Softball: The Creaky Mechanics of Democratic Governance
Dear People,
My team beat back Anthony's in an unexpectedly robust paragon of explosive athletic excellence, 16-15. The fact is that none of our community's most intimidating and well-marbled manly men were even there-I refer you to Davey, Powers and Laddish-and not just because they collectively sound like the most kick-ass speed metal trio since Loggins and Messina. Nevertheless, there was still a cornucopia of Ruthian four-baggers, including Mel's solo blast to right and Paul Fine's 2-RBI moonshot to the craterous slope of deep center-left.
Moreover, and in a bittersweet display of why 23 is the most awesome corporeal age in the entire gamut of life's rich pageant, Saadia unleashed a double, a triple and two breathtaking rockets to the yak-laden tundra of the great beyond, and honestly, it was as if each of those taunting blasts practically screamed out at my entire defense, “Youth, baby!-Deal with it!” Yet tragically for both the Antman and the Saadster, by the end of the 9th, my peeps and I had. And therefore there will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11, IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning…Raymond
PS: For the record, Frank proposed a new rule at the close of last week's game, but it was in fact met with more contention than I had expected, and in the end, no decision was made. In brief, this change would compensate for our league's cherished prohibition of intentional walks by allowing a defensive team to place a runner of the batting team's choice at 1st in those rare situations when intentional walks are employed in baseball (such as when there are two outs, a runner on 2nd, a menacing hitter at the plate and a weaker one to follow).
I had actually thought this was an elegant way to blend our belief in every batter's right to always hit with our professional cousins' thirst for ceaseless strategic advantage. Yet several objections were made, from the claim that such a rule was both confusing and unnecessary to the somewhat less pertinent assertion that Frank is a raving loon. And so we'll take a vote before our next game. . .
8/2/13
Softball: Frontiers in Recreational Mechanics
Dear People,
There will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11, and as of now there are still five slots left.
Please bring $4 for the field, which for this week only includes a rare post-game symposium on the role of quarks, photons and sundry quantum fields in the development of batting theory. . .Raymond 845-7552