Amateur New York Softball Is Deadly

Softball for most people involves at most the risk of spilling a beer or blowing out your knee, but if there’s one thing my father taught me, it’s run from a fight. Why? Because he knew, deep down, that I was a coward, and would run anyway. However, there was some additional wisdom here, too: in a random fight, you never know who’s going to have a knife, who’s secretly been punching a hole in the wall in their basement just waiting for this moment, or who might actually be willing to kill you over a softball game. Perhaps you doubt these people exist. You would be wrong. ↵↵⇥Daniel Andrews, 37, of Hilton played in his usual Sunday softball league at Forks Park off Manitou Road in Parma with his Pallet Express team. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, when the game was over about 2:30 p.m., Andrews was punched below the ear by a player from the opposing team, who then took off running.↵↵

↵Andrews (pictured) died, the puncher was arrested and is charged with second-degree assault, and the whole shebang will be upgraded to a more serious charge before this is all over.
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↵To summarize: between the risk of a fatal assault and the immense number of calories consumed during each game, softball is mad deadly. You’d be better off picking up something safer like rugby or competitive staring, really.↵