Softball
Team Dunder Mifflin took home the Spring title in the co-ed San Ramon league this week. After a nail-biter in the semi-finals, the bats came alive for a blowout in the championship game. The season had more than it’s fair share of drama and hospital visits. Aside from my shoulder dislocation, our manager suffered a [...]
2-for-2 hitting lefty the other night. Ugly looking swings but got the job done. And no trips to the hospital, which was priority #1. (I’d planned on being a spectator, but we were short on guys.) I’m slowly regaining some strength and mobility. Hope to be able to swing righty with some authority again soon. [...]
There I was, rounding first like I do several times a week without incident, when my cleats hit a hard patch of ground and come out from under me. Instinctively I put my arm out to stop the fall. In hindsight, that was dumb. I heard a “noise” … snap, crackle or pop, and limped [...]
For me it’s my baseball-turned-softball glove. Obviously it way too big at the time, but now 20 years later it fits great. The leather is worn paper thin, so if I catch anything wrong I definitely feel it. And it’s a little floppy up by the finger tips, which makes it hard to snowcone a [...]
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Great times in and around SF for Neil’s bachelor party weekend, executed to perfection by Mr. Tom Jones. Thirteen competitors tested their skills at a series of 8 athletic and semi-athletic challenges, with the winner earning supreme bragging rights and a custom-designed trophy. Plus, according to the official rules: “It is mandatory that each competitor [...]
After finishing the fall season 10-0, we were crowned the champs of the Pleasanton Sunday Men’s softball league. We played a lot of tight ballgames, but always found a way to pull it out in the end. Because of a couple rainouts and the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the playoffs ended up getting canceled, but they [...]
