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2012-366 Day 274 – Softball Game 2

Interesting. I suppose that’s what we’ll go with. It was an interesting game. We only had nine players today since two were at the Dodger game, one is still in Indiana (should be back this week), and one person decided that they had too much on their plate and had to drop out. Fair enough on all accounts. We did have the minimum number of females present to not require an automatic out at the end of the lineup, so we were just down one in the field.

We did have the advantage of turning over our batting order fairly often, and we did so with great gusto in the first inning, scoring 10 runs while sending 14 batters to the plate. The other team countered with four runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning. I’m actually somewhat wary when a team scores a lot of runs in the first inning, it seems that, more often then not, it either a) lets the team take its foot off the gas and they don’t end up scoring very many runs or b) they use up most of their luck in the first inning and don’t score many runs. Either way, they don’t end up scoring many more runs. That wound up being the case for us as three of our innings were of the 1-2-3 variety. We loaded the bases with no outs in the other two innings and actually failed to score in one of them, but we did put four runs across in the other.

Meanwhile the other team chipped away at our lead. They scored four runs in the third inning to bring it to 10-8. At that point I realized we were not being served very well by sticking to a traditional scheme of three outfielders and a second baseman, so I regularly rotated the second baseman out into the outfield and covered the right side of the infield by myself. This worked fairly well for the next couple innings. There was controversy in the bottom of the fourth, as the other team had first and second with one out and their big slugger on deck. The current batter flied out to deep left center and the runner on second ended up on third, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that he got to third awfully fast. I wound up with the ball and threw it to the pitcher, asking if the runner had tagged. Everyone said that he had, but my pitcher asked if I wanted him to appeal anyway. I said yes, and upon the pitcher stepping on second and my announcing the appeal, the umpire signaled the out. The other team argued while I lead my team off the field, and the umpire stood by his call (I can’t say for certain it was correct, but again, I had the feeling that the runner arrived at third too quickly).

After scoring our four in the top of the fifth, the big slugger, of course, lead off the bottom of the inning with a home run, taking the score to 14-9. We went 1-2-3 in the top of the sixth, and time was called during the bottom of the sixth, so the home team would complete the final at bats. They managed to roll from the bottom of their lineup to the top, tied the game up at 14 by placing their hits and a walk or two, and had the winning run at third with two outs before we managed to get the final out and preserve at least a tie, 14-14.

Next week will be interesting (although hopefully not in the same way) as we have our only doubleheader for the year, and, due to the vagaries of the reworked schedule, we play the two teams we have already played again. I’m expecting a near full team next week, so we will at least not be at a disadvantage on defense this time.

Weight: 226 Loss: 14 lbs – Running Yearly Mileage: 304 miles
Softball Stats: Game 2 – 3/4 (.750), 3 R, 1 RBI Season – 6/7 (.857), 2 2B, 5 R, 2 RBI
Fitocracy Level: 26 ID: disciplev1

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By Matt
September 30, 2012

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2012-366 Day 273 – Dodger Blog Softball Tournament II

Well that was fun. Sorry, you can’t see my smile as I type and I’m avoiding emoticons for this post, but I’ll repeat: that was fun. I’ll admit to being a bit nervous going into this tournament since I had such a good time at the last one but had to play on a different team this time. Not knowing anyone (at least last time I had Brian with me) and not having heard from the team, I had no idea what I was walking into. But I suppose I should start at the beginning of the day.

I arose around 7:20 for our 10 a.m. game since I didn’t know how Carmageddon II was going to affect the drive out to West Covina. I also had to stop for gas and groceries to donate before heading off, as well as picking up some breakfast (Subway sausage, egg, and cheese on flat bread if you were curious). I had everything gathered by around 8:15 and hopped onto the 118 to join up with the 210 (I decided to avoid the 5 in case there was any overflow from the 405 closure). All went well, as I made it to the field around 9:10. After finishing my sandwich (since they don’t allow outside food in the park) and getting my Powerades confiscated (since they don’t allow outside drinks other than water, which, thankfully, I also got. Dumb.), I dropped off the groceries and checked in. A large amount of my team had already signed in, so I went to our first field (the Fenway Park replica) to find them.

