Managing a Softball Team: Good Grief
When it comes to softball playoffs at UVa law, many teams treat the game as Jenga and stack stack stack. The best players in the league inevitably play on almost every team in the playoffs. The Frosted Tips were no exception: they had so much of UVa’s top talent that we had about as much chance of winning this game as we had swimming across the Pacific Ocean. The Frosted Tips were very sportsmanlike, though, and made the game quite enjoyable despite the insurmountable deficit that quickly ran up on the scoreboard.
This is not to say that we did not make some good plays on our road to defeat. Sarah made the catch of the season out in center field, snagging a deep, high shot that everyone thought was long gone. It was the only time any of our opponents congratulated one of our plays. Also, Theresa, taking a long lunch break to make an appearance, showed us all how to bat with a perfectly hit single over the second basemen’s head. And then there was Nick’s in-the-park home run. We really don’t have a bad team. If only all of our opponents weren’t so good.
So, our last game was a blow-out. This really didn’t bother me though, since we had already earned a win. And speaking of that win, I want to congratulate our team once again: we all came out with our A games and put forth a solid effort with that win, which was perfectly legitimate and well earned. Of course, this is not to say that all of our losses were because of a lack of effort – I am really proud of the effort we all made and the attitudes we all brought to every game. We really were lovable, and we certainly made a good impression on NGSL (if for nothing else but our nursery-aged cheering section). So thank you team for all of your support. I especially want to thank all of our RELLS Belles for being so dependable. I was a little worried about moving our team into the co-rec league, but you women proved that my fears were unfounded by coming out more often than most of the guys.
I really enjoyed being the captain of team RELLS this year and I couldn’t have chosen a team I would have rather played with. Someone better keep me updated about the future of the RELLS Softball organization.
And for everyone reading this in Charlottesville, I invite you to come celebrate RELLS Bells this Saturday 4/25 at 4:30 for some BBQ and one last game of Softball.
