League Softballs
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 8:53 am
The league supplies a new softball for each and every game. If that new ball should be hit over the fence or out of play, a backup ball is used. The league is currently in crisis mode with backup ball supply. I don't know why we are in crisis mode, but we are and something needs to be done. The league is paying for someone to go out and retrieve out-of-play balls each and every week. Still, backup ball supply remains at an all time low. In all my years running the league I have never seen this happen.
As a league we've played almost 600 games so far this year. That equates to 600 backup balls. Where are they? Someone could be going out there stealing our backups. Players could be accumulating them in their bat bags for batting practice. Scorekeepers could be unwittingly hoarding them in the trunks of their cars. I don't know. Whatever the reason, the league needs help in resolving this issue. If you are a scorekeeper and have more than just a few backups, please drop your surplus off to Nancy at the Quarry snack bar. If you have more than 1 or 2 league softballs in your bat bag, please drop your surplus off to Nancy at the Quarry snack bar. If you are going out there and stealing league softballs, you will be shot on sight (just kidding). If league members could be kind enough to retrieve out-of-play balls as they get hit out of play, that would help. If you have a hazmat suit or are not allergic to poison ivy, maybe you could head over to Lukens 1 and 3 and dig around in the brush. I'm sure there's a mother load of softballs there. Every little bit will help and the league would greatly appreciate it if league members could chip in.
Thank you,
Les Greenstein
League Director
Softball America
215-822-8777
As a league we've played almost 600 games so far this year. That equates to 600 backup balls. Where are they? Someone could be going out there stealing our backups. Players could be accumulating them in their bat bags for batting practice. Scorekeepers could be unwittingly hoarding them in the trunks of their cars. I don't know. Whatever the reason, the league needs help in resolving this issue. If you are a scorekeeper and have more than just a few backups, please drop your surplus off to Nancy at the Quarry snack bar. If you have more than 1 or 2 league softballs in your bat bag, please drop your surplus off to Nancy at the Quarry snack bar. If you are going out there and stealing league softballs, you will be shot on sight (just kidding). If league members could be kind enough to retrieve out-of-play balls as they get hit out of play, that would help. If you have a hazmat suit or are not allergic to poison ivy, maybe you could head over to Lukens 1 and 3 and dig around in the brush. I'm sure there's a mother load of softballs there. Every little bit will help and the league would greatly appreciate it if league members could chip in.
Thank you,
Les Greenstein
League Director
Softball America
215-822-8777