Softball: Like Bonds, a Rough Patch
Dear People,
Ellen's team struck hard and nasty in the 9th, and alas, my side succumbed, 17-14. It was an unexpected and deeply dissatisfying dénouement, especially since we were an infracaninophile’s dream-team that had courageously rallied from a 9-0 deficit to stand on the precipice of victory. That we did this with Matt in a slump, Franklin all gimpy and Nanci in a frisky phase of synaptic variability made it all the more impressive. My pride remains.
I mention this because a Paris-based lurker just wrote me a one-line missive out of the blue; "Ray," he says, "I think your team has lost like ten in a row; Any theories?" First of all, enough of the gratuitous adverbial ‘like.’ Secondly, and for the record, my teams have only lost six in a row and just nine of the last 10, but that's beside the point. Indeed, if the hypothesis is that this unfortunate streak is the result of a single common denominator (say, for example, one particularly lame-o player), I would gently suggest that said theory ignores the harsh random nature of statistically ghastly anomalies.
Indeed, Kierkegaard himself once said that "There is always the majesty of nature behind the tacit language of pattern." Fine, the man was an overrated idiot, but the point is that contrary to rumor, a pre-game $5 bribe will not get you traded off of my team. To be sure, I have faith in a long-term reversion to the aerobic mean, and therefore there will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11AM, IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning…Ray
7/20/07
Softball: Yummy
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 $3 for the field, which for this week only includes a pre-game apricot puff pastry tartlet with muscat sabayon…Ray 845-7552