B League news for Monday October 12, 2026

B League Picayune

Often in error, never in doubt.

Volume 8, Issue 57 – October 12, 2026

We almost had two league members’ trucks towed this afternoon:

President George Brindley offers a common-sensical reminder:

Please do not park in the red curb area near K6, your vehicle will get towed.  This is the area where they fill up their water trucks and some vehicles almost got towed today.

Use this mnemonic:

Red curb in morning, B League parkers take warning;
Red curb at night, B Leaguers take flight.

Games of Monday October 12:

10:30 a.m.: Orange (3-7) at Gray (6-3):

		1	2	3	4    BUFFET  FINAL
Orange		5	3	1	5	0	14
Gray		2	5	4	5	X	16

Pitchers: Orange – Spike Davidson; Gray – Luis Sanchez. Mercenaries: Orange – Spike Davidson, Larry Fiorentino, and Mike Malay; Gray – Daniel Baladez, George Brindley, Shane Hill, and Alan Phillips. Umpires: home – Mike Garrison; bases – Marvin Krabbenhoft. Perfect at the plate: Orange – Jeff Grandcolas (3 for 3 with a double), Mike Malay (3 for 3 with two doubles), and Jack Spellman (4 for 4 with a double); Gray – Clint Fletcher (3 for 3 with a walk) and Mike Nagy (3 for 3). 

Dave Berra’s weather report: 79°, feels like 84°; humidity 78%; wind from the SSE at 5 MPH, 81% cloud cover – cloudy, breezy, nice!

First of three hard-fought, close games. Orange jumped to an early lead, scoring five times in the top of the first as Jack Spellman and Pat Scott opened the game with back-to-back doubles, with five singles following. Gray got two runs back in the home half, as Clint Fletcher and Daniel Carvajal singled, winding up at third and second after the outfield throw in skipped past shortstop Jack Spellman. Larry Fiorentino made a good catch coming in of Mike Velaney’s fly to right-center, holding the runners. Mike Nagy’s single drove both Clint and Daniel in. Jim McAnelly’s single extended the inning, but Spike Davidson got George Brindley to ground into an inning-ending 6-4 force.

Orange extended its lead to 8-2 with three runs in the top of the second. Mike Malay doubled leading off. Luis Sanchez got Spike Davidson to hit a two-strike foul for the first out. Jack Spellman’s ground single to the right side put runners on the corners. Pat Scott brought in Mike with a sacrifice fly to Alan Phillips in right-center field. Mark Hernandez drove a ball that gapped the left and left-center fielders and rolled to the fence for a triple, Spellman scoring from first. Larry Fiorentino ran for Mark, who’s recovering from a tough bout of seasonal flu, and scored on Jeff Grandcolas’s single.

Gray wound up winning the inning, however. Spike got both Alan Phillips and, after Shane Hill singled, Daniel Baladez to fly out to Pat Scott in left-center. But Clint Fletcher worked a base on balls, and the next five batters singled, five runs coming across, cutting Orange’s lead to one run.

Luis Sanchez retired David Schneider (fly to Alan Phillips in right-center) and Hal Darman (grounder to third baseman Daniel Carvajal) to start the third. Larry Fiorentino drew a walk, and Mike Malay knocked his second double in as many at bats, a hard grounder past third base and into left field, Larry scoring from first. That was all Orange would get, as Luis got Spike Davidson to fly out to Clint Fletcher in left-center.

Gray then grabbed the lead, scoring four times in the bottom of the third. George Brindley led off with a double and took third on Alan Phillips’s single. The runners held on Shane Hill’s pop to second baseman George Brindley, but Daniel Baladez, Clint Fletcher, and Luis Sanchez each singled, each driving in a run. Daniel Carvajal, a.k.a. The Sacrifice Fly King, brought in Clint with the fourth run with a fly to Pat Scott in left-center. Singles by Mike Velaney and Mike Nagy loaded the bases, Mike Nagy completing a 3-for-3 game, but Spike Davidson stranded them, thanks to an outstanding catch by right fielder Dave Schneider, who charged in and made a sliding catch of Jim McAnelly’s sinking liner:

Orange reclaimed the lead in the top of the fourth, scoring five runs on six singles and Jeff Grandcolas’s double. Mike Malay drove in the fifth run with a two-out hit, he and Jeff both completing 3-for-3 games.

But Orange couldn’t keep the lead, Gray scoring five times in the home half on five singles and Luis Sanchez’s two-run double, which gave him four RBI in the game. Clint Fletcher singled home the second run and scored the fourth; for the game he reached base four times, on three singles and a walk, scored four times, and drove in two. Daniel Carvajal singled in the fifth run, his third RBI of the game.

Orange came up in the buffet needing two to tie. Spike Davidson walked and Jack Spellman singled to start the frame. But Luis Sanchez got Pat Scott to fly out to Alan Phillips in right-center for the first out (Alan’s third putout of the game). Mark Hernandez, 3 for his first 3 with four RBI, came up and hit the ball hard, but within a step of shortstop George Brindley, who started a game-ending 6-4-3 double play, Mike Velaney on the pivot.

Final score: Gray 16, Orange 14

11:30 a.m.: Green (3-5) at Red (6-4):

		1	2	3	4	5   BUFFET   FINAL
Green		1	1	4	2	2	0	10
Red		1	1	0	5	0	1	 8

Pitchers: Green – Spike Davidson; Red – Trent Peacock. Mercenaries: Green – George Brindley, Alan Phillips, Dave Schneider, and Jack Spellman; Red – Jeff Grandcolas, Mark Hernandez, George Romo, and Don Solberg. Umpires: home – Clint Fletcher; bases – Daniel Carvajal. Perfect at the plate: Green – George Brindley (3 for 3) and Jack Spellman (3 for 3 with a double); Red – Jeff Grandcolas (3 for 3 with a double) and Trent Peacock (4 for 4 with a double). 

Dave Berra’s weather update: 84°, feels like 92°; humidity 71%; wind from the South at 8 MPH, 63% cloud cover – still nice!

Another close-run contest. Both teams scratched out single runs in each of the first two innings.

In the top of the first, singles by Mike Garrison and Larry Fiorentino put runners on the corners with one out. Spike Davidson hit a sharp grounder to second baseman George Romo, and there followed a textbook double lesson in both smart base-running and smart infield play. Larry stopped well short of George, denying him an easy tag-him-out-throw-out-the-batter-runner double play; so George threw to first, in time to put out Spike’s runner from home (Steve Sandall, I believe); Larry then had to go from a complete stop to race to second, and he couldn’t make it before Johnny Lee’s throw to shortstop Ralph Villela, which completed a 4-3-6 double play; meanwhile, though, Mike had hurried in from third base, reaching the home line before Larry was put out – because George’s initial play was to first, the play on Larry was not technically a force (though we treat the out as a force as part of our no-contact base-running policy, it’s not a force force), and Mike’s run counted for Green. It really did not look like this:

Red got the run back quickly in the bottom of the first, as Ralph Villela hit a lead-off double and scored on Trent Peacock’s line single to right-center. Spike Davidson got both Richard Battle and Anthony Galindo to hit ground balls to third baseman Alan Phillips, who made good plays and throws to second baseman George Brindley for force outs. Johnny Lee singled, but Spike fielded Marvin Krabbenhoft’s comebacker cleanly and threw to first for the third out.

Boo Resnick drew a walk to start the second inning. Chunky Wright lined out to sure-handed Richard Battle in left field. Jack Spellman singled to right field; Boo thought about trying for third, took a wide turn at second, then decided to retreat, but Don Solberg’s throw came in behind him, and Ralph Villela applied the tag before Boo could reclaim the bag. Two-out singles by George Brindley and Alan Phillips brought Spellman around to score. Dave Schneider hit a sharp grounder to the right of second base, but George Romo made a good play to his left, fielded the ball, and flipped to Ralph for the force, ending the inning.

Jeff Grandcolas doubled with one out in the bottom of the second, took third on Don Solberg’s fly to Dave Schneider in right field, and scored on Mark Hernandez’s single, tying the game.

Green took the lead with four runs in the top of the third. Steve Sandall led off with a double to right field, tagged up and took third on Mike Garrison’s fly to Richard Battle in left field, and scored on Larry Fiorentino’s triple to right – third-base coach Chunky Wright held Larry up at the last second, which was probably wise, as the relay had come in from Mark Hernandez to George Romo to Trent Peacock, two good throws, and Marvin Krabbenhoft was set to take the short throw from Trent if Larry tried for home. Spike Davidson immediately drove Larry in with a single. Spike’s pinch-runner – either Dave Schneider or Steve Sandall, I can’t recall which – took second on Boo Resnick’s ground out to shortstop Ralph Villela. Chunky Wright drew a walk, then Jack Spellman and George Brindley knocked consecutive RBI singles to bring in the third and fourth runs.

Spike then worked a scoreless bottom of the third. Trent Peacock led off with a single, but Spike retired the next three batters. Third baseman Alan Phillips caught Richard Battle’s foul pop just a couple feet from the fence just beyond the visitors dugout for the first out, then made an outstanding ply on Anthony Galindo’s hard grounder down the line, grabbing it on the backhand and turning almost 180 degrees and making a strong throw to second to force out Trent, running hard. Johnny Lee followed with a grounder between the mound and shortstop; Jack Spellman moved to his left to the ball, didn’t field it cleanly, but corralled it while falling toward the base – I reached with my glove hand, the ball in my mitt, and tagged the bag before Anthony reached the line, a play Dave Berra described in his scoresheet as “acrobatic” and that I would describe as “successfully spastic.”

R.I.P., coach.

Green pushed its lead to 8-2 with two runs in the top of the fourth. Following Dave Schneider’s fly out to Don Solberg in right-center, Steve Sandall hit a flare behind first base that landed about 18 inches fair and spun into foul territory, Steve winding up at third base with a triple. Mike Garrison brought him in with a sacrifice fly to Anthony Galindo in left-center. Larry Fiorentino followed with a two-out single. Spike Davidson drove a pitch to left-center that gapped the outfielders and rolled to the fence, Larry scoring from first on what was, with Spike taking a runner from home, a long single. Boo Resnick also singled, but Richard Battle caught Chunky Wright’s fly to left for the third out.

Red got back into the game by scoring five times in the bottom half, making just one out in the process, George Romo flying out to Steve Sandall in left-center following Marvin Krabbenhoft’s lead-off single. The next five-batters hit safely, singles by Jeff Grandcolas (who took second on the throw to third that was too late to get Marvin’s pinch-runner), Don Solberg (driving in two runs), Mark Hernandez, and Ralph Villela (driving in Don), and then a two-run double by Trent Peacock, who has been on a tear at the plate.

That made it 8-7 Green heading into the final five-run inning. Jack Spellman doubled to right-center and George Brindley singled to start the inning, putting runners on the corners. Alan Phillips popped out to shortstop Ralph Villela. Spellman scored and George took second on Dave Schneider’s fly to Richard Battle in left field. Steve Sandall lined his third consecutive hit to right-center, a double that drove in George; Steve tried for third, but was thrown out 9-6-5 on a picture-perfect relay, Don Solberg to Ralph Villela to Jeff Grandcolas, who made a great play to catch Ralph’s throw on the short hop while Steve was nearing the base, a feat of concentration. Steve’s foot was about two inches above the line as Jeff made the catch, and plate umpire Clint Fletcher made an emphatic and correct out call. George had crossed the home line before the play was completed, so his run counted, putting Green up 10-7.

Spike Davidson threw a scoreless bottom of the fifth, working around Anthony Galindo’s one-out single.

Green wasn’t able to extend its lead in the top of the buffet. Mike Garrison led off with a single, but Trent Peacock retired the next three batters: Larry Fiorentino on a two-strike foul, Spike Davidson on a fly to left field (Richard Battle’s fifth catch of the game), and Boo Resnick on a swing-through strikeout.

Red came up needing three to tie, four to win. Spike Davidson got George Romo to fly out to Mike Garrison in left to open the inning. Jeff Grandcolas and Don Solberg both singled. Mark Hernandez drove a pitch to left-center, but Steve Sandall made a good catch for the second out, Jeff tagging and taking third. A single by Ralph Villela drove Jeff in. Trent Peacock also singled, completing a 4-for-4 game at the plate and loading the bases, Trent representing the potential winning run. Richard Battle lofted a fly to left field, pretty deep, but Mike Garrison was well positioned and gathered it in for the final out.

Final score: Green 10, Red 8

Trent Peacock was 4 for 4 with a double and three RBI, and held Green to ten runs over six innings, but took the loss and had to settle for a No-Tahni Award.

12:30 p.m.: Blue (4-5) at Purple (4-6):

		1	2	3	4    BUFFET  FINAL
Blue		3	2	0	4	0	9
Purple		0	0	2	5	0	7

Pitchers: Blue – Joe Bernal; Purple – Trent Peacock. Mercenaries: Blue – Steve Sandall; Purple – Clint Fletcher, Anthony Galindo, and Trent Peacock. Umpires: home – Dave Berra; bases – Ralph Villela. Perfect at the plate: Blue – Steve Sandall (2 for 2 with a walk); Purple – Clint Fletcher and Joe Roche (both 2 for 2), Anthony Galindo (1 for 1 with a walk), and Rick Kahn (3 for 3 with a double). 

