2/20/13

Softball: A Case Study in the Sublime Unforeseen

Dear People,

Anthony made his long-awaited managerial debut, and when it was all over, his team had diced mine into little metaphorical pieces of shell-shocked athletic despair, 16-12. Truth be told, I had always thought that he would crack, and crack hard, under the bitter solitude of leadership (Indeed, see D.K. Slater's prophetic 1973 classic on Roman governance and the modern athletic experience-Mark, Anthony and the Bitter Solitude of Leadership). Yet the Antman retained his unflinching focus, even after I personally stunned them all with my first blast to right after 37 straight games of facing the ego-dissing taunt of the left-field shift. And for that matter, even after Paul Fine-the botanically dominant lynchpin of their entire outfield!-inexplicably dropped three cans of fresh virgin corn that had flown straight into the webbing of his buttery little mitt.

Yeah, if that had been my first time and my side were trailing by two in the bottom of the 6th, I would've started to hallucinate right then and there. Of course it turns out that Anthony has a certain Je-ne-stresse-pas, and with that rarefied serenity comes moxie and pluck, and with moxie and pluck comes the type of galvanizing mojo-gas that soon had Mel blasting a triple over Vinnie's discombobulated little head, and even good ol' butter mitts slamming a staggering home run into the lush, milkweed-laden tundra beyond deep center-right. In the end, though, theirs was a triumph of heart over bone, and while I don't know what that means, we undoubtedly witnessed the crepuscular birth of executive transcendence itself-stirring, excellent and fair. And therefore there will be a game at Cordonices this Sunday at 11, IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning. . .Raymond



2/20/13

Softball: Poco a poco

Dear People,

There will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11AM, 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.

Please bring $4 for the field, which for this week only includes my long-awaited post-match presentation on how I plan to master the trilled r in Spanish by Summer 2020….Raymond 845-7552

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