Turns out the first large group of people I ran across next to the field was my team (“Which team are you guys?” “Mike Scioscia’s Tragic Illness” “I’m with you guys.” “Cool.”), quick introductions were made and everyone was very nice. Stories were exchanged, game time drew near, and we warmed up. Unfortunately at the end of warm ups my elbow strain from karate Thursday flared up again (I’m pretty sure it’s a strain, though it may be a sprain or tear. Going to take it easy this week) and I knew I had to pace myself if I was going to be good for multiple games and the church game tomorrow. I wound up switching off with another guy at second for most of the day, although there were times that having me at full strength in right field or right center would have been advantageous. I did play the last inning of the day there when someone else wanted second and caught the one ball hit to me, though I did not try and throw the guy out at home tagging from third (a. I had no chance to get him, b. I would have hurt my arm more, and c. we were down by about 20 runs at the time). He was actually at third in the first place on a hit past the right fielder the at bat before that I backed up and had to throw in from the far corner, so my arm was already feeling it. Needless to say, I iced my elbow when I got home.

Our first game got off to a decent enough start, and we had a small lead going into the third inning. I grounded out to short in my first at-bat after hitting a flare over first base just foul (I for some reason thought I had tipped my hand and wanted to pull it so they wouldn’t over play me next time. I shouldn’t have worried about it). A couple errors let the other team score four runs to take over the lead, and then the next inning they cracked it open with a bunch of runs. I got a hit my only other at bat (to right field), but we couldn’t get more runs across and wound up losing 14-3.
Stats: 1-2

Since there were only 11 teams this time (versus 14 last time) the schedule was a little more spread out and we had an hour between each of our games. Needless to say, we were a bit down but we knew we had far more potential than we showed. Talking and bonding before our next turn, we watched the other games in progress. Finally it was time for our next game and we sent our coach out for the coin flip. Apparently he was 0 for 3 in the previous tournament and was already 0 for 1 today. Naturally, he lost it again and we were once again the visitors. That actually suited us as we exploded for 12 runs in the first inning. The offensive onslaught continued, so much so that it all kind of runs together now.

Defensively, however, this was the game where my star really . . . shined? Fell out of the sky? Blew up? I’ll let you determine which. Oddly enough there were three double play opportunities when I was playing second, and each of them went awry in a different way. In the first one the throw from third base pulled me off the bag and in all the commotion the relay throw to first was late. It was only when I turned around that I realized the runner had gone past the bag and I could have just turned around and tagged him. The second time the throw from short was good and I turned and jumped back to get the throw off . . . which went about half way down the base path and started bouncing toward first. Between jumping and my bad arm, the throw did not have my usual gusto on it. Good for us and unfortunate for the other team, the runner was one of their slower ones and so, three bounces later, the second out was recorded at first. The third double play effort started when the shortstop knocked a ball down up the middle and went to throw it to me from the ground. The ball never left the ground, however, and I had to dive to the side to stop the ball from scooting by. I managed to stop it with my glove and reach it with my bare hand, then slammed my foot down on the base to record the out. I wound up spread eagle face down on the ground with the ball in my right hand and my right foot on top of the base. But we got the out, right? The final tally was 23-7, and we moved to 1 and 1 on the day with a chance a the playoffs (the top six teams would get to play in the playoffs).
Stats: 3-3, 3 RBIs, 3 Runs scored

Knowing that we had to win the next game for our best chance at making the playoffs, we settled in to wait for our next game with our pizzas and soda, checking the other scores and trying to figure it all out. When our wait was finally done, we proceeded down to the field and our coach finally won a coin toss! We would get to be the home team for our only time that day. This was our closest game of the day, so we’ll fast forward to the last few innings. We were down 12-11 with a few minutes left and managed to tie it up at 12 on a diving play where the ball managed to get away from the fielder. We held them through the top of the inning and I came up with one out and runners on first and second. I hit a ball down the first base line that the first baseman knocked down. We were in a race for the bag and I beat her there, unfortunately the umpire back at home plate did not agree. That allowed them to intentionally walk the next batter and get the final force out.

