Kickballers
June 17, 2008 at 6:23 amDC, Exteriors, Night, Olympus XA-2, People, adams morgan, lights, parks, sports
Anyone who’s ever been to DC in the spring, summer, fall, or winter has seen the Kickballers, — teams of people in obnoxiously bright shirts standing around in clumps by the Washington Monument, the Mall, Constitution Avenue, and any other park or memorial area you have ever been to. They’ve also spread to Virginia and Bethesda and various places in between. Why doesn’t DTSS (that’s Downtown Silver Spring) have it’s own league yet?? …they do have that huge open turf area.
Anyways, at first glance you think these people are just standing around in disorganized clusters, but at a closer look it appears they are actually playing kickball in sometimes less than 40 square feet or approximately 1/90th of an actual baseball field. After all, the only prop you need is the ball, and maybe a few bases… or coolers, or extra flip flops. Whatever works.
Most people either 1) are Kickballers, 2) despise them or 3) used to be a Kickballer and now silently make fun of them. I, of course, fall into the third category. Since my days as a WAKA member, I have since graduated onto far superior sports such as softball. Still organized solely for the trip to the bar after the game, but also requiring actual athletic skill and more than one piece of equipment.
Anyways, we stopped by the field at Marie Reed in Adams Morgan on our way home the other night, which is where the picture above was taken. I guess the Kickballers are okay when they’re on a designated field… and I forgot where I was going with this.
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