Lesbians love softball. Some lesbians play just to hang out with friends and fuck around, and it can be a good way to meet chicks. Some lesbians live for the game. They eat, breathe, dream–softball.
Kathryn Jean Lopez, in her October 14, 2002 article in the National Review (FindArticles – Leagues of Their Own: The delicate question of lesbians and softball) wrote: In Diamonds Are a Dyke’s Best Friend: Reflections, Reminiscences, and Reports from the Field on the Lesbian National Pastime, Yvonne Zipter makes a compelling case that softball teams have long been the best way to meet lesbians. She quotes one woman’s account: “I’m not saying all women who play softball are gay, but . . . if you think someone is gay and you don’t have proof to satisfy your curiosity, [asking "Have you ever played softball?"] may be a solution.”
So for lesbians, softball is many things. It is a strong social network. Softball teams can become like families to lesbians. It is a group of people who share the love of women and the love of the game, and a group who provides the love and support they never got from their republican fundamentalist Christian parents. It also can be a very competitive outlet, serving as that masculine outlet for the lesbian. It is also fun. They can bring their dogs in their Subaru, and hit a ball around with a bunch of other chicks who love chicks.