We were now out of time and I got my first taste of international tie breaker rules. A runner starts at second base with no outs, putting the onus on the defense to prevent them from scoring. We actually managed to do that, and came up in the bottom of the inning with our own runner on second. We loaded the bases with one out and our lone female batter up. She tapped back to the pitcher, who was unable to make a clean transition to get the runner at home. As the ball rolled towards third, the winning run crossed the plate and we had a walk off win!
Stats: 1-2, 2 RBIs, 1 Run, Sacrifice Fly (should have been 2-2)

That win allowed us to sneak into the playoffs as the final, sixth seed. We were playing the third seed (the first two seeds got a bye) and things looked bad as we couldn’t get anything going and were down 5-0. My first at-bat was a two out single which ended with me stranded on third as we left the bases loaded. Things turned in the fourth inning, however and after five innings we were up 13-5. We ran a few more runs across, then withstood a string of hits in our opponent’s last at-bats to finally lock down the final three outs and win 16-9. One fun item, I found the other Dodger Thoughts alumni from the first tournament, she was our pitcher and was pitching for this team. I don’t think she remembered me, and I did feel bad lining a shot right back up the middle off her glove (although I suppose I shouldn’t have since I was automatically out for hitting a line drive though the “box”, an approximately five foot square area around the pitching area which you can’t hit line drives through).
Stats: 2-3, 2 RBIs, 1 Run

Much like the first tournament, we met our match with a powerful team in the semi-finals. Our offense never got on track, and theirs never got off track, and we were mercy ruled 23-2 after five innings.
Stats: 0-2

We took a team picture on the Dodger Stadium replica field (oddly enough, we played five games and none of them were on the Dodger field – 3 at Fenway, 2 at Tigers Stadium – which was the maximum possible because if we had made the finals, it would have been at the Dodger Stadium replica) and said our goodbyes. I grabbed an ice cream drumstick, reclaimed my confiscated Powerades, and loaded the car for home. Thankfully traffic cleared up after Pasadena and I was able to get home relatively quickly.

I’ve had a great experience with this tournament in both of its iterations with two different teams, and I will gladly keep playing in it for as long as it is around. Looking forward to next March when we think the next tournament will take place. I’m pretty sure this team will still be around then, so I’m definitely excited to play with the same guys (and girl) again.
Total Stats: 7-12, 7 RBIs, 5 Runs

Weight: 226 Loss: 14 lbs – Running Yearly Mileage: 304 miles
Softball Stats: Game 1 – 3/3 (1.000), 2 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI Season – 3/3 (1.000), 2 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI
Fitocracy Level: 26 ID: disciplev1

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September 29, 2012

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2012-366 Day 272 – Dodger Blog Tournament II Pregame

Tomorrow is the end-of-season Dodger Blog tournament put on by theLFP.com, and I had so much fun the first time that I knew I had to do it again. Unfortunately I go into this edition high on expectation but low on details as this edition seems to be a little more low-key. Not only that, but the blog that I played for last time, Dodger Thoughts, has since been put on hiatus by its author and only two people signed up to play for the team again (including me). I have been reassigned to Mike Scioscia’s Tragic Illness (although I only know this from the tournament organizer, I haven’t heard from them yet), and will show up for the first game tomorrow and see what happens. Hopefully the team is as fun (and successful) as Dodger Thoughts.

The tournament is also down to 11 teams from 14, but it is in the same location (Big League Dreams in West Covina) which, thankfully, is down the 210 and not the 405, with the same great fields. I imagine the full report will only take up one day instead of two this time, but we’ll see how far it goes.

