Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Sandspur-Gate?

Ahhh yes. So issue 3.b from my previous post reared its ugly head a day early, causing us to start a week later.

Those of you with keen reading and comprehension skills might have gathered something was up based on what I said in 3.a.iv. But since all of you probably just skimmed that post... I knew the city wasn't going to take care of the issue. So Johnny and I have gone out there a few times to drag carpet and sheets across the field in an effort to pick up the sandspurs ourselves.

We probably got up a few hundred... out of 10's of thousands.

I could probably do a "mailbag" with all the texts and emails I received last night questioning the decision to push back the game. Hot Tub Party Todd thought sandspurs were the neighborhood residents, and wondered why this was just discovered. Huffy and Josh thought it was a joke. Shocker Rob is confused because we "wear shoes," and thus there shouldn't be an issue. Etc etc.

First off... the issue was discovered on January 7th at the pick-up-game. I didn't attend (because I don't believe in off-season kickball), but apparently the problem was so bad they moved to the smaller field... and rumor has it Griff drew blood. If that's true, Griff should weigh in on this issue.

So maybe you're thinking it's lame, and we can deal with it. Well... when me, Souder and Johnny went out there to figure out if we could squeeze in 3 games at a time... this is what my shoe looked like after walking across the field:
Tax dollars well spent.

Furthermore... when we were rolling a ball across the field... they were sticking to the ball. It would make fielding a lot more interesting. But the bottom line is it's not safe, and the city should have never let it get this bad.

Their initial response was: "Nobody else has ever complained about it."  Well, apparently nobody has been out there in awhile walking around. Or sliding, or diving for pop-flys, or tripping over their feet running.

So there you have it. We'll see how it plays out, but if anyone wants to go out there and help fix the problem... go nuts.

6 comments:

Litman said...

It would have been funny if there was also dog shit and bubble gum on your shoe.

Chandler said...

I should just roll the dog around out there and let him pick up all the spurs.

Alison said...

Chandler: no.

!! HOT TUB PARTY TODD !! said...

Chandler, I commented that in a strickly confidential email to the Ligers. That was not to be distributed. Just like how I gave you my number after meeting you at Caliente, only to find it scrawled upon every bathroom stall from here to Ybor.

Chandler said...

So... you don't enjoy all the recent phone calls?

Griff said...

i can confirm the bloodshed....thanks for your cleanup efforts, Chan & Co.