This summer will mark my fourth year playing recreational softball, yet unlike previous seasons I'm getting ready for 2011 earlier than usual. My "usual" refers to the week before, when I'm scrambling through the aisles of the local sports store for marked-down, wrong-sized baseball pants. This summer will also be different because I want to play in two leagues: So, by the end of August, I should be exhausted.
On the plus side, I will try to post weekly updates on how me and my team(s) are doing through the year. You can find most of my slo-pitch league stories can be found on my baseball blog page, Hits & Errors; who knows if some really good LIFE stories will make it on THIS blog?
Finally, one of my goals this year is to dress up in proper baseball gear. Last year, I wore authentic ROYALS gear to my games, and even got to play in a shirt for a game (long story)! This year, I bought PIRATES gear to wear to games. Most sports stores in Canada do not sell MLB authentic baseball pants; it is usually generic white or grey without piping, although navy pinstripes pop up every now and then. I recently bought authentic pants online, and I'm waiting for the postman to deliver the goods. They should come in a week; I hope to have a pic of me uploaded wearing the full Pittsburgh Pirates Alternate Home Uniform soon.
One question remains as I write about my upcoming summer: Don't I have a girlfriend? Shouldn't I be blowing my money on a girl, or saving it so I can procure financial stability as I engage with a young woman in a fulfilling, life-altering, long-term relationship? Instead, I'm buying baseball gear like a lonely costume wearing manga enthusiast one week late for the annual anime convention at the downtown convention center. I must be crazy, if not girl crazy, or baseball crazy...? o_O ...!
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