Game time!

Cory and I started a softball team a couple years ago so that we could fulfill our recreational needs.  In college we played every kind of intramural sport we could find and when we were finally at the same school we started teams together from softball to soccer and even volleyball.  When we were both settled in Irving we knew we needed to get back into the game, so we started our softball team, "We got the Runs" in the Irving Adult League.  It was a great way to bring our two families together before we got married and it has grown into a team full of family and friends. 

Tonight turned out to be a big game for us!  This season we have done pretty well with only one loss and several wins!  We knew we needed to win this game to assure our 1st place spot in the playoffs next week.  We started off great with big hits from both the ladies and the guys and great pitching from our baseball superstar, Gregory.  We kept up a shut out until the very last inning, which proved to be a very eventful inning if you ask me!  We were up 11-0 and just had to hold the home team down for three more simple outs.   With a runner on 1st and second the batter hit it to the outfield and we had to get it back in fast before they got a runner home!  With an error on our part one runner made it home and another was on his way.  Gregory raced home to tag the guy out and he got him!  But unfortunately the umpired called SAFE!  We were all in shock!  Even the other team knew he wasn't safe!  There was no way!  Cory, as our confident coach and team leader, approached the umpire for an appeal and the Umpire threw him out of the game! 

What?  Cory.... ejected?  Was this really happening?  I was SO angry that I marched up to the head of the league and told her exactly what happened!  I said... "A guy like Cory doesn't get thrown out of games, my brother does, but NOT my husband.  He did nothing wrong."  The game continued with tensions high.  The other team was also trying to get our team to forfeit because of the ejection.  They scored one more before the final out... another battle for Gregory and runner at home plate.  Gregory for sure tagged him out and though it was questioned AGAIN we go the out and finished the game 11-3.  As our team was clearing out of the dugout the umpires had the guts to exit though OUR side of the field!  Words were exchanged and one of our girls asked for his name so that she could call his boss.  He said "It's Richard Norman, Can you spell that?"  I went off on him and called him a sexist and how dare he speak to one our our female players in that condescending manner... All that good stuff.  And it seemed like EVERYONE was up in arms.  We followed him and Cory all the way to the office where they shut the door and had some kind of meeting with the league director. 

Cory spent a LONG time discussing in the office with the umpires and the head of the league.  Our families, including Sno, waited for him outside the park to here the verdict of whether he is aloud to play in next weeks playoff games.  He was in there so long that Sno was worried.  As my mom was walking her around the park, Sno lead her straight to the door of the office and opened it!  That's when Cory finally was ready to leave.  He came out to us and said "Everything is ok!  I'm playing next week!"  And the umpire had to sit in the office and get a talkin to!   After an eventful night we had alot to talk about and finally left the park.  What a game! 

Next week... We're going to the SHIP!  :)