| Shamrock
June 24, 2010
8:51:00 AM
Entry #: 3511980
| At a party last week someone asked me to describe my baseball league so I thought I would write this to all of you.
An eclectic mix of players age 25 and older takes the field on any given night in the USPL— from doctors to salesmen, chief executive officers to chefs, ex-pros to high school benchwarmers. But they’re all just ballplayers once the games start, pitching, batting and fielding, trying to win one for the team.
The camaraderie, the friendships and all that kind of stuff that goes with it is why we play in this great league. Most of us have wives, kids, families, responsibilities and jobs. For an hour and a half, we get on for a game and nothing else matters at that point. You’re 12 years old again hanging out with your friends playing a game.
Some teams are admittedly more competitive than others, but everyone is there for the good times in the dugout as much as they are to win baseball games. We’ve all got egos and we’re pretty competitive, but we all know we’ve got to go to work the next day.
But commitment to the team is pretty high, especially after paying dues to the league. I hear this story, I do not know if it is accurate but here it is. One year, a player told his wife he was headed out to pick up a few items at the store and really went to play a game. The wife figured out the fib, showed up to Crosby, threw her wedding ring into some bushes and declared the husband couldn’t come home until he found the ring. Thirty guys began scouring the foliage and eventually found the ring. It’s fully understood that some commitments rise above those to the team.
Be proud to be a member of the USPL.
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