Malo Pa Fuera .. Best/Worst 2014 and Beyond

It's New Year's Eve. Be careful out there everyone as it's strictly amateur and newbie night.

New Year's Eve is a bittersweet night, one year older, a new year ahead. It is also a night filled with many traditions like:

• Countdown
• Time Square
• Drinking
• Partying

Three of my favorite B96 New Year's traditions are:

1. Eating 12 Grapes at midnight, one for each month ahead, for good luck



2. Spinning Suitcase - It's tradition to grab a suitcase and spin it around in all directions as a symbol for safe travel. - LOL - Very hickish but funny

3. Malo Pa Fuera (my favorite)- filling a pot of water and throwing it our door. It symbolizes throwing out the past year's bad luck and starting anew

So ghetto - so fun

 So for my final blog of the Year I would like to do a Malo Pa Fuera for Softball 2014

Top Ten Malo Pa Fuera for Softball 2014

10. Candela - Thanks for ruining my Saturday's Softball Arod. Fucked up a good thing

9. Three Last Inning Championship Losses - Old School, Weintraub, and Old School Fall. "I've always said "losing hurts more than winning feels good". These always stay with you

8. Slumps and lack of Clutch Hits- Learn from it. Adjust. Overcome. Courage, Confidence

7. Big Apple League Shrinkage - Has to be corrected. Softball will not die on my watch.

6. Losing Al – He was a True Mensch

5. Lou 22 sick. Game needs that crazy maniac back.

4. Selfish People -I'm done with them. Team 1st only. Ironically, sometimes you have to selfish to put the team first. A mistake I've made for years.

3. Softball Drama - playing time, egos, inconvenience, head cases - Pa Fuera

2. Leaving the Rangers - it was mutually beneficial for both sides. Just something bad about how it all ended. Good people over there. Never got that Big Apple title for them.

and the #1 Malo Pa Fuera for Softball 2014

1, Unfairly Being Left Out - Sucks when you do well and left out b/c of politics or numbers game. I can understand loyalty, defense, or talent. But getting left out for "other reasons" is wack (see #4).

 SB Malo Pa Fuera!!!!!!!

Now while 2014 had its bad points I would be remiss and be an overall "Softball Debbie Downer" if I didn't mention many good people and moments as well like:

• Old School Upset of undefeated classy McHale's on Tuesdays
• Softball Cancer Tournament
• The Return of Inwood in Inwood
• Batting Title
• 2 Championships

And of course wonderful people and teammates like:

• Glenn R  - great guy
• Eric Brown
• Angelo Gonzalez - never thought he would make this list. I was wrong.
• Entire Choice Parts -Miranda, Chino, Mickey P, Francis, Mickey P, Eric Z , Kip, Sandy Clay, everyone, etc - everything just clicked
• Gil Jr - "Like Father Like Son" does not apply
• Jimmy Myers - Thorwback. 
• Old School Tuesdays - Richie, Andy, Kirk Albie and all the other crazies (including me)
• Chris "Kennedy" and Bob - Charter Fabric
• Entire Ronda's Grocery Team - Knuckle Lou was awesome. Thank you Dio and Blonde
• Jose "Skywalker" Martinez - great future
• Carlos Ramirez and Sito - just awesome A+ players
• Guby - yeah I love Guby even though he's Guby
• Jimmy, Joel. Jack, Paul many of the other locos
• Roberto
• Ralpha
• My softball sons - Christian, Many, Oliver

Going forward I've set my goals (will keep that private) but over the years I've learned a few things in softball/life that I will; apply in softball 2015 and beyond:

1. People - Be kind to the people on the way up. It's the same people you see on your way down. 
2. Softball is about winning, playing, challenges  - If that ain't happening get out
3. Like Ernie Banks famously said "You gotta be a man to play baseball, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you. “ so important
4. Follow the Love - good things will happen

Happy New Year Everyone!!!!

HOLLER!!!!!!!!!!!