Alright, let’s talk about this Midway baseball schedule. You’d think getting a simple schedule for a local league would be straightforward, right? Well, let me tell you, it was a bit of an adventure, and not the fun kind.
The Initial Hunt
So, the season was coming up, and I needed the schedule. My kid’s in the league, and you gotta plan your life around these games, you know? First thing I did, like any normal person, was look for a website. Found one. Looked like it hadn’t been updated since dial-up was cool. Seriously, the “latest news” was from three years ago. No schedule there, obviously.
Okay, plan B. Maybe there’s a contact number. Found a number for the league coordinator. Called it. Voicemail. Left a message. Called again the next day. Voicemail. Left another message. You can guess how that went – crickets. It’s like these things are run by ghosts sometimes.
Digging Deeper
I wasn’t about to give up. My kid was excited, and I needed to know when to pack the orange slices and juice boxes. So, I started asking around. Talked to some other parents at school drop-off. One parent thought they had a schedule from a friend, but it was “unofficial.” Another said they heard it would be emailed “soon.” “Soon” is a very flexible word in these situations, I’ve learned.
Then, someone mentioned a community Facebook group. Ah, the modern-day town crier. Scrolled through endless posts about lost dogs and bake sales. Finally, buried deep, a blurry photo of a handwritten list of dates and teams. Handwritten! And half the names were smudged. This was getting ridiculous.
Piecing It Together
So, I had bits and pieces: that blurry photo, some hearsay from other parents, and a vague promise of an email. I basically had to become a detective. Here’s what I ended up doing:
- I took that blurry photo and tried my best to decipher it. Used a magnifying glass app on my phone, no joke.
- Cross-referenced the legible parts with what other parents remembered from last year’s general game days (like, “Midway usually plays Tuesdays and Saturdays”).
- Kept pestering the one parent who seemed to be “in the know” a bit more, until they finally forwarded me a slightly less blurry, but still unofficial, typed-up version they got from someone else.
- Then, like a miracle, a week later, an email did arrive. It was a PDF. And guess what? It mostly matched my detective work, but with a few crucial differences in game times and one venue change. Of course.
The “Final” Schedule (For Now)
So, I basically created my own master schedule. I took the “official” PDF, made notes on it from the other versions, highlighted our team’s games, and then shared that with a few other parents who were just as lost as I was. It’s like we have to crowdsource basic information these days.
Honestly, you’d think in this day and age, getting a simple baseball schedule wouldn’t require this much legwork. But hey, at least we know when the games are. For now. I’m fully expecting a last-minute change via a text message chain. That’s just how Midway rolls, I guess. It’s all part of the charm, or so I tell myself.
