# play by the rules, #2

     In high school, back in the 1970's, we had the opportunity to play intramural softball--meaning anyone could make a team, and the school would arrange a time and a place to play a game. I was drafted by a team of my fellow "geeks" ( as they came to be called later ), and we were particularly bad ball players. Most of the team wore glasses, or needed them, and probably took them off to play.  "Anyone could make a team" meant just that--teams were made up mostly of kids who already knew one another--including a team of serious ball players, who usually played on the varsity baseball team. We played this team. Our poor team of geeks was losing by  40 runs, and it was still the 6th inning.  Our outfield was terrible, and it took a long time to arrange the 3  "outs" required to end an inning.. The varsity players were getting tired, and said so. Very tired. They wanted to go home. Enter geekdom. If they went home, wouldn't they forfeit the game? Why, yes, they would. They still wanted to go home, and it was agreed--so we won the game by forfeit. We wore them out.