Softball Challenge
Stopped by to check on Aaron and his mom today and glad to see that they are doing OK. They were just hanging out at the house - all the other relatives left this morning and they were finally having the house to themselves, but they didn’t really want to be alone, either. So they invited me to stay and watch the Cardinals game on TV this afternoon.
The game got us to talking trash about our own ball playing abilities, and by the end of the game - 13 innings, by the way - we had a challenge between us to play a softball game. Aaron will grab enough of his friends home for the summer and I’ll round up enough of my guys and we’ll meet at the local high school field on the Saturday after July 4th fireworks for a game.
I’m going to get tee shirts printed for each team if this shakes out. I gave him until Wednesday to make the calls and firm up his team roster. If this is really going to happen, I want team names, a cheerleader squad, custom t-shirts, the whole monty.
Got online and found a web site called “Design A Shirt” that does custom printing on t-shirts and other things like sweatshirts, jackets, caps, etc. I think I can get my girlfriend to draw something special to print on the shirts. She’s very artistic and I bet she can come up with some good ideas. The web site has lots of examples of designs and shirts they’ve already done for other people and organizations so you can look through those and get good ideas.
Haven’t figured out the team names yet and not even sure that Aaron can scrape together 10 guys to do this. I guess if we get desperate we can let girls play - I know some pretty good girl players. But I think I can gather up 10 buddies who will be looking for something fun to do on a long holiday weekend, especially if I’m buying the beer!