5/13/15
Softball: Considerations on a Future Trajectory
Dear People,
Ben's team rallied from a 15-10 8th-inning deficit to ruthlessly crush my own, 21-15, which is all the more notable given that this was a game in which he arguably lost his managerial cherry. The fact is that when I first asked him that morning if he'd be willing to take on such a solemn task, he merely giggled with wry scholarly confidence. Of course, I had to gently remind him that just because he's the editor-in-chief of the California Law Review, shepherding a bunch of annoyingly self-absorbed law profs is total prairie crap compared to guiding fine athletes qua athletes, and that in the end, the life-altering effects of his aerobic captainship would dwarf the impact of his clearly pointless tenure at the CLR. Suddenly, he looked clammy and ashen, for he knew in his jurisprudential heart that I spoke of truths both bitter and stark.
Nevertheless, good ol' Benderboy rose to the challenge and then some, with his own 8th-inning tide-turning 2-RBI double to deep centerleft. In brief, he laid the galvanizing foundations, and from there, his peeps took over with nine more runs on 13 hits and 37 errors in one of the most callous rallies I've ever had to endure. This is in part because Enid and Grady were the only mother-child combo on the field that fine day, and yet during that fateful 8th, the Gradyiator's defensive posture in right appeared to inexplicably mellow into that of a terrapin sieve (Still, of all the great familial roles, none carries more grandeur than that of a high-school-aged son).
So sure, Ben will soon move on from both Boalt and Berkeley and he'll undoubtedly intern for some snooty East-coast softball-hostile judge, and I suppose that in the grand scheme of a young attorney's nascent career, the total ruination of Enid's Mother's Day is a small price to exact for the opportunity to do so. Fair enough. But as an empathetic and just recreational folk, I'd like to think that we never cease pondering the complex ethical issues that such tradeoffs always disgorge, and therefore there will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11, IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning….Ray
5/13/15
Softball: Lines
Dear People,
There will be a game at Codornices this Sunday 11, 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 (For the record; This isn't just boiler plate---Roster churn happens!).
This week's field fee is just $4, and that includes a complimentary post-game walking tour of the entire bitterly contested Berkeley-Albany border….Raymond 845-7552
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