Office sports teams are finally getting back together. “We will all be incredibly rusty no doubt, and play terrible. But that’s not the most important part,' said one worker-turned-softball-player.
When Sean O’Rourke took the field at a softball league on Monday night, he had some work to-do’s he ironed out with teammates face to face, instead of resorting to electronic communication.
While frontline workers battled through the pandemic, millions of office workers had the option of staying home. The latter can now experience that in-person camaraderie again, catch up on office politics — at least, the virtual kind — and tell each other whether they got the Moderna MRNA, +0.85%, Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -1.27% or Pfizer-BioNTech PFE, -1.30% BNTX, -0.53% vaccine.
The most important part is “just being with colleague and having a fun outdoor activity,” said Goossen — the co-captain, who sometimes pitches and sometimes plays first base for the district’s “Rowdy Recyclers” team. It will be the first time Goossen’s teammate, Rhonda Mace, is also seeing some teammates in person and not “on a goofy video screen” since the pandemic’s start.
“Being surrounded by 12 people all playing a game together has actually been fun. It’s kind of a return to normal,” he said. Now the Rowdy Recyclers have approximately 16 people on their roster, Goossen said. “Softball is the big one for many of us.” The committee’s funds paid the $600 for league registration and $280 for the tee-shirts.
It’s not a one-size-fits-all jersey. There are many places where businesses aren’t rushing to field sports squads. Return to office plans may have bigger priorities than after-hour sports, and many workers may not be ready to resume office life as they knew it — let alone play games off the clock. The four-person league team isn’t through work, said Dimas, customer operations executive at Oncor, a Texas utility company. That doesn’t stop him and teammates from talking about work — but also sports, including the status of Dimas’ classic 1971 Chevrolet GM, +0.24% Nova and how they fared in 2020.
Hodgetts is adding new activities to meet demand. That includes an adult gym class and a cornhole league, in addition to sports like lacrosse and softball .
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