Softball

October 21, 2006

Today was the start of the Flaming Aces softball season. Don't ask about the name, because I have no idea where it came from. Yes, I said softball season. It is kinda funny because the majority, if not all Senegalese have no clue what softball, or really baseball is.

The Flaming Aces is comprised of volunteers in the Dakar Region. The league is one that is put on by the embassy. There is a social and a competitive league. While the skills and talent of the team speaks for itself, we decided to just play for fun in the social league.

Pretty much for the next 3 months, the Flaming Aces are playing double headers, two Saturdays each month. Organizers of the league fit in our busy schedules and difficulties of some to make it to Dakar every weekend and allowed us to play every two weeks instead of every week. Because of that...we are greatful.

So, today was a great day. We had t-shirts made and were forced to borrow equipment from all the expats, but in the end, all of us realized that signing up for this league was a good idea.

To sum up the days games, we lost the first one to a bunch of american 12 year olds. They may not have been 12, but they were definetly no older than 13. While we lost, we had a good time.

The second game, we did much better. We got the W. We didn't play perfectly, but some of the kinks from the first game were worked out. I suppose this is what happens when no one has practiced in a year or so.

Next two games...November 4