Why you play the game is the most important.

John Ford singles to left during the 2017-18 opening day. The Kids and Kubs play two games every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at North Shore Park.

WHY YOU PLAY THE GAME IS MOST IMPORTANT!

“It is not about winning or losing, but how you played the game.” I heard this old saying many times during my less than spectacular high school athletic career! Through experience, I have learned the essential question is really “…. but WHY do you play the game?”

Many athletic events occur with little regard for who is the winner. A recent example of this was the East-West college all-star game held at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. The annual Shriner’s Hospital East-West postseason football game has a long history. WHY this game is played is more important than who wins, however. This event is essentially a fundraiser for the 26 Shrine Burn Hospitals throughout the world. Shriners have promoted this fundraiser game for the past 93 years.

On Saturday, February 3, at North Shore Park in St. Petersburg, the renowned 88 year old Kids and Kubs Softball Club of St. Petersburg will play two games:

1) at 9 a.m., the game vs the TASCO Teen organization of Tampa and 2) at 12 noon, the annual Mayor’s Game. (Attendance is free, but attendees are invited to bring non-perishable food items to be donated to the St. Petersburg-Free Clinic.)

Between the softball contests (at about 10:30), Kids & Kubs Softball Club Secretary, Ed Asay, will provide charitable donations to ten local non-profit organizations including:

• Boys and Girls Club,

Since 1981 an estimated $200,000-$250,000 has been donated by the Kids and Kubs to local charities. Now you see why WHY is more important than a win or a loss.

See you at the ballpark! On Saturday, February 3, at North Shore Park in St. Petersburg, the renowned 88 year old Kids and Kubs Softball Club of St. Petersburg will play two games