Softball: A Slightly Cynical Foray into Literary Pop Culture
Dear People,
My team rose from the aerobic dead in order to crush Jonny’s on the last, most captivating hit of the game, 16-15. In fact, Chris Fure’s fantabulous 2-RBI homerun to deep centerleft may be the most love-laden blast in the history of our community, for yes, the Furinator not only drove in the winning run, but that winning run happened to be his cherished bride Frieda, who just seconds earlier was standing nervously at first awaiting the destiny of her man, her team and the game itself.
I mention all this because later that night I happened to be contemplating the vital yet amorphous boundaries between love, incentive and sport while browsing through Amazon’s list of 100 bestselling books, and I found myself captivated by #38, specifically “The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate.” I myself have studied French, Spanish and a patina of Cantonese, but I wasn’t really sure if I had ever developed fluency in the great tongues d’amour. Fortunately, Amazon allows a peak at the table of contents, and thus I was able to learn that according to author Gary Chapman, those idioms are:
1) Words of Affirmation
2) Quality Time
3) Receiving Gifts
4) Acts of Service, and
5) Physical Touch
Needless to say, I still get chills when I think of how accurately and concisely he calibrates the richly nuanced world of linguistilove. Yet I also think it’s clear that in light of our last game, Chapman needs to update this classic work immediately, with an additional chapter on Lovey Language #6:
6) Blasting a game-winning 2-RBI homer that allows your wife to score the winning run in her official softball community debut.
Yeah, I happen to think this last one is a tad more kick-ass than “Acts of Service” or “Receiving Gifts,” and therefore there will be a game at CODORNICES this Sunday at NOON (which is just like San Pablo #2 at 11 except it’s an hour later and two miles to the East), IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning…Ray
11/8/07
Softball: Homeward Bound!
Dear People,
There will be game at CODORNICES this Sunday at NOON, and as of now there are still two slots left.
Please bring $3 for our beloved field, which for this week only includes a special post-game shindig of 10-round 3-minute speed-dating, featuring a seasonal selection of local match.com rejects….Ray 845-7552
Softball: Sunday 10:20 AM: Bring Shovels!
Dear People,
Codornices is offically open, gorgeous and totally playable, but there are a couple infield puddles that need to be dry-cleaned. If you can, please bring whatever tools you think would help. See ya at noon….Ray 845-7552
PS: We were full, but two slots have opened up in the last few hours.