Weight: 226 Loss: 14 lbs – Running Yearly Mileage: 304 miles
Softball Stats: Game 1 – 3/3 (1.000), 2 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI Season – 3/3 (1.000), 2 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI
Fitocracy Level: 26 ID: disciplev1

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September 28, 2012

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2012-366 Day 271 – Rest

So it turns out that there is truth to the adage that you can have too much of a good thing. In this case I might be overloading myself on physical activity. Between running, karate, softball, ultimate frisbee, and my fitness class, my body is getting angry at me. These last two Thursdays I have felt my most rundown and actually had to force myself to cut back. With it has also come some minor injuries, I’m mostly over the plantar fascitis, although I did gain a slightly hyper-extended elbow in karate yesterday. On the bright side, I wouldn’t have it any other way, I love being active and am glad I’m back up to pre-neck injury levels.

That being said, there are days it’s nice to just . . . rest.

Weight: 226 Loss: 14 lbs – Running Yearly Mileage: 304 miles
Softball Stats: Game 1 – 3/3 (1.000), 2 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI Season – 3/3 (1.000), 2 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI
Fitocracy Level: 26 ID: disciplev1

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September 27, 2012

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2012-366 Day 270 – Rules

I was swamped today, taking care of multiple problems in our Singularity database. In the meantime I’ve also had to rework our Softball schedule after the extra fields fell through and also dealing with a couple of rules questions that came up over the weekend. In an effort to give you some insight as to how my rules-oriented brain works, I’m reproducing the rules and my opinions on them here (also because I wrote a good amount for it). The rules issue arose from two custom rules we implemented ourselves:

A) Everyone starts with a one ball – one strike count. If a male batter batting ahead of a female batter walks on three straight pitches from the beginning of the at bat, they are awarded second base after the initial walk.

B) Each team is required to have three female players in the field and the lineup (minimum). If they are only fielding two females, they play with 9 players in the field and take an automatic out at the end of the lineup. If they only have one female, they can only play with 8 fielders and take two outs at the end of the inning.

Two questions arose.

1) When a female leaves in the middle of a game, is the out taken at their lineup spot, or is it moved to the bottom of the lineup as per the rules we had written before? Which would be better?

2) The second situation occurred when rules A and B collided. The main question was, if the automatic out rule is in effect and there was a male batting at the end of the order before the out, did the two base walk still apply since the automatic out was technically in the place of a female batter?

Here’s what I wrote for each situation:

1a) In the long run, it is statistically inconsequential when the out is recorded. Had the rule been in place this week, assuming all at-bats proceeded with the same result (which we have no way of determining what would have happened otherwise, so we have to), Dennis would have batted with two outs with one automatic out following him rather than what actually happened (one out with two automatic outs following). One could argue that this was actually beneficial to the team missing the female, as it allowed a previous rally more time (rather than taking the automatic out earlier) without affecting the later rally (either way, the game was over after Dennis batted). Coupling that with the difficulty that we don’t require submitted lineups (maybe we should, that’s another discussion), I’m okay with leaving it at the end (the only place the current rules allow for it).

2) This unfortunately sits at the intersection of two rules which are intended to penalize the offense and the defense, respectively. Let’s break this up according to the offense and the defense:

Offense: The automatic out is intended to handicap the team that is playing without the requisite number of female players. Awarding the extra base with an automatic out following seems to me an undue reward for the team missing the female, especially considering the scarcity of female leadoff hitters in our league (the leadoff hitter is, by definition, the next batter since automatic outs can only currently happen at the end of the order). Assuming there are less than two outs (we will look at that situation in a minute), a runner is now in scoring position and, should there have been other runners on second and/or third, a run may have scored who may not have been had a fully legal lineup been constructed (with all necessary females).

