B League Picayune
Often in error, never in doubt.
Volume 8, Issue 48 – for September 10, 2026
Department of Corrections – take it away, Steve Browne:
An appeal to the Dept. Of Corrections please. I believe the term “side-eye” would more accurately describe my look at David [Brown] and that stink-eye is actually inaccurate.
The good guy part is highly inaccurate as well. I know him and he’s an asshole. Ask Fritz [Hensel].
Games of Thursday September 10:
10:00 a.m.: Maroon (3-0) at Orange (1-2):
1 2 3 4 5 BUFFET FINAL Maroon 3 5 0 0 5 X 13 Orange 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Pitchers: Maroon – Jeff Stone; Orange – Tommy Deleon. Mercenaries: Maroon – Trent Peacock and Ralph Villela; Orange – David Brown, Tim Coles, and Patrick Schmidt. Umpires: home – Rex Horvath and Spike Davidson; bases – Jack McDermott and Rick Jensen. Perfect at the plate: Maroon – George Brindley (3 for 3 with a double), Tony Garcia (2 for 2 with two doubles), and Alan Phillips (3 for 3). Home run: Ralph Villela (inside the park) (9).
Dave Berra’s weather report: 86 degrees, feels like 95; 71% humidity; wind from the SSW at 9 MPH; mostly cloudy – not bad when sun’s behind a cloud.
Dave Brown’s recap:
In his pregame speech, Manager Dave Berra exhorted his team to score twice as many runs against Maroon as they did against Gray on Tuesday. You’ll recall that Gray sent Jack Spellman off to Germany with a 17-1 shellacking of Orange, so Dave was asking his team to score two runs against the Mighty Maroon. Team response – “Just two runs, Coach? Heck, we’ll do that in the first inning!”
Maroon opened the game on offense and scored two runs with clean hits from its first three hitters – single for Steve Browne, double for George Brindley, and single for the fastest senior in the world, Ken Brown. Scott Wright singled to put runners on first and second before Jeff Stone hit a pop up down the left field line that mercenary SS David Brown caught. On the next pitch, P Tommy Deleon fielded a comebacker and tossed the ball to second base, where a turf war broke out between infielders from the Red team and Blue team. Tim Coles and David Brown bumped into one another and somehow managed to get the force out at 2B, but the throw to 1B was woefully late. Tim and David worked out their differences but their faux pas allowed Ken Brown to move to 3B and ultimately score on a line drive to left field by Dale Fugate. Tommy escaped further damage by coaxing mercenary Ralph Villela to hit a high fly ball to Don Solberg in LF.
The Orange offense got off to a promising start in the bottom of the first as lead-off hitter Matt Levitt singled and Pat Scott hit a screeching, sinking line drive to left field. The only problem was that fastest-guy-in-the-league Steve Browne came racing in and caught Pat’s liner about six inches off the ground. Adam Redell walked, Don Solberg fouled out on a line drive down the left field line, and Tommy Deleon hit a comebacker that Maroon pitcher Jeff Stone gloved and tossed to Dale Fugate at 1B to retire the side. The Orange bravado dropped a notch, but the team was still confident that they could score two.
Maroon did what they’ve been doing a lot lately in the top of the second. Mercenary Trent Peacock led off with a single, and then the top of the Maroon lineup went single-single-single-fielder’s choice-single-double to plate five runs and take an 8-0 lead. Dave Berra notes that the fifth run scored on a Fritz Henzel double. Way to go, Fritz!
Jack Crosley led off the Orange second inning with a single to right field, but Jeff Stone struck out the next better looking, got an out on a deep fly ball from Tim Coles to Ken Brown in RCF, and ended the inning on a comebacker that resulted in another 1-3 putout. Various Orange players were heard mumbling something about Mr. Hyde as they gathered their gloves and headed to their defensive positions.
The tide changed in the third inning as Tommy Deleon induced a lineout to SS, gave up a line-drive base hit to left field by Alan Phillips, and then induced a double-play ground ball to David Brown, who underhanded the ball to 2B Tim Coles, who dropped the ball as he started his throwing motion before completing his catching motion. An apology and a word of encouragement were exchanged and Tommy Deleon induced another double-play ground ball to SS that was successfully converted into a 6-4-3 inning-ender. Kudos to Tommy for giving the keystone cops another chance!
