B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 7, Issue 42 – August 11, 2025 Apologies, everyone – I was within 15 minutes of completing and sending out this edition last night when I got pulled into the real-life drama of Encyclopedia Keggy Junior and the Case of the Missing Kayak Paddles, at Austin… Read more
Game Day Gazette    August 11, 2025 Anthony Galindo (B Division President) and I had an opportunity to meet with the City of Austin Parks and Recreation team including the field maintenance crew yesterday. It is important for the league to maintain a good working relationship with the city and there were some issues that were… Read more
Game Day Gazette August 7, 2025 We found out on Wednesday that one of our fellow Austin Senior Softball players, James Chavana (last played in B league in 2023) had unexpectedly passed away. James was one of the nicest guys I have ever met and was a great player and a great teammate. We never… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 7, Issue 41 – August 7, 2025 We learned this week of the passing of our softball brother James Chavana, a great teammate and friend. President Anthony Galindo updates player assignments: Alvin Gauna is being reassigned to the Blue Team in place of Joe Dayoc, who is having… Read more
Game Day Gazette    August 4, 2025 Probably shouldn’t say this out loud but we are enjoying a somewhat mild summer by Texas standards and yesterday was no different. We started out the morning with high humidity, but a brief storm rolled in at the end of the first game and the temperatures dropped by ten… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 7, Issue 40 – August 4, 2025 League president Anthony Galindo has announcements pertaining to Austin in August: Now that hot weather has arrived we are implementing our summer time schedule and rules effective NEXT WEEK on 8/11. Games will start 10, 11 & 12 until further notice…. Read more
Game Day Gazette    July 31, 2025 Spoiler alert, Thursday was topsy turvy day at the ballpark as the teams with the worse records beat the teams with the better records in both contests. As a result, the race for the session #3 crown is now as three team race with only 1.50 games separating first… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 7, Issue 39 – July 31, 2025 Dave Berra’s weather report, at 10:30 a.m.: 92 degrees, feels like 97. Humidity 45%, wind SW 3 MPH. High, cloudless sky. The later games were much the same, just hotter. Scott Wright belatedly receives from Maroon manager Dave Berra a Pluckers coupon… Read more
Game Day Gazette    July 28, 2025 The Pioneers win the pennant! The Pioneers win the pennant! Ok so not quite but the Pioneers did get their first win in the session after eight straight defeats with a 14-11 upset of the front running Braves. Congratulations to Jack Adams and the boys in Blue on their… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 7, Issue 38 – July 28, 2025 Department of Corrections: Paul Rubin grounded to Tony Garcia, not Jimmy Sneed, as I misreported, to end the 10:30 game on Thursday July 24. The Picayune regrets the error. We returned to Krieg 3, our home for the rest of the season (probably)…. Read more