Ginger in the Hall

This past Sunday, one of my dearest friends & teammates was inducted into the SFAAA (South Florida Amateur Athletic Association) Softball Hall of Fame. His contributions to the league are enormous. No one is more dedicated or passionate about making our league successful...both on the field and off.

Ginger (aka Mike) excels as a player. He has the skill to jump in at any position. His experience rubs off on the younger players who look to him for leadership.

We began playing together three years ago. When our team became so popular that we had an abundance of people wanting to play with the Blues, Ginger asked me to co-manage an offshoot team...Blue Ice. The two team compete fiercely against each other and, yet, remain family thanks in large part to Ginger's infectious personality.

Off the field, Ginger will do whatever it takes to promote the league; be it organizing a charity drag show, donning heels to wash cars, or selling raffle tickets. Like a pied piper, there is almost nothing that teammates and opponents wouldn't do to assist in his endeavours.

Here is how he ended his acceptance speech:

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved piece, but rather to slide in broadside,
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and gayly proclaiming......WOW WHAT A RIDE"

It would be impossible to describe Ginger's zest for life in better words.

Congratulations to my teammate and friend, my hero and sister-in-life.