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Message: [QUOTE="HCCForever, post: 4366931, member: 8959"] Actually, I played today. I am in an old man's league and still play. I am more glove than bat but can still hit the ball 220 feet. That isn't much. The question is did you ever play softball or baseball? Mine was a tongue in cheek comment about lack of power. They are playing slow pitch in a fast pitch stadium with dimensions of 200 to 220 feet. Normal slow pitch softball fields are at least 275 but some are 300 feet. Hitting a ball 220 feet is just a lazy fly in a normal field but a homer at the Woman's field in Storrs. The basketball player's lack of hitting skills has no correlation to their basketball skills so it doesn't really matter. This was a bonding exercise. But back in my day, athletes played at least 2 sports. Baseball and basketball were very common. Randy Lavigne grew up in my neighborhood and was good at both. He made it to AAA for the Cubs. I'm sure he would laugh at the 220 feet. Scott Burrell as well. [/QUOTE]