New co-ed softball league is fielding teams

The brand-new Lincoln Co-ed Softball League will get going later this month with dozens of players already eager to step into the batter’s box.

The league was founded by Richard Card (who is also hoping to open the Blazes bookstore/cafe at Lincoln Station) along with Amy Skenderian, Sabra Alden and Rob Fallon. Adults age 18 and over are invited to join the low-key games at the Codman Pool field starting on June 26 and running through late August.

The three teams already on board are the Trail Blazers (Card’s former team in a different league, with the name inspired by his nascent business venture), Noah’s Chief Executives (headed by former Selectmen Noah Eckhouse) and the Rte. 2 Transcendentalist Cross-Walkers. The league can accommodate up to six teams, so organizers invites residents to form and coach their own teams.

Adults of all ages and abilities are welcome. “It’s a great tradition to have intergenerational play,” Card said. “We’re looking forward to just having a fun time. This enhances social aspect of an already social town.”

The league will provide bases, balls, fields and insurance; teams provide their own bats and uniforms. A website where people can sign up, pay the $40 registration fee, complete waiver forms, see the schedule and standings, etc., is in the works and will be announced when it launches, he added. In the meantime, anyone interested in playing or coaching may contact Card (richard@blazescafe.com) or one of the other organizers.