Dartball

If I were still in Michigan, I would be bowling with Allison, James, and Rob in our church bowling league tonight. Rumor has it, that Michigan actually has the highest number of registered bowlers in the US. Taking that into consideration, I still expected to come across some bowlers here in Sheboygan. Well, at least in the people I have run into thus far, bowling isn't the popular "cult" sport here - it's dartball.

Dartball is scores like baseball, but plays like darts. You got 9 players on a team, and you throw darts at a board 25 feet away. Depending on where you hit the board, you score an out, strike, foul, ball, base hit, double, triple, or homerun.

A friend & coworker of mine, Ben, invited to come check out a dartball tournament held at one of the local Lutheran churches in the area. Personally, I was more impressed with how into the games that the players and fans (yes, fans) got into the games - jumping up and high-fiving people when someone got a base hit - than I was with the game itself. Ben was actually telling me about the guy that most likely will be "Rookie of the Year" this season, because his batting average is one of the top in the league. Rookie of the year? Batting average??? Amazing. They even had embroidered team shirts with the team's championship years captured on the sleeve.

Now I have to be careful with what I say here - the dartball cult is a passionate bunch, but I'm not sure it's quite for me. But who knows what will happen in the future. If this Lions fan can breakdown and cheer for the Packers, this bowler could possibly be a future dartball Rookie of the Year.