Fan Appreciation Day is on Sunday, September 21st @ 1:10PM against the Giants.
It'll be $25/person. Seats are in Right Pavilion (NOTE: no alcohol is served in the Pavilion).
I'm posting now so that I know how many tickets to order. Let me know.
Mark Sonia and myself down on the lineup card for June 25th. She can add to the fun, and I'll try to contribute to the most glorious moment in sports history.
Both the men and the women who got married did more housework than those who stayed single, the analysis showed. "Marriage is no longer a man's path to less housework," said Stafford, a professor in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.The press release I've linked to is a bit confusing because it seems to contradict itself but this chart doesn't lie. Now I suppose that the increase in housework has more to do with the addition of children in a marriage but the press release wasn't clear on how that was taken into account. Anyway, Marriage = More Work.
So getting a preview of how things are going to go down in our "C" league, Louis, Jason, Brian, and myself basically came to the conclusion that if we're going to have our asses handed to us on a weekly basis we are at least going to enjoy ourselves.
Yes, we're going to still play hard and try to make all the right plays and try to get better at this game as a team. But above all we're going to have fun with this, as originally planned, and not take the games as seriously as those sandbagging douchebags. We'll let the others team do what they do and we'll have fun with it.
As Brian pointed out, we've got a good group of people who know how to enjoy themselves and I don't want us getting too caught up in the other teams' competitive natures to lose sight of the fact that we got in this to begin with to hang out and have some fun playing ball.
So however the games are going and whatever the outcomes, let's not get down on each other or on ourselves and let's remember to have a good time by making each other laugh and smile out there. If we're not going to be the team that has the most runs we may as well be the team has the most fun.
And if we should happen to win one game, just ONE game, we're going to celebrate that one game like madmen who just won a World Series with a dogpile on the mound and as Jason suggested a singing of We Are The Champions.
Now for the game sweeping the nation, go over to Austin's and guess in the comments which of the photos is a photo of his whiteboard and win a fabulous no prize.
Finally, a post from Austin worthy of linking.
Skill Levels
B+ Exceptional Players/Expert Abilities
B Good /Very Good Abilities
C+ Average/Good, Competitive/Recreational
C Recreational, Entry Level Abilities
So says the Spring/Summer 2008 fact sheet for the LA Parks and Recreation softball leagues. Now everyone check their schedules when they have time and check what skill level we've been assigned.
Now tell me this how does a team that's been doing this together for six years qualify itself as having entry level abilities? Doesn't entry level imply (fuck implied, it's explicit in and of itself) mean by its very nature beginner/novice and not someone who has been doing it for six years in a row? Like when a job is listed as entry level isn't it assumed that all applicants would have little to no experience for that job? Also, they weren't very good. But weren't they at least average? Is it even possible to do something six years in a row together and not acquire a skill level above entry level?
And what the fuck about recreational? Last I heard, the word "recreation" meant something fun and relaxing. Now what kind of recreational attitude has a team take every pitch until they have two strikes against them? And what kind of recreational attitude has a team continue doing that with an insurmountable lead? And what kind of recreational attitude has one of their players trying to run through one of our own to reach base with that insurmountable lead? Simply put, the team we were playing was not there to play recreational softball.
And it's not just the team we played. Looking at the other teams that played after us, it doesn't look good for us. One of the teams may have had girls on their team like we did but they're nothing like the girls we have on our team. Their girls definitely played varsity high school softball and may have even played college ball.
Now there's nothing wrong with being average to good at softball or even wanting to play it competitively. But there's a league specifically designed for those type of players. And that's not the type of league we signed up for and were supposedly assigned.
So who the fuck is to blame here? Is it the douchebag teams that are sandbagging - and really why would a team sandbag into a entry-level/recreational league, other than that they're obviously douchebags - or is it the LA Parks and Rec for not properly classifying teams according to skill level? Both probably.
Rant over, continue your day or vent along.
PS - What the fuck was up with the ump rushing us to start the game before the scheduled start time? And what the fuck was he looking at? I thought when the ball hits any part of the extended home plate it was a strike. Annette and Brian said he missed at least 3 called strikeouts and it wasn't just our game but in the game afterwards a pitcher was rightly complaining about balls and strikes.
PSS - If my bitching didn't make it clear, we got our asses handed to us and the mercy rule came in full effect.
The day has finally arrived.
7:30
BALCO Company Team
The Red Hots
Last year, The Red Hots went 4-6-2 to finish 3rd. They scored 120 runs and gave up 134.
As for our team here's the batting order for tonight,
Sara
Jason
Louis
Brian
Jade
Mehran
Austin
EJ
Annette
Faye
Wayne
Remember to show up about 15 minutes early to warm-up or even a little earlier than that if you want to practice some fielding or get some batting practice in. See you all there.
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