IT WAS A HOT SUMMER WEEKEND IN 1977 WHILE SEEEKING RELIEF FROM THE HEAT & BOREDOM THAT PABLO COLON APPROACHED MANNY SANTIAGO & SUGGESTED THAT THEY GO TO ROCKY SPRINGS ( NOW CALLED COUNTY PARK ) TO GET TOGETHER AMONGS FAMILY & FRIENDS.  THERE THEY PICNICKED & PLAYED SOFTBALL. FROM THEN ON, IT BECAME A ROUTINE ON WEEKENDS TO MEET & PLAY A COUPLE OF GAMES. WORD GOT AROUND & IT SEEMED THAT MORE & MORE PEOPLE DROPED BY & JOINED IN A GAME OF SOFTBALL. BY SUMMERS END WE HAD ENOUGH TO MAKE 3 SOFTBALL TEAMS, & SO IT WAS THEN A SOFTBALL LEAGUE WAS CREATED. THE 3 FIRST TEAMS WERE AS FOLLOW LOS BRAVOS OF HAPPY CORNER (MANAGER) MANNY SANTIAGO & LUIS PERES (CAPTAIN) , AURIA'S GIFT SHOP (MANAGER)  JIMMY SANCHEZ & JUAN AGOSTO (CAPTAIN) & LA MARKETA HISPANA (MANAGER) TOMAS RIVERA & MIGUEL TIRADO (CAPTAIN).  HAPPY CORNER WON THE REGULAR SEASON & AURIA'S GIFT SHOP WON THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP.