April 29, 1864 was the date of the founding of my fraternity. Every year to commemorate the anniversary every chapter has a Founder's day celebration called 6294. My chapter, the fourth chapter, Delta, was also founded on April 29, but 1885. So we've been at MIT almost as long as MIT has been around.
Anyway, this weekend is the celebration, so the tradition is to have a BBQ at the house, then go play an alumni vs. actives baseball game. Everyone then gets cleaned up and we return to the house later that night to have a "nice" dinner. Quite a few alumni come back to the house for this event, depending on the year. Some pledge classes coordinate, so their entire class tries to come back, even if they are spread across the country.
I just got back from the softball portion of the event. After 4 innings or so, the alumni's lead was in the double digits. The alumni virtually always win the event, and it's not always because we cheat and get to bend the rules (the alumni bat first and last, for instance). I hadn't intended on playing, but since pretty much everyone was as bad as I am, and as disinclined to running, I decided to play a bit. Although I did leave early as the sun started to get too much for me. Hopefully I didn't get sunburned, for which I largely thank my baseball cap (since a bald head is prone to burning). Anyway, I went 2 for 3 and scored a run.
The turnout this year has been much better than last year. Of course, last year was maybe 60 degrees and cloudy (which for me was wonderful) and this year was 80 and sunny. So that could have had something to do with it. Hopefully even more people will be at the dinner tonight.
Now, I have an hour or so to recover, get cleaned up and head back for the dinner.
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