Bad News - No Game Sunday; White Plains Mets Cannot Put Together a Team

The following E-Mail was sent to the team on Saturday, May 8, 2010, at 8:59 p.m.:
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From: Bell, Blake A
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:59 PM
To: [Addresses Removed]
Cc: [Addresses Removed]

Subject: Bad News - No Game Sunday; White Plains Mets Cannot Put Together a Team

Dear Mothers:

After three telephone calls and myriad e-mails, the White Plains Mets have now informed me that they cannot put together the required eight players (or even seven players) and cannot play tomorrow. As beautiful as the weather is now (and as beautiful as it is expected to be tomorrow), it looks like our team will have an unintended off-weekend due to the rain today and to the White Plains Mets tomorrow.

Apparently the Baseball Gods heard the pleas of many of the team's Moms! I heard from almost all of our beloved team Moms who asked -- quite rightly -- why games were scheduled on one of the year's most sacrosanct, hallowed and respected holidays . . . (We fathers and sons genuflect accordingly. . . . . )

To all Moms: I note that I had utterly and absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . . .
To all Dads and the players: I admit that I was looking forward to playing tomorrow and expected all Moms and Dads to be seated along the foul lines full of filial pride as our progeny massacred the hapless Mets.

I'm sorry, Moms, but I feel compelled to disclose that, despite the holiday, our team was able to put together 15 excited players for the game tomorrow!

Happy, happy, happy, happy Mother's Day!

As always, this message is being posted to the team Web site located at http://pelhamdodgers.blogspot.com/

Best regards,

Blake

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Blake A. Bell

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