Spellman’s weather update: 86°, feels like 93°; humidity 64%; wind from the South at 8 MPH, 77% cloud cover.

Blue never trailed in this game, though Purple kept it close throughout. Dave Brown’s crew broke on top with three runs on five singles in the top of the first, taking advantage of a pair of throws that went into the dugouts. Lawrence Page led off the game with a single to left-center. He was forced out at second 6-4 on George Romo’s grounder to shortstop Rick Jensen, but second baseman Mike Malay’s throw skipped into the home dugout, and George was awarded second. Tom Bellavia hit a short pop between the mound and third base, not playable, and wound up at first with a single. J.C. Schmeil singled, I believe up the middle, a bit toward the right-field side; George scored and Tom raced to third, and when the throw to third wound up in the visitors dugout, Tom was awarded second and J.C., who’d advanced on the throw, third. Joe Bernal grounded a single up the middle, driving in J.C. with the third run of the inning.

Joe then held Purple scoreless in the home half. Jack McDermott singled to start the inning, but was erased on Mike Malay’s grounder to the right side – first baseman Larry Young made a good play to his right to field the ball, and a strong throw to shortstop David Brown for the force at second. Rick Kahn lined a double to right field, sending Mike to third, but they were both stranded as Joe got Shane Hill to pop out to second baseman J.C. Schmeil and Peter Sundquist to ground out to David Brown – David’s throw to first pulled Larry Young off the bag, but Larry made a quick swipe tag on Peter for the out, his second good defensive play of the inning.

Blue added to its lead with two runs in the top of the second. Steve Sandall, Lawrence Page, and George Romo hit consecutive one-out singles to left field, Steve coming around to score, Lawrence winding up at third on George’s hit. Tom Bellavia’s fly to Anthony Galindo in right field was deep enough for Lawrence to tag and score on.

Joe Bernal again shut out Purple in the bottom half. Joe Roche singled with one out, but was forced out 6-4 on Billy Hill’s grounder to David Brown. Anthony Galindo refused a walk and rifled a single through the 5-6 hole. Trent Peacock squared up on a pitch, but his liner was hit directly at Steve Sandall, who made the inning-ending catch.

Joe Bernal and Donnie Janac led off the third with back-to-back singles, but Trent Peacock retired the next three batters: David Brown flied out to Rick Kahn in right-center, Joe’s pinch-runner Steve Sandall advancing to third; Daniel Baladez grounded into a 6-4 force, Rick Jensen to Mike Malay, Steve holding; and Larry Young grounded a two-strike pitch foul down the first-base side.

Purple then got on the board in the home half, scoring two runs after two were out. Clint Fletcher led off with a single. Jack McDermott’s two-strike fly to left field landed foul for the first out. Mike Malay grounded a ball up the middle; shortstop David Brown got to it and stepped on second for the force on Clint, but couldn’t double up Mike. Rick Kahn grounded a ball to second baseman J.C. Schmeil, who short-hopped his throw to first; Larry Young wasn’t able to handle it, and Rick was safe. Shane Hill and Peter Sundquist followed with singles that brought in first Mike and then Rick. Rick Jensen lined a pitch to left-center, but it hung up long enough for Tom Bellavia to come in and make the catch.

Blue resumed hitting, kind of, in the top of the fourth. Its first five batters singled, three runs scoring, though not all the hits were well struck. Steve Sandall led off with a little pop in front of home plate, and legged out a five-foot single. Lawrence Page and George Romo followed with legitimate line-drive singles, to right-center and left field, Steve coming around to score. Tom Bellavia’s Texas League flare to center fell in safely, Lawrence scoring. J.C. Schmeil hit a short fly to left field – Clint Fletcher came in on the ball, but the wind blew it back toward the infield, and it caromed off Clint’s mitt and fell in safe, George scoring. Joe Bernal hit into a 4-6-3 double play, nice turn by Rick Jensen, Tom advancing to third. Donnie Janac singled up the middle, Tom scoring the fourth run of the inning. David Brown hit a blakata single, according to Johnny Lee, to right-center, but the inning ended when Mike Malay fielded Daniel Baladez’s grounder to the right side and flipped to Rick covering second for the third out.

