PURCHASE - The super-competitive, warns the Web site for Big League Kickball, need not apply. Achieving athletic greatness is not the point of the league.
"You can't really get that worked up or mad about anything ... it's just kickball," the site says.
Over and over, the organizers stress that Big League Kickball is a place to make friends, snag drink specials - Black Bear Saloon in White Plains is a sponsor - and re-live that big red rubber ball of our youth.
In his blue-and-white barber-pole socks and unnecessary sweatband - it's kickball, not the Ironman Triathlon - co-president Maurice Reep exemplifies the carefree attitude. The Larchmont resident watches a game between the Unforgettable Fire and Chuck Balls, one of many ball-themed team names, while waiting for his own team, You Cannot Be Serious, to get on the field. The Unforgettable Fire is badly beating Chuck Balls. Several players have walloped long kicks into the outfield at Purchase College. The more athletic players are flexing their muscles.Read the full article
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