Defense: It is only strategically beneficial to offer an intentional walk in this situation if the automatic out will be the third out. In this case it is irrelevant who bats after the automatic out, and a single base extra penalty is not going to prevent the intentional walk except for very narrow circumstances (circumstances in which, of course, the pitcher will be trying to throw strikes). In this weekend’s final game, such a situation presented itself in the final at-bat, and the only difference would be to the final score (17-15 to 17-16, also let me state that in this case I do not believe it was an intentional walk, the pitches were sufficiently close – especially the last one – to be hittable). Any other situation will result in (an) additional runner(s) in scoring position with one or two outs and the leadoff hitter coming up, a pretty steep penalty for unintentional wildness.

2a Conclusion: Thus, if the intersection of the rule intended to handicap the offense with the rule that is intended to merely limit the defense results in a situation that rewards the offense and very rarely helps the defense, I’m going to have to land on the interpretation (automatic outs are gender-less and thus no extra base is awarded) that most closely follows the original intention of the rules.

I love games and rules, although I suppose that sometimes I can go a bit overboard.

Weight: 226 Loss: 14 lbs – Running Yearly Mileage: 304 miles (+3.2 miles)
Softball Stats: Game 1 – 3/3 (1.000), 2 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI Season – 3/3 (1.000), 2 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI
Fitocracy Level: 26 ID: disciplev1

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September 26, 2012

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2012-366 Day 269 – Random Topics II

A random couple of days deserves a blog post of randomness. Only a few items this time though, as it has also been a busy couple of days.

I should have done this earlier, but my Godson Tristan is fundraising for his school and they are doing it all online. So if you have a minute (before Thursday, not sure if day or night), click through to http://www.shopbelieve.com/Home.aspx?cid=622345770 and see if there’s anything you might like. Do it for the children . . . er, child . . . er, school and children.

Thought I would throw my two cents in on the Monday Night Football play (if you don’t know what I am talking about, don’t worry about it). I think that it’s pretty dumb to have replay and not be able to do something about not calling a penalty that is blatantly there for all the cameras and the entire world to see. Particularly when you are relying on inexperienced and under-qualified referees. And that was just the first bad call of two, the second one giving them an undeserved touchdown (simultaneous possession my butt). If I was an actual football fan, I would certainly boycott until the replacement referees were gone. A boycott on my part wouldn’t do much, since I don’t buy any NFL merchandise and only watch a minute or two of the games that are available on my cable plan without any additional charge. So we’ll just have to settle for a strongly worded paragraph.

Made a sad realization at work today. It’s performance review season, and we were discussing going through the process when it occurred to me that, regardless of how good my evaluation is (and it’s generally really good), there is no way I can get a raise with the state’s budget the way it is. Not only that, but even with the greatest review of all time, it’s still somewhat likely that I may be getting a pay CUT by the end of the year. Talk about your lack of incentive, I can’t imagine why state workers get a bad rap. It was very depressing to put two and two together today, and I can only hope that it doesn’t come to pass. If it does, I may be looking for a job where my efforts are properly rewarded and being good at your job doesn’t lead to making less money.

Weight: 226 Loss: 14 lbs – Running Yearly Mileage: 300.8 miles (+3.1 miles)
Softball Stats: Game 1 – 3/3 (1.000), 2 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI Season – 3/3 (1.000), 2 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI
Fitocracy Level: 26 ID: disciplev1

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September 25, 2012

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2012-366 Day 268 – Short Story III

He stood in shockingly minimal relief of the tan wall, his own verging on mustard color suit nearly matching the background. The corner of the office that was visible was surprisingly bare as well, with only the edge of a well ordered desk visible and a rectangular, corded(!) phone lifted from the receiver and resting in his hand. The entirety of the scene featured the grainy quality of pre-digital video, the kind with the long vertical stripes running through the frame. While initially his head was down, nearly resting against the wall in a pose indicating some sort of penance (perhaps it was for the suit), now he began to turn and face where one would imagine the camera might be.

He was solidly built, probably an ex-athlete, with a shock of blond hair resting in an unruly cloud on top of his head. The mustard suit was covering a plain white collared shirt with no tie, unbuttoned far down enough to be unsettling. He took up a position equidistant to the phone base on the wall and the desk, pointing the receiver towards his potential audience.