Orange came up to bat in the bottom of the third and – Holy Cow! – this looks just like the second inning. Lead-off single, strikeout looking, 6-4 force out, and flyout to Ken Brown in deep RCF. The second out in the inning is noteworthy because it featured a Derek Jeter jump throw by Scott Wright. Scott caught Ralph’s toss from SS and used the 2B bag as a trampoline to propel himself into the air, rotate, and throw wildly to Dale Fugate who looked a little stunned at 1B. I’m not sure how Dale would describe Scott’s attempt but to me, it looked a little like a cow in a tutu trying to do ballet. After the third out, there were now whispers from the Orange dugout that maybe Coach Berra was expecting too much of the team’s offense.
Editorial note: That really does look like Derek Jeter to me.
Maroon opened the fourth inning with the top of its lineup due up, but Tommy Deleon and the Orange defense kept themselves in the game with another excellent turn in the field. Steve Browne opened with a short pop-up between 1B Jack Crosley and 2B Tim Coles which Tim called early and then hustled forward and to his left to catch while running full tilt and lunging at the end. It was a very nice play from the slugging infielder. George Brindley followed with his third line drive base hit of the game, but Tommy got a fouled third strike and caught a pop-up to retire the side without giving up a run for the second consecutive inning.
Buoyed by their stellar defensive showing, Orange was fired up and ready to score runs in the bottom of the fourth. First pitch – 4-3 ground out to newly inserted 2B Tony Garcia on a nice backhand. Second pitch – 4-3 groundout to Tony Garcia’s forehand. Third pitch – fly out to mercenary Trent Peacock in right field. Immaculate inning by Jeff Stone. Orange was too stunned to notice that they were being shut out through four innings.
With the buffet looming, the fifth inning started promisingly enough for the Orange team. Jeff Stone hit a fly ball to centerfield that Matt Levitt caught after a long run. Fritz Henzel worked a walk, but Tommy induced a line out to SS from the next batter to get the second out of the inning. Alan Phillips completed a perfect day at the plate with a groundball that was just beyond the reach of SS David Brown. With runners on 1B and 2B, Ralph Villela smashed a liner that skipped to the fence just to the right of CF. Pat Scott retrieved the ball and threw to Tim Coles, who nearly hit C Hal Darman, umpire Chunky Wright, and baserunner Alan Phillips who were all milling around behind the plate as Ralph completed his ninth home run of the season.
Worth mentioning: Terry O’Brien and Ralph Villela are neck-and-neck for the coveted home run derby this season. Terry leads the league with ten, but Ralph has now closed the gap with his ninth dinger, and Terry will be out for another two-plus weeks.
Trent then singled, Tony Garcia hit his second double, and Steve Browne singled to complete Maroon’s second five-run inning of the game.
Now trailing 13-0, Orange had their last five run inning and the buffet inning left to satisfy Dave Berra’s stretch goal of scoring two runs. Jeff Stone struck out the first two batters of the fifth, the first looking and the second on a deep foul ball down the left field line. Mercenary Patrick Schmidt singled, but David Brown ended the inning with a ground out to 2B Tony Garcia, who made another nice backhand stop and flip to Ralph Villela at 2B.
The teams flip-flopped and Matt Levitt singled on a line drive that hit chalk down the third-base line. Noting Matt’s success, Pat Scott hit a line drive that came down a couple of feet inside the left field line. With speedy runners on 1B and 2B, Adam Redell stepped to the plate and delivered a majestic fly ball to RF that split the outfielders and scored Matt and Pat. There was euphoria on the Orange bench as Adam cruised into 2B with a double!
There was talk of an epic comeback! And then… a fly out to LF (a nice running catch by Steve Browne), a groundout to 2B, and a fly out to RCF. Orange doubled their offensive output from Tuesday, but it wasn’t enough to take down Maroon.
Final score: Maroon 13, Orange 2
A quick note – Watch out, Red! You play Orange on Monday and Dave Berra might be pushing his team to score four! And if that works out, then Gray is likely looking at an eight-run outburst on Thursday!
