Hubert's Random Blog: A softball career begins

so i joined this softball team that my housemate andrew is playing on... we had some long practices the past two weekends and our first game is coming up this saturday. the only time i've ever played softball was for like a month or so in a PE class during high school. the main thing i learned from that class is to not let the bat fly out of your hands after you swing because i did that a couple of times and got called out right away.

but anyway, so it's a lot harder than i ever thought it would be. i'm really bad at throwing, but that was sort of expected because i'm bad at all sorts of throwing. hehe. hitting isn't so bad.. still getting the hang of it. someone compared to playing golf and using your hips to generate power.. that's probably not a good sign since i'm pretty weaksauce at golf, too. fielding is ok.. i think i'm going to get to play 1B, so i won't have to do too much excessive fielding or throwing, but just catching throws that come my way. i think i can handle that. outfield would be a nightmare. during part of practice this past weekend, i was in the outfield and everyone had to record an out and then bring it in... i was scared that i would be out in the field forever. somehow, tracking those flyballs isn't as easy as it looks.. haha. luckily, after three or four *really* lazy pop flies, i finally caught one

to get ready for the upcoming season, i've gone on a mini-shopping spree the past week or so. i really like shopping for new sports things.

here's what i got: