“Our coed Sunday softball group has been going strong since the early 1980s. Hundreds of people have played over the decades. The original players worked for the Press Herald sometime in the early 1980s. Our founders made up quirky rules that promoted a beautiful Sunday experience.
‘Life is hard enough,’ these rules seemed to be saying.
That said, we do keep score, and the games are highly competitive.”
—Phillip Hoose, “Maine Voices: In Praise of Sunday Softball in Portland, Rain or Shine, for 40 Years“