Fall Softcore Co-ed Kickball at Col. Summers Park Sunday

It's October, but no one told Portland. The day capped out at almost ninety degrees, and when you're on a baseball diamond, you feel about fifteen more than that. Sunday mornings have a bad habit of coming after Saturday nights, so hot ones can be extra miserable.

Kickball games aren't supposed to be 50-run affairs, but no one told Redline or w00ks. Eight innings with both teams mounting double-digit comebacks for a final score of 26-24 makes for a hot, sweaty marathon. The teams played hard and finished exhausted.

Days like this are supposed to be tiring, but no one told CJ. He stayed with the ball for the entire epic game. He booted it deep and caught it anywhere it was kicked. He played both sides of the field perfectly, stayed upbeat and energetic, kept spirits high when his team was down and kept pushing when his team was ahead.

The captain of an Indy team has a lot of responsibility- setting the lineups, explaining the rules, wrangling the players. Kelly shows up week-in and week-out to keep her team's morale high and make sure everyone's having fun.

This week, though, she and her team took it to a new level. They had a long double-header against two talented teams and, in their first game, gave up a sixth-inning lead to take a heartbreaking loss. That's the kind of thing that can deflate a team and a captain.

Not Kelly, though. She ran her teams through the cheers and through the warmups (which included popcorn and cheese crackers) and came back out to play. Well-placed bunts and close slides at second gave her team a hard-fought victory in a tight, defensive game.

Congrats Kelly and the Alcoballics!