Softball: A Ghastly Misplacement of the Athletic Fulcrum
Dear People,
My team demolished Chris Fure's 21-11, and that's despite the fact that they played almost the entire game under the unseemly protection of the 10-run mercy rule. Nevertheless, let's be clear: This only happened because I totally failed at my most solemn organizational duty, which is to create two robust sides that are essentially balanced at competitive email-organized softball. I must've become somewhat confused earlier that morning, since in retrospect I clearly produced what would've been a perfectly matched face-off if we had been playing the 22-player team variant of Greco-Roman Chess-Boxing (for a quick look at the modernized one-on-one wussy version, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOvZP5ylimo ). The hard psychoanalytic reality is that I happen to have a GRCB fetish, but that can hardly serve as an excuse, and thus I will soon tender my resignation and return to my cherished childhood shtubl in the lush, fecund hills of rural West Hollywood.
For the record, I did offer to make an equity-seeking trade in the 3rd, just as the Furinator's defenses began to crater and we jumped out to a 12-1 lead. He defiantly declined, though in fairness, I believe he did so as a way of protecting the communal whole. To be sure, I'm well aware that many of our players take great solace in knowing that this league will never force them to relive the recurrent schoolyard sting of being “chosen last,” and there's always that risk with a mid-game swap. Still, the mercy-rule alone could not overcome the calamity I created, and thus I think he should've accepted my back-up offer of fortifying his outfield with some additional random passers-by and a modest contingent of light amphibious battle tanks. And therefore there will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11, IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning…Raymond
5/10/13
Softball: An Epicurean Mother's Day
Dear People,
There will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11, and as of now there are still three slots left.
Please bring $4 for the field, which, for this week only, includes a special pre-match “Sabayon” of Pearl Tapioca with Island Creek Oysters and White Sturgeon Caviar…Raymond 845-7552