The San Diego Chargers entered a recreational softball tournament this offseason…and they came in second place.

Led by captain Philip Rivers, who organized the team as a fun offseason activity, the squad of professional athletes made it to the finals of the San Diego Wednesday night men’s league before falling to Randy Jones Invitational, a team named after a local golf tournament. (The tournament sponsored their jerseys.) The Randy Jones Invitational had already beaten the Chargers twice during the regular season, and finished them off again the finals.

This is a team that has Rivers at shortstop and Danny Woodhead and Erik Weddle in the outfield.

From the Wall Street Journal:

“Fielding was the problem,” said Rivers, the softball team’s captain.



Many of the Chargers hadn’t played baseball or softball since high school. That was evident in their regular-season finale two weeks ago, when they hit pop ups and muffed ground balls. They still beat a team called One Bad Inning, 23-13.



“The Chargers are by far the most athletic guys on the field on Wednesday nights,” said Henry Schweichler, catcher for Randy Jones Invitational, “but we are the more skillful team.”

Even more evidence that Philip Rivers doesn’t have what it takes to win the Big One. (Please, please know that I am kidding with that last sentence.)

(Thanks to Wall Street Journal for sharing.)