B League Picayune
Often in error, never in doubt.
Volume 7, Issue 47 – August 28, 2025
Department of Corrections: I failed to note that Adam Reddell was perfect at the plate (3 for 3 with two doubles) for Gray in its game against Maroon on Monday. The Picayune regrets the error.
Jeff Stone checks in regarding B League’s base-running rules:
Below are various rules regarding base running, run-through rule, avoiding collisions, interference, and obstruction.
Monday there was a collision at second base, and I wanted to clarify what the rules for the Austin Senior Softball League, as well as SSUSA rules say. Our rules take priority; however, when a rule isn’t covered, we fall back on the SSUSA rules. Many of the SSUSA rules are incorporated into our rules, and often both rules apply in our rules. Example: Catch/No Catch.
BASE RUNNERS
SSUSA 8.6 • AVOIDING COLLISIONS (page 5 ASSL rules)
Running wide into first base or the scoring line or scoring plate is permitted only to avoid a collision with a defensive player. This is an umpire’s judgment call and is not subject to protest or appeal. A runner must make every effort to avoid colliding with opposing players while running the bases. If in the umpire’s judgment a runner misses a base to avoid a collision, the runner will not be called out. If in the umpire’s judgment the runner fails to avoid a collision with a defensive player involved in the play, the ball will be declared dead and that runner called out. All base runners except the batter will be returned to their previous base unless forced to advance. If in the umpire’s judgment the runner’s collision with the defensive player involved in the play negates a double play, the umpire may award a second out.
Note: We have a run-through rule already at second and third base. This SSUSA rule is describing all bases, and the reason is to avoid collisions for safety reasons. Remember, Interference is an offensive violation, and all runners have to go back unless forced to advance (batter-runner forcing other runners along). It says in the umpire’s judgment, the runner fails to avoid a collision with a defensive player involved in the play, the ball WILL be declared dead and that runner called out. It says WILL, which is a mandatory term. Also be aware that we can run wide at first base and the scoring line ONLY to avoid a collision.
SSUSA Rule 1.45 Interference (page 6 ASSL rules)
Interference is the act of an offensive player or team member that impedes or confuses the defensive player attempting to execute a play. A base runner must avoid a fielder making a play.
SSUSA Rule 1.48 Obstruction
Obstruction is the act of:
A. A defensive player or team member who hinders or prevents a batter from striking at or hitting a pitched ball.
B. A fielder who is not in possession of the ball nor in the act of fielding a batted ball who impedes the progress of a runner or batter-runner who is legally running bases.
SSUSA Rule 8.4 (10) 4 – Obstruction
When a runner, while advancing or returning to a base, is obstructed by a fielder who neither has the ball nor is attempting to field a batted or thrown ball, or a fielder who fakes a tag without the ball, the obstructed runner and each runner affected by the obstruction will always be awarded the base or bases they would have reached, in the umpires judgment, had there been no obstruction.
Note: Under Interference Rule 1.45 If an offensive player “impedes or confuses” a defensive player that is interference. It says a base runner “MUST” avoid a fielder making a play. Must is a mandatory term. It does not say may or might, it says MUST. Again this rule is to avoid collisions and potential injury. Also, it does not say intentionally. It says a base runner must avoid a fielder making a play.
Running to second or 3rd base: (page 7 ASSL rules)
Run-Through Rule:
A runner when advancing to second or third base will have the option of crossing, (reaching), a run-through line rather than touching the base. The runner will have reached the run-through line when they make contact with the ground on or past the run-through line.
Both the second and third base run-through lines shall be marked by a line at the front of the base and extending outward approximately 2 to 3 feet from both sides of the base in a perpendicular direction to the advancing base line.The line is to be considered virtually endless and the runner may run wider than the actual marked line.
Page 8 ASSL rules
The runner should be alert as to the location of the ball and run 3 to 4 feet to the side of the base opposite the location of the player throwing the ball. The line is to be considered virtually endless and the runner may run wider than the actual marked line. It is the runner’s responsibility to avoid contact with the defensive players who are involved in the play and any action by the runner that affects the outcome of the play as determined by the umpire may be ruled as interference.
The purpose of the run-through rule is to allow the runner to run wide of the base to help prevent collisions with a defender when there is a play being made at that base, however, the runner may at any time run directly to the base. The Forced, Not Forced section of the Run-Through Rule shall apply, (runner must reach the base…), and once the runner touches the base they may not run through without having the liability of being tagged out, (once the runner touches the base and then is no longer in contact with the base they may be tagged out). In addition, it shall remain the runner’s responsibility to avoid contact with a defender making a play. Sliding into a base that a runner is advancing to is not permitted and will result in the runner being called out.
When there is no play being made at the base the runner may touch and round the base, again having the same liability as above, the run-through rule no longer applies and they may be tagged out if they are off the base.
