Have you played organized sports?

Ken Anderson

Ken Anderson

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How many of you have played organized sports, whether at the community, school, college, or professional levels?

My experience is about as low as you can get beyond nothing, because I played two years of Little League. During that tme, I had only three hits and I don't think I ever caught a ball that wasn't on the ground. Pretty much the only way I could get on base was by walking. I've never played any sport in school, and only found out that my elementary school had a basketball team a few years ago when a local newspaper owned by someone I went to school with published a photo of one of the Mellen Township Elementary School basketball team, and one of my cousins was on the team. As it turned out, they had a baseball team too.
 
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I was on the university sailing team my last year in college. At the championships, we finished 13th, dead last. Then another university's team was disqualified and we moved up to 12th place.

We came back to school and had one hell of a victory party.

The one thing we were known for was our parties. They were legendary.
 
I'm like you, Ken. I played Little League baseball one of two years. I remember standing out there daydreaming when a ground ball hopped right into my glove. "Nice stop, Brunner!" Huh?

I've never been into team sports. I played a lot of tennis as a kid and into my adult life, as well as racquetball. I played some work-related softball when I was with a joint venture between Honeywell and a French telecommunications company. The French never played baseball or softball, so we got to be known as the Party Team on the Honeywell league. While other teams were serious contenders, we'd have each week's opponent call to see if we wanted to split a keg. 👻
 
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As most of you already know, I was with PRCA aka Professional Rodeo Cowboy's Association, for a number of years (weekends only). I had a horse (Red Roan) and was not only a member of PRCA, but also AQHA (American Quarter Horse Association), since my horse was registered with them. My event was Team Roping as a "header". I went to many, many PRCA rodeos in southern California before and after I met my wife. I no longer have the horse or rope, but both of us a very, very serious rodeo fans. We are yearly paid members of the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs and have seen numerous World Champions inducted into the Hall.
 
Beth Gallagher said:
I was single for a lot of the time I played corporate softball, so I rather liked the coed teams back then. Plus the after-game happy hours were epic. :D
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I found the coed softball teams less competitive that the women's, where masculine power building women dominated. Some of those ladies were so strong and threw so hard, I was refused to play any bases. Outfield or shortstop was easier on my wrist and hand. They also took the game way to serious and making it to the Long Beach, Washington tournament, was paramount. We made it one year and I enjoyed the visiting the peninsula more than playing the game. They had a microbrewery where losers like us, could drown their blues. :sneaky:
 
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I found the coed softball teams less competitive that the women's, where masculine power building women dominated. Some of those ladies were so strong and threw so hard, I was refused to play any bases. Outfield or shortstop was easier on my wrist and hand. They also took the game way to serious and making it to the Long Beach, Washington tournament, was paramount. We made it one year and I enjoyed the visiting the peninsula more than playing the game. They had a microbrewery where losers like us, could drown their blues. :sneaky:
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I like watching collegiate-level women's softball. Holy Poop! I don't know what the speed is on those fastballs, but it's amazing to see the speed & accuracy of an underhand pitch. I was briefly on a community men's softball league with friends, but some take it way too seriously and I was never good at it. I excelled at tennis and racquetball.
 
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