In the summer of 1995, Jay began to call various park leagues to see about getting into a softball league. At the time, though, he didn’t realize that leagues generally register teams in late winter/early spring, so most leagues were already full. With persistency, Jay finally found a league which was still registering teams. The Miller Community League, playing at Capital Hill’s Miller Community Center Field, offered Jay a space in their 5-team league. Jay gladly accepted, and had the league director fax over the registration forms.

Jay began to scrounge up a team that consisted of some of his high school and college friends, plus a few of Kurt’s friends and co-workers. As the registration deadline neared, Jay became more and more aware of the fact that the last blank to be filled on the form was the all important Team Name space. The team didn’t have a team sponsor, and there wasn’t a common link, such as a workplace or other unifying factor amongst all of the team members, so there was no obvious name for the team. So, needing to send in the registration, and since he had already used the name “Slugs in Motion” for his collegiate floor hockey team, Jay came up with a name intended to strike terror throughout the rest of the league... DREADSOX! Just ask yourself, “What’s more horrifying than a pissed-off, foul smelling, dreadlocked stocking??!”

The original Dreadsox roster featured the full spectrum of playing experience, from players like Corey “Deity” Bondurant and Hsin “Skeeter” Yang, who had grown up playing Little League and high school baseball or softball, to Karen “Blister” Dedrick and Tina “Trooper” Dickey, who hadn’t really swung a bat in their lives. Most of the players had at least moderate experience playing some level of baseball, softball, wiffleball, or kickball. All of them were very experienced, however, at goofing around and having a good time.

The Dreadsox innaugural season had them playing in Miller Community Co-Rec Jack-n-Jill league, where male batters used a small (28" maximum length, 26 ounce maximum weight) bat and batted with their weak hand. The Dreadsox finished the season in 3rd place, with a record of 3-5. They made the playoffs, but lost to Attic Alehouse in their postseason game by a score of 11-5.