11:00 a.m.: Purple (0-2) at Red (1-1):
1 2 3 4 5 BUFFET FINAL Purple 1 0 5 1 1 3 13 Green 5 5 1 4 5 X 20 Pitchers: Purple – Jeff Stone; Green – Spike Davidson. Mercenaries: Purple – Matt Levitt, Alan Phillips, Adam Reddell, Don Solberg, and Jeff Stone; Green – George Brindley. Umpires: home – Scott Wright; bases – Steve Browne. Perfect at the plate: Purple – Billy Hill (3 for 3); Green – George Brindley (3 for 3 with a double), Ivan Budiselic (2 for 2 with a walk), Gary Coyle (4 for 4 with a double), and Boo Resnick (2 for 2 with a walk and a double).
Dave Berra’s weather update: 90 degrees, feels like 98; humidity 55%; wind from the South at 7 MPH; partly cloudy – same old same old.
Dave Brown’s recap:
Green had most of their players back in the fold and we were reminded of how formidable they can be when they are whole.
After Purple started the game with a fly out to mercenary George Brindley in LCF, the Purple offense got going with consecutive singles from Jack McDermott, Rick Kahn, and Pay Pilgrim which scored Jack and put runners on first and second. Rick Jensen stepped to the plate and did that Rick Jensen thing where he takes a low pitch and flips it into short right field. Ray initially thought that Rick had at least a single and raced toward second at the same time that Green 2B Doc Hobar raced toward the ball. When Ray and Rick were halfway to 2B and 1B, respectively, they realized that Doc was going to get to the humpback liner before it hit the ground and both stopped running. The spin of the ball caused it to kick out of Doc’s glove but it fell only a few feet away. Doc picked up the ball and threw it to Ivan Budiselich, who stepped on 1B well before Rick could get there. In the meantime, Ray had stopped his retreat to 1B and restarted his run toward 2B. Ivan threw to SS Rex Horvath who caught the ball while Ray was still 20 feet from his destination. Ray reversed course and headed back to 1B. Rex threw back to Ivan who waited for Ray to run to him and get tagged out because Ray was all done with that reversing-direction stuff. Thus ended the classic 4-3-6-3 senior league double play.
The Green offense came out rocking. Doc Hobar singled up the middle. Larry Fiorentino laced a line drive to RF for a single. Rex Horvath split the outfielders in LF for a 2-run double. Mike Garrison, Gary Coyle, and Ivan Budiselich all singled to score two more. Boo Resnick and Chunky Wright then walked to force in the fifth run of the inning.
Billy Hill opened the top of the second inning for Purple with a line drive single down the third-base line. Mercenary Don Solberg blooped a low pop up into short left field that Green 3B Gary Coyle caught over his shoulder after running 40 ft directly away from the infield. Very nice play by the LSU Tiger.
Mercenary Adam Redell hit a fly ball to right field that RCF Larry Fiorentino tracked down. Mercenary Alan Phillips then smashed a line drive that SS Rex Horvath caught for the third out of the inning.
In the bottom of the 2nd inning, Green scored five more runs on singles by Tom Brownfield, Larry Fiorentino, Mike Garrison, Spike Davidson, and Ivan Budiselich, and doubles by Gary Coyle and mercenary George Brindley. Gary Coyle’s double is noteworthy as he turned on an inside pitch and hit a fly ball 280+ feet to LF. At the end of the second inning, Green led 10-1.
Mercenaries Jeff Stone and Matt Levitt started the Purple third inning with singles to put runners on 1B and 2B. Patrick Schmidt and Jack McDermott followed with singles to score two runs. Rick Kahn hit a fly ball down the right-field line that RF Jim Foelker ran down for the first out of the inning. Ray Pilgrim then singled to score a third run before Rick Jensen doubled to CF to complete a five-run inning for the Purple team.
Boo Resnick opened the bottom of the third for Green with a line drive through the 5-6 hole. 3B Adam Redell fielded a ground ball and forced out Boo with a strike to Doc at 2B. Tom Brownfield walked and George Brindley singled to bring home a run and place runners on 1B and 2B. P Ray Pilgrim then got a fouled third strike to get the second out, and Adam Redell caught a line drive for the third out. Purple trailed 11-6 at the end of three.
In the fourth inning, Billy Hill led off with a groundball single to 3B. P Spike Davidson struck out the next batter and got a fly out to George Brindley in LCF. Mercenary Alan Phillips singled to CF, which allowed Billy Hill’s pinch runner, Jack McDermott, to score. Mercenary Jeff Stone tried to extend the inning with a fly ball to CF, but Larry Fiorentino raced over from RCF and made a nice running catch.
