AS TEMPS COOL OFF, ADULT SOFTBALL HEATS UP AT MARATHON COMMUNITY PARK

By
Alex Rickert
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The end of summer means the return of (mostly) good-natured smack talk at Marathon Community Park as the city’s adult softball league returns for the fall.

With just six teams in contention this year, squads will get a healthy dose of each of their rivals before league play concludes in November. Through 10 games, though no team remains unbeaten, familiar faces top the leaderboard as teams 5318008 and Keys Yacht Management are separated by just one win.

CURRENT LEAGUE STANDINGS (Sept. 16)

PlaceTeamRecord
153180089-1
2Keys Yacht Management8-2
3Little Giants7-3
4Brass Monkey4-6
5Rough Riders3-7
6Master Baiters0-10
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Alex Rickert
Alex Rickert
Alex Rickert made the perfectly natural career progression from dolphin trainer to newspaper editor in 2021 after freelancing for Keys Weekly while working full time at Dolphin Research Center. A resident of Marathon since 2015, he fell in love with the Florida Keys community by helping multiple organizations and friends rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Irma. An avid runner, actor, and spearfisherman, he spends as much of his time outside of work on or under the sea having civil disagreements with sharks.

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