Note: On the play on Monday, the fielder had one foot on the outfield side of second base and was stepping toward left field. His eyes are looking to the outfield and has no clue what is going on behind him, and he likely is not expecting a collision with a runner, because it doesn’t happen that often, and can’t see behind him and can’t brace for impact. He is in a defenseless position and in the act of fielding the ball. It’s kind of like the defenseless quarterback or receiver in football. The other thing is the runner is facing second base and can see the outfield. In this situation the ball came in a couple feet wide, which neither the runner nor fielder could have known ahead of time. However, the runners must always look to see where the ball from the outfielder is going so he can run wide to the opposite side to avoid a collision. All runners must be aware that the run-through line at the front of the base is virtually endless and they can run as wide as the have to in order to avoid a collision.
I was pitching when the collision occurred and I got a very good view. This was not incidental contact. The fielder was knocked completely off his feet. He lost his hat and I think the ball as well. After he got up, he appeared to me to be a little wobbly but soon recovered and looked completely fine to me. He ended up several feet on the outfield side of second base. This was not intentional at all, but intentional is not part of these rules. The safety of the defenseless fielder, who is concentrating on fielding a batter or thrown ball and can’t be looking in two different locations at the same time, and avoiding collisions and the safety of both runner and fielder is the reason for these rules.
Page 10 ASSL rules
Runners must generally stay within the base path, but also must run wide enough of the base when “running through” in order to avoid collision with the fielders. It is at the discretion of the umpire as to whether the base runner stayed close enough to the path to avoid being called out (running wide to avoid the tag).
Runners will be called out if they collide with a defender making a play or if they interfere with the defender’s ability to make the play. In the case of a potential double play, both runners will be called out.
Incidental contact, which neither affects the ability of the runner nor the defender, will not affect the outcome of the play.
Note: Runners MUST wide enough to avoid a collision but not run too wide to avoid a tag. This is an umpire judgment. I have seen plays where the runner said he was running wide to avoid a collision but was clearly trying to avoid a tag. Remember, many plays are similar, and as an umpire we must view the entire play and then make a judgment.
In SSUSA rule 8.6, Interference SSUSA Rule 1.45, Page 8 ASSL Run-through rule, and Page 10 ASSL rule all make mention of running wide to avoid a collision. It is the runner’s responsibility to avoid a collision. The runner must be aware that the run-through line is virtually endless and they may need to run even wider to avoid a collision with a fielder.
There also needs to be some common sense and good judgment applied here. The runner is also not anticipating a wide throw and can’t know ahead of time that will happen. An umpire needs to use judgment in knowing that the runner needs to have some time to slow down. Fast guys need more time than slow guys. We’ve all been taught from little league on up when running to first base not to look at the ball. If we do that and the first basement goes into foul territory to catch a bad or wide throw, the runner doesn’t know until he sees the ball or the first basement crossing their path, which at times causes a collision. Wide throws can happen at any base and collisions can happen at any base. Sometimes stuff just happens, and if all players and all umpires have a better understanding of these rules, maybe we can minimize collisions and injuries.
Jeff Stone
Due to sprinkler issues at field 2, games were played at Krieg field 3 today.
Games of Thursday August 28:
10:00 a.m., Orange (11-5) at Blue (6-10):
1 2 3 4 5 BUFFET EXTRA FINAL Orange 2 0 1 1 5 0 1 10 Blue 5 1 0 0 2 1 1 10 Pitchers: Orange – Ray Pilgrim; Blue – Tommy Deleon. Mercenaries: Orange – Steve Browne, Phil Stanch, Jeff Stone, and Don Williams; Blue – Bobby Miller and Jack Spellman (entered in fourth inning for Daniel Baladez). Umpires: home – Rick Jensen and Larry Fiorentino; bases – Mike Velaney. Perfect at the plate: Orange - David Brown (2 for 2 with a double and two walks), Steve Browne (3 for 3), Boo Resnick (3 for 3 with a walk), and Jeff Stone (2 for 2 with a walk); Blue – David Pittard (4 for 4 with a double), Steve Sandall (4 for 4), and Jack Spellman (2 for 2).
Weather report: 86 degrees, felt like 93. Humidity 64%, wind SSW at 10 MPH. Sunny.
I wrote in the preview for this game that Orange needed to win to clinch the Session 3 title, but that totally wasn’t true – this tie did the trick for them.
Blue broke on top, Tommy Deleon holding Orange to two runs on four singles in the top of the first, he and his teammates then putting across five runs on four singles, walks to Jimmy Sneed and George Brindley that loaded the bases, and Daniel Baladez’s two-run double (a liner to left field that Steve Browne dove to his left for but couldn’t reach, the ball skipping to the fence). Four of the runs scored with two out, Tommy and Alvin Gauna completing it with singles.
Tommy blanked Orange in the top of the second, getting three outs on balls in the air (fly to left-center, liner to second, fly to right-center) after Jeff Stone and Steve Browne singled to open the inning. Blue got a run in the home half to extend its lead: Bobby Miller doubled leading off, took third on Steve Sandall’s pop-fly single to short left field, and scored on Jimmy Sneed’s foul fly to left field. Jimmy’s ball was the first of two consecutive very good plays by Steve Browne: on Jimmy’s, Steve moved 40 or so feet to his right, into foul ground, to run down the fly; George Brindley followed with a drive to left-center, and Steve made a fine running catch, going about 50 feet to his left, to make the catch.
