We interrupt this regularly scheduled South Caucasus travelogue to tell you that you totally shoulda picked up a copy of the Examiner yesterday from your local news rack. If you didn’t, you missed out on my front page debut showing off my mad wiffleball skillz:
Oh yeah, I haven’t mentioned this yet, but I play on a Wiffleball team in the Potomac Wiffleball League. We usually play every Sunday, but this past Sunday was an off-week, so our team took some batting practice on the National Mall. We created our own little field, using a mound of gravel as a backstop, and moved around some U.S. Park Service cones to mark the outfield. Ryan’s old California license plates made an excellent pitching rubber and home plate. We even used the multitude of tourists TO OUR ADVANTAGE (yes, it can be done!) and had them shagging foul balls for us. Now if only we can train them to stand on the right and walk on the left on the damn escalators! Anyways, a photographer from the Examiner snapped some photos of us playing ball and the rest is history. If you want me to autograph your copy, let me know…this is definitely the only time I will be in the paper for anything sports-related.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming…
From Cincysundevil:
Nice form! You’re definitely keeping your eye on the ball!! And you made the front page even! I think one day I might make the police blotter … but one can only dream.
From Christopher:
Nice one!
It looks like you are right-handed (from the photo) But surely your right hand should be above your left hand to hit well?
What do I know though – I didn’t even know wiffleball was a sport until 5 minutes ago
From Christopher:
Nice one!
It looks like you are right-handed (from the photo) But surely your right hand should be above your left hand to hit well?
What do I know though – I didn’t even know wiffleball was a sport until 5 minutes ago
From Christopher:
You wait ages for one comment from me and then 2 (now 3) come at once…
Keep up the nice posts though. You have made me want to go to the south caucasus!
And now play wiffleball!
I played cricket once, is it similar? Because I was crap at that…
From Lindsay:
LoL, Cincy…if you are going to be in the paper, please let it be for something other than the police blotter!
Christopher, good eye…I am right handed (for writing and such) but I have always batted left-handed in softball/wiffleball and played golf left-handed. It’s rather odd, really. Wiffleball is basically a smaller version of baseball, which, ok, you don’t really play much in the UK…but baseball does share some characteristics with rounders. When I move back to the UK (a girl can dream!) I will bring back some wiffleball supplies
From Omar:
Nice one !
but what the hell is wiffleball ?? and the national mall?
anyway I know a celebrity now !
From El Capitan:
You’re a Jock! Ha, that’s so cool.