Rain Outs: A Time to Reflect...

As the raindrops parade from the sky and pelt our office windows, as many of us stare longly out at the rapidly puddling fields, as coaches hold out hope that God will reach down and open up a window of sunlight from 5 - 9 PM tonight, and as those of us holding out hope receive that email with the words we all fear and loath..."Game Canceled", the time is ripe for reflection and contemplation of feats past.

For some of us, we can sink inside the recesses of our memories and dwell on that one ball that you should have caught, that pop out you hit, the devastatingly close loss that if you had only done that one thing different you would have won. For others, it's a chance to look ahead and imagine that 2 out, bottom of the 7th inning, diving catch you're going to make to save a game.

Office's throughout the Rayburn, Cannon and Longworth buildings play host to a myriad of born again athletes who will now have to put their softball careers on hold for 24 hours while the waters from heaven wash away the past woes from the previous week. League titans who kept their players in training camp over the weekend in preparation for today's match ups will now sit patiently, waiting, watching, hoping the rain allows them at least one opportunity to claim their glory this week.

This is House softball in DC ladies and gentlemen, in this league, the commissioners decide how we play the game, but the rain decides if we play.