Sunday, January 18, 2009

Has Anyone Seen Our Future?

As you may have heard, we had to postpone (then cancel) the Winter '09 season. We had no choice in the matter, as there is no available field large enough to accommodate the game of softball. (Curse the people who decided what the dimensions of a soccer field should be.) The good news is, we should have plenty of new adults joining ASL in the coming years, because there is some seriously overwhelming demand to play baseball in Jordan. This is why the Little League field is not available. There are literally hundreds of kids playing baseball there on Fridays this winter. Maybe even thousands. Or, at least a dozen kids. OK, maybe seven. Anyway, it's Little League's field, so like the Bad News Bears in the Astrodome...Let them play. Here's what we hope to do over the next few weeks: 1. Register as an independent organization. 2. Find some land. 3. Make a softball field. 4. Play ball. If anyone wants to enlist for the purpose of helping out in Steps 1-3 above, please email me using the contact info at the top of the sidebar. Don't even bother calling. That number is just for ASL (not my private number), so I will not pick up during the offseason. Email, please. In the meantime, should we keep the Slogs going or let 'em hibernate? I'm thinking of posting the entire championship game from Summer '07 via YouTube. You know, Nomads-Traitors. Great game. Epic, even. And maybe we can settle, once and for all, if Massarweh is qualified to play shortstop. (Maybe that dig will get him on the toilet and calling.) Stay warm, Sloggers.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Shu? Kids playing winter ball? I've missed the slog-blog, indeed.

What about the ACS 'field'? It would take some work, but it is big enough.

Anonymous said...

Mude:

Anything you need lemme know (except my diplomatic pouch)

Glad to see there are hundreds of kids interested in baseball...or thousands...or a dozen...or seven...

I am all for the you tube idea, it's been a while since I seen a bunch of pouty faced Nomads.

Kinda funny you mentioned that game as Dwayne and I were just talking about that yesterday. He's back in Amman till Thursday.

Kevin & Ray will be passing thru soon..maybe we should celebrate your graduation from Amo to Baba?

Anonymous said...

If you build it, they will come.

Unknown said...

on the massarweh SS issue, simply we wouldn't have made to extra innings without that guy.... as for not having a field, i guess we'll always have the memory of the 2007 championship game!!!!!

Le Freak said...

Kevin.

I just bought an HP. HP!!

Cheers

Le Freak

Mude Sartawi said...

Freak...An HP, in this particular case, is definitely better than a Dell or a Mac.

Let's just say it's rated much "higher" on my personal preferences.

Jeff said...

Mude, I missed the epic...I was on summer vacation and couldn't play with you guys that weekend. Please do post it. If you build it, we'll all come...back. Some day. - Jeff

Anonymous said...

Is there going to be a league this summer?

Old Green Monster

Maher said...

I'd Sell my Kidney to get Softball Back! Seriously!

Bring Back The Total "Fun-ness"


Please? QQ

Crazy said...

Mude - there has to be a reason to head east on the weekends.

Anonymous said...

Is adult softball dead in Amman??? or will it resume this summer


Old Nomad