Thirty-eight years ago, Jon Mian was born in an igloo. His eskimo parents were happy to welcome another little heater into their modest ice-house. Little did they know that their little eskimo child would grow up to be a dominant force on the Greater Boston Co-ed Softball scene. Little Jon Mian, or "Dances with Walrus" as he was called by the natives, was a talented child. In his Eskimo Junior High School Home Economics class, he made a functional, yet sexy, thong made from wooly mammoth fur. He spent the rest of his school years fighting off PETA protesters and building arm strength throwing ice balls and snow balls at low flying sea planes.
In 1976, Mian found his true calling when he started working for a granite countertop company, that shared his last name, in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
With his competitive fire still burning, he attended an open tryout for the Boston West Coed Softball Powerhouse, The Buttermilk Five. After being cut year after year, he finally made the team in 2007. Mian said, "I never thought paying my team dues on time would have made such a big difference."
On most nights, Mian, a huge Sly Stallone fan, can be found watching "Over the Top" on DVD in his plush Charlestown penthouse. On the softball field, he carries himself the same way as Lincoln Hawk at the World Arm Wrestling Championships. With his Boston Bruins hat turned backwards, his intensity is turned on like a switch.
The Buttermilk Five is primed for another championship-type season and Little Jon Mian will play a big part in another championship-type run for the C Division Title.
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