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Not sure what happened to fastpitch softball. When I was growing up several of my friends' dads played and we went to countless games (and taverns afterwards). By the time I was old enough to play, in the early 80's there were no leagues left to speak of. You could fine 100 slowpitch games on any given night and dozens of slowpitch tournaments every weekend. I played in many...
I recall going to the games and watching Junior Hemsath mow down batter after batter with pitches that did things you just couldn't hit. The 3rd baseman would end up 15' from the plate because half the guys knew a bunt was their best bet and Jr. would hum a fastball that no human could pull down the 3rd base line. Those were some competitive guys and some damn competitive games. I never saw any fights but plenty of jawing and plenty of threats. And once they finished and went to the tavern, we were given sodas and all the quarters needed to play shuffleboard and pinball until their pitchers were dry and we took a wobbly ride home... 
Now my kids are all grown and they tell stories of how their dad took them to slowpitch games and then to the picnic tables at the park for pitchers of beer or to the K of C hall for the same... I gave them a soda and told them to stay in sight at the playground or just don't get lost because your mother will be furious if I don't bring you home...
Oh the memories... 
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I spent my teens and early 20's here, however, most of my summers on the road. Still, I'd go sometimes, because of the great games.
Fastball never became a 'pro' sport. In Toronto, they put up a fence and tried to charge admission, and people stopped going, so they pulled the fence down, to get people to go back. I have heard of one team that paid $25.00/player/game. Air-conditioning, TV, and The Blue Jays rolled into the homes, and people stopped going altogether.
I was in one of those little 'after game haunts', the other night. It's now a run-of-the-mill chain restaurant. Boring menu, boring subdued clientele, no bikers, distant waitresses dressed in black jeans and polo shirts, unanimated children afraid to move from their chairs.
I had a friend was a big baseball player,
Back in high school,
He could throw that speedball by you,
Make you look like a fool, boy.
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar,
He was walking in, I was walking out,
We went back inside, sat down, had a few drinks,
But all he kept talking about...Glory Days.
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Your the best MB!
Keep 'em comin ....it's like my sister in law is right here with me!
bwaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Your the best MB!
Keep 'em comin ....it's like my sister in law is right here with me!
bwaaaaaaaaaaaa
Oh geez......now you've forking done it.
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Who remembers the corkball pits which used to be all over STL? We used to go as kids and the beer flowed and we all got unlimited cokes and burnt hotdogs. Those were the days.
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My little league baseball coach was a corkball guy....we loved to go to those pits with him. He also kept a gallon pail of bottlecaps in his garage, the kind with the cork inside, and different lengths of broom handles. We played caps for hours and hours as kids. My right shoulder has been a mess for years.....and I know exactly why.
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My little league baseball coach was a corkball guy....we loved to go to those pits with him. He also kept a gallon pail of bottlecaps in his garage, the kind with the cork inside, and different lengths of broom handles. We played caps for hours and hours as kids. My right shoulder has been a mess for years.....and I know exactly why.
What did your Farrah Fawcett poster have to do with corkball?
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What does my wrist have to do with my shoulder?
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My little league baseball coach was a corkball guy....we loved to go to those pits with him. He also kept a gallon pail of bottlecaps in his garage, the kind with the cork inside, and different lengths of broom handles. We played caps for hours and hours as kids. My right shoulder has been a mess for years.....and I know exactly why.
My best friends family owned a bar and grocery store on the corner up the street. We had a never ending supply of caps and handles from old mops at the store. Bottle caps was almost a religion in our neighborhood. When we got older we came up with a couple cork balls and bats and used to play in the summer in the daytime. Both bottle caps and cork ball were fun for us. We also played quoits with washers and holes in the ground. Forerunner of todays washers. And bottle caps was a great way to throw your arm out.
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My little league baseball coach was a corkball guy....we loved to go to those pits with him. He also kept a gallon pail of bottlecaps in his garage, the kind with the cork inside, and different lengths of broom handles. We played caps for hours and hours as kids. My right shoulder has been a mess for years.....and I know exactly why.
My best friends family owned a bar and grocery store on the corner up the street. We had a never ending supply of caps and handles from old mops at the store. Bottle caps was almost a religion in our neighborhood. When we got older we came up with a couple cork balls and bats and used to play in the summer in the daytime. Both bottle caps and cork ball were fun for us. We also played quoits with washers and holes in the ground. Forerunner of todays washers. And bottle caps was a great way to throw your arm out.
I love these accounts of how it was. And, yes, my buddy's shoulder is out.
I imagine most sports are the same now, but my when my husband coached, he'd buy those kids beer for after the game, like your coach would do things with you. Today, in the OJHL, even if your kid wanted to attend a non-approved power-skating course during the summer, the league has to release them to do so, and they DON'T and WON'T. It's like they own these kids.
Give them washers and a pile of dirt, see what they come up with. 