“As a lawyer, I rely on two things to best help my clients,” He began. “One, this phone to ensure vital communication with the people I serve. This cord indicates reliability and stability, and that is what I seek to bring to you. The second thing is . . .”

He moved to the wall to hang up the phone, and then followed it parallel away from the desk. Into view comes first one, and then a second steel beam, matte black, positioned about shoulder-width apart and running from the floor out of frame toward the ceiling. Swiftly moving to the base of this setup, the lawyer turned and faced out with his back against the wall. Two small platforms rested at floor level, each a little larger than the size of his feet, which he placed in the apparatus, and featured a locking mechanism the slid over the top of both the foot and shin. There was no noticeable noise as both platforms began to simultaneously rise.

The grain faded from the scene, and what originally appeared to be an old commercial from the nineteen eighties was replaced with sharp, digital clarity of a cavernous warehouse space, the law office and elevator assembly being revealed as merely a set piece within vast space. The lawyer emerged onto a platform near the top of the set, no longer in his mustard suit but instead donning a sleek black safety harness and chest protector. Extending away from the platform were a series of ceiling-mounted projections from which one could hang and then trace a path down to the nearest side of the set, starting with a set of dumbbells resting with the weight on either side of a pair rounded bars. One had to stick their hands between the rounded bars and grasp the center of the dumbbells, and then work their way down the track by pushing up and then forward, dragging their body behind until they reached a transition point. At the transition point, the bars angled down and into a curve, a ride which tested one’s grip strength and endurance as they crashed to a sudden end with plates welded onto the bars to stop the momentum before the next step.

The lawyer was already off of the lift and grasping at the dumbbells while continuing his statement. “This system that keeps me in top physical shape, which also keeps me on top of my mental game.” He had already worked his way across the initial expanse and was beginning to slide down the arc. The jarring stop registered little on his form, and he reached for what appeared to be an enormous paddle that then revealed itself to actually be an array of five oar-shaped chunks of metal, with only the smooth surface providing purchase and all connected flimsily to a single point. Moving through this latest obstacle, he intoned, “You too can have this setup to achieve your maximum physical and mental abilities in your own home . . .”

It was at this point I found myself. Standing at the edge of the set, the stage rising above me, I marveled at the insanity of it all. Who would use such a thing? How much would it cost you to build it? How much room did you need, and did anyone have a room that big? Someone shouted out to the descending lawyer, “How much?” The reply was cut short as the world went black and then reconfigured itself as my bedroom ceiling.

A dream? Truly a bizarre one, in fact strange enough that I began to commit some details to memory so that I could relay the story. Was watching a season of American Ninja Warrior a partial genesis for such a strange reverie? Probably. What reason did my brain have for conjuring up some unholy combination of Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson, and Steve Lyons (the ex-baseball player and annoying Dodgers non-Vin Scully TV announcer) as the lawyer? I have no idea, but it might technically qualify this as a nightmare. And, finally, what the . . .?

Weight: 227 Loss: 13 lbs – Running Yearly Mileage: 297.7 miles
Softball Stats: Game 1 – 3/3 (1.000), 2 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI Season – 3/3 (1.000), 2 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI
Fitocracy Level: 25 ID: disciplev1

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September 24, 2012

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2012-366 Day 267 – Softball Game 1

Well, that started poorly, went okay in the middle, then ended poorly again. The first inning’s troubles were my fault, as apparently I put the wrong arm on playing third base. I hurried one throw and easily cleared the first baseman by 15 feet. The second throw was a little better, it only cleared them by 6 feet or so. Those bad throws led to four runs, and we were able to get one back when I got on base via a bad throw and scored on a two out double. Things were pretty quiet for the middle three innings, and I got on via another bad throw but was stranded while the other team put up a couple of runs. We finally managed to string together some hits and scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth to bring the score to within 6-4.

