Teams come and go. We have certainly learned that in our league.
There have been 24 teams in the
Wilmette Park District league since 2008.
Cougars, Chicken Shack (originally The Hitmen), Gullivers,
Miller Time, Tito’s, Tappers, Brown Stars, Slaughter House 9, Brew Ha's, SLAM, Keefe,
Grandpa's, Chieftains, Old School, Valley Lodge, Misfit Beavers, D-38 Bombers, Maple
Avenue Marauders, Geriatric Springers, Timeless, Team He Gone, Old Neighborhood
Grill, Ready By Tuesday, Pitches.
Only eight of those teams are
currently active.
Longevity is hard.
In fact, sometimes entire
leagues disappear.
Back in 1983, I attended the
inaugural Chicago Blitz game at Soldier Field.
It was certainly exciting to
have a new team in town even if Walter Payton was not playing.
Sadly, the Blitz lost that
game against the Denver Gold and a couple years later the USFL was gone as
well.
This year the Winnetka Park
District shut down their 16-inch softball season. A couple of teams from that league, Braeside
Boys and Storm, have joined our Wilbilly league.
We played our inaugural game against the Storm on Tuesday
night and got blitzed.
The Cougars were shut down for
the first three innings while the Storm plated three. Cougars down 3-0.
In the 4th inning, we
scored two with five straight infield singles by Boom, Tiny Rads, Rads, Martini
and JD. In the bottom of the inning, the
Storm tallied two. Cougars losing 6-2.
In the bottom of the 6th
our opponent scored an extra point to make it seven. A defensive highlight for the Cougars was a ricocheted
laser off Tiny Rads, grabbed by Rads and thrown to Li’l Rads. Family fielding fun.
As the clock expired, the score looked like a football result- the Storm with a touchdown and the Cougars with a safety.
Cougars lose 7-2.
The Cougars were not down and
out. It was overtime and we ran a go route to the Fort and got blitzed again.
Losses are unbearable, but whenever the Cougars are together, the night is pure Sweetness.
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