As the Championship Approaches, Keepin' It Real w/ Underdog...

So, as you can tell by the title of the blog, I'm not doing a lotta hoopin' anymore. Haven't actually picked up a rock in about 2 months. Instead, I've moved on to, uh, bigger and better things...like playing in a co-ed kickball league. My team--Big Booty--is undefeated in two seasons of play in the Everett league, and we look to defend our crown when we compete in the summer championship next Thursday against our biggest rivals, Chopper...Kick Balls.

Yes, I play kickball. And yes, it's the most fun I've had playing a sport in a long, long time. It's probably because anyone can play, regardless of sports knowledge or athletic ability. And even though my competitive nature may struggle with this from time to time, you really can't take it too seriously because it's, uh, kickball.

So many of you may find this to be ridiculous, and it is from a while back , but here's an interesting article about how some national kickball association is trying to monopolize on the Kickball "industry". Talks about how they are trying to move into the Seattle market, and to what lengths they have attempted to go to gain supremacy in other regions like ours. Let it be said that Underdog Sports (the league that we compete in, and the Apple to their Microsoft) does a magnificent job, and they have this area on lock, with--as the article states--over 300 teams and 4,000 athletes. Just seems a little silly that any recreational association--kickball for that matter--would take themselves seriously enough to pursue litigation against competing leagues for rules they deem as "copyrighted".

Bruv, it's the same game we've all played since elementary school, and it hasn't changed a whole lot since my boy Kurt Koshelnik took out Timmy Smallwood's legs in for the game saving out in the North Middle School 6th grade kickball championship. My thought is this: just worry about your product, WAKA, because the Underdog label and the Puget Sound are as inseparable as Stockton & Malone, PB & J, Mr. Miyagi & Daniel, Kevin Arnold & Winnie Cooper...well, as I think about it, Kevin and Winnie didn't stay together at the end of "The Wonder Years", but they shoulda...