Dear Mom,
The slammers are awesome! Today we played in the rain … and I mean RAIN. It poured. At first I thought we’d quit, but then everybody just kept playing, and it was muddy, and sloppy, and just totally cool. We had a great time today, lots of hits, I think we scored a lot of runs! The other team played really well and the game was close; but, I think we edged them at the end, probably because when they were batting the rain was so fierce they had a hard time seeing the ball and gripping the bat.
A big shout-out of thanks goes to JOHN for being the best and loudest fan ever. Some of our fans had to leave due to the yucky wet conditions (it’s WAY funner to play in the rain than to sit, cold, watching in the ran); but JOHN just kept hollerin’ for the Slammers and it was great.
After the game I took a hot, soaky bath and it was just terrific.
Mom, there’s a big tournament this Saturday at 9:00 a.m., can I stay until then, at least? They really need me.
— Big Al