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After struggling to try to create some idea for a column, I looked around trying to get ideas but nothing came to me. I asked friends for idea’s, I tried to think of everything softball related but nothing. Like Tom’s next homerun, my next column might be a long ways away. A long ways away? Long shots? How about I do a column on what I think are the odds of March Westin employee’s hitting homeruns? Who has the best odds of entering the “Chasing Ruth” sweepstakes? I mean seriously, if Tom can do it anyone can right?

So let’s start by saying who we know can hit it over. I’ve seen Jackson, Johnny (in practice), Jonathan (snowball tournament), and Tom (??No idea how??), and myself hit one over the fence. I’ve seen Randy hit one over the fence, only foul. Does that count? Well, I’ll give him credit since it was foul by just a few feet and I want those who haven’t stepped up to the bar to order their favorite drink… JACK, to sweat it out.

That leaves Dave, Wimer, James, Scott, and Tyler left to go deep. Excuse me while I snicker at the weaker athletes. Do these guys not know that “chicks dig the long ball”?

My question is this: Who would be the next person to go deep? So below is my list, and just like a NCAA bracket, I have some underdogs. Here they are in order of most likely to hit a homerun next: James, Wimer, Dave, Tyler, and Scott.

Yes, James folks. It’s true that he is more likely to foul out than hit a homerun but I’ve seen some that he has hit that I thought was going to go over the fence. The logical choice would be Dave or Wimer seeing as how I know they can rip the ball but this isn’t about logical. This is about picking the winner.

Maybe we could start a money pool. Chip in ten bucks for the guy you think will hit it over first and if they do you win the money. I know we have some gamblers on the team who would love this idea. I got ten bucks on James.

Am I going to be wrong? Let’s just say that I’m sure this article might inspire a few to dig a little deeper, totally blowing my predictions. I clearly don’t condone swinging for the fences; March-Westin’s winning ways are not based on the long ball. It’s based on pure, unadulterated, fundamentally solid, “will the bleeding ever stop”, beat downs. So let’s focus on winning first, let’s get that 15-20 run lead and then go yard. Winning comes first.

P.S. Swing for the fences James, I got money riding on this…