B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 5, Issue 34 – July 27, 2023 Weather: Maybe I’m just acclimating somewhat, but it didn’t seem quite so terribly hot today. By the noon game it was 94 degrees, with a bearable relative humidity of 33%. Blue skies throughout the day’s action. Injured list:… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 5, Issue 33 – July 24, 2023 Weather: Still hot – 86 degrees at the start of the 10:00 game, rising to mid-90s by the end of the day’s action. Humidity at 64% when we started, dropped to the mid-40s. Sunny throughout. Injured list: Blue… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 5, Issue 32 – July 20, 2023 Weather: Nothing but sunshine today. It was 86 degrees with 68% humidity at the start of the 10:00 game, and it warmed steadily, into the upper 90s by the time we finished, and in triple digits by the… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 5, Issue 31 – July 17, 2023 B League president Jack McDermott alerts us of a change of game times: Greetings, fellow players, Temperature forecasts are into the triple digits all of next week and most likely beyond. Heat index values rise quickly even before… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 5, Issue 30 – July 10ish, 2023 Correction: I misreported the play in the June 29 Green-Gold game in which Tim Bruton was thrown out at home – I wrote that it was a 9-6-2 relay, but in fact Don Solberg threw directly home to… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 5, Issue 29 – June 29, 2023 Weather: Still dealing with the Texas Heat Dome – 80 degrees with 81% humidity at the start of the 10:30 game, increasing to 87 degrees by the start of the 11:30 game, into the 90s by 12:30, and… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 5, Issue 28 – June 26, 2023 B League President Jack McDermott on Tuesday June 20 announced the reassignments of Purple team’s players: Jack Crosley to Blue team. Larry Bunton and Gil Delossantos to Gold team. Doc Hobar to Gray team. Tommy Deleon and Don… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 5, Issue 27 – June 19, 2023 B League President Jack McDermott announces the contraction of the Purple team: Happy Father’s Day to all of you fathers out there. Wanted to let you all know that the Purple team will be breaking up. They have… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 5, Issue 26 – June 15, 2023 Weather: Hot and very humid, though not oppressively so until the morning haze (reportedly from Mexican agricultural fires) burned off and we got some more direct sun. It was 81 degrees with 88% humidity and haze at the… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 5, Issue 25 – June 12, 2023 Weather: Summer has arrived – perhaps not yet in its fullest fury, but getting there. My weather app said it was 75 degrees with 87% humidity at the start of the 10:30 game, and it was mostly sunny…. Read more