Softball: The Sudden Sparks of Thinly Veiled Magnificence
Dear People,
My team barely beat back an alarming but ultimately fruitless 9th inning rally to crush Jeff W’s on a warm and gorgeous winter day, 14-12. It was one of those magical games in so many ways, not least because it was indeed Valentine’s Day, and raw aerobic romance lingered in the pristine Codornices air. Indeed, as Michel Foucault once noted in his seminal observations on post-modern athletic aesthetics, “there is no greater love in sport than that between a pitcher, a catcher and the batter that stands between them.” To be sure, Foucault was at best an overrated idiot.
In any case, there were other subtle glories that gave the game a suggestive sense of destiny. I specifically refer you to the fact that even though most of our power-hitters seemed torpid, subdued and even effete, both Nanci and Steve Seskin smashed several blistering line-drives that kept their respective teams competitive and perky. This is clearly worth noting, for just between you and me, these two beloved athletes have traditionally displayed batting skills that one might call “below the communal average” or “way below the communal average” or perhaps “stark in the utter certitude with which we can call them the weakest hitters in the history of human experience.”
And yet there they were, blasting away to gaps beyond the infield with such inspiring ferocity that I found myself humming that most prophetic of old Dylan chestnuts, The Players They Are A- Changin’. Oh sure, no one can really know if these communally cherished symbols of redefined potential will continue to thrive as clutch-hitting superstars, but what is certain is that when Nanci and the Seskinator break out again, it won’t be an aerobic Black Swan. No, my friends, it will instead be the true and coyly hidden promise of patient athletic greatness in its most tactically nuanced form. And therefore there will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11, IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning…Raymond
PS: Some issues are hard and complex—the incentivizing role of HSAs in health reform, the supposed necessity of the AIG bailout, Global Warming, Afghanistan, etc. Other issues, not so hard or complex…
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http://www.theonion.com/content/video/new_law_would_ban_marriages
2/17/10
Softball: Copenhagen
Dear People,
There will probably be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11, and as of now it is full. If you committed and need to cancel, please let me know ASAP, and if you are looking to get in, feel free to contact me later for reopened slots.
Also: Please note that showers are expected between now and then, and if it is wet on Saturday, you will need to check your email around 10AM Sunday to verify that we’re good to go. As some of you have seen, I am playing a delicate cat and mouse game with certain employees in the city Parks and Rec Department, and if the field is officially closed, I won’t be able to be as assertive as I have been in flouting that status. Still, I have certain wiles, tactics and charms I would shamelessly employ, so never assume anything or give in to despair (Unless, of course, I have to actually cancel, in which case you can wail away).
$4 for the field, assuming it happens…Raymond 845-7552
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2/21/10
Softball: 10:20AM: It’s OK to Grieve…
It is drizzling steady as I type. Beyond that, look at these two quotes:
Yahoo Weather (current): “Rain showers early will evolve into a more steady rain for the afternoon.”
Mike Davey (this morning, 10:07 AM): “This sucks; It would have to get better to be enjoyable.”
Look, I wanna play as much as anybody, but I will not abandon my commitment to raw Aristotelian logic within the organizational context.
Call me a feckless pussy if you must, but today’s game is cancelled. Personally, I blame Mike and the Lord…Ray