Get Smitten with the Kitten!
With fewer than 6 months for rust to build up between its final game in 2021 and first in 2022, the Sea Kittens played like a squad that’s been at it for more than a decade against a opponent that was playing its first-ever game together. Both of these things were true, and the Cats coasted past Bat Intentions 27-2 on a fine early spring evening at Bowman Park in a mismatch reminiscent of the
More than thirty score weeks had passed since Sea Kittens dashed through the red clay dust of Olbrich Park in pursuit of softball glory, or at least in pursuit of a good time and story. The squad’s return to the diamond delighted players and spectators alike, as the Cats (1-0, MSCR Kenosha League) thrice rallied from behind en route to a thrilling 14-12 win over Swingin’ Eagles (0-1). The Zen Master, David Rowe, made his
Los Gatitos will romp onto the red dirt of Olbrich Field #4 tonight after a six hundred and three day layoff. It’s been 617 days since the Cats last won a game, but the Cats are ready to play, win or lose, fun at any cost.
The elements of softball reflect the elements of literature: the embodiment of human triumph, tragedy, and desire, the song of the soul. The conflicts within softball- within an at-bat, a game, a season, a career- and those which inflame authors are the same: the battles between person and person, person and nature, person and self, person and fate. In softball these battles rage simultaneously in an unscripted operatic ballet staged on dirt and grass. Except