Have you seen my softball... game?

Nine of us showed up at the field for a 3:00 game against the Empty Pitchers. Eight of us showed up at right field (Forte). One of us (Mario) showed up at the wrong field (Filipelo). For those who might not remember, or weren't around, Filipelo was the site of our doubleheader game, where we tied two games because of the two-run penalty for missing a girl. This is also the field where Mario ran in circles in the outfield to get away from a bee. Just having fun with you, Mario! For the record, Mario did eventually make his way to the field.

You knew it wasn't going to be a picture-perfect game--not that they ever are--when the lead-off hitter was: Me. The game went downhill from there when it turned out that our 10th man was lost. Again. It took three of us, including the first base coach on the other team, who decided to help out when Sean tried to direct our wayward teammate while playing first, to bring Joe to Forte field. Which brings to four the number of people involved in getting Joe to a softball game, the first being Rebecca at Connell. When Joe arrived, he immediately contributed by taking to the field at second base. By actually standing on second base. Just having fun with you, Joe! For the record, Joe did eventually make his way to the correct position, between first and second, with a little help from Sean.

But our second baseman delivered... Joe was featured in a dramatic play--involving dust and a lot of spinning--that consisted of a dropped infield-fly, with Joe applying the tag to the baserunner advancing from first. Or he might have caught it... there was a lot of dust, and this was a while ago, but hey, double play!

Meanwhile, over at third base, I had let a sharply hit grounder by me, and then--proving what a well-oiled machine we are--I ran to the outfield as the cutoff man, where I was met by Sean and Ryan. So we had three fielders, starting at each other in shallow left, while third base was uncovered. That'd be scored E5, if scorers could somehow count mental errors.

In closing, I could have made this write-up a lot shorter by just linking to another clip featuring Yakety Sax... (Note: this clip is just plain bizarre).

Fun fact:

• The notion that carrots improve eyesight was the result of a British disinformation campaign intended to prevent the Germans from learning about the development of radar during World War II.