softball fever

wednesday's team is 5-0... we've won 20-0, 22-7, 13-1, 19-0, and 18-17... we've got three more games and if we win two, we lock up first place and then, there's a two loss elimination tournament... there is one team who can beat us if we let them, so we need to play smart against that team... the sunday team is 6-1, which is a surprise as most are new players, with 8 games to play... we won 7-6, won 9-1, lost 7-6, won 8-2, won 12-9, won 16-4, and won 19-0... seven of our fourteen games are against the top four teams and we are, so far, 3-0 against them... monday's team is 5-0 with 5 games to go... we won our games 17-7, 13-3, 16-15, 20-0, and 9-3... we need to win 2 to lock up at least a tie for first place and three of the next five to lock up first place... there are just four teams in the league so we play all a single elimination tournament at the end... friday's team is 4-2 with 4 games left... we lost 14-7, won 12-5, won 14-9, won 14-1, lost 16-12, and won by forfeit... there is not only much tougher competition in this league, but this team has so many hitters who want to hit the fences and not a lot of speed, so there are a lot of fly outs and not enough rallies and because the other teams hit well, there are a lot more errors... it's also the only usssa league which makes for a much harder ball and more compressed bats which make for much tougher plays... this is the league that almost broke my shin almost three weeks ago... i filled in on a thursday night team last week and we won by a run coming back from way behind... so it's been a pretty good season so far at about the halfway point with an overall record of 20-3... i like winning...

but i love playing the game... more, more, more :)