Green scored four runs in the 4th inning on a triple by Rex Horvath, doubles by Mike Garrison and Boo Resnick, a single by Gary Coyle, and a walk by Ivan Budiselich.
The fifth inning started well for Purple with singles by Matt Levitt, Patrick Schmidt, and Rick Khan, but Spike limited the damage to one run by converting a comebacker into a 1-6 putout and a groundball to Doc Hobar at 2B into a very nice 4-6-3 double play.
Green got their third five run-inning with singles by George Brindley, Larry Fiorentino, and Gary Coyle; a double by Rex Horvath; and walks by Doc Hobar and Spike Davidson. Gary Coyle (4-4 with a double), Ivan Budiselich (3-3 with a double and a walk), Boo Resnick (2-2 with a double and a walk), and George Brindley (3-3 with a double) all had perfect days at the plate.
Purple entered the buffet trailing 20-8. Rick Jensen led off with a flyball to CF that was caught by George Brindley. Billy Hill completed a 3-3 day at the plate with a groundball single.
Billy Hill put his Purple teammates to shame, I tell you.
Don Solberg singled, Adam Redell walked, and Alan Phillips doubled to score three runs. Rex Horvath made a nice play on a groundball to SS and threw to 1B for the second out of the inning. The game then ended with a fly ball to left field that was caught by Mike Garrison.
Final Score: Green 20, Purple 11
Noon: Gray (2-0) at Red (1-1):
1 2 3 4 5 BUFFET FINAL Gray 5 0 0 3 5 6 19 Red 2 5 1 4 5 3 20 Pitchers: Gray – Luis Sanchez; Red – Trent Peacock. Mercenaries: Gray – David Brown and Scott Wright, and Tom Brownfield entered for Mike Velaney in the fifth inning; Red – Adam Reddell. Umpires: home – Chunky Wright; bases – Mike Garrison. Perfect at the plate: Gray – Tom Brownfield (1 for 1 with a walk); Red – Anthony Galindo (1 for 1 with a double and three walks) and Ralph Villela (5 for 5 with two doubles). Home run: Trent Peacock (inside the park) (5).
Dave Berra’s weather update: See 11:00 game, add three degrees.
Dave Brown’s recap:
Gray vs Red was a back-and-forth affair that was decided by the outcome of the last at bat.
Gray batted first and looked like the team that scored 17 runs on Tuesday. Bobby Miller, Clint Fletcher, Paul Rubin, and Daniel Carvajal started the game with singles. Luis Sanchez grounded into fielder’s choice to P Trent Peacock, who turned and threw to SS Ralph Villela at 2B. Jim Foelker, Jim McAnelly, and mercenary David Brown then followed with singles to push across five runs.
Ralph Villela led off the Red first inning with a double to RF and scored on a single by Mark Dolan. Anthony Galindo walked to put runners on 1B and 2B. Tim Coles and Johnny Lee hit sacrifice flies to score Mark Dolan before Tommy Gillis popped out to SS David Brown in short left field.
The Red defense then shut down the Gray offense with two catches in the outfield by Anthony Galindo and a ground out to P Trent Peacock.
Trent led off the Red second inning with a fly out to Bobby Miller in LCF. Marvin Krabbenhoft, Richard Battle, mercenary Adam Redell, Ralph Villela, and Mark Dolan all singled to score three. Anthony Galindo walked to load the bases. Tim Coles hit a ground ball to 2B Mike Velaney, who gloved and tossed the ball to SS David Brown to force out Anthony Galindo at 2B. Ralph Villela scored the fourth run of the inning on the play. Johnny Lee then brought home Mark with the fifth run by hitting a clean single to right field.
Gray had its second consecutive scoreless inning with fly ball outs to Richard Battle in LF and Mark Dolan in RF and a ground out to Adam Reddell at 3B, who threw to Johnny Lee at 1B.
The Gray defense opened the bottom of the third inning well with a catch by mercenary 3B Scott Wright in foul territory. Trent Peacock hit a line drive that gapped the outfielders and went to the fence in RCF. Throws from Clint Fletcher to Mike Velaney to David Brown to Jim McAnelly failed to get to the mat at home before Trent circled the bases for his fifth homerun of the season.
Look at this in a mirror in order to see Trent actually batting left-handed, which ChatGPT refuses to believe he does.
