While
all of the players were sitting comfortably at their kitchen tables
enjoying a meal with their family, Dick Decosse, umpire in chief of the
Valley East Men’s Slo-Pitch was hard at work making sure the playing
conditions would be just right for the opening of the 2001 balls season.
Here
he can be seen carefully placing the bases after clearing most of the
infield of puddles of water that had accumulated from the all-day rain.
For Dick and the hundreds of men who enjoy the friendly competition of
slo-pitch every Tuesday and Thursday, it has been a long winter. But now
that the ball is being tossed 12 feet into the air and hit over the
fence on a regular basis, all of the white stuff is forgotten. Get ready
for the familiar voice of Dick Decosse, the official ambassador of Slo-Pitch
in Valley East, as he once again cries out,
“Pllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy Baaaaaaaall!
