3 Dot Red Stitch

Now some fucking IDIOT had gotten "it" into his head that softballs were DIFFERENT.  Indeed, some were stitched with Red thread, others in Blue, some had 2 Dots, Others 3, and the complaint was that they weren't gonna use Red Thread balls, I'm guessing, because THOSE balls were "long ball" friendly and THEY didn't have any "long ball" hitters but their Opponents DID.

Now the Rule states that the Visitors must supply the Game Balls which they DID.  Now the question arose that -- Were THOSE Game-balls acceptable which SHOULD have been a NON-Consideration since the Rule did NOT state exactly WHICH balls could be used. 

Now I COULD describe the mind-bending deluge of rants and rages, the players milling about on the verge of the most sincere BOREDOM as the Managers spoke of Spanish HONOR and INTEGRITY and here I gotta be HONEST myself because the balls themselves were NOT the Issue here like AT ALL.

What it waz was Manger SHOW TIME--who knew the Rules, who did not-- and worse- MUCH WORSE ---how tightly the Balls were wound. 

After fifteen minutes of TORRID Exchange I'd had enough.  I told them, We're gonna go with the balls supplied and if you don't take the field and start the game I'm gonna call DELAY OF GAME and award the batter "ball" after "ball".

That stopped them.

It was, in the end, all about Colored Light-bulbs, their number, 6.