A pretty young cellist, identified on her sweatshirt as "Frank Furter," started things off by walloping a solid single past a guy who plays viola and identified himself as "What's On Second."
Next, Samuel Rubin, president of the league, singled and later moved to third, where he was held up by his dog Phillipe, the third-base coach. Then everybody sang Happy Birthday to Mrs. Rubin, with Leopold Stokowslci, 85, conducting. It was Softball of the Absurd, as presented in Manhattan's Central Park by the male (Wolf's Gang) and the female (Beethoven's Bunnies) members of...