O-fer

Yep.. So far, Fellowship Baptist Church Softball teams are 0-3. That sounds worse than it really is...there are three teams and we have all played once. The Men's Blue Team lost in the opener last night and the White Team followed with another loss. There is one factor that probably didn't change the outcome but would have definitely changed the score. I could not find the right softballs and we all ended up playing with a softer ball. Softballs have a real science behind them and the teams we played had much higher compression balls which travel faster and farther. Again, we probably would have lost but it would have been much closer.

The Co-ed team was the shining star. They had a 3-1 lead going into the bottom of the 7th and the other team tied it with two outs. In rec league softball, teams go to a "one pitch" format for extra innings. This means each batter gets just one pitch...if its a ball, they walk. If it is a strike, they are out. If they hit it, they hit it. It makes for a very fast extra inning tie-breaker. Unfortunately, it takes most of the skill out of the game and tonight the Fellowship team came up one run short. I will be the first to say they looked great. They have some quality people and they will have a great season.

The good news is this: I guarantee there will be a Fellowship win next Monday night at 9:00. How can I be so bold, you say? After all, the men's teams pretty much got shellacked, right? Here's the deal: The Fellowship White Team and the Fellowship Blue Team face each other this coming week. As far as we know, this will be the first ever contest between Fellowship teams in league play. Let the loving and Christian-like trash talking begin! Come out and support the teams next Monday night at 9:00 p.m. at McMaster Fields in Georgetown.

Have a blessed day...start by blessing someone else!

Pastor Michael