softball day

the body has definitely deteriorated to the worst shape it has ever been in... there, i said it... face it... deal with it... and then face the question... is that ok?... is it acceptable for me at this point in this life?... do i want to renew the fight against gravity and entropy and aging once again and see how far back toward optimal condition i can get without killing the body (of course an error would leave this body damaged, perhaps irreparably, perhaps even dead, so the question must be pondered with care and any actions i do take must be taken with great care... doing it alone is a challenge... but then, we are alone, that's reality... and yet, the illusion of sharing the process of living, especially when taking on serious physical challenges that could risk life and death, well, it's an illusion i'd like to find again...

so the morning we practiced, all six of us who showed up, including the coach... we are frustrated with this team not being a team, not showing up for practice, and i especially get frustrated with the prima donna players who think they don't need practice and repeatedly lose games for us by not warming up, not practicing, and simply hustling during games... and once again i didn't get to do any fielding practice anywhere but at pitcher and i got one ball to field for every four everybody else got... and i pitched batting practice to everyone but myself, straining my back and putting more mileage on the aging arm and when i got to bat i was already tired and had inconsistent pitching so it was all in all, not a good practice for me...

and the afternoon we played our second game in the old sunday afternoon league and we won our second game... i was able to control the hitting well, keeping them from hitting to the right side where we had two weak players, and in spite of a bunch of errors that gave up 5 runs, we won 13-5 with decent hitting... i went 3-3, batting last again, knocking in four rbis and scoring two runs... one player didn't show up and another player showed up a half hour late, but luckily we had a lightning delay and they made it just as we were starting to play... luckily my pitching was on so the game was ours... my era for the season remains zero...

and when i got home i got a text asking if i can sub tomorrow for a team i've not played with before... right around the corner... yay for softball... meanwhile, in case you missed the last entry, i still need a techie, if any techies are out there...

hope you had fun today too :)