1/2/01: Prospects for the New Year

9/7/05

Softball: Priorities (A Brief Look at Familial Dynamics)

Dear People,

My team stunned Chris Fure’s, 19-9, thanks in large part to Ehud’s frightfully disarming curve ball (the one that gives off a sassy preemptive Doppler Effect just before reaching the plate). Of course, having Jonny as my shortstop was also critical, and I can’t tell you how tingly I felt knowing that his mom, sister and girlfriend were all there to cheer him on. Oh sure, they were soon bored out of their minds and thus headed for the El Cerrito Plaza at the end of the 1st, but that doesn’t mean their aerobic love isn’t infinite.

Indeed, Mom flew 85 hours from Johannesburg to see her little boy shine, and thus the real point here is that if one three-minute inning is enough to sate that fervid maternal pride, who are we to say that the linen sale at Macy’s was not more worthy of her time? I, for one, will never question the inscrutable bond of the genetically linked, and therefore there will be a game at SAN PABLO #2 this Sunday at 12 NOON (which is just like 11AM except that it’s actually an hour later), IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning…Raymond

9/10/05

Softball: A Test in Basic Comprehension

Dear People,

There will be a game at SAN PABLO #2 this Sunday at NOON, and as of now there are still seven slots left. You are therefore welcome to commit anyone else you know, although be aware that the really infirm and legally blind have rarely done well at the plate. Also be aware that if you show up at 11, you’ll be an hour early, and if you show up at Codornices, you’ll be live on the webcam illiterateDufus.com

$3 for the field/Hasta Domingo….Raymond 845-7552

PS: San Pablo #2 is at the corner of Mable and Oregon at San Pablo Park, about three blocks Northeast of the corner of Ashby and San Pablo. From San Pablo Avenue, turn East on to Oregon, drive three blocks and you’re there.

PPS: SP will be taken ’til noon for the next couple weeks, and Codornices will reopen in December, with a brand new sheathing of verdant aphid-filled grasses.

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