Tonight we had yet another game of kickball. We still lost, but we managed to slightly more than double our total number of runs again, and I think we only lost by one (2 at the MOST, but I’m not sure of the final score.). The most important thing to be gleaned from this matchup, however, is that I SCORED A RUN!!!

It’s pretty much a total fluke that it happened, because by all things logical it should not have happened, and yet, it did, so go me! I made it to first, amid much yelling that sounded a lot like “don’t go. The ball is foul. You’re Out.” things of that nature that sound anything other than “yay yay, keep running”. After first, I also somehow managed to make it to second. And then to third. While on third there was a play where the ball was caught, and I should not have run home. Since I had already left the base, I am pretty sure I was supposed to go back to my base, but the girl on 2nd had run as well and had already reached 3rd, therefore I could not go back to my base. The only option left was to run home! So, run I did. On the way, I got tagged with the ball—BUT….they pegged me in the back of the neck! You are not allowed to hit people above the shoulders unless they are diving, and I assure you I was most definitely not diving. SOOOO that means that I got to run home! Hooray for confusion and illegal tags!

My teammates probably think I’m not very good, and they would indeed be correct, so at least I was able to bring in a run for them. I also joined them for a bit at the bar that officially sponsors kickball and we had a pretty good turnout. Many of them partook in a game of flip cup—but since it involves beer, and I do not drink beer, I did not participate. I did, however, take some pictures for posterity with my phone, so I suppose that counts for something.

All in all it was an entertaining evening. The last inning especially of our game was pretty exciting, as it is when we scored the most runs and also had lots of people on base (a not too common occurence with our team). We do seem to improve each week though, so I suppose it’s always possible we can win at least one game before the end of the season.

Posted at 11:17 PM |