Trailing 9-2, Purple wound up winning the inning, scoring five times in the bottom half. Joe Roche lined a single to right field to start the inning. He was forced at second on Billy Hill’s grounder to David Brown. That proved to be the only out Joe Bernal was able to record. Anthony Galindo drew a walk, and the next five batters singled, five runs resulting. Rick Kahn’s line single to right field capped the rally, driving in Jack McDermott with the fifth run and completing a 3-for-3 day at the plate for Rick.

That cut Blue’s lead to 9-7 entering the buffet, and Trent Peacock kept it a two-run game by blanking Blue in the top of the inning, though he needed outside help to do so. Larry Young had J.C. Schmeil running from home for him as he led off the inning, and J.C. beat out Larry’s grounder to shortstop. Steve Sandall drew a walk, reaching base for the sixth consecutive plate appearance over two games. Lawrence Page came up, looking for his fourth hit, but he got under a pitch and flied out to Rick Kahn in right-center, the runners holding out of respect for Rick’s cannon of an arm. George Romo lined a ball right at Clint Fletcher in left field for the second out; again the runners could not move up. Tom Bellavia came up and hit a short pop between the mound and the first base side; I thought Trent had a chance to make a play on the ball, but he elected to let it fall, hoping it would spin foul; it did not, but it didn’t matter, as J.C., at second to start the play, wasn’t able to score on the play; because he was the next batter due up, he was out, and the inning was over.

If you’re a believer in the concept of momentum in sports (I am not), this would seem to be the spark that Purple needed to rally for a glorious win in the home half. It wasn’t. Shane Hill hit a sharp grounder to the right side, but J.C. Schmeil made a good play and threw him out, 4-3. (It would be redemptive, except I’m pretty certain J.C. being out while pinch-running was not his fault.) Peter Sundquist grounded out to shortstop David Brown. Rick Jensen made a bid for a single up the middle, but David Brown moved well to his left, fielded the ball behind second base, and threw Rick out to end the game. (Just to say, this was the kind of play I was thinking about for box N-3 on the 2026 Bingo Card, “David Brown makes a great defensive play up the middle.”

Indeed it is, row 3 is a bingo:

 

		B LEAGUE BINGO 2026
B	I	N	G	O
Hit for the cycle (Ralph Villela – May 26)	Mad beef re: infield fly rule (July 30)	Triple play	Ken Brown scores from first on single	Walk-off grand slam
Jim Aaron home run for last-place team	Acclaim and adoption of Johnny Lee-created nickname (Sept. 17 – Magic Marker Dolan)	Batter takes a runner from home, runs past the 1B commit line (April 6)	Both teams score 5 runs in each of the first 3 innings	Spellman plays 5 games (C and B) in one day (July 6)
New guy pops a hammy (Trent Peacock – August 6)	Double play, second out at home (March 12)	David Brown makes a great defensive play up the middle (October 12)	7-inning game (August 10 – Blue vs. Maroon)	3-pitch half-inning (Jeff Stone – April 23)
3 Ohtani Awards in 1 day (July 6)	Over-the-fence home run at Krieg 2 (April 16)	Base runner hit by batted ball (March 23)	Don Solberg throws out a runner trying for an extra base (August 20)	Rick Jensen delivers St. Crispin’s Day speech
Line drive hits Jack Kelly, he brushes it off (March 30)	Ralph Villela hits 2 inside-the-park home runs in one game	Team flip-flops opponent but loses game (July 20 – Red d. Blue )	Inside-the-park home run at Krieg 3	Shutout (Joe Bernal, Blue vs. Purple, July 27)

Final score: Blue 9, Purple 7

Session 4 standings:

 

Session 4 standings:				Games	Runs	Runs	Run dif-	W/L
	Wins	Losses	Win %:	behind:	for:	allowed:	ferential:	streak:
Maroon	7	3	.700	0	141	109	32	L1
Gray	7	3	.700	0	155	138	17	W2
Red	6	5	.545	1.5	150	147	3	L1
Blue	5	5	.500	2	116	103	13	W1
Green	4	5	.444	2.5	114	110	4	W2
Purple	4	7	.364	3.5	138	153	-15	L1
Orange	3	8	.273	4.5	93	147	-54	L4
	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	4-3	3-0	0	0-0	2-3	0-0	LWLWL
Gray	4-1	3-2	1	1-0	1-0	3-1	WWLWW
Red	2-2	4-3	1	0-0	3-1	1-2	LWWWL
Blue	4-2	1-3	2	0-1	2-0	2-2	WLWLW
Green	2-1	2-4	0	0-0	1-1	1-2	WLLWW
Purple	0-6	4-1	0	0-0	2-2	0-1	LWLWL
Orange	2-3	1-5	1	0-0	0-4	1-0	WLLLL

