![]() In 1982, on the last day of school for us juniors - the seniors had already graduated - Joe was It, and at lunch break he decided to drive approximately five miles to Patrick’s house. Patrick Schultheis was a year ahead of us - which leads to an interesting story. Goldstein: Were you all in the same grade?įather Raftis: All but one. So you risked having to work an hour after school, doing cleanup or some other manual task. You weren’t allowed to run in the hall, otherwise you’d get Jug, which was detention. I remember seeing people running down halls and things like that - people were getting books knocked out of their hands. I think it was either Mike Konesky or Joe “Beef” Caferro or Joe Tombari - basically, one of them said right before they got into class, “Tag, you’re It.” How did the tag game begin, when you were at Gonzaga Prep?įather Raftis: We had a 20- or 25-minute break in the morning and people would be skirting to their classes, and it just happened. Goldstein: Let’s go back to the beginning. He chooses the weak to confound the strong. I wasn’t even qualified to be a waterboy! And then this movie comes out, and it’s like this trifecta of God’s sense of humor being enacted. We had a nice Mass, and when we went out to breakfast, he said, “Father, I’ve been head coach for 26 years and I’ve never been featured on ESPN. Could you say Mass for me and we could go out to breakfast?” Then the coach from Carroll College, Mike Van Diest, called and said, “Father, I have a day off on Monday and I know you do, too. Then the head of SportsCenter on ESPN loved the article so much that we made it onto that show. Well, God has a great sense of humor, because we hit the Wall Street Journal on the front page. Not only that: I never was a businessman, I wasn’t that great in sports and I never had any opportunity to be involved in movies. You were, like, “What is wrong with this picture?” People don’t come to me for financial counseling - with good reason, frankly. And I wondered what a Journal reporter could possibly want from a pastor of a rural parish in Townsend, Montana.įather Sean Raftis: I know it didn’t quite register. But Father Raftis told me in a recent interview that, despite the film’s worldly elements, it contains a spiritual message that captures something of the joy of the real-life game.ĭawn Eden Goldstein: I remember calling you one evening in late 2012 and you apologized for not having been available to speak at the original time we had arranged, because you had an interview with a reporter from the Wall Street Journal. None of “Tag’s” characters is a priest - which is doubtless a good thing, as the film is rated R (for crude speech and behavior, and brief nudity). Now, five years after a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal brought worldwide notice to the “Tag Brothers,” the exploits of Father Raftis and his friends have been transformed by Hollywood into “Tag,” with an all-star cast that includes Jeremy Renner, Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, Jake Johnson and Hannibal Buress. The 10 friends have been doing it annually for 28 years, having bound themselves to a “Tag Participation Agreement” drawn up by a lawyer among them. Make no mistake, this isn’t mere playground tag but a grown-up version, with no tagbacks and no geographical boundaries. He has the same red, Italian-designed sweatshirt as Ross, which Ross had on when Emma was conceived, causing some confusion as to who the father was (Phoebe and the friends believed it to be Tag's until Tag shows that he was wearing his sweatshirt and Ross reclaims the missing sweatshirt).On the surface, my longtime friend Father Sean Raftis appears to be a mild-mannered small-town Montana pastor.īut every February, he and nine of his former schoolmates from Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, Washington, do something extraordinary - so extraordinary, in fact, that it has inspired a new major motion picture. Tag later tries to get back with Rachel but is soon scared off after learning she is pregnant. She dumps him on her 30th birthday when she realizes Tag is not mature enough for her and that she should be looking for a more serious relationship.Īt one time Rachel cannot remember his last name when asked by Gavin Mitchell Her response was "He.he didn't have a last name. Soon however, he finds out that she likes him, and they begin an affair despite warnings from Mr. Rachel picked him for the job because of his good looks, but believed that her attraction to him would not be a problem. Tag's resume contains qualifications like "three years of painting houses" and "two whole summers at T.G.I. ![]() Tag Jones is an attractive 24-year-old whom Rachel hires as her assistant at Ralph Lauren Corporation in Season 7. ![]()
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