The Sporting Life

July 12, 2007 | Filed Under Main |

It’s Summer.

So once again it is the season for men middle-aged and beyond to threaten the health of their knees, biceps and backs by playing softball (or baseball). That is why baseball is our national sport. It can be played at any age (just look at the Yankees). I am on my employer’s team. So once a week, architectural firm is pitted against another architectural firm - side by side with magazine publishers, radio stations, Broadway show workers and others who take over the Central Park fields every summer to fight the battle of who sucks the least at this sport. The rules are sometimes Little League complex. There is no stealing. Only one base on an overthrow. Each team has to have two girls and both of them must play the field. The game is only seven innings and can be called early if one team is beating the crap out of the other (I think it’s a 10 run rule). The fields in the Park are beautiful but sometimes a bit too close. There
have been times where I have played outfield in someone else’s infield. You also have to avoid the occasional sunbather and try not to run over the Frisbee players while chasing down a fly.

Especially in 90 degree heat, this is a lot of fun.

THAT BEING SAID - I have played four games this years and am having the best season of my life! I’ve had five hits and three RBIs so far. That is better than ANY baseball or basketball season I have ever had in MY ENTIRE LIFE! And I have been playing since 5th grade. Badly.
Really, really badly. When I played during my first two years with the firm, I couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn. Couldn’t hit water if I fell out of a boat. (Come on! More cliches!) Now, with my sight slowly failing, I can finally see the ball. Now - when my self esteem ISN’T at stake - I can finally play the game.

God has some wicked sense of humor, eh?

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