On this historic day, sixty-one years ago, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier to become the first black player in Major League Baseball. With the Nationals' brand new stadium in the District, the Caps in the NHL playoffs, and the Wizards threatening to do...something, these are exciting times for professional sports around the Potomac!
(Uh, nevermind that the Nats only just recently broke a nine game losing streak. This is Washington, DC. What, if anything, do you honestly expect to work correctly here?)
Anyway, Tuesday is opening night for the Alexandria Co-Ed Softball League. Less historically, I'm coaching my third season for our Academy softball team. As thrilling as Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers were, they weren't the archetype for my team. No, my team sadly has another template:
Yeah, whatever happened to them, huh?
Among other area assocation and non-profit teams, we will play PBS twice this season. Last year, as you might've read, we had a bench clearing but ultimately thoughtful brawl with the mighty Public Broadcasting System. Charlie Rose got up in my face but I kicked dirt on his big round table, so he backed down. Not before I plugged him with my latest book, however.
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I recently caught the tail end of "Bad News Bears" - a movie I'd never actually seen (it probably brings back too many tee-ball memories). But, I did catch one thing that I hope you've carried into your coaching - letting the players (especially the underage ones) drink beer!
We hit the bar sometimes before and sometimes after the game. Eventually, though, yeah, I'll pull a Coach Buttermaker and get the cooler of Schlitz in the dugout!
We won, by the way. I hit a home run and caught an infield fly-out. Woo-hoo!
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