Ball Six: The Uniformity Blues
Jun. 1st, 2006 02:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
penfieldThe "Blue" Team was victorious again last night, bringing our record to a not-too-shabby 4-1. Perhaps more importantly, however, the team debuted brand new uniform t-shirts.
Instead of blue, the team has switched to a light gray; I find this change regrettable, not just for the purposes of my ongoing updates but also for inevitable and embarassing sweat-stain related reasons. However, since the team is comprised mostly of employees from a bipartisan political organization, I can understand the desire to shift from the rhetorically-loaded royal blue to a hue that more gracefully demonstrates the bland spirit of cooperation.
I'm a little more puzzled by the mix of colors in the text of the shirt. Our team logo is in navy blue (so I guess it's still the Blue Team) while the numbers are in black. As a casual observer I appreciate the relaxed, care-free attitude conveyed by this jumbled palate and reflected in our joyful style of play. But as a pretentious aesthete, I find the slight difference jarring and disorienting. More practically, I don't know what color cap to wear with it.
My green team has nicer uniforms, I think, even if the official name of the team -- printed triumphantly across the chest -- is so outdated as to be ridiculously dumb. It's like a comedian in 2006 telling Judge Lance Ito jokes. The green team uniforms are white with kelly green 3/4 length sleeves for that classic softball look. Aside from this traditionalist appeal, I'm not sure why I like the 3/4 sleeves so much, since I am typically a real stickler about sleeve length in my day-to-day apparel. But the extra fabric comes in handy for mopping one's brow on a hot summer evening, and the in-between length of the sleeves always gives you something on your body to adjust, which is the standard pastime within the national pastime.
Wednesday, May 31
Blue Team (4-1)
WIN, 20-13
BATTING: 4-6, 1 double, 1 triple, 1 run, 2 RBI
PITCHING: 5 innings, 9 runs
FIELDING: 7 innings, 2 errors (1 bobble, 1 bad throw)
First At-Bat: Sharp ground ball past the second basewoman. I wouldn't have wanted to get in front of it either.
Second At-Bat, in the same inning: Looper into right field, hit softly but placed perfectly; it bounced into foul ground and was good for a double.
Third At-Bat: Well-struck, but too much arc; caught by left-centerfielder
Fourth At-Bat: We were struggling for runners in the middle innings, so I just slapped the ball into center for an easy single.
Fifth At-Bat: Tried to loop another one into right, but I got under it and popped it to the right fielder.
Sixth At-Bat: Gave it my best swing to get it over the home-run fence in right, but it rattled against the wall for a triple.
Season-to-Date:
BATTING: 27 AB, 15 hits (.556 AVG) 4 doubles, 2 triple, 3 HR (1.185 SLG) 12 runs, 15 RBI
PITCHING: 19 innings, 57 runs (21.00 RA, per 7 innings; 27.00 RA, per 9)
FIELDING: 39 innings, 4 errors
Instead of blue, the team has switched to a light gray; I find this change regrettable, not just for the purposes of my ongoing updates but also for inevitable and embarassing sweat-stain related reasons. However, since the team is comprised mostly of employees from a bipartisan political organization, I can understand the desire to shift from the rhetorically-loaded royal blue to a hue that more gracefully demonstrates the bland spirit of cooperation.
I'm a little more puzzled by the mix of colors in the text of the shirt. Our team logo is in navy blue (so I guess it's still the Blue Team) while the numbers are in black. As a casual observer I appreciate the relaxed, care-free attitude conveyed by this jumbled palate and reflected in our joyful style of play. But as a pretentious aesthete, I find the slight difference jarring and disorienting. More practically, I don't know what color cap to wear with it.
My green team has nicer uniforms, I think, even if the official name of the team -- printed triumphantly across the chest -- is so outdated as to be ridiculously dumb. It's like a comedian in 2006 telling Judge Lance Ito jokes. The green team uniforms are white with kelly green 3/4 length sleeves for that classic softball look. Aside from this traditionalist appeal, I'm not sure why I like the 3/4 sleeves so much, since I am typically a real stickler about sleeve length in my day-to-day apparel. But the extra fabric comes in handy for mopping one's brow on a hot summer evening, and the in-between length of the sleeves always gives you something on your body to adjust, which is the standard pastime within the national pastime.
Wednesday, May 31
Blue Team (4-1)
WIN, 20-13
BATTING: 4-6, 1 double, 1 triple, 1 run, 2 RBI
PITCHING: 5 innings, 9 runs
FIELDING: 7 innings, 2 errors (1 bobble, 1 bad throw)
First At-Bat: Sharp ground ball past the second basewoman. I wouldn't have wanted to get in front of it either.
Second At-Bat, in the same inning: Looper into right field, hit softly but placed perfectly; it bounced into foul ground and was good for a double.
Third At-Bat: Well-struck, but too much arc; caught by left-centerfielder
Fourth At-Bat: We were struggling for runners in the middle innings, so I just slapped the ball into center for an easy single.
Fifth At-Bat: Tried to loop another one into right, but I got under it and popped it to the right fielder.
Sixth At-Bat: Gave it my best swing to get it over the home-run fence in right, but it rattled against the wall for a triple.
Season-to-Date:
BATTING: 27 AB, 15 hits (.556 AVG) 4 doubles, 2 triple, 3 HR (1.185 SLG) 12 runs, 15 RBI
PITCHING: 19 innings, 57 runs (21.00 RA, per 7 innings; 27.00 RA, per 9)
FIELDING: 39 innings, 4 errors
