Slow-pitch softball is such a sport. On the surface, it has all the components of baseball, a sport played by spry young men across the nation. But underneath the surface it is apparent that the creators of slow-pitch softball have removed any need for speed, agility or good reflexes. So this summer I joined a slow-pitch softball league, and to my joy I have yet to be greatly hindered by my poor skills. You can partake in a fat-guy sport on any level you feel is appropriate.
Some fellas are still as full of piss and vinegar as ever.
While there's no reason you can't be ultra-competitive, in general, you're going to look like an idiot. When you get pissed at a teammate during a softball game, you soon realize that you're not at game six of the World Series, but rather at the local park with your kids eating snow-cones in the stands. So really the best thing to do is just relax and enjoy the entire spectrum of fat-guy sports. It would be nice if we lived in a world where young boys didn't feel pressured to be athletes, but unfortunately we do. Ben Godar is a senior in sociology from Ames.