P Luis Sanchez got out of the inning without further damage by inducing a fly ball to Paul Rubin in LF and a groundball to David Brown at SS. At the end of the third inning, Red led 8-5.
Mike Velaney and David Brown started the fourth inning with singles. 2B Tim Coles made a nice catch on a pop up to short right field to get the first out of the inning. P Trent Peacock then fielded a ground ball and threw to Ralph Villela at 2B to get the second out of the inning. Clint Fletcher and Paul Rubin singled to bring in three runs before Red got the third out of the inning on a fly ball to George Brindley in LCF.
With the score tied 8-8 entering the bottom of fourth, Red scored four runs on a single by Ralph Villela, Anthony Galindo’s third walk, a single by Johnny Lee, a triple by Tommy Gillis, and a double by Trent Peacock.
Gray took the lead in the top of the fifth inning by scoring five runs on singles by Luis Sanchez, Jim Foelker, Jim McAnelly, Mike Velaney, and Bobby Miller and a double by Scott Wright.
Trailing by a score of 13-12, Red cranked up their offense again and scored five runs on triples by Adam Redell and Mark Dolan, a double by Anthony Galindo, and singles by Ralph Villela, Tim Coles, Johnny Lee, and Tommy Gillis.
Trailing 17-13 at the beginning of the buffet, Gray had consecutive singles by Clint Fletcher, Paul Rubin, and Daniel Carvajal. Luis Sanchez grounded into a 4-6 out. Jim Foelker completed a 4-4 game with a single to CF. Jim McAnelly flew out to RF, which left Gray trailing by two runs with only one out remaining. Mike Velaney walked to load the bases and David Brown singled in two runs to tie the score. Scott Wright walked to re-load the bases, and then things got a little weird. Bobby Miller hit a sinking line drive to RF that Mark Dolan came in on and caught in his glove, but the momentum of the ball knocked Mark’s glove off his hand and onto the ground. Mike Velaney and David Brown both rounded the bases and touched home plate while everyone else stopped and stared at the glove on the outfield grass that still held the ball in its grasp. That was weird. The ball hadn’t hit the ground, is it a catch? Umpires Chunky Wright and Mike Garrison conferred and concluded that because Mark did not maintain possession of his glove, there was no catch and the runners were safe.
With Gray leading 19-17 and runners on 1B and 2B, Manager Clint Fletcher stepped to the plate and hit a low pop up that Ralph Villela caught for the third out of the inning.
Needing two to tie and three to win, Red started the inning with a ground out to 2B and a strikeout looking on a pitch that Luis Sanchez put on the front edge of the mat. With Red down to its last out, Richard Battle stepped up and hit a double to LF. Adam Redell singled to CF to score Richard and pull Red within a run. Ralph Villela got his fifth hit of the game with a double to LF, which put the tying and winning runs on 3B and 2B, respectively. Mark Dolan stepped to the plate with the game on the line. A base hit and he’s the hero. An out and he’s the goat. Did you know that Gray has been involved in 17 one-run games this season? That’s crazy, right? And here they are with a one-run lead and a win if they just get one more out. Of course, Mark had been pretty good at the plate having gone 3-4 in his previous at bats. Anyway, Luis pitched a couple of balls that missed just outside and just inside before he threw one that was just right and Mark gave it a mighty swing and lined it past third base and into left field and Ralph scored from 2B and Gray was gifted with another one-run loss. Oy vey!
