Dropping My Daily Stool Sample

No Plugs

KMP Softball Update
Ok, a little venting.  We were supposed to play at our home field today, but we were the visitors.  The team we were playing there, the Bulldogs, decided at last minute they wanted to change the field to a field in Westport.  Needless to say, I assume it got approved, but I was going to have a hard time getting a full team there, this field is a bit out of the way, taking about a half hour to get to.  I called around, and thought we would at least have 8 players.  Done that before, reduces the outfield to 3, and the opposite team catches for you. 

So already a little digruntled about this, I arrive at the field about 40 minutes before game time.  Not only are half the Bulldogs already there, but members of two other teams, the Misfits and Isotopes were there also.  Seems the Misfits and Isotopes got rained out yesterday, and decided, seeing the open date, to rescheduled to today.  So, here is 4 teams at one field, while at the original field we were supposed to play at it was empty.

So, it was decided, before I even got there that since the Bulldogs had already approved the move, they would play us, but in an effort to speed up the game, we would start with a 1 and 1 count.  At this point I was so pissed I did not care, whatever, but I only had 7 players by gametime.  By league rule we are supposed to have 8.  My eigth was returning from work on the Cape, if we had the game where we were supposed to have it, he would of been right on time for our 6PM start, but because of the switch, he wasn’t there.  So, again, I am still pissed, now I have three team waiting for us to start, and begging for us to forfeit, but we decided to be jerks, we played 3 inning with only 7 players.  3 outfielder, 3 infielder, me pitching and covering the empty base where needed.

By the end of 3 we were wining 4 – 0.  Yeah, that’s right.  So of course the Bulldogs start to moan about it should of be a forfeit, then they want to enact a rule, that everytime this 8th player was supposed to come up in the lineup it would be a automatic out, which of course I started laughing at.  Our 8th player eventually showed up, and we ended up losing, mainly cause we did not have the 4th outfielder, but the final score was 7 – 6.

It was fun, playing the way we did with 3 infielders, and it made us think about experimenting with a new infield next game.  4 infielders, with the 1st baseman overshifting into the hole like he did today, I would cover first if needed, I am still pretty good 1st baseman.

I also told the guys that were there, we should try to get this act together, Globetrotters of SlowPitch, we had such good timing.

Welcome to America Jason Bay
Jay Bay is now a US citizen, congrats.  Last year, I had a client who was taking the citizenship class, with no other than Big Papi.

Malach’s Video of the Day

I am Malach and V is for Video