Ring finger

Robyn Anderson called me last night in a panic, just as we were geting home from practice, she couldn’t find her wedding ring. We held practice at Curt Flood field – I’ve been bounced around about 3 times in the last couple weeks, but we’re...

Midway through tournaments

It’s June 29 and we’re at about the half-way point for tournaments this summer. We have 3 scrimmages in Napa this weekend, then it’s Benicia, San Anselmo and we’re done. Many good things have come about as a result of this, but I’ll be...

A particularly fun day amid a series of fun days

The tournament girls softball team I caoch with Maria Morris played a double header scrimmage in Alameda yesterday. I lined this up with Don Musso of Alameda about a month ago, a way to get both of our teams ready for tournament play which begins mid-June. My...

The girl brings some heat

About 4 years ago, there was a discussion among coaches in our girls softball league that revolved around whether 8 year olds should have to pitch in games, or if we should adopt a strict “coach pitch” approach. Someone made a point that having kids that...

Good bye, Bumpy

We signed up to bring home the pet gecko that lives in my son’s classroom. For a while now I’ve thought that a reptile or other caged animal might make a good pet – still not sure. We were given feeding instructions by his teacher, along with...