KICKBALL.
There's a…read moreleague for this?!? For serious.
The 2012 season will mark my 5th year playing in this league, and it's just gotten better as the years have rolled on. And after all those years, talking about 808 Sports Leagues and the kickball (and other sports) leagues they put together has never gotten old, especially trying to explain to tripped-out bar-goers on a Monday or Wednesday evening in Varsity or Rock Bottom why there are over 100 people walking around in off-beat, fluorescent or downright bright shirts ...
Stranger/Future Kickballer: "So ... kickball?"
Me: Yes! There's a league. And I'm on a team.
S/FK: "I haven't played kickball since elementary school!"
M: .... (Don't worry, we know every one hasn't. :) )
S/FK: (looks out over the sea of forest green, "WOW" pink and KOC blue shirts, among the many colors) "So, how many people are playing in this league?"
M: Well, there's 24 teams, about 15-20 people per team, so you're looking at about 400+ adults playing kickball weekly.
S/FK: "That's a lot of people. So, you guys have rules and everything? The red rubber ball?"
M: Yup. Pretty much the same as schoolyard rules, except no one gets picked last, nah mean? And we even got playoffs and championships!
S/FK: (looks around at the bar again, tries counting how many different color shirts) "So, you guys play, and then come out to the bar?"
M: Yeah - it's all part of the experience. 20, 30, 40-somethings playing kickball, then chilling out at the bar.
S/FK: "I'm sold. Where do I sign up?"
... Unfortunately, by the time we hit the bar in our red/green/blue/pink/orange/yellow/safety green shirts, rosters are closed for the season and you gotta wait to sign up for the next one.
Sound fun yet? NO?! Well, read Justin U.'s review. "Great way to meet new people" is like the unofficial motto. Hey - relationships have been started and blossomed over the game of kickball - when's the last time that happened at a pick-up game of basketball?
Kickball season runs from March to June, with sign-ups in January-February - don't be *THAT* guy that sees all the 808 Sports Leagues bright shirts and wants in after the ruckus starts! (And if you happen to miss it, there's usually a Fall season of some sport - Flag Football, another Kickball season or .... dodgeball?)
SEE YOU OUT ON THAT KICKBALL FIELD!