In the Spring of 1994, Jay Matsudaira and Corey Bondurant were recent graduates of Western Washington University. During their studies at Western, they became friends and played on an intramural softball team between drinks... er, classes. After graduation, they both found employment in the Seattle area, and since Corey was commuting to Seattle from Port Ludlow every day (about 1½ hours each way), they talked about living together in Seattle. They also talked about getting a softball team together. By the time they found a house in Seattle’s University District with Jay’s cousin, Kurt Hayashida, it was already October. Softball season had ended, but the idea of the Dreadsox had begun to spin.