Game Time Woo!

Tonight. Tuesday, August 15 at 7:45 in the pm there will be a game. Not just any game mind you, but a game of wills, a game of spirit and a game of violence. Of course I'm talking about slow-pitch-co-ed-d-league softball. It's faaaaaaaantastic. Still not interested? Well, I've taken the liberty of outlining several dramatic storylines to add some gravitas and emotion to the game. Not that it needed any.

Dramatic Storylines:

1. Led by a drunk, down-on-his-luck coach, who's trying to reclaim the glory of his playing days and win over the beautiful school teacher who teaches him the true meaning of winning, can a rag tag group of misfits from the wrong side of the tracks overcome their weaknesses/differences/stereotypes and learn to play as a team?
2. Can Dave Miller hit a homerun for his dying father on his birthday? Back story: David Miller's dad is a cold-hearted businessman who always forbade his son from playing softball and insisted that the 8 year-old David should instead focus on taking over the family broom manufacturing business. Forced to keep his love of softball a secret, David pretended to be attending broom manufacturing classes in his teens while actually playing in an underground softball league. However, once his father discovered his son's disobedience he promptly threw his son's bat and glove into the incinerator and cast David out into the street in a powerful scene in which a young Dave proclaims, "Daddy, I don't want your life!"
3. Can the grizzled veteran, Carlos Manzanillo, find the strength to play through the pain of 2 severed hamstrings and rise from his wheelchair to get the game-winning hit when the CarryOn Slumpbusters are on the verge of defeat? I can see it now, Paul, in an angry rage, refuses to let Carlos bat when he says, "Coach, put me in." Then, Carlos, with a look of steely determination will look Paul in the eye and say, "Look... all those things I said.... Those were just words. What I have now is something I've never had before -- a family. Now dammit, Coach, I want to stand up again and walk for my family. Because God knows they've stood up for me."

Can you resist going to the game now? Honestly. I just gave myself goosebumps.