mens softball

this is fairly new ground for me. like most men (of which i am one) i have had the opportunity to play my fair share of softball games, ALL of which have been church related. ie, church picnics, mens retreats, the new moon festival of lights, the list goes on. i even played in a tournament a year or so ago as a favor to a coworker. however, this is my first offical mens ssoftball team which is a part of an official mens softball church league.

mens softball in and of itself i find to be an oxymoron. i don’t mean to offend any of the professional mens softball players that happen to subscribe ot my blog BUT come on… really. have men come this far that we can’t even play fast pitch softball let alone hardball. gez o petes. this seems to be one more way that we have found to emasculate ourselves. granted, i would be the first to not only strike out at EVERY turn at bat in any thing other than slow pitch mens softball, i would be ‘that guy’ that got relegated to ‘equipment manager’, but at least i could have my dignity.(?) none the less, i digress into accepting the fact that mens slow pitch softball is here to stay… and i am apart of it.

after saying all this i sure hope i don’t completely stink. i am not so sure i would be able to deal with that. i am one of the younger guys on the team at 29 and am a bit concerned with our teams overall abilty to stay awake during the entire game let alone come out victorious. anyway, i am just showing up for the keg party afterword (that last part was a joke… really… no for real it was a joke, i promise).

anyway, this should prove to be fun. i am actually looking forward to it.