softball follies

just when we thought the sunday afternoon league could make no further stupid moves, again the umpires make a decision that gives the advantage to other team... the other team, who was given an unfair advantage last time we played them, were playing poorly and did not have a few of their best players... we are winning 11-3 in the top of the fifth when the lightening alarm sounds... so we pause and wait... and then, after 15 minutes, they tell us go home... it barely started raining... and as we were heading to the parking lot, the all clear siren rings... rather than call us back, they refuse to continue the game and they start the next game... so we will continue our game next week and the other team will probably make sure their best players show up... ridiculous... if jackson did not want to play there, i would so not play there... she says maybe a season or two more...

i've given up playing there anyway, i haven't pitched in two seasons, the first because of the arm injury and the second because they have three pitchers this season... yet i've paid $40+ each season... meanwhile, next season we have four pitchers who don't play any other positions except first base... there is something like sixteen people on the team... but even if i was playing every game, the kids they get to play amateur umpires just don't think of fairness and fairness is the umpire's primary job... so next week we play a three inning game and we will see how much they allow lineup changes... at the very least, the other team will show up prepared and an easy win, like today could have been, is not likely... but let's be hopeful, right?...