Showdown in St. Louis

In case you've forgotten, the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series last year. I'll admit I'd forgotten. They were totally forgettable. That said, it is a decent baseball town. It's also the host city for the ACLU annual staff conference. St. Louis in April! It might otherwise have been a mediocre trip, memorable only for a wierd talent show and prying Frank Knaack off the floor at Harrah's Casino at 4 in the morning, but now there will be a marquee event...the ACLU Softball Showdown I ! That's right, the first intra-ACLU softball tournament is happening this April. Some A's fans have expressed concern about how this will affect our normal spring training routine, and wondered aloud if the early start would wear players down by the end of the season, but A's management dismisses such fears. "First off, we are not going to schedule any doubleheaders this year, so the wear and tear issue is off the table. As for the flow of spring training, I think this challenge will bring our focus to a razor sharp level, and that will lead to a fast start when we return to DC for the CSL opener on May 1st" said Manager Charlie Mitchell. "The Drug Policy Project are a bunch of bitches!" added Ass Manager Mandy Simon.

Details of the tourney will follow. It is unknown exactly how many teams will participate. As of now it is purely a blood feud between the A's and the Drug Policy Druggists. The Hammer and Night Train have been trash talking from their posh Santa Cruz headquarters (between catching killer surf and playing folk tunes to each other on the beach) for months. F'n A thinks all the bongage and barefootedness has made them soft, particularly when compared to our steely, DC resolve.

Let the madness commence.