Softball: The More Dubious Angels of our Nature
Dear People,
Chris Fure unleashed his tactical mojo on my exemplary contingent of pitiful mid-inning complacency, and when it was all over, his team had brutally pan-fried my own, 16-9. Even I underwent an apparently premature case of the giggles as his side plunged into a stark 9-4 5th-inning abyss, and as I looked into his dejected and utterly rudderless pupils, I could smell the Newtonian momentum of a deeply satisfying blowout. It was awesome.
Then, and for reasons I don't pretend to understand, something eerie befell the very fabric of the evolving aerobic zeitgeist. Perhaps it was the Furinator's gutsy decision to place Steve Bedrick on the mound while moving Tony Mac back to right. Or the galvanizing authority with which he suddenly moved Stephanie to 2nd, Kora to 3rd, and Guber to 4th and Russell. Or maybe it's just that my side started to suck for no reason at all, because in the end, who really knows “why” anything actually happens? I certainly don't, and I've mastered Hegel's theory of causation!
In any case, Steve quickly took dominating control of the mound and we never scored again, while under Chris' transformative perestroika, his side knocked out the last dozen runs of the game. Frankly, the only fun of the final four innings was trapping Cory in a grueling 8th-inning pickle that showed my team was technically still breathing. I actually felt a revitalized sense of pride in watching Pace, Dan and Ali hunt him down as if he were nothing more than a gravely drunken river rhino, and frankly, one which was ceaselessly accosted by a syphilitic trio of totally pissed-off marsh eels.
The bitter truth is that after 31 frantic seconds of darting back'n'forth, Corey actually escaped to the safety of 2nd, and in the end, the trajectory of our ghastly collapse was never to be righted. Yet I think we can all agree that if one must go down in flames, there's nothing like a solid half minute of shameless athletic schadenfreude to mitigate the sting, and therefore there will be a game at Grove Park this Sunday at 11, If I get enough commits by this Friday morning…Ray
PS: I will soon be in a distant and exotic land (thru Saturday night) and my email access may be sporadic. So, don't panic if it takes me a bit longer than usual to confirm your commits.
PPS: A Couple Pre-Debate Musings on the Challenges of Democracy….
http://www.hulu.com/watch/404175
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypRW5qoraTw
10/4/12
Softball: New Options from Chez Pretentious
Dear People,
There will be a game this Sunday at 11AM at Grove Park (MLK and Russell), and as of now it is full. As always, please let me know ASAP if you committed and need to cancel, and if you still want in, feel free to get on the wait list or contact me later for news of reopened slots.
This week's field fee is just $4, and that includes a savory mid-inning pick-me-up of gingered cherry tomatoes with peanut-cumin streusel!. . . Raymond