I believe in competition and camaraderie.
I believe in brackets, bubble gum, and bang-bang plays.
I believe that attendance and preparation win games.
I believe there is more to being a good batter than just being a good hitter.
I believe in being relaxed on defense until the batter lifts her front foot.
I believe it's ok to use defensive shifts to play the odds, and head games.
I believe in taking my turn to coach the base across the field from our dugout.
I believe in checking on the condition of injured opponents.
I believe players should applaud opponents after they make great defensive plays.
I believe players can get better with age.
I believe taking winter BP with a cheap bat helps to hit summer homers with an expensive bat.
I believe in running out routine grounders and lazy fly balls, no matter how frustrated I am.
I believe it is better to be a smart base runner than a fast one.
I believe in the nervous anticipation of a play at the plate.
I believe in the magical moment of recognition after contact on a "no-doubter" home run.
I believe in catchers who talk junk and pitchers who throw it.
I believe in infielders who think getting dirty is part of the job description.
I believe in fast outfielders who do not hug the lines or play to deep.
I believe rattling bats can wake them up, and uncrossing them can avoid bad luck.
I believe in wiping the morning dew off a ball, and squinting into the sunset.
I believe in saving an equipment catalog until the next issue replaces it.
I believe photos; autographed balls and scorebook pages can be better than trophies and t-shirts.
I BELIEVE THERE IS NO OFF-SEASON. JUST A LONGER WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT GAME.
I believe in the butterflies of opening day and the long drive home after the final game.
I believe in showing appreciation to your family and friends who came to watch you play.
I believe in thanking the umps when the game is over, regardless of the score.
I believe the final score is part of the overall experience.
I BELIEVE IN SOFTBALL.
Jim Ramsey
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Now thats the way we need to be playing.
What a game last night, I think Dan Barnes has found a comfortable position in the outfield and Scott Barr looked like Ozzy last night on a couple plays.
Steve Staff made a nice highlight reel catch late in the game when he came a long way to grab a shoe string catch.
We play like this, and we are a very hard team to beat.
Steve Staff made a nice highlight reel catch late in the game when he came a long way to grab a shoe string catch.
We play like this, and we are a very hard team to beat.
Monday, June 4, 2007
WHY SOFTBALL IS BETTER THAN SEX
* You can play softball as much or as little as you want; YOU get to decide.
* After an unusually long and difficult softball game you can still ride your
bike home.
* In softball, the other team pays attention throughout, even if they're done
scoring.
* If you have to take a piss during a softball game, you can say "Excuse me,
I gotta drain the swamp" and you don't lose style points.
* In softball, nobody comments on the size of your bat, as long as you know
what to do with it.
* In softball, you don't feel guilty about winning the ugly ones.
* The other team never has to forfeit a game cause they're on their period.
* In softball, you don't have to compliment the other team on good they look
in their new uniforms.
* You don't have to buy the other team dinner to get a game.
* If you get all scratched up in a softball game, you can brag about it to
your wife.
* In softball, if you go a couple months without scoring, your balls don't
hurt.
* In softball, you can play the same team every day for a year and it's never
the same twice.
* You don't mind if your parents come to watch you play softball.
* You can play three, maybe four softball games a day.
* In softball, it's no concern of yours if the other team has had marital
relations with diseased livestock.
* In a good weekend of softball, you can play six or seven different teams and
it only costs you twenty bucks and you may get a prize at the end.
* Playing the wrong softball team won't get you shot.
* You can be absolutely certain that, nine months after a softball game, the
other teams lawyers won't call, asking for half of your pre-tax income for
the next eighteen years.
* During a softball game you can spit tobacco juice all over the place.
* Rest assured that the other team will not invite you to the ballet.
* The other team doesn't demand that you shave before the game.
* The other team can smell like road kill and you'll never know it.
* If you don't score in a softball game, the other team doesn't ask you if
you've had that problem often.
* No matter how drunk the other team is they never throw up in your bed.
* After an unusually long and difficult softball game you can still ride your
bike home.
* In softball, the other team pays attention throughout, even if they're done
scoring.
* If you have to take a piss during a softball game, you can say "Excuse me,
I gotta drain the swamp" and you don't lose style points.
* In softball, nobody comments on the size of your bat, as long as you know
what to do with it.
* In softball, you don't feel guilty about winning the ugly ones.
