typical game, good weather

cool temperatures for the first time all summer and breezy which made it fun to pitch (more challenging) and we'd have done ok if we hit and if we fielded... almost every ball hit was threw someone's legs, under someone's glove, or bouncing out of someone's glove... one of the worst fielding games yet (no practice for a few weeks and it definitely shows... these guys and nice kids, but not serious about learning or getting better at playing softball)... no hustle at all... outfielders let balls drop that they should run to and catch... infielders don't bend for simple ground balls... outfielders let balls go right past them and when they do back each other up, the backup misses the ball too... nothing hit to their left or right is fielded... as i said, one of the worst played games yet... and i am batting 8th or 9th with a very weak hitter behind me so i was walked twice on purpose and i refused to be walked a third time cuz i wanted to drive in a run with runners on first and third... unfortunately the runner going to second was slow to get there and thrown out, but the run did score... we lost 16-6, run ruled in five innings...

everybody just left after the game so i walked around a bit and then left too... lonelier softball day than usual and no game this afternoon... so i record it, let it out, and move on cuz that's what it's all about, pokey :)