Dear Catfish Nation,
Another double header thankfully behind us, and all of us are recovering from sunstroke today, but we revel in our many victories over those Langer Labbers, because really it’s not about the final score, it’s about the magical journey along the way. At least that’s what we Fish have learned.
All Fish were heroic in their efforts as per usual, but highlights include Levi “The Leviathan” Rubeck’s triumphant return to 2nd base, where he made some truly delightful plays and stops. Hot Stuff José Herrero triumphantly returned to us as well, and was a sight to behold in at 3rd and 1st base, resembling more of a graceful frolicking antelope than a mere man. He also made a death-defying catch of a line drive at 3rd, the sound of which is still ringing in his ears I’m sure.
On the offense side of things, our bats were blazing, with Yar “Mr. Tatty!” Laakso joining the home run club (Hats off to you Mister Tats!), and Jamie “The Jamiable” tossing another home run on the pile for good measure. Nate “The Great JAG!!” Band had an amazing blast that sailed off his bat, and it would have been a perfect triple, had we not foolishly waved him home, where he slide with aplomb into the glove of the catcher and was called out. Mea Culpa, JAG! We plead sunstroke.
Na-slam-well Trippe had fine hits himself, and got to swim trippingly around the bases many times for John Tslammy Tsai, who was in fine form as always. Special props to Tslammy for putting up with my numerous feeble tosses to him at 1st. Christopher “Chrazy Eyes” Eyer had a fine blammo of a hit, as did Erin “H-Bomb” Hasley and “Raucous Richard” Wladkowski. In general I think we all felt that it really helped us get to a space of Zen and calm to have the sun beating down on us and into the windows of our souls, blinding us and stripping away all that does not matter.
And as I said earlier, what does matter is the magical journey that all of us Fish are swimming through. The journey continues in two weeks on June 20, when we play our pals the Whybunts.
Yours in softball,
Judy “Capn Batty”
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