Sunday Softball Blogging – The Last Hurrah Whimper
Well, this was our last game of the season, and I totally sucked – I’m just useless if I don’t get batting practice before the game. I ended up 3-for-9 with 2 runs and an RBI. Basically I hit seven...
View ArticleSunday Sucky Softball Blogging
Very frustrating and bizarre opening day for me. I absolutely crushed the ball in batting practice, including the longest home run I think I’ve ever hit, and then proceeded to flail haplessly for most...
View ArticleSunday No-Softball Blogging
Well, there were too many people doing stuff for Mother’s Day, so we didn’t have enough people for a game. We did have enough people for batting practice, fortunately, which I continue to do pretty...
View ArticleBelated Wednesday Softball Blogging
Last night was my first Wednesday night game of the season, and it went uncharacteristically well. I usually suck on Wednesdays, but last night I went 4-for-5 with a triple, a run, and 2 RBI (I...
View ArticleSunday Softball Blogging
We finally had enough people to put a game together, and I went 5-for-8 with 4 runs, 3 RBI, and my first home run of the season, a low line drive to straightaway center. I was also solid in the...
View ArticleBelated Wednesday Softball Blogging
Pretty good game last night: 7-for-9, 3 doubles, 5 runs, and 5 RBI, to push my career average up to the .600 mark. And one of the outs was a hard line drive right at the leftfielder. Not a whole lot of...
View ArticleSoftball Forever
I guess I have another good 40-50 years left… The year Mickey Werner was born, the Brooklyn Dodgers played their first game at Ebbets Field and the “Curse of the Bambino” referred to Babe Ruth’s...
View ArticleSunday Softball Blogging – Perfect 10 Edition
Woohoo!!! Today was a most excellent day for softball: After a three-week travel layoff, I went 10-for-10 with 7 runs, 4 RBI, and a no-doubt rocket home run to left (most of the hits were hard line...
View ArticleSunday Softball Blogging
Well, another 5-on-5 game – this time the batting team provided its own pitcher and catcher, and the opposite field was foul, so no rightfielder or second baseman. I went 6-for-8 with 4 runs, 3 RBI and...
View ArticleWednesday Softball Blogging
First Wednesday softball game since, um, May (lots of travel and rain). Did pretty well at the plate (5-for-6 with a double, 4 runs, and an RBI), but very hit-and-miss in rightfield, with an even...
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