Olympia, Yauger Park update

by Thingray on May 27, 2008 12:24 PM PDT Comment 11 comments

So I played in the softball tournament down in Olympia this weekend.

First the good news:

The Mukilteo Fire Department team won, which is good, since that was the team I was playing for. I scored the winning run in the championship qualifier as a "courtesy runner" (those of you that play organized softball know what that is) in extra innings, and we won the championship game by one run (also in extra innings).

Bad news:

I completely removed all the skin on my left knee (from one side of the kneecap to the other) sliding into third base on a force play, which means every time I move my left leg even slightly it hurts like hell. I also tore the entire palm out of my new batting glove on the same slide.

The horrible news:

I wasn't able to make it to any of the places you guys suggested due to the combination of our extended playing schedule (four games each day plus extra innings and breaks between games) and the "team" wanting to go watch the UFC fights. We ended up at a place called "Charlies" and hung out there all night. Try as I might, I couldn't convince anyone to wander around downtown looking for any of the other places you suggested, even though it was a beautiful evening. Charlies wasn't horrific for the most part, but after the fights ended and the "dance club crowd" moved in, that was when I really regretted not being more pushy about seeing some of the other places that were suggested.

Side note: The Red Lion in Olympia is in about the weirdest place I've ever seen for a hotel. Really off the beaten path. Plus they have a parking lot the size of a postage stamp. Also, the Applebees about 2 blocks from Yauger Park has the worst service I've ever experienced, and the food sucked too.

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That sounds incredibly painful.

Ripping the skin off of anything is never fun.

Also, Charlie’s is a terrible, terrible place after ~11:00. Meat market of the husky-voiced bar tramp/cover band bass player variety.

-aaron c.

by acblue on May 27, 2008 12:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yep.

It was right about 11:00 when I was really regretting being there. I knew I must be close to somewhere cool, but I wasn’t going to wander off by myself (plus I was pretty buzzed, and my buddy who was driving didn’t want to leave).

I like midgets more than I should.

by Thingray on May 27, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And it was painful,

but not too much until the adrenaline wore off after the game. Once I got back home to Everett and tried to take off the remnants of my softball pants, that’s when the pain really hit. Let’s just say that my knee had formed a close relationship with the pants, and they had to be separated by force.

I like midgets more than I should.

by Thingray on May 27, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs