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If you’re around tomorrow, check out the 3 p.m. softball game pitting Lowell politicians against Sun writers at Cawley Stadium’s Martin Field. It’s supposed to be great weather, and the game should offer viewers a show of intense competitive effort as well as a laugh or two—all in fun of course. As a member of the Senators, a motley team of politicos and wannabe electeds under the leadership of Senator Panagiotakos, I am very excited to take on the Sun’s Scribes. Of course, I personally want to do well for my team—no strike outs, no bad throws, no missed catches. And I’m especially looking forward to hitting a blazing line drive right at my favorite editor to disagree with: Jim Campanini. (By the way, congrats on the editorial award.) Obviously, this is all part of my own sports fantasy, but with only one practice under our belts, I am cautiously optimistic the Senators will offer formidable competition at tomorrow’s game. At last week’s practice, we had some very impressive hitters: No specific names mentioned because I don’t want to tip off the opponents. I was also grateful to discover that my own ability to “keep my eye on the ball” had not completely faded from decades of not playing. Despite what you may hear to the contrary, more than a few of us were sore after that practice, but we are competitive folks and we play to win. So in that great American tradition of baseball, let the games begin!