5/10/06
Softball: The Tender Dynamic of Couples (Part II)
Dear People,
Jeff W’s team crushed my own 20-15, yet I think we all understand that softball isn’t really about wins or losses, but rather the inscrutable human bonds which good games always reveal with subtle patterns of grace and dignity. I refer you to the 5th inning, with two out and two on, when Ehud popped up a sky-high blooper to dead shallow center. As most of you probably know, Nanci has gradually mastered the defensive mechanics of 2nd base, and thus as the ball came plunging back down, she looked straight up, set her feet firmly in place, and exuded more authority than I had ever seen in a single player.
“I got it, I got it, I got it!” she screamed about 300 times, making very clear to her entire infield that their assistance was simply not needed. It was a compelling cry of sheer athletic pride, and I myself felt vertiginous goosebumps as Jeff approached from first, waivered, and then backed off in order to let destiny take its course. Unfortunately, and for reasons I don’t pretend to understand, the ball plunged pointlessly to the ground a foot in front of her discombobulated little face. I guess the point is that it’s really hard to predict the future, even if it’s less than five seconds away.
In any case, on THE VERY NEXT PLAY Alex smashed a blistering line drive directly toward Mark in deep center right. Curiously, Markie decided to run toward the ball in order to snag it a couple nanoseconds sooner than nature probably intended, perhaps because he was impatient to redeem his beloved Nanci in the wake of her unsightly miscalculation. Of course miscalculation is the metaphoric mother’s milk of evolving young love, and thus as the Markinator sprinted toward the ball, the ball simply continued on its utterly predictable trajectory, well above and past his pitifully flailing arms and on to the distant shrubs of deep center right. In retrospect it was an incontestably noble effort, but as vicarious redemptions go, the actual execution was somewhat problematic.
Still, romance is not about “results” any more than sports is about “winning,” for the real messages here are that there is no coincidence in life’s rich pageant, and more specifically, Nanci and Markie are the most aerobically compatible couple on the face of this earth. Therefore there will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11AM (which is like 3PM except that it’s actually four hours earlier), IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning….Raymond
5/12/06
Softball: Your Official Mother’s Day Morning Sport
Dear People,
There will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11AM (which is just like 3PM except that it’s actually four hours earlier), and as of now there are still three slots left.
Please bring $3 for the field, which for this week only includes your choice of either a multiple entry H-1B visa OR a generous selection of seasonal Chinese greens…Raymond 845-7552
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