A win is a win

I hate to win by forfeit, but we are now back to .500 on the season at 8-8.

Wings Ole Type of Night

After tonight's game, everyone is planning on taking a trip to Wings Ole for dinner and possibly eat out on the deck.

We're 6-6 on the season, lets see if we can pull it to above .500 again.

I Believe In Softball

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

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.

Meet TroyBu

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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.