Ball(er)Men Reloaded: From the Holy Grail and the most economical Swabia in the world

Created: 06/02/2022, 23:00

By: Andreas Mayr

But still in San Francicso: Eleven hours before departure, Len Werle (left) and Andreas Mayr receive their accreditations for the NBA Finals.

©Andreas Mayr

The German globetrotters are back: Merkur employee Andreas Mayr and fellow journalist Len Werle are once again traveling to the NBA basketball league finals.

Episode one of her diary from San Francisco.

The holy mail made it to Murnau, the center of the world.

Eleven hours before departure.

Who needs a plan when you want to conquer the world?

This email contained all sorts of cryptic characters, but also one message: "Application Approval".

Application approved.

Hosanna and Hallelujah!

Accreditation is the holy grail of journalists.

Anyone who has them gets in everywhere.

And everywhere means almost everywhere.

At the NBA finals, the finals of the best basketball league in the USA, Andi once met some star rapper for whom some friends would still give up their savings today.

The name escaped the provincial.

The man should be dead.

Sad story.

View from the 16th floor of the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco: Fog over the bay or dusty windows?

©Andreas Mayr

Well, these lines are hacked by Andi from San Francisco, 16th floor of the Hilton Hotel.

It's been a few days since the last window cleaning.

You can't say exactly whether there is a veil of fog over the bay or a layer of dust on the window.

The cool ones say he doesn't really like Frisco that much.

But what don't you do for the finals.

For basketball players, they are something like the Ballermann for Mallorca vacationers: the biggest, the most beautiful, the best.

Pretty sad this year too.

Because Andi has lost his comrade-in-arms, Stephan Adelberger, a former American adventurer, too busy this year with his apartment, girlfriend and the Munich lions.

The replacement comes half from Swabia, half from Mallorca.

With Len Werle, you don't know exactly where he actually lives if you only know his Instagram profile.

Nobody has ever filled the honorary title of Ball(er)mann better than Len from Leonberg near Stuttgart, the city with the largest cinema screen in the world (900 square meters).

He packed all his knowledge from his music studies into a Ballermann hit.

The thing will be a hit.

That much is certain.

Text, of course, top secret.

A little spoiler: It's supposed to be about beer, women and the island of the Germans.

But shh, don't tell anything.

100 days of beer king in the summer, says the Len, he would take part.

Even if he has never seen the pilgrimage site from the inside.

Text, of course, top secret.

A little spoiler: It's supposed to be about beer, women and the island of the Germans.

But shh, don't tell anything.

100 days of beer king in the summer, says the Len, he would take part.

Even if he has never seen the pilgrimage site from the inside.

Text, of course, top secret.

A little spoiler: It's supposed to be about beer, women and the island of the Germans.

But shh, don't tell anything.

100 days of beer king in the summer, says the Len, he would take part.

Even if he has never seen the pilgrimage site from the inside.

Len from Leonberg fought hard for the title of the most economical Swabian in the world.

As a Lufthansa Senator and Star Alliance Gold Member, he got seats in business class for just a few tens of thousands of flight miles, including champagne and a three-course meal.

Well, he's happy to pay $73 for more legroom on the San Francisco to Boston flight.

"It's not about comfort, it's about survival.

I would have preferred to take out a loan," says the super Swabian with many talents.

A small excerpt.

He finished the domestic table tennis cup in third place.

He knows every country in Africa by heart and lists all the capitals of the US states.

In America, he knows almost every fast-food place, including the history of the company.

Off to the Waffle House, he says.

The shed looks and tastes like it's been beamed into the present from the 50's.

Southern flair to munch on and take away.

A solid 4.5 out of 5 stars on Mayr's culinary scale.

Waffle House: 4.5 out of 5 stars on Andreas Mayr's culinary scale.

© Len Werle

In Tampa Bay, on the way to Frisco, they meet the legendary Mike Williams.

Doesn't he tell you anything?

so please

He recently opened his new page on Instagram, and 92 loyal fans are already following.

Six people have already seen his video on the homepage, and one of the generous clicks goes to our account.

The Running Coach will turn you into a 100-meter sprinter in under ten seconds in 15 minutes.

Promised.

He teaches basketball players how to throw, although he has never played basketball.

The man, we tell you, is a messiah.

Nobody has found him yet.

We shake hands with His Holiness.

It has to be those magical moments that the finals always produce.