Opening Day Massacre

Since Mpls Ju decided to complain about my wonderful softball season preview from a couple weeks ago, I figure I'll post a recap of our first game this afternoon. We didn't end up playing last Thursday despite the sunny 80 degree weather since the grounds crew was too incompetent to clear up the fields after the rain the day before. Lucky for us, we were able to play our first game against the worst team from 2005 today. The result you ask? A 24-1 mercy killing, highlighted by an eleven-run sixth inning outburst. I even hit a legitimate triple today as part of my 5-5 day at the plate. Furthermore, I played at least one inning in five different positions (P, 1B, SS, 3B, LF). Talk about being a utility fielder :) (or just not good enough to have my own position).

While some of my teammates may disagree, I wish we didn't push so hard in the sixth inning today. Once the game was well out of reach, I wish we didn't try to turn singles into triples. I am not saying that we should stop trying (since that is insulting to the other team), but that we stop being so greedy on the base path. The game is already well out of reach and the other team is already frustrated at their inability to field the ball. Why add insult to injury by running up the score? Sorry for the rant. I think we should play our usual game until we get up by 12+ runs, then stop being so aggressive. However, I already know how the rest of you will respond. To quote RoopDogg, "You can't tell the kids not to play".