It had been many years since I have been anywhere to watch any type of little league softball or baseball, mainly because I haven't had kids that age for quite a few years. In my years as a sports writer guy, I have probably covered little league baseball at least once a summer, but I have not been to a little league field for enjoyment purposes for a long time.
That changed Monday night when I went to see my bosses daughter play 10-u softball.
Now, some of you know where I work, and some don't. Some of you know who my boss is and some don't. I think for now, we just leave it at that. I don't really think it is important right now. I decided to go because I wanted to support Suzie Q (not her name) and maybe I even wanted to see if she was any good.
The game featured two teams with insects names. I guess girls softball doesn't want to see the tigers play the mets, because this game had the grasshoppers playing another name which I cant remember. My wife saw the uniforms of the grasshoppers and quickly commented on the nice costumes the girls had on. (Um Debbie, they are uniforms, not costumes) I mean Grasshoppers actually had socks with big dots all over them,
I will call the other team the bumblebees which might be accurate, but maybe not. The bumblebees obviously had a good draft because they had all the talent. The grasshoppers struggled early and I think the bees put up a 4 spot in the first. Then Suzie Q came in and struck out 3 batters in a row, and then the Bees scored 5 more runs, with Suzie Q ripping a single to fight field that got between some legs and was quickly described as a homerun to all who saw it. (That's little league)
With the big lead, that was the end of Suzie Q on the mound, and after a scoreless inning I decided that I had seen enough.
As for the night, well I enjoyed watching insects in costumes battle,and now I know that Little Suzie Q has got some game. But the Bees did lose the costume battle.
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