B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 29 – for July 22, 2024 Jeff Fisher and Peter Sundquist won the Session 2 umpiring raffle and received HEB gift cards from our anonymous benefactor. (Imagine that Jeff is holding an HEB card instead of a Pluckers coupon, and that Peter is receiving a… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 28 – for July 15, 2024 Weather: Dave Berra reports that temperatures Monday were in the low mid-90s a bit after noon, with humidity somewhat less terrible. Games of Monday July 15: 10:00 a.m., Maroon (1-4) at Green (3-2): 1 2 3 4 5 BUFFET FINAL… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 27 – for July 11, 2024 Weather: My weather app said Austin was in the low 90s a bit after noon on July 11, with humidity around 38%. Meanwhile, in Newburyport, Massachusetts, it was 90% and the humidity was 55%. What the hey? Games of… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 26 – July 8, 2024 Roster note: Jim McAnelly, returning from shoulder surgery, joined Green Team today. Weather: The day started out cloudy, temperature around 80, humidity at 84%, fair amount of wind. I don’t know if it was the outer edge of Hurricane… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 25 – covering July 1, 2024 Apologies for the lateness of this report – I tested positive for COVID over the weekend, so I’m relying on scoresheets from Terry Watts and Dave Berra (many thanks to both!) and after-the-fact consultations with participants and onlookers to pull together… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 24 – June 27, 2024 Weather: Temperature in the upper 80s when we started, rising to the mid 90s, with greater Austin under a heat advisory. Sunny throughout. My app says the humidity was just under 50%, but it felt stickier than that. Salute… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 23 – June 24, 2024 $1.40 (Prices at Kilauea may be higher) Games of Thursday June 20 were cancelled due to overnight rain resulting in wet fields. League president Anthony Galindo checks in: Effective June 24th, teams will be allowed to draw up to 12… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 22 – June 17, 2024 $1.50 (Prices in Oahu may be higher) Roster notes: Peter Atkins has returned to B League, and has been assigned to Orange team. Thomas Langa has been moved from Orange to Red team. Game play notes: Beginning with today’s games,… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 21 – June 13, 2024 $1.75 (Prices in Hawaii may be higher) Games again were played at Krieg 6 due to construction and parking issues at Krieg 3. Weather: Temperature was at 82 degrees at the start of the 10:30 game, mostly sunny, humidity… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 20 – June 10, 2024 $2.00 (Prices in Canada may be higher) Weather: Another steamy, hot day: temperature was around 82 degrees at the start of the 10:30 game, and rose steadily, into the low 90s. Humidity was 85% and pretty much stayed there…. Read more