Final score: Red 20, Gray 19
Session 4 standings:
| Session 4 standings: | Games | Runs | Runs | Run dif- | W/L | |||
| Wins | Losses | Win %: | behind: | for: | allowed: | ferential: | streak: | |
| Maroon | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 52 | 23 | 29 | W5 |
| Gray | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.5 | 48 | 32 | 16 | L1 |
| Blue | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.5 | 32 | 17 | 15 | W1 |
| Red | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.5 | 43 | 49 | -6 | W1 |
| Green | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3 | 47 | 54 | -7 | W1 |
| Orange | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3 | 23 | 55 | -32 | L2 |
| Purple | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.5 | 38 | 53 | -15 | L3 |
| Home | Visitor | Walk-off | Extra-inning | Flip-flop | 1-run games | Last 5 | ||
| W-L: | W-L: | wins | W-L: | W-L: | W-L: | games: | ||
| Maroon | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | WWWWW | |
| Gray | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | LLWWL | |
| Blue | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | LWWLW | |
| Red | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | WLWLW | |
| Green | 1-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | LLLLW | |
| Orange | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | WLWLL | |
| Purple | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | LWLLL | |
2026 total victories (read across) and losses (read down):
| Blue | Gray | Green | Maroon | Orange | Purple | Red | TOTAL | |
| Blue | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 27 | |
| Gray | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | |
| Green | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | |
| Maroon | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 28 | |
| Orange | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | |
| Purple | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| Red | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |
| TOTAL: | 14 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 28 | 22 | 144 |
2026 season home run leaders:
Terry O’Brien – 10
Ralph Villela – 9
Steve Browne – 5
Trent Peacock – 5
Tony Garcia – 4
David Brown – 3
Tim Coles – 3
Mike Garrison – 3
Alan Phillips – 3
Jack Spellman – 3
Richard Battle – 2
Larry Fiorentino – 2
Tommy Gillis – 2
Rick Kahn – 2
Jack McDermott – 2
Scott Rokita – 2
Paul Rubin – 2
Pat Scott – 2
Jimmy Sneed – 2
Scott Wright – 2
Peter Atkins – 1
Tom Bellavia – 1
Joe Bernal – 1
George Brindley – 1
Ivan Budiselic – 1
Mark Dolan – 1
Jim Foelker – 1
Anthony Galindo – 1
Doc Hobar – 1
Mike Malay – 1
Bobby Miller – 1
David Pittard – 1
George Romo – 1
Luis Sanchez – 1
Steve Sandall – 1
Patrick Schmidt – 1
Hit for the cycle:
Ralph Villela – May 26
Ohtani Awards (winning pitcher + perfect at the plate):
Joe Bernal: 8 (March 2, March 19, March 30, April 16, June 22, June 25, June 29, July 9)
Ray Pilgrim: 8 (March 5, March 23, March 26, June 1, July 2, July 9, August 17, August 27)
Spike Davidson: 5 (May 4, July 2, July 20, August 6, August 20)
Tommy Deleon: 5 (April 6, April 30, June 11, July 6, July 30)
Jeff Stone: 3 (March 2, July 9, September 8)
Trent Peacock: 2 (March 9, August 3)
Rex Horvath: 1 (March 30)
Jack Kelly: 1 (August 3)
Lawrence Page: 1 (March 26)
Luis Sanchez: 1 (September 8)
Schedule for Monday September 14:
10:00 a.m.: Orange (1-3) at Red (2-1), Blue umpiring
11:00 a.m.: Blue (2-1) at Gray (2-1), Orange umpiring
Noon: Maroon (4-0) at Purple (0-3), Gray umpiring
Green has the bye, with priority for its players out of the bucket.
Preview: The week ended with three teams at 2-1 for Session 4, tied for second place, a game and a half behind undefeated, marauding Maroon. Those teams all play on Monday, Red up first, hosting Orange at 10:00. Orange’s long-running streak of alternating wins and losses finally came to an end, it’s Red that’s resembling Jeckyl and Hyde, having alternated wins and losses over its last five games. Orange hopes to keep that trend going and start whittling away at its -32 run differential. The other two 2-1 teams, Blue and Gray, meet at 11:00, Blue returning from the bye, Gray wondering whether it will win or lose a game by more than a single run this session. The Kalshi Game of the Day will be at noon, with Maroon putting its five-game winning streak on the line against winless but ever-battling Purple. If you want a sure bet, you might put your money on Tommy Deleon bringing cream-filled doughnuts, as Monday is National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day. Will I be celebrating that most holy of days in Prague, one of the great cities of the Holy Roman Empire, by stuffing my face at the foot of the statue of Charles IV at Křižovnické Square? One thing is certain: Only time will tell.
Keggy’s Korner:
Podcast review: Wiser Than Me
Julia Louis-Dreyfus interviews her celebrity friends and confirms that 99% of the genius of Veep was in the writing. Julia truly believes she’s an empathetic, insightful interviewer and a comic genius. She is not. Mrs. Keggy listens, so I’ve been following suit, but I’m at a point where I’m skipping more episodes than I actually listen to. New England content: None I can recall. Canadian content: Ditto. Listening speed: 1.2X. Rating: 🎧