So, after the usual, "How ya' doin's and finding out how everybody else was, I said to my buddy, "What do you think of Binnington?"
He says, "chit, is he ever lucky, The Leafs didn't sign him!"
I spit my beer out.
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In our twenties, had group of buds and we did fuzz ball.
In the rain, on a tennis court. And all balls pitched came out of a bucket of water soaking wet.
Don't ask me why, but it was a blast.
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In my old neighborhood it was tape ball. Masking tape rolled up the size of a golf ball and a broom stick for the bat.
Almost a daily activity over in James Shelby’s backyard.
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My older brother and I had one badminton bat, and no birdies, but we decided to play baseball, anyway - with a golf ball.
So, I pitched the golf ball to him, he nailed me right in the middle of the forehead. It didn't count for anything, but I'll never forget it!
I believe it's normal, for every generation to want better for their own kids, than what they had growing up.
Not sure that's a good thing, all of the time, but it didn't stop me from taking my 3 year old granddaughter fishing this Sunday.
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I had a rock.
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I had a rock.
And year's later, they were selling them as eco-friendly pets, and your family had more than one rock.
Trendsetter.
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I had a rock.
And year's later, they were selling them as eco-friendly pets, and your family had more than one rock.
Trendsetter.
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Saturday night I was at a Stag and Doe for a friend of my kid's.
I can't tell you how many times, I heard from teachers and others, how grim the future looked for him, and his for his friends.
They went to school, worked part time, played organized sports, spent every dollar of their own on cars, dirt bikes, snowmobiles. If you gave them a pile of dirt and a patch of forest, they'd clear themselves a track, and form their own jumps. If they crashed, it, they'd fix it on their own. If there was a skiff of ice in the school parking lot, they'd be out there playing chicken in their cars. If one of them could afford a fast car, they'd be out on the hilly roads, trying to "get air".
If they partied, it was usually with one set of parents in attendance, and by the way, those parents were in attendance on Saturday too.
Well, today, these kids are slaying boomers. They are business people, tradespeople, teachers, architects building the world, and in public service. They work with their brains, backs and hands. There isn't one of them, who couldn't leave their in-demand job for 10 at higher-wages. At least one couple has been together for half of their lives, home owners, and most of them are parents themselves now.
My wild and raucous tribe, who a school counsellor once told me could be expected to change careers - not jobs, careers - up to 17 times in their lifetimes, because the school, had no idea, how tech was going to affect their lives.
My only wish on Saturday night, was that I could find some of those nay-sayer "authorities".
You are killing me Smalls!
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Yeah, well, that's all great.......but what the hell is a Stag and Doe?
I swear........forking Canucks.
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Yeah, well, that's all great.......but what the hell is a Stag and Doe?
I swear........forking Canucks.
griffin
Was wonderin' the same thing. Just like the good ol' days, I haven't a clue what was being said but the Stag and Doe thing sure peaked my interest. I just figured it was some breeding party, like swingers... 
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Yeah, well, that's all great.......but what the hell is a Stag and Doe?
I swear........forking Canucks.
griffin
Was wonderin' the same thing. Just like the good ol' days, I haven't a clue what was being said but the Stag and Doe thing sure peaked my interest. I just figured it was some breeding party, like swingers...
It's a gathering put on by a couple's wedding party and it's full of carnival games and draws. A good one, will raise money for the bride and groom.
Some are games of strength. Others are games of luck.
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Hmmmm......down here we just do Stags, or Does, and it's all mostly drinking games. A good one will cost you about 200.00 each and at least one night in jail and/or a missed work day.
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Hmmmm......down here we just do Stags, or Does, and it's all mostly drinking games. A good one will cost you about 200.00 each and at least one night in jail and/or a missed work day.
There are drinking games too, but these are games like driving spikes through boards, holding a 24 case of bottled beer over your head - the kind of things that are not necessarily conducive to being wasted, and old.
The stag won't be near here, will last a 4 day weekend, or even in the province, so....
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Hmmmm......down here we just do Stags, or Does, and it's all mostly drinking games. A good one will cost you about 200.00 each and at least one night in jail and/or a missed work day.
There are drinking games too, but these are games like driving spikes through boards, holding a 24 case of bottled beer over your head - the kind of things that are not necessarily conducive to being wasted, and old.
The stag won't be near here, will last a 4 day weekend, or even in the province, so....
Ok........what???
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Hmmmm......down here we just do Stags, or Does, and it's all mostly drinking games. A good one will cost you about 200.00 each and at least one night in jail and/or a missed work day.
There are drinking games too, but these are games like driving spikes through boards, holding a 24 case of bottled beer over your head - the kind of things that are not necessarily conducive to being wasted, and old.
The stag won't be near here, will last a 4 day weekend, or even in the province, so....
Ok........what???
And, just like that - being lumberjack is back in style again! 
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