Winning One For The "Limper!"

   My body was in a lounge chair, by a lake, at
our camper.
   My mind was on a field in Plains Township.
   46 to 50 feet from home plate, depending on
who laid out the field and whether that person
was measuring or guessing.
    The WBRE Softball team was taking the
field for a charity game. The first of the
season.
    The existing team actually evolved from
the WYOU team which had existed, in one
form or another, since the 1980's.
    That's how long I have been pitching for
the team.
    I was never a "great" pitcher. Just a
dependable one! I could field my position
and usually get the batter to hit fly balls.
    If you've got somebody who can catch
fly balls that's a good thing!
   We must have had good outfielders in
at least one of our seasons. We won every
game that year, including tournaments,
until we faced the Marines in the final
game of a tournament at the Lackawanna
County Stadium. They did calisthenics
before the game...in their combat boots!
    We were afraid they might have a
sniper with his sights trained on us
during the game!
    Anyway, I was scheduled to be on
the mound for yesterday's charity game.
    I've been walking nearly two miles
most mornings to get ready.
    But  it didn't get me ready....it got me
hurt! Last Tuesday, at the end of one of
those walks, my right heel began to throb
with pain! I've been limping ever since!
Even replacing my Louisville Slugger
with a cane!
   Regrettably, I had to put myself on the
15 day "disabled list."
   I sent a message to Dave Kuharchik,
the Captain, asking the team to "Win One
For The Limper!"
   And....that's exactly what they did!
   Thanks guys and girls!
   Hopefully I'll be back......well before
Mariano Rivera!
   I'm including a Facebook photo from
Sunday's game as well as a look back to
one of our "earlier" teams!
   Hope you're all swinging for the stands
and that all your NEWS is good!