Friday night softball

Thursday night we really wanted to go to the local Maifest, a German outdoor festival filled with the typical German delights: beer, sausage and pretzels.  However the weather did not cooperate as the temperature plunged and it rained. They do have a huge tent where much of the action takes place, but it can often be difficult to grab a table. So LL and I opted to get some carryout and hang out in the warmth of our home. In the end, it was probably a good call as I was playing softball late on Friday, so no need to overdue it.

Friday night came and we had an unusual tournament, yes tournament. There were only four teams in the tournament because it was a C level tournament, whereas we play D. We were the only D team of the four and there aren't many C teams actually in Illinois. The higher up you go in competition, the fewer the teams, as you might expect. But we won our first game anyway, and pretty decidedly, and were leading in our last game by four runs in the bottom of the last inning. The first guy up for them lined one up the middle and our shortstop dove and had it tip off his glove. Just missed. A few batters later, they hit a routine fly ball to center where our outfielder camped under it and promptly dropped it. Ugh. They scored a run and then we finally got a few outs (one on a dropped fly ball by our right fielder who then threw home and got the guy at the plate). A few batters later, their pitcher was up to bat and took what was a very obvious third strike which the umpire did not call. He eventually got a hit and they eventually went on to win the game, all with two outs. So we had a chance to win, but didn't get it done. It definitely bodes well for us though to play so well against teams a level above us.