The Denver Jewish softball league has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few summers. It is now up to 14 teams each one, win or lose, having fun, socializing with other Jews, suspending vital questions of theology and observance in a beautiful bubble of camaraderie and friendship.
Jews need to pray together but also, play together. We marvel at the playfulness of many of the teams in coming up with team names, such the Hebrew Education Alliances HEA-brews, Temple Sinais Mitts-vahs, Emanuels Torah-nadoes, BMH-BJs Bench Jocks, Sinais Kosher Hammies, oh yes, and the HEAs HEA-vy Hitters. Not, the box scores show, that a clever name is necessarily a guarantee of a good record.
Alas, on the other end of the standings, stand other teams, which we shall mercifully not name, whose records make even the Rockies .450 ball look fantastic.
However, it is clear that the HEA-Brews have a lock, having worn its third straight championship, which we happily salute, but which, in certain tongue-in-cheek circles, has led to cries of Break up the HEA-brews! As the crie de couer helped not a whit against the old Yankees, but merely served to express frustration, envy and a misplaced sense of fairness so too in this case. Save that the stakes here are inverted: the dynasty serves only to increase the fun and attention to the good bridge-building that the Denver Jewish softball league is engaged in. Yeyaashru kochachem.
