In August, 1995 Jay and Kurt (along with Kurt’s brother, Kevin “The Joker” Hayashida) moved across Lake Washington to Bellevue, while Corey stayed in Seattle. With the move across the water came a move to a new softball league. The Dreadsox joined the Bellevue Baseball/Softball Athletic Association’s (BB/SAA) Jack-n-Jill Sunday-only league. In the new league, men used a regular-sized bat, but still had to bat with their opposite hand. This is considered the “Forgotten Year” because I must have thrown away the scorebooks from 1996, so I don’t have any game records. I do have our schedule and final standings, though.

The Dreadsox struggled through the 1996 spring/summer and fall seasons, forfeiting a couple games due to a lack of players showing up to games, and playing several other games with the minimum 8 players. The Dreadsox finished the Summer season with a 3-7 record. I have no record of the Fall 1996 season... the forgotten year.