Ain't That A Kick In The Head

My old neighborhood had a multi-use baseball field. It was used primarily by Little League, but also for the occasional church picnic, and the Cub Scouts used it for their halloween fund raiser, The Halloween Hoot.  In 1998, one of the local parents decided to put together a softball league for the adults. It was co-recreational. That meant that each team needed to field equal numbers of men and women who also needed to be equally dispersed. The outfield needed two men and two women. The infield needed two men and two women. The batting order? Man/woman/man/woman, etc... Softball was the highlight of the week. Ten teams were quickly formed and stratified into the same cliques you'd find in high school. We had the jocks, the motor heads, the geeks, and so forth. After the games many people would hang around to watch the following game or games. Sunday afternoon became the day for tailgating and socializing. Some people brought their whole families to the field to join in ...