No Love For the Assassin?

Sadly, my kickball exploits went unrecognized by our division leader in his weekly newsletter to the league.  Here are the relevant newsletter excerpts:

"PLAY OF THE WEEK

Don’t kick to left field! That’s where APCO’s ____ roams. She made catch after catch out there, including a really nice lunging catch while running to her left to stifle a YTBD kicker. Well done!

FUNNY PLAY OF THE WEEK #1

I’m sorry I didn’t catch the name of the HERE FOR THE BEER fielder who circled under a ball, almost reeled it in, bobbled it, batted it into the air, and ended up making the out while holding the ball between his knees late in their game against the Freqs on Wednesday night. Nicely done!"

Um, hello?  Nothing about me?  And he even umped our game!  So naturally, I gave him some half-joking shit about it:

"Hi ___,

I looked through this entire newsletter twice, and I've concluded there must be some mistake.  No props at all for my center-fielding efforts?  After dropping the first one, I made two running catches -- one at full speed, over my shoulder -- and caught a third out off my face.  And nothing??  What's a brotha gotta do to get some props up in this piece?!?

Adding insult to injury - you gave props to the guy who caught it between his knees...I think that might have been off *my* kick, but I was too focused on the upcoming drinking to remember for sure. 

Our team is improving each week, so watch out for us.  It might not happen next week (YTBD), but we'll break through at some point...

Good-naturedly,
______ (The Freqs)"

He actually wrote back right away, and said the following:

"You know, I thought about that about six or eight seconds after I fired off the newsletter. You did indeed deserve props, and I failed. My apologies. It's tough to fit everything in, and every week many deserving plays (and quotes) go unrecognized. This week, however, I have no excuse, I was officiating the game and watched every play. So please accept my humble apologies. I promise it has nothing to do with any Michigan - Penn State rivalry.

You all are on your way. You're not playing badly. It will all come together for you all soon, I can feel it."

Indeed.  That was a very nice mea culpa from him.  I appreciate that. 

In other news, someone on my team also said in a recent communique that they were concerned that team morale might be a bit low.  My team morale is fine.  We've definitely improved each week.  We just need to look before we leap more often while in the heat of the game -- and I think we started to do that as a team at the end of the last game.  Besides, it's only kickball.  Right? 

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