the roller coaster I ride

Over the course of the last 7 days I’ve experienced some highs and lows, almost all highs, but one notable low. Last Sunday night, after a weekend full of Little League baseball (Eric’s team won twice, I umpired a well played game Sunday afternoon), the...

OGSL 2009 Opening Ceremonies

It’s (likely) my last year of involvement in Oakland Girls Softball League, at least from a board member perspective.  I really like the fine vounteers I’ve had a chance to work with all these years.  Yesterday was Opening Day Ceremony and Carnival, and I...

Nat and Eric on the Diamond, winter ’09

Ah, the rites of spring are upon us, baseball and softball are gearing up. Natalie is one of 5 freshmen playing on the College Prep varsity softball team.  OK, it’s a small school, and there is no JV, but at first glance, they’re bound to do well. Stacked...

roll in the new year

I’m not big on new years resolutions (at least not at the moment). I never made it an official resolution last year, but in 2008 I started riding my bike to work.  I’d like to continue that trend in 2009, and to keep things in motion, I had the bikes tuned...

OGSL redesign

now that my daughter is out of the league, time for me to move on.  But as to not leave them high and dry, I put together an easy-to-manage wordpress site.  www.ogsl.org

I’ve been had

I’m coaching JV softball at Bishop O’Dowd this year. It’s a good bunch of kids, I enjoy doing this, and believe me, it’s for the love, not the money. Practice on Monday was difficult, kids were lacking energy and focus, and a couple kids were...