* The other team never has to forfeit a game cause they're on their period.
* In softball, you don't have to compliment the other team on good they look
in their new uniforms.
* You don't have to buy the other team dinner to get a game.
* If you get all scratched up in a softball game, you can brag about it to
your wife.
* In softball, if you go a couple months without scoring, your balls don't
hurt.
* In softball, you can play the same team every day for a year and it's never
the same twice.
* You don't mind if your parents come to watch you play softball.
* You can play three, maybe four softball games a day.
* In softball, it's no concern of yours if the other team has had marital
relations with diseased livestock.
* In a good weekend of softball, you can play six or seven different teams and
it only costs you twenty bucks and you may get a prize at the end.
* Playing the wrong softball team won't get you shot.
* You can be absolutely certain that, nine months after a softball game, the
other teams lawyers won't call, asking for half of your pre-tax income for
the next eighteen years.
* During a softball game you can spit tobacco juice all over the place.
* Rest assured that the other team will not invite you to the ballet.
* The other team doesn't demand that you shave before the game.
* The other team can smell like road kill and you'll never know it.
* If you don't score in a softball game, the other team doesn't ask you if
you've had that problem often.
* No matter how drunk the other team is they never throw up in your bed.
Rematch tonight
...maybe. That is if the weather manages to hold up and allow us to play yet another 10:00 timeslot.
These guys beat us for the Championship two years ago, now lets see if we can turn the table and pull out a W tonight.
These guys beat us for the Championship two years ago, now lets see if we can turn the table and pull out a W tonight.
Friday, June 1, 2007
The A-Rod thing
The rest of MLB is calling A-Rod "bush" for yelling out "mine" on a pop-up while running the bases.
Frankly, I think they are a bunch of whiners, and it was brilliant. He's trying to win the game.
That's "bush" but the hidden-ball trick is ok? Deking a runner at 2b on a fly ball is ok? Who makes up these ridiculous "unwritten" rules of baseball. As Barry Bonds (the only guy I've seen defend A-Rod) said.... "just catch the ball."
I'll buy a beer for the first guy who successfully pulls off this trick during one of our games.
Frankly, I think they are a bunch of whiners, and it was brilliant. He's trying to win the game.
That's "bush" but the hidden-ball trick is ok? Deking a runner at 2b on a fly ball is ok? Who makes up these ridiculous "unwritten" rules of baseball. As Barry Bonds (the only guy I've seen defend A-Rod) said.... "just catch the ball."
I'll buy a beer for the first guy who successfully pulls off this trick during one of our games.
You know you're a softball junkie if...
You need a second job (or your parents do) just to pay for gloves, bats, equipment, uniforms, player fees, batting cages, etc...
Your second job is umpiring at softball games.
Your idea of spending quality time with your spouse is playing on the same co-ed team.
You have more than one bat that cost over $200.
You go to the softball fields on nights your team isn't even playing.
You used to rest and relax on the weekends, now the only rest you get is between games at a tournament.
You think "wearing something nice" means an all-tournament shirt with no dirt stains.
When someone says they are going out of town this weekend you ask if there is a tournament there.
All your white socks have dirt stains from playing softball.
Your idea of a weekend getaway is a two-day tournament in (insert town name).
You have a tattoo that says softball forever.
You plan your summer vacation each year around the state softball tournament.
You own more softball t-shirts than pairs of underwear.
Your girlfriend / boyfriend knows when you ask them out to dinner you really mean pizza after the game.
You tape your bat handles with various designs and use only tape with team colors.
You have a softball website.
Your second job is umpiring at softball games.
Your idea of spending quality time with your spouse is playing on the same co-ed team.
You have more than one bat that cost over $200.
You go to the softball fields on nights your team isn't even playing.
You used to rest and relax on the weekends, now the only rest you get is between games at a tournament.
You think "wearing something nice" means an all-tournament shirt with no dirt stains.
When someone says they are going out of town this weekend you ask if there is a tournament there.
All your white socks have dirt stains from playing softball.
Your idea of a weekend getaway is a two-day tournament in (insert town name).
You have a tattoo that says softball forever.
You plan your summer vacation each year around the state softball tournament.
You own more softball t-shirts than pairs of underwear.
Your girlfriend / boyfriend knows when you ask them out to dinner you really mean pizza after the game.
You tape your bat handles with various designs and use only tape with team colors.
You have a softball website.
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