10/23/02
Softball: A Relic of Note
Dear People,
Congratz to all on last week’s stern’n’steady 12-7 excursion into the understated hurler’s craft. The fact is that my team had the fearsome firepower of Jeremy, Joshua AND myself, and yet Peter shut us all down, allowing only two runs in the last six innings! Now admittedly, adding my name to the previous two hitters reads like a fantasy concert billing of The Beatles, Stones and Uriah Heep, and yet the point here, no doubt well taken, is that we represented a truly nuanced and widely varied range of batting styles and threats. So hats off to the Peternator, whose coy and gentle demeanor belies a stark intensity of throwage that sets the community standard for truly annoying pitching.
In any case, and as most of you have now heard, there has been a major archeological find from the dark and creepy crypts of suburban Jerusalem. As best as I can tell, it is a large, nondescript limestone box, and while many claim it was a so-called ossuary for the ancient Jews, I personally believe that this stirring antique bucket was actually not used for merely tossing my people’s bones. Indeed, the box has almost no ornamentation, except for a simple Aramaic inscription that I think speaks for itself: "Ya’akov bar Yosef akhui diYeshua, Shoitstophua, Nazareth Idihinuh," or literally, "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus, Shortstop, Nazareth Indians."
Incredibly, the international media has fixated on the fact that this may represent the earliest known reference to Jesus, dating back as it does to about 65AD. Fair enough. Yet I personally think that the most critical words refer not to James’ brother, as way cool as he was, but rather to James’ profession, Shoitstophua, which most biblical scholars have always viewed as representing the zenith of Judean athleticism. Indeed, and after extensive carressment of the object in question, I now believe that this overhyped limestone crate probably stored nothing less than a wide assortment of Hebraic mitts, balls and fine quality cleats, proving once again that softball is deeply rooted as the sport of the Lord. And therefore, there will be a game at Codorncies this Sunday at 11, IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning….Raymond
10/25/02
Softball: Timing
Dear People,
There will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11, and as of now there are still THREE slots left.
Please bring $2 for the field, and remember that this weekend is the start of Daylight Savings. This means that if you forget to set your clock back an hour on Saturday night, you might arrive at 10AM on Sunday morning, which is fine with me, though you’d probably feel like a pitiful chrono-challenged dufus….Raymond 845-7552
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