Softball: A Brief Foray into the Nurturing Salve of Blame
Dear People,
My team exploited Jonny’s feckless captainship in a splendid 11-7 triumph that reaffirmed the ’ol Platonic saw “all natural aerobic events have a natural aerobic cause.” Indeed, in the bottom of the 8th with two out, two on and his own presence at the plate representing the tying run, our hero slammed a line drive to short so precisely into Ken’s awaiting mitt that the Kenster was able to crush their last viable rally without tweaking a single bone in his body. I shit you not; Not a single bone budged.
“Usually I have to move a bit” he later told me, “but I guess Jonny was just too effete, indifferent or jejune to be an effective leader.” It’s not the way I would have said it (unless I was shamelessly attributing it to another person for mere stylistic effect), and yet ultimately, one can’t help but think that Plato himself would have had the same blunt analysis.
No, my friends, I don’t “enjoy” exploring the proximate cause of athletic failure, but if the very act of exploration can bring our little South African mushroom wisdom, grace or healing, then perhaps the youth are right—it’s all good. And therefore there will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11AM, IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning…Ray
7/27/07
Softball: Culture Wars
Dear People,
There will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11AM, and as of now, there is one slot left.
This week’s field fee is just $3, and that includes an extraordinary local sand dab salad with fresh chickpeas and saffron…Ray
PS: A clever little retort to Robertson, O’Reilly, Scalia, et al…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rixkck8QnjY&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fandrewsullivan%2Ecom%2F