2026 total victories (read across) and losses (read down):

 

	Blue	Gray	Green	Maroon	Orange	Purple	Red	TOTAL
Blue		4	9	4	4	5	4	30
Gray	4		2	3	4	6	2	21
Green	1	4		2	6	6	6	25
Maroon	3	4	6		4	7	7	31
Orange	4	5	1	4		4	3	21
Purple	3	3	2	2	4		4	18
Red	3	6	3	1	5	4		22
TOTAL:	18	26	23	16	27	32	26	168

2026 season home run leaders:
Terry O’Brien – 10
Ralph Villela – 9
Steve Browne – 6
Mike Garrison – 5
Trent Peacock – 5
Tony Garcia – 4
George Brindley – 3
David Brown – 3
Tim Coles – 3
Jack McDermott – 3
Alan Phillips – 3
Pat Scott – 3
Jack Spellman – 3
Scott Wright – 3
Richard Battle – 2
Larry Fiorentino – 2
Tommy Gillis – 2
Rick Kahn – 2
Bobby Miller – 2
Scott Rokita – 2
Paul Rubin – 2
Jimmy Sneed – 2
Peter Atkins – 1
Tom Bellavia – 1
Joe Bernal – 1
Ivan Budiselic – 1
Mark Dolan – 1
Jim Foelker – 1
Anthony Galindo – 1
Doc Hobar – 1
Mike Malay – 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: 7 (May 4, July 2, July 20, August 6, August 20, September 17, October 5)
Tommy Deleon: 6 (April 6, April 30, June 11, July 6, July 30, September 24)
Trent Peacock: 3 (March 9, August 3, October 8)
Luis Sanchez: 3 (September 8, September 28, October 8)
Jeff Stone: 3 (March 2, July 9, September 8)
Rex Horvath: 1 (March 30)
Jack Kelly: 1 (August 3)
Lawrence Page: 1 (March 26)

Schedule for Thursday October 15:
10:30 a.m.: Blue (5-5) at Red (6-5), Orange umpiring
11:30 a.m.: Orange (3-8) at Green (4-5), Red umpiring
12:30 p.m.: Maroon (7-3) at Gray (7-3), Green umpiring

Purple has the bye, with priority for its players out of the bucket.

 

Preview: This will be the last set of games played at Krieg 6; we move back to Krieg 2 for games of October 19. It should be a terrific set of games, with three sets of evenly matched opponents. Red and Blue, battling for third place and separated by just half a game, face off at 10:30. Blue won today and leads the season series 4-3. Green has moved out of the cellar and can continue its ascent with a third-straight win if they can top Orange at 11:30. Orange has lost its last four, and Green leads the season series 6-1, but we got Mark Hernandez back today and Jeff Grandcolas and Dave Schneider have solidified the lineup. The marquee match-up is at 12:30, when Maroon will take on Gray in a battle for first place. Both teams are 7-3 for the session, with the best run differentials. Maroon had the bye today and lost its last game, but leads the season series 4-3. Gray has won its last two games to draw into a tie for first – should be a terrific game. Will our umpires celebrate White Cane Safety Day and/or National Conflict Resolution Day on Thursday? One thing is certain: Only time will tell.

Keggy’s Korner:

Boo Resnick and Hotcakes are playing at Donn’s Depot, 1600 West Fifth Street, Austin, this Saturday night, from 9:00 pm to 1:00 am. Boo definitely did not hint to me that there will be a special guest vocalist.

Terry Thompson checks in:

Here is an opportunity to win some great Softball equipment while supporting the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area (BGCAA). BGCAA serves over 19,000 young people across Austin-Area schools, community centers, and public housing.  All proceeds will go directly to BGCAA.

(Defunct) Podcast review: LeVar Reads

I miss this short-story podcast, which was hosted by actor/reading advocate LeVar Burton. Kind of a Reading Rainbow for adults, the podcast featured Burton reading short stories, with an emphasis on science fiction, fantasy, horror, and humor. Featured authors included Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Octavia Butler, Toni Morrison, Kurt Vonnegut, Nnedi Okorafor, and Ken Liu, plus a number of younger contemporary writers. There were almost 200 episodes, and generally the stories were top notch. New England content: Occasional. Canadian content: Ditto. Listening speed: 1X. Rating: 🎧 🎧 🎧 🎧