Plain City Softball Tournament

We returned from Seattle to find Joann and Justin and their family settled in our basement. They are in the process of buying a home, and needed a place to stay, since Justin's brother Joe and his family returned from law school in TX and wanted their home back (a month early). Sooo, the day after they moved in, Mike called and invited Justin to play on a team for the Plain City 4th of July softball tournament. We packed up the kids and headed west. Justin, Jeff and Tyler, Gus, and Mike all played on the team, and when one player had to leave during the first game, Jack went in! Angie, Amy, Sharon, Joann, Amy's mom and sister-in-law and I were among the very vocal and enthusiastic fans! The guys won the first game, so played a second. They narrowly lost that one, but since it was double elimination, they played again - then they won and played again, and again and again! The games started at 6 PM and we didn't leave the park until 11:30!!! The kids played and played and played - and had a blast. The guys were hammered, but loved every minute of it! And all the fans had as much fun as anyone there!Here's a shot of the field. Gus was on 3rd, Jeff was left field, Ty was rover and Mike pitched.Jack was catcher, same as he was on the Blacker Furniture Team about 25 years ago!Justin played 1st. He and Gus saw a lot of action and are both still excellent ball players. All our guys were GREAT!!! Ty was all over the field as rover, and caught a ton of fly balls!Here are some of the loud and obnoxious fans! What fun we had! We named our team The Fogeys, because all but about 4 of them were between 36 and 66 years of age!Dad stayed until after the 3rd game - around 9:30 - then he decided it was past his bedtime, so I ran him home. He so enjoyed watching his family play ball!