softball game, fun

still on the crappy field (cady way) because they are doing some major work on the fields we usually play on (red bug) and rainy season is slowing them down, but we held it together after a shakey start and came back with seven runs in the fifth inning and two more in the sixth to win 13-8 holding them to no runs in the last two innings... there is such a big difference when we are hitting (and putting hits together, though we did leave eight or nine on base in six innings) and not making errors (first six runs they scored were on errors), but that's softball... so we evened our record to 3-3 and still have a ridiculous disparity in the league with five teams having a combined record of 21-1 and five teams having a combined record of 3-22 (if that doesn't show why there should be two divisions, nothing does)... and then five teams with a combined record of 12-18, with would make a great case for three divisions (and since there are three fields, that would be logical, fair, and right), but this league is not run logically, fairly, or right by any means so we have the ridiculous disparity and teams leaving regulary... but with new teams coming out regularly, the most expensive league in town has no incentive to do it right... anyway, we had fun...

it did help that all the better players showed up and a few of the weaker players did not show up and the middle players got hits or walked, but the fact is the last two teams we played have records of 3-3-1 and 1-5 respectively... our other win came against a team that is 0-5-1 (so 3 wins against teams with a combined record of 4-13-2... our three loses came against teams that are 7-0, 5-0, and 5-0 (17-0 combined), so we are on the bubble and would be having no fun in a two division league cuz in the competitive division we'd lose most if not all games and in the casual recreational division we'd win most games... any other league would have three divisions without a doubt... it is unfair to play in a league where four out of fifteen teams can be undefeated and one other team only has one loss... but i suppose it is a whole lot less fun for the five teams with only 3 wins between them or the seven teams with only 7 wins between them...

if it was not the only sunday afternoon league in town, we'd definitely have left long ago but it is the only sunday afternoon league in town so they can get away with running it the way they do and never ask can we do better? or better yet, how can we do better?... i used to play on monday, wednesday, and thursday with them, but switched to better managed (much, and less expensive to boot) leagues for weeknight games...

all the wishes for better management and competitive fairness aside, we did have fun today :)