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We had a softball game on thursday. We beat the only team who beat us this year, 15-14. I haven’t picked up a bat for a month, and although I began the game with a weak short fly ball hit, and then did it again on my next at bat, I wasn’t feeling like I was at my best. The next at bats were decent, a regular basehit when I was out of pitches, then a grand slam homerun to tie the game up at 12 with two outs. Another inning, then the other team, Eli’s (the team we played) got another two runs (how do they keeping doing this?), then it was our last at bat. Two more runs, by way of a homer, then after getting two on with one out, I got up again, and since I went 4 for 4, I was due for an out. Hit into the worst possible thing, a double play to end the game? I took the first pitch and hit one pretty hard towards first base, a weak attempt at a scoop, the throw from right didn’t catch Martin who scored the winning run. During the last play, I was thinking of juking and hoping I could get the right fielder to throw me out at first or second. I get pretty into the game, and I do think about the little elements of it, but really, I’m probably the only one thinking these neurotic thoughts. The game ended, I was standing between first and second in no man’s land, trying to do the little things that may one day make a difference. Maybe not. But it’s ok.
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We had a softball game on thursday. We beat the only team who beat us this year, 15-14. I haven't picked up a bat for a month, and although I began the game with a weak short fly ball hit, and then did it again on my next at bat, I wasn't feeling like I was at my best. The next at bats were decent, a regular basehit when I was out of pitches, then a grand slam homerun to tie the game up at 12 with...
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Two dogs. Both Shibas. Hanako is the older one who still likes to act young at times, but she’s about 13?! She’s been in many issues of GR, some of the old ones too. Remember in which articles? Musashi is the young one, full of energy and likes to badger Hanako. They fight only over food. Hanako is smarter for sure and Musashi, well, let’s say, he’ll sneak a duke in the house if you’re not watching out. The backyard is my parents, look at that grass. Dicondra grass! My father started it off as a tiny patch, and I think he seeded it and a lot came up. I remember he said some of it was coming out on it’s own with some water. They have cherries and berries, peach, all kinds of fruits and veggies. It’s a huge backyard.
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Two dogs. Both Shibas. Hanako is the older one who still likes to act young at times, but she's about 13?! She's been in many issues of GR, some of the old ones too. Remember in which articles? Musashi is the young one, full of energy and likes to badger Hanako. They fight only over food. Hanako is smarter for sure and Musashi, well, let's say, he'll sneak a duke in the house if you're not...
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It’s an interesting day, since it’s most affiliated with having a BBQ. It’s more like a marker for the beginning of summer over remembering fallen heroes or passed away family. It’s basically a day off. If you want to get into it more and think about who died and had less happy moments so maybe I, or we can have happier ones, then you do owe a lot of thanks to some folks, most being your own family. The bigger picture, war mongers maybe get a break here or there, I guess we could be a colony of Japan, or lifting our arms in praise of an Adolph thankfully it’s Coors, or Rupp, and not Hitler. For me, I use it to remember passed away family. Grandmother, grandfather, aunts, uncles, anyone. I don’t go to cemetaries to visit graves, maybe that’s for later, but I keep it in mind.
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