12/26/07
Softball: Our Dumb World
Dear People,
Despite the fact that my team was ravenous in its thirst for victory, we inexplicably succumbed to Frank’s more stoic and methodically merciless contingent, 17-14. Indeed, almost every one of our players was at 110%, as exemplified by Kira, who, unable to take firm control of a frisky 2nd inning line-drive right up the middle, quickly resorted to the more sensual and accommodating rules of the North American Soccer League. To be sure, it may have looked “not pretty” or “somewhat undignified” or “utterly retarded,” but the fact is that the Kiranator’s spastic orb-kick from shallow right to first base not only got the out (!), it also imbued almost every player on my team with a karmic sense of triumphant can-do determination.
The osmotic diffusion of triumphant can-do determination will never reach everyone, of course, and in looking back at the ebbs and flows of our ceaseless attempts to rally, I believe it’s possible that Ehud may have missed the vital spark of imbuement currently under discussion. I don’t say that with any certainty, yet I did happen to notice that the Huud had two critical late-inning opportunities to hit a two-out go-ahead grand slam! Instead, though, and for reasons I don’t pretend to understand, he popped up both times, thereby stranding six of our most perfectly innocent runners. Curious.
Now sure, it would be easy to say that if Ehud had been properly focused or inspired or perhaps just not so breathtakingly-feckless-in-a-time-of-need, my team would’ve won by three instead of lost by that same tragic number. Of course, in fairness, that’s the world of alternate realities and shameless aerobic speculation, so I’m obviously not going there. However, I do believe that the magic of inter-game redemption is as real as the insatiable black holes which lead to those other inscrutable univi, and therefore there will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11AM, IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning…Ray
PS: A brief post-xmas juxtaposition on the possible levels of varied accomplishments:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=C4yQGxFJKw4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dMriTkE3igY
PPS: OK, fine, 70% of American high school students can’t find Mexico on a map and 90% can’t find Iraq and blah, blah, blah, but hey, 400 years after Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo, I sincerely doubt that 42% of Americans would think that it’s the sun, and not the moon, which revolves around the earth. Ya, know, I’m embarrassed to say that my first true love was a really cute frogette…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhlERjW0bhw&NR=1
Relevant Translations:
“What is it that orbits around the earth?”
A. The Moon B. The Sun
C. Mars D. Venus
12/28/07
Softball: Security
Dear People,
There will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11AM, and as of now there are still three slots left.
This week’s field fee is just $3, and given the cheery geopolitical outlook as the year winds down, that includes your very own NRA-endorsed plutonium-enriched all leather suitcase-nuke….Ray 845-7552
PS: Two cover versions of note, loosely connected:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9jB7IBO9bho&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoccRna6I
Softball: Sunday 9:10AM: A Brief Pep Talk for a Sunny but Frosty ’Morn
Yes, it’s icy cold and wet outside and many of you would undoubtedly love to stay snug by the fireplace while drinking another fresh stein of hot organic goat milk. Fine, but 80 years from now, when your favorite six year old grandson asks you what you did to stay fit on that last weekend of 2007, perhaps it would be better if you didn’t have to say “Well, I could’ve gone out and played a vital game of softball, but it was bit brisk, so I just sucked on some goat milk and grew pasty, wan and phat.” Yeah, that would really impress him.
Two slots still left/No shovels needed!/Wear your long underwear!/See ya at 11….Ray 854-7552
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