If you were paying attention to the beginning, you’ll know that this is when things again started going poorly. The other team started finding gaps and we made some mental errors (like not hitting the cutoffs and giving them extra bases). I got another double in my final at bat and scored my second run of the day (and knocked in my first), but we wound up losing 18-7.

I’m not overly concerned at this point, as there is a lot of room for improvement on defense (we certainly played below our capabilities) and some inefficiencies in our lineup since I didn’t know everyone’s capabilities accurately enough beforehand. We have a single game next week, and then a double header the week after, so we’ll have a better sense of how we’re doing after that.

Since I love stats, they’re going in the footer. I don’t really count errors in church softball (it all evens out in the end), so it’s just the aggregate numbers.

Weight: 227 Loss: 13 lbs – Running Yearly Mileage: 297.7 miles
Softball Stats: 3/3 (1.000), 2 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI
Fitocracy Level: 25 ID: disciplev1

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September 23, 2012

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2012-366 Day 266 – Weekend Wrap Up XX

Heavy softball theme this week. First game is tomorrow, so you’ll have to put up with one more update. I’m looking forward to finally playing, but I suppose I should get on with the wrap up.

Sunday (9/16) – Softball Prologue: I suppose you could have seen the heavy softball coverage coming up with this post, but even I didn’t know at the time. Even better, I get to play in a tournament next Saturday (hopefully, I haven’t heard from my team yet), the second Dodger Blog tournament. Hit the ground running, I suppose.

Monday (9/17) – Fairness: I’m not entirely certain what prompted this one, but I felt it was interesting. I still owe you the LAPD story, but that will be it’s own post.

Tuesday (9/18) – Decompression: Two posts offering a little insight into my brain in a row, sorry if it got too personal. Okay, maybe not, not I suppose you have a little more info into how I tick.

Wednesday (9/19) – Softball Draft Strategy: I updated this one in the Softball Schedule post, and we’ll get the first indications as to how the draft went for me tomorrow. Did I mention I was looking forward to it?

Thursday (9/20) – Softball Schedule: Did I also mention I have the first game? Here we go.

Friday (9/21) – Pictures VI: I took another random picture today, but the phone ate it. It was a poster for a missing bird, but the funny thing was that “It answers to Mr. Buddha.” I really wanted to wander around the neighborhood calling for “Mr. Buddha” but had other things to do.

Weight: 227 Loss: 13 lbs – Running Yearly Mileage: 297.7 miles
Fitocracy Level: 25 ID: disciplev1

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September 22, 2012

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2012-366 Day 265 – Pictures VI

Yup, I’ve collected enough pictures for another post. I really am considering doing a picture a day next year. Then again, it might be harder to find interesting ones rather than just letting them come to me. Oh well, let’s get to it.

They did it again, this time one crosswalk up from the first one at CSUN (I’ve also seen it at Pepperdine). I want to know who drives around in their car with wing stickers and tiny Red Bull cans. The little cans have barely lasted a day, I’m surprised I noticed them that quickly in both instances at CSUN (or maybe that’s what caught my eye). Either way, it amuses me every time. Maybe next time I’ll try to snag the can.

A little bit of confusion from Uverse. I wasn’t aware they had moved Sundays to Wednesday night. Having your opening day on Wednesday when you are a Th/Sun/Mon sport is awkward.

I both question this product’s need to exist and deeply want it. The perils of being a practical nerd gamer.

Okay, this sign all sorts of sucks. It’s in the front door of the Rite Aid, and it’s been there for a couple weeks now. It can’t be an awesome feeling for the current employees everyday, and you have to really need it to apply to be one of the “temporary” employees. Seems like a crummy thing for the management to do. I have no idea what the actual situation is here, but the sign made me do a double take the first time I walked by.

Weight: 227 Loss: 13 lbs – Running Yearly Mileage: 297.7 miles
Fitocracy Level: 25 ID: disciplev1

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By Matt
September 21, 2012

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