The real summer game.(softball; includes related articles)

From: Esquire | Date: May 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Softball is your last best chance to lurch toward greatness, your final shot at the shiny plastic cup

At some level, everybody plays softball. Import some schmoe from France to your weekend league and you can likely get him through the basics in fifteen minutes, stick him in right, and bat him last without snarling things too badly. No doubt he'd bad-mouth the sport upon his return to Marseilles, but, truth be told, even a Frenchman could nibble a single and knock down the occasional stray fly. Pencil the frog in at the bottom of the order and play ball.

Still, not everyone ...

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