Softball: The Triumph of Romance
Dear People,
Ken’s team demolished Ellen’s 13-3, but since I wasn’t there, I don’t really understand how the fuck that happened. I do know that a team with both Matt (our most awesomely powerful slugger) and Raul (our most powerfully awesome slugger) should score more than three pitiful runs, unless of course, something illegal or lurid secretly transpired. Perhaps Tom O rubbed a transparent mix of pine tar and Astroglide on every ball he pitched, but again, I just don’t know.
In any case, it can now be revealed that the reason I wasn’t at the game was because I was in fact boogying to the joyous beat of matrimonial klezmer rock, at the wonderful Tamalas Bay wedding of Ehud and Jennifer. Yes, it was just four years and 200 games ago that they first told me that their destinies were one, and now, here they are, already hitched!!
Truth be told, a couple months back the Huudster confessed to me that he was a bit anxious about taking the nuptial leap, but only because he feared that his legendary pitcher’s focus would be compromised by the cumulative stress of being a scientist, athlete AND husband. The fact is that I couldn’t say for certain that this wasn’t a legitimate concern, and thus, Jen, Udi and I nervously entered together into several weeks of intensive aerobic therapy.
Using a traditional blend of Freudian Group Analysis and the Infield Fly Rule, we all conquered our fears, and so just one week ago I called Ehud’s dad in Haifa and told him to get everyone out to California on the next available plane. Most of Jen’s family had a shorter journey from LA, but regardless, there’s nothing as glorious as a beautiful and intimate internationally-attended conjugal powwow on 72-hours notice. And therefore there will be a game at San Pablo #2 this Sunday at 11AM (which is just like 4PM except it’s actually five hours earlier), IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning…Ray
10/12/07
Softball: 11 (Time Flies)
Dear People,
There will be a game at San Pablo #2 this Sunday at 11AM, and as of now there are still two slots left. Remember, 11AM is just like 4PM except it’s actually five hours earlier, so don’t be a dufus and show up at 4. However, I’ll still indulge your craving for consistency by keeping the field fee at just $3.
Please note that I will have only sporadic email access over the next couple days because I will be in LA attending my 30th high school reunion. I will undoubtedly see many babes that I had secret crushes on, but of course I won’t say a word to them; In all candor, the wounds are still too raw….Raymond