Slugs take out the Pounders to return to men’s softball championship circle
Thunderstorms bookended the men’s softball championship game on Monday, though it probably would not have prevented the Slugs and Pounders from duking it out on the diamond.
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Men’s softball vets talk past, what’s ahead
If they weren’t playing for anything, they wouldn’t be keeping score.
Cops apprehend Chautauqua softball championship
A breeze off the lake lifted dust from the third base line. The sun peeking through the dust lent the entire scene a golden light, like a staged and faded Daguerreotype scene captured by an antique camera obscura. With a few more handlebar mustaches, it could have been the turn of the century. [w/ SLIDESHOW]
As substitute umpire, ‘Daily’ reporter experiences collegial nature of Chautauqua softball league
As long as some form of baseball or softball has been around, people have complained about umpires.
“What are you, blind?”
“You’re missing a great game, blue!”
“Get some thicker glasses, you idiot!”
Those are just a few of the pleasantries I’ve heard baseball fans yell throughout my 20 years of watching the sport.
So, naturally, when Mark Altschuler, commissioner of the Chautauqua slow-pitch softball league, asked me to umpire a few games, I jumped at the opportunity.
The Chautauquan Daily 