Schedule Change: Friday August 10

Friday, August 10: 9:00 AM: Traitors @ Slackers (Umps: Sluggos) 10:30 AM: Beats @ Sluggos (Umps: Slackers) Noon: Expats vs Jordan All-Star Game (Umps TBD) 1:30 PM: Eagles @ Nomads (Umps: Traitors) 3:00 PM: Bling Bling @ Stars (Umps: Eagles) Please have your team's umps show up. (Eagles, I'm lookin' at you.) Thanks!

Another Softball League In Jordan?

It's nice to see them jumping on board...

Softball begins period of growth in Middle East AMMAN—(Jordan Times)— Jordan is set to become the first Middle East home to the sport of softball [Mude says: Already been the home!] after the Executive Council of the International Softball Federation (ISF) on Sunday approved Jordan’s application to start a national softball federation, according to a statement from the Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC). The JOC, headed by HRH Prince Feisal, intends to use softball to introduce more women and youth to team sports in Jordan and provide a model for greater sporting inclusiveness throughout the Middle East. This is in line with the “Back softball for reinstatement onto the 2016 Olympic programme” blueprint which pledges to provide a sporting chance for women throughout the Middle East. Following Sierra Leone having recently been granted provisional membership status, the announcement increases the ISF’s membership up to 130 countries. “As part of our long-term strategy at the Jordan Olympic Committee, we are always looking for new ways to introduce young people to, and keep them in sport. I have been impressed with the success of softball in reaching out to young people—especially women. This addition to our portfolio of sports should see a dramatic increase in the number of young women playing team sport. This will send a powerful message to the rest of the Middle East. It is also an important statement before we host the IOC Women in Sport Conference at the Dead Sea in 2008,” Prince Feisal was quoted as saying in the statement.

Your Quest: Slay the Dragon

Which Traitors are riding the Dragon?

On Friday, August 10, the last day of the regular season, we will have an All-Star Game. Sorta.

The Traitors, the fire-breathing, undefeated wa7sh of the season, will have a new team to contend with: All-Stars selected from the other seven teams. The game will be an unofficial exhibition only, and it will not count towards the Tournament seedings in any way. But if the All-Stars can slay the dragon, it sure will be nice dining on Traitor flesh.

Selection of the All-Star team will begin this Friday, August 3. In order to be selected, you have to be good and you have to be available to play on Friday, August 10 at 3:00 PM.

Talk trash in the comments. (Commenting restrictions have been eased a bit for this purpose. I'm a humanitarian, after all.)

NOTE: I'll need a place to crash after the game, as my wife, Traitor Brooke, will not be very accommodating after her team loses.