In the Spring of 2009, a few Washtenaw County residents were looking to form a kickball team. Through loose associations of friends, electronic mail brought them together. They vowed to form the greatest kickball team, gathering talent among local twenty-somethings who were up to the arduous task at hand.
Because everyone knows it doesn’t matter how good you are if your brand is lacking. First they needed a name. What would imply their magnificence while also being fun for the masses of fans to chant. Something as awesome as U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! Then one night at the bar with Neil Patrick Harris, it hit them: Shrimp Fried Rice!
Still, the team needed more. A logo that would strike fear into the evil they face on a weekly basis. They called on the great-great-granddaughter of famed Impressionist painter Henri Matisse, Casey Rucinski, to draw their epic symbol. After months of isolation where she attempted over 14,000 sketches, 
this is the design she came up with.
Finally, the team was assembled and ready to take on the Community kickball league in Ann Arbor. After a slow start, the team realized their greatest strength: their humor. While their opponents played as if they wished to be elsewhere, the Shrimp Fried Rice couldn’t stop giggling, guffawing, and howling, snickering and shrieking, chuckling and chortling. Their mirth restored goodness to an park that had been severely lacking in merriment since the days of yore.
After one kickball game, they knew their task was bigger than kickball. They must assemble a league of awesomeness not seen since the Justice League of America disbanded. Their pursuit: to bring back fun to recreational sports leagues around Ann Arbor.
Shrimp Fry Together!