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Fastpitch: Not With a Bang, But a Whimper
2007 August 16

Admittedly, the world didn’t end, but the Boys in Orange dropped their second straight playoff game Tuesday night, losing around 12-8 or so to McNally’s, a solid team that struggled all year and won only two games — both over us.

Ouch.

Since I’m a stats geek (you’d think I’d like baseball more, but … meh), I’ll share my numbers with you on the season (no snickering). I batted second in every game, and played right field for the most part, along with shortstop (twice), center, and first. Remember, it’s been 10 years since I played fastpitch softball. Be kind.


GMS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K
10  35 6 8  2  2  1  9   6 1


HBP SAC SB CS  OBP  SLG  OPS  AVG
 0   0   2  0 .341 .486 .827 .229

I’m pretty hard on myself; there were a couple of times where I recorded myself as having reached on an error, but a home field official scorer might have given me a hit. So I’m disappointed in the average, but I’m happy with drawing my share of walks, striking out only once (and that was my second at-bat of the season), and producing a pretty solid slugging percentage for a slap hitter (I’m the Ichiro of small-time fastpitch softball, though without the cannon arm and lightning speed).

All in all, though, I enjoyed myself, and got much more comfortable as the season progressed. Even better, I never hurt myself. If they’ll have me, I’m looking forward to giving it another go next season. Maybe we can convince Chad to come home and help out next year.

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4 Responses to “Fastpitch: Not With a Bang, But a Whimper”

  1. kevin said:

    not bad at all for taking 10 years off.. I cant imagine what my assist to turnover ration would be if I took 10 years off hoops… let alone my shooting percentage LOL..

    Great that you didnt get hurt which is absolutly my #1 goal of each basketball season I play. I would LOVE to be able to go mike grogan style and play when im pushin 50.. dont know if that will happen but hey congrats on the season

    :: | August 16th, 2007 at 10:02 am
  2. Daddy said:

    Same here KG — our primary pitcher is 58 years old and still brings the heat. He’s playing in the state tournament with an over-45 team. I hope to still be in shape enough to compete in those types of divisions (and with the youngsters, obviously).

    :: | August 16th, 2007 at 10:18 am
  3. deb said:

    Hey! That’s true…you never hurt yourself. That’s some sort of miracle!!! :-)

    :: | August 21st, 2007 at 8:18 am
  4. Daddy said:

    Tis true — I’m healthy! (Well, as healthy as I can reasonably expect to be.) I played 11 games of fastpitch softball and didn’t hurt myself once — not even a scraped knee.

    Amazing!

    :: | August 21st, 2007 at 10:26 am

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