“When he called home from Australia and told us that he was pitching the gold medal game, I thought ‘Well, we’re gonna need a big banner in front of the house, because we’re going to have ourselves a gold medalist.’ So I went ahead and ordered one in red, white, and blue with stars all over it that said, ‘Home of Olympic Gold Medalist Ben Sheets,’ and a second one that read ‘Proud parents of Olympic Gold Medalist Ben Sheets.’ I put that one on the back of our truck and we started driving all over town with it.”
