Have I lost my mind? A second softball team?

In recent weeks, my softball team has been running an extremely successful recruitment drive; the response has truly exceeded any of my expectations!

Not one to waste a contact or to exclude participation from anyone, I contacted Chesterfield County’s softball league administration about connecting the extra enrollment on my Sunday-league softball team with other teams in Chesterfield. Unfortunately, Chesterfield doesn’t have any efficient system in place to arrange for this in real time, and can't do much to help aside from adding the names of these players to a generic list of “Players Looking for Teams.”

On its face, this list sounds like a good option, but the list doesn’t see much circulation or update; and, indeed, the list which was presented to me last week at our team managers meeting was almost identical to the version distributed to us back in April. Surely, the players on the April list have either moved on, lost interest or found other teams on which to play by now!

So, I had a thought which could benefit all parties. What if we started a second team for one of the weekday leagues? There wouldn’t be any competition between that team and our existing Sunday-league squad, and both teams could benefit from having some “player crossover” – that is, players who always play on both nights or still other players who primarily play on one day but can be available to play on the other day if an extra player is needed to fill in.

Of course, this also allows us to get our feet wet for a week night league too, something I’m starting to find attractive as more and more chores pile up at home. The only time I really have to work on these chores is during the weekend, and having a team in weekday league allows me to have a free weekend and still enjoy softball on a weekly basis. I won't complain about the extra exercise either.

Naturally, I’ll first have to confirm with the possible recruits to see if they’re available during one of the weekday options and go from there. Anyway, just a consideration at this point.