Here in our new place in Florida, you have to be evaluated before you
can play in a softball league. There are
5 divisions with division 1 being former professional baseball players and
division 5 being players with physical disabilities. When I finished the evaluation just before
Christmas all of the teams had already been picked for the Winter season. I was disappointed that I wasn't on a team
but I found out that I could sub for teams that needed players. After the evaluations, I received a sheet of
paper that indicated that I was placed in division 4 and I was telling all my
friends that I was just above those with disabilities. I went out for the first game and put my name
down to sub. The organizers didn't have
the sheet of eligible subs. I got 4 hits
in 4 at bats and helped my team win the game.
The other team was mad at the captain of our team because the two subs
that he picked got 8 hits. I was a
little confused about which division I was in because the sheets that I
submitted to join the league had R3 in the top right hand corner and I thought
that might mean I was applying for division 3 even though the cover sheet
specifically said I was in division 4.
So I emailed the president of the division 3 and asked him if I was on
the sub list. The next day he replied
that yes I was on the sub list for division 3.
Then later that night I got a phone call from the president of division
4 and he told me I wasn't on the sub list for division 4 and that he had called
the president of division 3 and confirmed that I was on the sub list for
division 3. I thanked him but I didn't
ask if the team that I played for in division 4 was penalized because they had
a division 3 sub on the team that day.
Now I am no longer just above the disabled league. I am in the mediocre league. Right in the middle of the divisions.
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