The Pigeons
Every week, from April till September, you can find me and 10 of my friends on the ball field. It’s a tradition, that has been going on for 7 years now. Back in 2001, I asked my friend Melissa’s boyfriend (now husband), Oliver, to help me round up some guys to create a co-ed softball team. A month later, “The Pigeons” (an hommage to my hometown ball team, the St. Louis Cardinals) was born.
Since then, The Pigeons has had a host of characters play with us, including all of my girlfriends, my sisters, and most notably, Ellen and Jacqueline from MSLK. The Pigeons has also expanded into a winter volleyball team, which has a glowing record of championship titles. The Pigeons has fostered life-long friendships and through The Pigeons I was able to create two love interests. Happily, one couple is now married and the other engaged.
But the best part about The Pigeons is I simply cannot imagine my summers without it. I hope we can continue our tradition for another 7 years.
Tonight was not a particularly great night for The Pigeons. In fact, since our 7th inning, 1 run loss in the summer league championship game (after already beating out the first place team), we have been floundering a bit. However, I had a fielding personal best. While playing 2nd base I made all 3 outs in 1 inning. I don’t think that’s ever happened before. At bat I had 1 run and 2 RBIs and I don’t think I made any errors — that alone might make it my best game ever.
Sheri also forgot to mention that she is the only one who can pull off those hot tight blue leggings! she plays well and she looks good doing it! damn! thanks for all the great years of co-ed competitive sports and my marriage too, Sheri!
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By: aaron on October 19, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Update: the Pigeons won our last game tonight, after 7 closely matched innings in the rain. The game winning run was scored by our captain, Mike. Mike also reminded me that I had 2 RBI’s including one that tied up the game. Next stop, we hope, is the playoffs….
By: sheri on October 24, 2007 at 7:49 pm
I hit a triple!
Man, I love this team!
By: Mike on October 24, 2007 at 8:21 pm
Correction, Mike hit a home run, but given his bum knee and the fact that we had no outs we decided to let him score that game winning run on Phil’s RBI.
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