Softball: Jet Lag Stoned
Dear People,
Just got in after a 60-hour flight from Hong Kong in which an absolutely precious new-born toddler seated just one row ahead of me decided to practice her shrieking skills from the Aleutian Islands to Marin County. The point is that while I’d love to regale you with tales of the Aerobic East, I’m going to sleep instead. And therefore there will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11AM, IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning…Raymond
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PS: Special thanks to Chris Fure for two consecutive weeks of sublime organizational heroism. His report on last week’s game is presented below, though for the record, I was conjugating Chinese verbs in Guangzhou at the time and thus cannot verify if this report is up to my own personal standards of uncompromising accuracy…
After coming back from a 13 run (3-16) deficit in the 4th to win 22-21, Wavy Davey’s team showed us all what it means to be Americans. Davey Jones prowess in the current Bear market could not be better exhibited in how he managed his resources and went against the global trend of fear/carnage.
Of course, critics might say that Davey Crocket put his team in the hole, by choosing to pitch as opposed to play any other position. Thus, when Mr. Gravy finally chose to put legendary slinger Steve V. on the mound, fortunes changed: my team was held to three scoreless innings and Shavey’s Razor-backs pounced with 10 runs in the bottom of the 6th to take the lead for the first and last time in the game.
“It takes two to Tango” and so the pendulum swing also got a boost by the softball Gods – that is: the softball Gods who love to dance, while punching the clock (to make sense of the seemingly mixed metaphor). Here, our Australian exile would reverse his heroic performance from last week to make his final CA appearance in 2009 as “the Human (croquet) Wicket”. Thus, Jonny Love gave back last week’s triple-play with interest, as if doubling-down and then getting burned by Dice Davey’s revealed Ace-King.
4/3/09
Softball: One Degree from Musical Royalty
Dear People,
There will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11AM, and as of now, there are still two slots left.
Please bring $4 for the field, which for the week only, includes a rare post-game expungment of all your criminal records….Raymond 845-7552
PS: Bill German is perhaps the most cherished “24er” in our entire community (a person who is on the softball list and shows up once every 2-4 years). He will be playing this Sunday, but even better, the Germanantor will be signing his new book on his personal adventures with the Rolling Stones, this Saturday at 2PM at the San Francisco Art Exchange. . .
http://events.marinij.com/san-francisco-ca/events/show/86627008-book-signing-of-newly-released-under-their-thumb-by-bill-german
"Under Their Thumb" is available on Amazon. . .
http://www.amazon.com/Under-Their-Thumb-Brooklyn-Rolling/dp/1400066220/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238611158&sr=8-1
For what it’s worth, I have always loved the Stones and consider the following 2006 exchange between New Musical Express and Keith Richards to contain the most poignant words ever said by a rock star…
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“What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever snorted?”
"My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared ... It went down pretty well, and I'm still alive.”
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Yeah, I happen to believe that had he chosen an athletic path, Keith would’ve been the Sandy Koufax of our chosen pastime. On Saturday, Bill German will explain to you what I mean by this, unless he chooses not to….
http://billgerman.com/