Softball: An Incident of Aerobic Dementia
Dear People,
Jonny's team held off my own 18-15, in one of those frisky rapid-fire games in which my team had more errors than runs. And I don't mean errors of just physical ineptitude (noble as they are), but actual failures to apply the most basic tenets of math, tactics and spatial logic.
I refer you specifically to the top of the 4th, with the score tied, one out and runners on first and second. Leah made her community debut with a searing ground ball directly to short, where Chris Fure spastically bobbled it before finally gaining control. In any case, our calamity really began when Ehud inexplicably froze half-way on his dash to third, and then for reasons I don't pretend to understand, headed straight back to second.
Alas, Jonathon was darting toward that same tiny little base when I saw the ghastly specter of imminent over-booking. In all candor, I was both frantic and frightened, and thus I actually found myself screaming "get back!" Yes, "get back!," even though I knew that the ball just hit was a grounder and that Leah herself was now streaking from the plate to first. Unfortunately, the Jonanater obeyed his deeply conflicted ears, turned on a dime just five feet from second, and then pointlessly dashed back—thereby guaranteeing the most asinine double play in the history of our league.
Now look, I am fully aware that as the first-base coach, ultimate responsibility lies with me and me alone (as well as perhaps Ehud and Jonathon and others). Moreover, I’m obvioulsy not “happy” that a little bit of stress apparently reduces my cognitive abilities to those of an easily excited labrador retriever. Nevertheless, I believe that as a communal whole, we all learned that most valued of vital lessons—to wit, if a ball is hit on the ground and there are base runners behind you, sprinting backward to greet them is a really retardo idea. Yeah, that one we’ve now internalized, and therefore there will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11AM, IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning…Ray
PS: For those who missed it last week, here’s a nice little slice of our 10 Year Anniversary:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sKQq_mUjl3o
6/27/07
Softball: Cutting Edge
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 feel free to contact me later if you’re trolling for reopened slots.
This week’s field fee is just $3, and that includes a brand new 8-GB iPhone with voicemail, SIM chip and a generous selection of seasonal greens…Ray 845-7552