File this under “More Evidence that America has Become Way Too Litigious” — a legal battle between two D.C. kickball leagues has now gone on for over a year, and doesn’t look to be coming to a resulution anytime soon.

Yes, a lawsuit. Over kickball.

Early last year the World Adult Kickball Association (WAKA) filed a lawsuit against upstart DC Kickball, alleging that founder and WAKA-defector Carter Rabasa had stolen WAKA’s rules of play and had defamed the organization when he referred to them as “the Microsoft of kickball.” For his transgressions, WAKA demanded $356,000 from Rabasa in compensatory and punitive damages. Last October we reported that Rabasa had started the D.C. Kickball Legal Defense Fund to fight WAKA in court, and to date has collected some $2,526 in donations — not a whole lot in the world of legal fees.

According to an email we received today, the fight has entered the discovery phase, during which WAKA’s lawyers have demanded a host of information and documents on DC Kickball and its operations. And while Rabasa is still asking for money for his defense — “A vigorous defense of the suit could cost upwards of $50,000,” he wrote — he also announced that he is considering filing an anti-trust lawsuit against WAKA.

Maybe WAKA is on to something. It might just be that they were the first legal entity to have written down what were always considered playground rules, and it might also be that Rabasa broke into their office and stole the rules all for himself and then insulted them to boot. But that seems unlikely, and the merits of WAKA’s case seem weak, as the Sports Law Blog has written. More than anything, it seems to be a battle over money. CBS reported last year that WAKA, which operates in 22 states, raised some $3 million in player fees in 2006. That’s a fair amount for a sport that’s hardly, well, sporty.

We’re willing to help resolve this outside the courtroom. One kickball game, WAKA vs. DC Kickball. Winner stays, loser hightails it out of town. What say you, guys?

Full Disclosure: I’m in my second season on a DC Kickball team.