Curations from the Human Jungle
[As the hair on our collective backs becomes evermore silver, we cling to the scraps of our former imagined glory, such as this memory from the Randolph, Vermont Men's Softball League, circa 1982. SB SM] https://silverbackdigest.com/2023/06/10/or-why-i-am-against-banning-the-shift/ [We, "we" being Silverbelle Sandy and myself, were eating breakfast this morning while watching Morning Joe on MS-NBC when... Continue Reading →
[Silverback J of the Mendocino Bonobos has contributed some epic yarns to Silverback Digest over the year, although we haven't heard from recently. This story is set against a dramatic backdrop of slow pitch softball, so often a world where the raw emotions of the male of the species simmer just beneath the placid waters... Continue Reading →
[We, "we" being Silverbelle Sandy and myself, were eating breakfast this morning while watching Morning Joe on MS-NBC when Joe and Willie went into one of their time-filling tangents on baseball. Specifically, they were discussing the rule changes implemented by Major League Baseball this season. SB Sandy said "Oo-oo" which I interpreted as "As a... Continue Reading →
(If Bonobo Boy J gets to tell a story of his glorious men's softball game past, then I get one, too. Here’s the story as it appeared in the vacation edition of The Herald of Randolph in July, 2017. SB SM) Sprague’s Dairy vs. the Guy Wilson Agency:The Day the Baseball World Stood Still Author’s long-winded introduction:Memoirs... Continue Reading →
THE NIGHT CARL DeCARLO WENT DOWN I can see him now, that long-ago summer night in our Smalltown USA ballfield, under the lights, striding up to home plate to meet his Destiny. Now, Carl DeCarlo was one of those strikingly handsome bachelors that women of all ages and political persuasions swoon over. One of those.... Continue Reading →