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with fallball coming up in the next two weeks here we tried to arrange a softball practice for yesterday. as usual we had a turnout of 3. me, rick and phil. (the usual 3) in the middle of practice we were approached and asked to play in a baseball game. the st peter team happened to be short by 3 players. turns out it was a vintage baseball game. so all the rules and uniforms were taken out of the 1860's. (i think i twittered 1840's...i was wrong its the 1860's) the rules are drastically different in a few ways. we got about a 5 minute overview of the rules and then played 9 innings. we lost 14-6. but considering the other team plays this style of baseball well over 50 times a year and most of our team was playing for the 1st time ever, i think we did ok. it was kind of fun. different of course, but fun. the team we played has a website here if youre interested in checking out the rules and teams and all.



click here to read the mankato free press story about the game. there are no pics of me here...but in the story i am the "slugger from saint peter" who lines out to the 3rd baseman in the 1st inning.



click here to see the keyc news story about the game. i am in the video. and woo hoo...its the video of me lining out to 3rd base. yup..i am #16. be on your toes, it happens pretty quickly.



also...ive replaced the replacement. i didnt like my new bat. its been a disappointment. the rebound just wasnt as pretty as gunnar. it didnt perform as well as gunnar. it just wasnt as attentive to my needs as gunnar was. i was wrong to expect it to be another gunnar...but i guess thats what rebounds are all about. long story short...i rebought gunnar. i know its not THE gunnar. but its the same bat. so...i choose to call it gunnar. for the sake of the story gunnar was healed suddenly of his brokeness and is now game ready. im expecting big things from the new and improved gunnar. godspeed little fella.