Bomb’s Away Softball tournament

May 20th, 2006

This morning I got up after three hours of sleep. I got a phone call right away about softball and the rain. It was raining really hard. I found out that the games were pushed back two hours. So I called everyone I could and e-mailed everyone then went to sleep for an hour. When my alarm went off again I called Smitty and he said the games were pushed back until noon. They would make their final decision around eleven in the morning. So I got one more hour of sleep. By this time it had stopped raining.

I got ready and went to the field. We had the first game and it was a go. We were playing Palouse Tavern. We ended up losing a close game. We could have and should have beat them but our bats did not help us.

We had an hour long break before our next game. I hung around the field waiting for the next game to start. I pitched that game and Smitty had pitched the first one. We were playing AleHouse. It was pretty close, but we broke it open and won by several runs.

Following that game we had a four hour break. There was a little bar near the field and we had coupons for a free beer from there. Several My Office and Palouse Tavern players went there. To my surprise the bar was open and no one was working. We just poured our own beer. It was nice.

We went out on the deck and everyone had a big tub of beer and we talked about the games and the stuff we were going to do tonight. They said they were going to go to Mike’s Bar and then to Mullvains for a pool party.

I talked with Kelly from Palouse Tavern. We were bantering back and forth about the teams and our games we have played so far. He also plays IM ball and we have played against each other in the past. So it was a lot of fun to talk to them.

I could not play the last two game because I was supposed to work the Palouse Thunder Football game. So I got my truck and went to the Kibbie Dome. I talked to some of the players on both teams and got myself set up in the booth. As the game got closer to starting I put on the music and I went to work making my announcements.

Then it was time for kickoff. The game went pretty smoothly for me. I am pretty confident about my abilities as the announcer/music guy now. I can run everyone pretty well with my computer.

The Thunder played a decent game, but the defense could not come up with the big stops needed and Spokane kept marching. They ended up winning by eleven points. After the game I said bye to a couple players.

I went to get my boat because it was done being dewinterized. I hauled it to Pullman where I went to My Office. I had talked to Duane and he said they were there, but they would be going to Mike’s about eleven o’clock. So I got a pop at My Office because no one was there and I watched some TV before heading to Mike’s. It is up and Greek Row. I was a little concerned about parking with the boat up there, but as it turned out no one harmed my stuff.

I got to Mike’s just before eleven. No one was there yet. I got a bottle of Coors Light and saw Blake, Dearth, and Ross. I went to talk to them. They were getting ready to go to ValHalla. So I only talked to them for about five minutes. Then I got my seat and waited. Soon everyone showed up. The bar was pretty dead, but shortly after the guys from the team got there Mike’s started to fill up.

We stayed until closing time. Chris was so drunk we got him to dance on a speaker. It was pretty funny. Once the bar closed I decided to go home. I was tired from this morning and the lack of sleep.


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