What! Really?
You are going to use the Book of Ecclesiastes as your writing crutch
today? Blasphemy!
Sure, why not?
The Bible comprises chapters
and verses and the Cougars blog covers innings and versus.
The Cougars were versus the four-time defending league champ, Miller Time, on Tuesday night.
The common thread here is that time is a theme throughout Ecclesiastes. The theme of time is closely
related to the theme of loss. What is
losing other than just pretty much just running out of time?
Ecclesiastes starts off the
first chapter by discussing how everything repeats itself, and nothing ever
occurs that hasn't already happened before.
How true! In nine years, we have
never been victorious over Miller Time.
Ecclesiastes goes on to say
that nothing that has happened will be remembered forever. Not so sure about this one. Although we would like to forget the Tuesday outcome,
the blog will outlive us all.
He then considers wisdom,
folly and madness. Ecclesiastes decided
that wisdom bests folly. Um, sure, that’s
easy. The Cougars agree that folly begets
madness. Smart defense and solid offense
always outdo errors and outs.
In chapter three, Ecclesiastes
goes on a bit of a rant about time. He begins, “For everything there is a
season, and a time for every matter under Heaven.” This may not be our season to contend Time
(Miller, that is). Ecclesiastes says, “A
time to gain, And a time to lose.”
Miller Time beat us 17-8.
Ecclesiastes also says it is
good to have friends. “Two are better than one,” he says. Well, how about two ones? We had 11 at the game. Let’s see how we did.
We scored two in the first
inning with back to back to back hits by Boomgaarden, Fortier and Radtke (the older,
wiser one). Our opponent did one better
and made it 3-2. Crushed hits by Bobis,
Kirchberg and Coffey in the second inning did not equate to runs. The bottom of the inning was rough as they
dropped seven runs on us. 10-2
them. Both teams were scoreless in the
third inning. We came out with a tally
in the fourth inning with hits from Danielsen, Bobis and Lipinski. Miller Time followed by scoring three more to
make it 13-3. It was then the top of the
fifth inning and if we didn’t score we would lose by the slaughter rule. So we came out and scored four with Coffey
leading us off by pummeling a single followed by Boomgaarden, Fortier, Radtke
(the one taller by 1/8”), Lipsey and Radtke (the one shorter by 1/8”) pounding four
doubles and a single. Score: Miller Time 13 - Cougars 7. In the fifth and sixth innings, our rival
scored four and would have been more if not for two fantastic catches in the outfield
by Schnettler. In the top of the seventh, Bobis and Lipinski both creamed the
ball and we scored one. Final score 17-8.
After a harsh loss, what’s most
uplifting about Ecclesiastes is his declaration that people who should succeed,
don't always succeed. The best individuals don't always receive the finest rewards,
even if they are intelligent or talented.
Even more inspiring is that
Ecclesiastes constantly urges people to take pleasure in eating and drinking being merry. Our work against Time (Miller
or otherwise) may be futile, but we need to enjoy the good things in life and
take comfort in them as we go about our work.
This is why even when we are missing a victory from our versus, we always eat, drink and are merry at the postgame...which fits right in with the missing verse from Ecclesiastes 3...
A time for Miller,
And
a time for Buds.
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