I began putting some of my thoughts down on paper and wanted to share them with you. To find out about True Friends, read below. Enjoy…..
“SOFTBALL FRIENDS ARE FOREVER"
Softball is not just a sport where you play a few
games and then you go home.
There is more that comes out of it than
winning or losing.
With softball comes some of the best friends that you will ever
encounter.
You play on teams together, you laugh together you cry together.
You meet new friends through softball
from other teams too.
It’s a never ending chain.
A real softball friend is one who is there for you on the
field and off the field.
A real softball friend is there to help you with your bumps and bruises.
A real softball friend is there to pick you up after a rough game or
congratulate you
after a great one.
A real softball friend keeps in touch with you after the
season has ended and
for many years to come.
I just wanted to let you all know that you are my real
softball friends.
I will always be there for you and will always keep you in
my heart.
This is not a chain letter. It is a poem written to let you
all know that someone does care about
you and will
never forget you. Send this to all the
people you consider your real softball friends and when you
get it back you
will know who your real softball friends are,
SOFTBALL HISTORY
HOW SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL WAS SET IN MOTION
The earliest known softball game was played in Chicago, Illinois on Thanksgiving Day, 1887. It took place in the Farragut Boat Club at a gathering to hear the outcome of Yale and Harvard football game. When the score was announced and bets were settled, a Yale alumnus threw a boxing glove at a Harvard supporter. Another person grabbed a stick and swung at it. George Hancock called out “Play ball” and the game began, with the boxing glove tightened into a ball, a broom handle serving as a bat. The first contest ended with a score of 41-40. The ball, being soft, was fielded barehanded and thus, the game became softball.
KNOXVILLE CASSWELL COMPLEX HOSTS TOURNAMENT
KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE – The SPA Women made their first trip to KNOXVILLE'S CASSWELL COMPLEX July 9-13 to add another tournament to SPA'S growing list of women's events.
“We are slowly but surely adding new tournaments to the women's program,” SPA PRESIDENT RIDGE HOOKS said, “Women's senior softball is one of the fastest growing sports participation activities in amateur sports today and we (SPA) are happy to continue to play an important part in its development.”
Two champions were crowned in the women's 70 DIVISION with the BLUE CHICS taking home the 70 AAA top prize while the OHIO TRI STARS earned the 70 MAJOR top spot.
The OHIO team claimed the title with a pair of bracket wins, first disposing of the CHATTANOOGA CHARGERS 15-0 and then the BLUE CHICS 26-12.
The BLUE CHICS handled two other 70's teams, downing the CLASSICS 18-5 and CHATTANOOGA LEGENDS 17-16. The GOLDEN GIRLS was the fifth team in the bracket.
In the 60/65 BRACKET, NOR EASTERS finished on top of the 60's podium while SMOKEY MOUNTAIN STARS were the 65's champs.
The road to the title wasn't easy for NOR EASTERS as they had to go to an “IF” game to win it. They started bracket play with wins over SMOKEY MOUNTAIN STARS (18-5) and SOUTHERN STARS (10-6) before the SOUTHERN STARS came out of the loser's bracket to hang an 18-9 thrashing on the NOR EASTERS forcing the “IF” game.
The NOR EASTERS settled down in the “IF” game to rebound with a 17-8 payback victory for the championship over the SOUTHERN STARS.
The 65 title boiled down to a one game nail biter SMOKEY MOUNTAIN STARS showdown 16-15 win over the GOLDEN GALS for the title.
The next women's event is the AUGUST 20 PARADISE IN THE VILLAGE NIT at SBUFFALO GLEN COMPLEX at the VILLAGES.