The day after Thanksgiving proved to be a good day for softball in Winter Haven. Sixty-one ball players showed up to play ball in the warm and sunny skies of Florida. Six teams were made of ten players each. Mr. Joe D'Herin volunteered to catch for two teams in the American League. We would have had more players in the American League but Rudy LaPointe said Brian Busch was thinking about taking up Line Dancing since he is getting hammered at third base. We hope that Brian will change his mind. Joe was needed on the home team when Bill Mutch had to leave the game with a pulled muscle. Bill caught for a couple of innings until the pain put him in the stands. Nick Matta pulled a hamstring going from first to third on a nice base hit by Donnie Held. Nick had to leave the game and the visitors were left with nine players. The home team furnished the visitors a first baseman and the game continued. Final score was visitors 14 and the home team 13. The home team had the tying and winning runs on base when Rad (in his pajamas) snagged a line drive to end the game.
The games on the other two fields were slug fests. With no middle infielder on either field, the batters took advantage of the open middle and pounded out the runs. The scores were over 30 runs for all four teams. Hopefully someone will write up those games and we will have the exact number of runs scored.
The fans in our stand were the Matta family. Nick's wife Lisa and two of his girls were there to watch the game. Joe D'Herin's wife Nancy and his youngest son from California with his wife and family were part of the fans. It is always nice to have family watching the games.
Write Up by Don Witmer
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