ARE YOU STRONGER THAN A SIXTH GRADER?
It’s that time again: downtown’s kickball league is just getting fired up. Are you going to stand on the sidelines this year, wishing you had run with the ball?
Or, are you going to get down with downtown and PLAY BALL?
Honest, you don’t even need to actually “run with the ball” by corralling a team of eight members for Capitol Square Kickball. Our crew can help any player find teammates to join. This sport is fun, it’s healthy and it’s addictive. And kickball is here, NOW.
Not a jock? No worries, this game is for everyone. Misti Crane has been on board since the beginning with the Columbus Dispatch team, the Fishwrappers. She’s got a great gift for explaining the nature of the league. Crane says, “When they started up the kickball, a couple of us figured, ‘Why not? If sixth graders can do it, so can we.’”
Crane continues, “That said, I’m sure sixth graders might clobber us on any given day, but we have a good time. It also happens to be a fine excuse to have a couple cold ones with some friends after work.”
Speaking of sixth graders, the rules for Capitol Square Kickball are the same game rules you remember from grammar school: there are some common-sense provisions for kicking and running, and provisions for something called by the technical term “bouncies.”
All of the rules are posted here, and it’s the job of head referee Matt Maynard to make sure everything runs fairly. The ref’s biggest worry? Maynard says, “We go through fifty or more balls a season, and lose at least one every game.”
The referee explains, “Whether it gets stuck in a tree, explodes on contact, or gets run over by a COTA bus (the most common type of loss) – I’m there to make sure that the fun never stops and that there is always a bright red ten-inch kickball to be played with.”
The league is filling up fast, so get on the ball and get on board! You can find the details about registration and game dates here.
The deadline is May 20, 2010.