Fantasy baseball often can lead to harsh feelings or misguided feelings in leagues with strangers.I tend to doubt that could ever occur in Hardball Heaven after a fine Saturday night with some of our league members at the Ball Park in Cincinnati ,Ohio. I was amazed at how easy it was to connect with four other guys I had previously only known through written words on a message board,some great fellas that made me feel quite comfortable with their friendly welcome.
Meeting Randy I came away feeling like I was meeting an old friend and that is nothing but a compliment for he was very outgoing and wanted this to work out which it did as it was a great success.I liked the man immediately,felt very comfortable and would think if we had to choose someone to guide this league we couldn't do any better. Michael I joked with about an old request I made many years ago for a picture of him that he reluctantly declined,his name of Ageless made me think he had hunch back or something.He has a tremendous sense of humor and seemed easy to get along with the kind of person you would like to know for many reasons. He joked about a Reds pitcher that was having a horrible time getting Dodgers out,he kept telling Randy that it must be one of his pitchers,lol.The poor young man pitching had a nightmare outing so it was indeed very funny commentary.
Mark Porcher was the man who found me out of a sea of humanity and extended his hand in a warm welcome prior to the start of the game.I am grateful he could recognize me as it was a hot day and we were getting frustrated trying to locate folks we never saw except for Facebook pictures.I can't express what a great time it was to meet these folks and how happy I actually was to realize that the greatness of this league is a byproduct of the greatness of its members.Mark and his Dad were really informative and also made the trip worthwhile with their easy going and kind hearted approach to this adventure.
All in all a great time was had by all and plans are in the works to maintain this excursion as an annual event.
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