in my reply. i like the picture, i think it’s nice, it’s just not enough to put a lump in my throat, that’s all.
on 14 Mar 2008 at 10:16 am 10.Aeran said …
why can’t the trolls stick to the political blogs, where people actually want to fight with them?
on 14 Mar 2008 at 10:48 am 11.Sue said …
I loved those pictures. High School wrestlers are all heart. The expression on the little brother as well as the sister show nothing but pure love and excitement. Why do some people’s minds always have to be in the gutter?
on 14 Mar 2008 at 11:08 am 12.Mrs Pitsberger said …
A-holes!!!
on 14 Mar 2008 at 12:03 pm 13.unsatisfied said …
great pix, pittgirl.
elton and the truth = douchebags.
on 14 Mar 2008 at 12:10 pm 14.BBM said …
Elton and Truth–There’s nothing funny about your comments. I hereby nominate you for a special new category of Burghers–the Dumbasses.
on 14 Mar 2008 at 12:27 pm 15.mick said …
please– pittgirl is moved by these photos because she loves that dude. if he were obese, had glasses, and ran to hug his little brother after winning the spelling bee, thered be no lump in her throat. she wouldnt give a flying fuck, actually. (and no, im neither obese nor wear glasses).
on 14 Mar 2008 at 12:47 pm 16.BagitTagit said …
I hate piling on and I’m not blindly supporting PittGirl here, but I have to pile on here and support PittGirl.
I didn’t get a lump in my throat (most likely because I’m a Disenfranchised, pessimistic, selfish jerk).
But I also didn’t get a homophobic impulse either.
This, again, is why I couldn’t run a blog. Because a blog for the most part, unfortunately, reflects our society. And while most of the comments on a good blog, like most of contributions to society, are insightful, funny, thought provoking, etc. The idiocy of society chimes in and never fails to disappoint ya.
on 14 Mar 2008 at 1:52 pm 17.back in the burgh said …
Good pictures, good post … thanks for sharing the positive things happening around here. Wrestlers work incredibly hard and I’m sure his brother knows it and was totally thrilled with the victory … as any of us would be if we cared for/supported/cheered on our family members. Good for the Kemerer family and congratulations to Jake!
on 14 Mar 2008 at 2:20 pm 18.justretiredguy said …
Nice story and pictures. No lump. Maybe because my older brother, who went to Clarion on a wrestling scholarship, used to beat the shit out of me when I was little.
Plus, I grew up in a german family.
on 14 Mar 2008 at 3:05 pm 19.joey said …
Wow. I guess we readers can only snark on pictures when pittgirl deems them to be snark worthy? C’mon now…
A kid hugging his brother doesn’t give me a lump in my throat or bring a tear to my eye….but whatever….
on 14 Mar 2008 at 4:01 pm 20.Steve S. said …
I would not be too worried about the family visiting your site and getting worked up. Wrestlers deal with homophobia and such comments regularly, and this is especially true in high school where the male mind is perpetually in the gutter.
His family has certainly developed a thick skin for such things. Given their unconstrained celebration, I would surmise that it has not effected them much.
Congratulations to Jake and his family on a very hard earned championship, and for showing us what, true, familial love is.
on 14 Mar 2008 at 4:21 pm 21.Puma said …
“What’s so great about a high school kid hugging his 9 year old brother?”
The kid just won the state championship. They’re family… they hugged. I’m not seeing the problem here. Actually, I’m going to guess it probably made the paper because you don’t see much of that anymore.
If you simply think a guy in a wrestling uniform is homo-erotic… then Elton John, I think you’re probably gay.
on 14 Mar 2008 at 11:20 pm 22.RavishingRick said …
#5-#6
PittGirl posted an article that she wanted to share with
everybody,a nice article about family,you 2 pieces of parasitic scum chose to make insults that were totally uncalled for!!!!!! maybe the both of you are gay or pedafiles.
Maybe somebody needs to beat the FUCK outa both of YOU!!!
on 15 Mar 2008 at 8:01 am 23.Still A. Fan said …
for some of you guys (mick) to use the language you did AFTER PittGirl mentioned her concern about the family reading the post is pretty obnoxious. yeah, there’s some language on her site in general….but if the family found the post during a search - they werent going to read her mining craigslist posts…they were just going to read this article and the comments. pretty lame actually and i dont care whats said in retaliation. grow up, man, for real.
on 15 Mar 2008 at 12:20 pm 24.Jonathan Potts said …
I can’t help but be reminded of “The Breakfast Club.”
“You wear tights?”
“I wear the proper uniform.”
“Tights.”
on 15 Mar 2008 at 4:09 pm 25.Bram R said …
“Here’s hoping this poor kid’s family doesn’t visit this page.”
Aw, c’mon … I’m sure the kid’s family is familiar with the concept of smart-asses … nothing to ruin anybody’s day over.
I personally did not get any particlar kick out of the pictures, but I always get a kick out of reading PittGirl or any other talented writer getting a huge kick out of anything they find kickworhty — call it a “contact high.” PittGirl or julie_gong or Chad Hermann could get sentimental over a grilled cheese sandwich and I’d enjoy reading about it.
Meanwhile, if the kid & his family are reading — lovely if the boy gets into wrestling, but if he doesn’t excel, or if he decides he finds skiing or knitting even more rewarding, well, don’t pressure him to live up to his bicepsturonimous older brother!
on 05 Apr 2008 at 6:01 pm 26.nascarlady said …
nice story! there are decent people left…!
on 16 Jun 2008 at 12:38 am 27.Barack obama. said …
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