GrassStains...

Here we are...the 2008 GrassStains!!!

Yes that's right. I played in the Gay and Lesbian Association of Summer Softball (GLASS) this summer. We were in the Recreational Division, but we did play a game or two against teams in the intermediate division. In fact I had words with a player from one of those teams who was taking the whole thing a little too seriously. Luckily William was with me that day so we both watched our mouths as we were leaving the fields. Yikes!

But, more importantly...our team won the Recreational Division...and we were a brand new team...and very few of us knew each other before the first game. You could say that we came together well. We had fun and it was decent exercise. So at the awards banquet...(Yes there was a banquet at a local gay bar)...we got this huge trophy for winning the division. It was hilarious...I'm talking like four feet tall. Tell me what self-respecting gay man wants that thing sitting around their house. I mean let's be honest, those trophies aren't pretty.

Additionally, they handed out MVP and Spirit Awards to each team (the players voted on these). Somehow I was voted MVP of my team. Of course we were sitting in the back of the bar drinking the free beer and I had to walk all the way up front to receive my trophy. Oh it makes me laugh. Thankfully it's only about a foot tall. Right now it's sitting on top of the bookshelf in our bedroom, although it may find another home soon... =)

Anyway, it was a fun summer. And it gave me an outlet on Sunday afternoons. In fact I'm playing ball this fall in the same league. However, they aren't doing divisions and are just going to randomly throw people together. So no GrassStains this fall. But I am on the Orange team (hopefully we'll get to name ourselves!)