Interesting Article from Seattle

“The Microsoft of Kickball” Has Arrived

by Huan Hsu of Seattle Weekly

Depending on whom you talk to, adult kickball is either cool, lame, a reason to drink, an excuse to act like a kid, welcoming of all, frighteningly homogenous, or a waste of a perfectly good softball diamond. But one thing is undeniable: It’s really, really popular.

To wit, no fewer than four different kickball leagues will stage games on Seattle-area fields in 2007, including a new entry that’s giving extant local leagues pause: the World Adult Kickball Association (WAKA), which will begin play here in April after years of unsuccessfully attempting to secure fields.

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