Softball

There are many sports around which were created just so the participants could drink beer while playing them. Over the course of the next few days or weeks (however long it takes) I will explore these different sports, and perhaps even tell you about my personal experiences playing them.

Softball seems to have been created so that guys who never could quite make it in college baseball. Some people take it waaaay to seriously and others (like me) just play it for the social aspect. I will do just about anything if it involves hanging out with a few buddies for a couple of hours, there's nothing better. Added to that is that fact when weekend tournaments come around, you get to spend your whole day playing a GAME (which the fanatics don't remember) with your friends and throw back a few brewskies while doing it, what a country!

This is also a great game because it almost seems like the fatter you get, the better you get at softball. When you're really really round, you become really good at hitting the ball into open spots on the field because you don't want to have to run out any plays. This is the part of my game I am working on right now.

Throw into the atmosphere at a softball diamond the crazed locals who apparently don't work, so all they do is sit around and watch softball at the local fields and drink heavily. Most of these people are quite annoying, but it wouldn't be softball without them.

My team won tonight in 8 innings, 12-11. This brings our season record to 1-2, although we have lost by a total of 4 runs. Don't worry, I intend to keep you up to date on how the season is going each week. Oh yeah, and my stats, so far I am hitting .142 with a .250 OBP, 1 walk, 0 strikeouts, and one horrible call at first base to lead off the top of the eigth in our last game. I also have probably 3 errors in two games. Oh well, I still love to play, and that's not helping anything.


-Until next time...

Monday, Monday

Last week seemed to just fly by, and now it's Monday again. I guess this is how life goes after you get a job, but oh well. I have to say before I get into the sports part of my post today that I went to one of my favorite bars in Milwaukee again on Saturday night. Lucille's Rockin' Pianos on old world third street is a great place to go if you want to hear all of your favorite music played dueling piano style. If you are in the Milwaukee area, I highly recommend it, after the $5.00 cover, the drinks are reasonably priced, and they actually don't pack people in the building, which is always nice. This is just for Todd, if you need specifics on what kind of music they play, they play much of the same things that are on "Filzen's Little Boys Mix", so there you go. Anyway, nothing but golf today.



I have to say that I was very impressed by the way Tiger Woods handled missing his first cut in 142 rounds. He basically said whatever, it was a good run, it's been 7 years or so, it's bound to happen. For what a big jerk he was when he first came on the scene, he sure has changed it around. I used to not like Tiger at all, but am becomming a fan, not a huge fan, but I'm coming around on him. In fact, all of the media personnel who ask him about his slump and what-not actually makes me like him more as a player. People need to let this guy go golf and not ask him about everytime he hits a bad shot. Sure, he may be a jerk on the course, but he handles all of the questions people ask and still does every interview people ask him to do. I give the man a lot of credit.


Speaking of dominant golfers, Anika Sorrenstam won AGAIN this weekend. That makes it 6 wins in her last 7 events. I would venture to say that there has NEVER been this kind of domination in any sport by any one player or team EVER. The only thing which probably compares is the UCLA Bruins basketball teams of 1964-1975 when they won 10 NCAA championships, including 7 in a row. Sorrenstam has won 30 times since 2002, which is exactly half of her wins on the LPGA Tour and is now tied for 3rd all time. She may not just be the best woman golfer on the planet right now, but the best golfer period. She plays flawlessly and just sucks the wind out of every other golfer on the course. She won the last event by 10 strokes! Sorrenstam already has 4 victories this season, so she is well on pace to beat the 11 she won in 2002. The woman can flat out play some golf. Oh yeah, and she's only been on the tour for 11 years.


-Until next time...