Fabric for Softball Pants

I got this as a PM on Softball Fans yesterday:

I received the RPN Black Labels... These are da bomb!!! My bro and wife absolutely love them too!!! The fit/cut are sexcellent...all I can say is that the material can be a bit more boombah like (deluxe material)....But I love them...just wanted to tell you that....can't wait to use em next season!!!"

Why don't we use a really "soft" material? Well, soft is good in your woman, and it's good in your toilet tissue, but in softball pants it's not necessarily so good. Softball pants need to protect and be durable, as well as be comfortable. So we chose a material that is optimal. Any softer, and it can burn out or get holes too quickly. Any stronger, and you'd lose some comfort. More on this later...

Softball Tournaments in 2008

It looks like a local softball park(close to Rover in Euless, TX) is going to be creating a tournament series for 2008. Rover is going to be one of the main sponsors.

It's just in the early planning but it sounds like it's going to be great. Six qualifying tournaments, and then late in the year a "winner takes all" final. From what the park is projecting, the winner will get a prize package worth about $10,000... which may include among other things, a full uniform from Rover (hats, our custom pants, custom jersey team shirts, belts, etc.)

It's gonna be good!

Testimonials -- Fake or Not?

We got this email the other day.

"I received the [custom softball] pants today! They really are the best pants ever. I thought the testimonials were exaggerations.....but they were right on!....I am going to try to play for as many different colored teams that I can so that I can get them in other colors!!! Thanks again......"

And it got me thinking about Testimonials. I'm the same way as this guy: I always think the testimonials are faked. I mean anybody who controls their own website can write up some nice sounding testimonials and post them up. It ain't rocket science.

Having said that -- our testimonials are actually true. (Really.) And most of them are not solicited, meaning customers just email in because they like our softball pants or were impressed by our customer service. Which is pretty cool if you think about it: Who has the time to write an email saying they liked a product or service?

It's one of my favorite things about working here.

Never blogged before... Let's see how this works.

So this is it? Hmmm.

Exciting.

Maybe it would be a better blog if I were thinking of something interesting to write. I'm thinking, but in the immortal words of Curly from the Three Stooges: "Nothin's happening."