one fine day

we sat there for almost five hours after out 11am game trying to sell our team to the league through brownies and cupcakes and a raffle for a gps and a two night stay at a 4-star hotel with free breakfast and free happy hour and some people came around to buy and talk and maybe we changed some minds, but many just ignored the tent and table we set up, hopefully cuz they didn't want to spend any money and not for any other reasons... in the three weeks we set up our fun raising, we collected over $500, which is not bad...

our game, on the other hand, was sad... we could not seem to get our bats going and lost 10-0 in five innings (there's a "mercy rule" that ends a game if a team is behind by 10 runs in the fifth inning... we almost made it to the sixth inning, but could not get the third out before they scored their tenth run)... i walked none and strike out one and got a few to ground back to me, but we could not get anything going and our fielding was not good enough to stop their hitters... more than half their runs scored on errors, as usual, so we still need a lot of work to compete with the better teams... the team we lost to tied for first place and they beat the other team tied in a playoff game 20-0 in three innings (the mercy rule is a 20 run lead in 3 innings, a 15 run lead in 4 innings, or a 10 run lead in 5 innings ends the game), which shows how good they are and how good we can be, but not when we are not hitting... hopefully we'll get a lot of good practice in before next season...

after the game, as i said, i took the booth and did my best and sold about $50 worth, which is not bad since i hardly know the people in the league as i've only been in it two seasons and it takes several seasons for the league to get to know a player that does not hang out at the clubs and bars a lot of the league goes to, and i don't... that's life, i don't hang where the people hang cuz i prefer to be where i belong and while that leaves me alone a lot, i want to find someone who doesn't hang where the people hang, so... yeah, makes sense to me...

and after the last game me and one coach (the only ones left at the booth) folded up and headed to a downtown eatery for the league party, free buffet, and hanging out... none of our team showed up (not even for free food, no less comradery and all that) and just one player from his team showed up, which was no fun so we left and headed home and here i am telling you about the day... lonely?... yup, and as usual (it would be odd to find the one on my sunday afternoons, but hey, anything's possible), but still a very fun day outdoors with a few good people who may eventually become friends...

so yay anyway, and how was your day? :)