Capital Softball

It's the end of softball season in D.C. and time for the modest summer's-end tournament. Necessary elements?

First, acquire sponsorship and arrange the league's 70 teams into a seeded double-elimination bracket:

Second, encourage all 70 teams, with branded sun-tents and carnival games in tow, to show up to a NASA-owned softball complex: Third, obtain the services of a caterer to provide the teams with hours of grilled fare:

Then, finally, top it all off by requisitioning a truck that literally dispenses beer from taps protruding from its side:

And there you have it. Play ball!

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Update: After a heartbreaking 5-4 loss to Boston College in the opening round, Stanford defeated Colgate and Johns Hopkins to stay alive and advance to the next round of the play-in bracket. More next week.