Sock It To Me

When it comes to fashion statements and kickball, I think that socks were always one of first pairs of flair I ever had the pleasure to represent on the field.  I started playing kickball in 2009 and have always looked forward to wearing a cool new pair of themed socks, drinking a beer and standing on the field to be one of the 4 girls who always showed up to play, even though I didn’t know all of the rules.   If most of you know me, not much has changed since then, but I can say now I know there is so much more to this wondrous sport!

Now I am sure you all are dying to know a little bit about when the sock was first invented and how they were made.  Believe it or not they date back to the 8^th century BC.  The Ancient Greeks sported this ceaseless trend. 

I can’t say they would have been extremely comfortable in comparison to today’s version as they were made from matted animal hair specifically for warmth.  Leather and other woven fabrics were later sported by the Romans and the machine knit socks we all know and love were not adapted until the late 16^th century.  Before this, socks were even ideally worn with sandals.

As for our crazy sock week, we had quite a few teams participate to get social points this week.  I think my favorite was the Pucking Pandas.  Once again, our WAKA princesses in tutus Leha Green and Ella Pierce sported their tutus with socks pinned on them, which was super fab!

Other memorable socks were sported by Valerie and Levi from BBYS as well as KR4K team members including Felicia Griffin, Brian Williams, Cortney Edwards, and Jacqueline Ceniceros.  Bed Bath and Your Mom had an exceptional turnout as well wearing bright crazy socks, including teammates Rio Caras, Leon Elder, and Tom Patrick who put the ladies to shame with their colorful kickball gear!

And last but certainly not least were 6 out of the 9 team members that showed up for Team Fusion who earned their social points this week.

Well that’s all for this week folks, until next Monday!  Don’t forget about the upcoming Ref Love contest!