Softball

Portland Lawyer Softball League

Sometimes, We Hit It Out of the Park

We like to win. We just don't take winning seriously enough to bench our friends.

SFK joined Portland's Lawyer Softball League just a few months after opening, but Sam had already been playing for years. He started as a summer clerk at Dunn Carney in 2007 and brought the tradition with him to SFK.

Since then, there have been memorable shirts, plenty of games, and some very large trophies. One of which is currently, and we hope temporarily, in the possession of another firm.

The formula is pretty simple: bring together lawyers, staff, family, and friends; come up with a great team name; design a shirt people will remember; play great music; laugh a lot; and try to win a few games along the way.

At SFK, softball is less about assembling the perfect lineup and more about getting everyone into the game. Everyone has a role. Sam plays and meticulously curates the walk-up music. Jaimee provides a steady stream of good-natured trash talk. Anne maintains a rigorous one-game-per-season attendance schedule. And once a summer, Beez Neez rolls up with gourmet sausages, including its famous reindeer sausage, for one of the most anticipated nights of the season.

That's not to say we won't politely suggest someone sit out an inning when one of those very large trophies is on the line. We're lawyers. The competitive streak comes with the territory.

Most of us will never be paid to play softball. Fortunately, we have day jobs.

It's competitive. It's collaborative. Everyone gets a chance to play. And every once in a while, we hit it out of the park.