B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 38 – for August 22, 2024 Correction: I wrote Monday that Tommy Gillis’s home run was an inside-the-parker; in fact, Tommy hit it out of the park. The Picayune regrets the error. Games of Thursday August 22: 10:00 a.m., Maroon (3-11) at Purple (8-6): 1 2 3 4 5… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 37 – August 19, 2024 Weather: Crikey, it was brutal out there. Dave Berra says he’s not our weather man, and I didn’t check out the conditions on my phone’s app until almost the end of the noon game, when it was 98 degrees with 34%… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 36 – for August 15, 2024 Games of Thursday August 15: 10:00 a.m., Blue (7-5) at Maroon (2-10): 1 2 3 4 5 BUFFET FINAL Blue 5 5 0 5 4 X 19 Maroon 4 2 0 2 1 4 13 Pitchers: Blue –… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 35 – for August 12, 2024 Games of Monday August 12: 10:00 a.m., Purple (6-5) at Gray (7-3): 1 2 3 4 5 BUFFET FINAL Purple 5 5 2 5 0 X 17 Gray 1 5 0 1 0 2 9 Pitchers: Purple –… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 34 – for August 8, 2024 Stuff happens when I’m not present: B League president Anthony Galindo checks in: Please note that smoking is no longer allowed anywhere in the complex, per city ordinance. In fact, I and other Board members were not aware that smoking… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 33 – for August 5, 2024 Crediting the umpires (and shaming the slackers): This past Thursday’s 11:00 game was umpired by Gary Coyle and Donnie Janac, and at noon Rick Jensen and Larry Shupe stepped up to umpire when no one from assigned Red team did so. Weather: Dave Berra reports, more… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 32 – for August 1, 2024 Weather: Hot (in the low to mid 90s) and sunny, moderately (around 38%) humid. Request: You’ll see below that I never found out who umpired the 11:00 and noon games. If you know, especially if you were one of… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 31 – for July 29, 2024 Correction: Normally I wouldn’t bother (see motto above), but in this case it’s worth getting it straight. In the recap of this past Thursday’s Gray-Red game, I wrote that the final out came when Jack Kelly fielded Gil Delossantos’s grounder back to… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 6, Issue 30 – for July 25, 2024 League president Anthony Galindo checks in: 1. Another new player has joined the league. Michael Malay, who played on Monday as a pickup, has now been assigned to the Red Team. He is replacing Terry Walker, who is out for the… Read more
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