Orange chipped away at Blue’s lead, scoring one run in each of the top of the third (David Brown walked with two out, then scored from first on Marvin Krabbenhoft’s double to right-center) and fourth (Jeff Stone walked leading off and came around on singles by Steve Browne and Clint Fletcher) while holding Orange scoreless on one hit in each home half (David Pittard leading off the bottom of the third, Steve Sandall singled with two out in the fourth, neither scored).
Orange surged into the lead with five runs in the top of the fifth, the final five-run inning, on five singles and David Brown’s double. Marvin Krabbenhoft drove in two more runs with his single, and the fifth scored on Steve Browne’s third hit in as many at bats. That gave Orange a 9-6 lead entering the bottom of the frame.
Blue got two runs back, quickly: Jimmy Sneed singled, George Brindley tripled Jimmy in, and David Pittard singled to deliver George. Ray Pilgrim retired three of the next four hitters to get through the inning without more damage.
When Tommy Deleon held Orange scoreless in the top of the buffet, working around Clint Fletcher’s two-out single, Blue looked poised to win, needing two runs to do so with Bobby Miller and then the top of the order due. Bobby grounded out to Clint Fletcher to start the inning. Steve Sandall and Tom Bellavia singled, putting the tying run at second and the winning run at first. Jimmy Sneed came up and drove a pitch to left field – here’s the video: Blue scores the tying run in the buffet inning versus Orange, August 28, 2025
Steve Browne did a great job of racing back to recover the ball, and made a strong throw in to shortstop Dave Brown, who turned and fired to third baseman Jeff Stone, who knocked the ball down and picked it up, I think while Tom’s foot was still in the air. Having viewed the video about ten times, I’m fairly certain home umpire Larry Fiorentino got the call right, but it was a very close play.
George Brindley came up and hit a sharp grounder up the middle; Ray Pilgrim got a piece of it and deflected it to shortstop David Brown, moving to his left, who smoothly made the play, throwing George out by a step, as seen here: George Brindley grounds out to end the buffet inning for Blue versus Orange on August 28, 2025
So it was on to an extra inning. Ray Pilgrim started it running from second base for Orange, with one out and one-pitch rules in place. Peter Atkins singled Ray to third, and David Brown took a short pitch by Tommy Deleon for a one-pitch walk, loading the bases. Marvin Krabbenhoft hit an infield fly, caught by shortstop Jimmy Sneed, for the second out. Boo Resnick knocked a clean single, completing a perfect day at the plate and driving in Ray with the go-ahead run. Larry Shupe then came up and hit a ball sharply up the middle, just left of second base – it looked off the bat like it would certainly drive in two runs, but on its second hop the ball kicked up and hit David in the foot, for a devastating third out. Here is the inevitable AI rendering of the play:
(Understandable that David couldn’t get out of the way of the ball, what with Larry being only inches away from him.)
Instead of Orange up by three with its mercenaries coming up, they took a one-run lead to the bottom of the inning, with George Brindley on second and one out. David Pittard smacked his fourth hit in as many at bats to drive in George with the tying run. Jim Foelker hit into a 5-4 force for the second out. Jack Spellman, who’d entered the game when Daniel Baladez removed himself due to a balky hamstring, got a cheap infield hit to extend the inning, but Tommy Deleon grounded out to second baseman Clint Fletcher for the third out, and the game ended a tie. Final score: Orange 10, Blue 10, Orange clinching the Session 3 title with the half-win.
11:00 a.m., Purple (8-8) at Red (5-12):
1 2 3 4 5 BUFFET FINAL Purple 5 3 0 5 5 X 18 Red 2 5 0 0 2 2 11 Pitchers: Purple – Raul Deleon; Red – Joe Bernal. Mercenaries: Purple – Clint Fletcher, George Romo, and Steve Sandall; Red – Don Solberg and Scott Wright. Umpires: home – Tommy Deleon; bases – Tom Bellavia and Jim Foelker. Perfect at the plate: Purple – Richard Battle (2 for 2 with a walk and a triple), Clint Fletcher and Steve Sandall (both 3 for 3), and Rick Jensen (2 for 2 with a walk); Red – Jack Spellman (4 for 4 with a double) and Scott Wright (3 for 3).
Dave Berra’s weather report: 91 degrees, felt like 99. Humidity 51%, wind from the SSW at 11 MPH. Sunny – perfect August day!
Rick Jensen delivered an impassioned pep talk to Purple in advance of this game, what he described as a modified St. Crispin’s, the gist of which was as follows:
This day is called the feast of Augustine, patron saint of brewers:
He that survives the beer garden, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Purple.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say ‘To-morrow is Saint Augustine:’
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars.
And say ‘These wounds I had on Augustine’s day.’
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he’ll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day: then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words:
Larry the manager, Fritz and Raul,
Matt and Rick, Larry the Fiorentino,
Kingly ones Richard and Henry, and the mercenaries,
Be in their flowing cups freshly remember’d.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And August 28 shall ne’er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember’d;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that finishes 2025 Session 3
a game above .500, at 9 and 8,
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in Dripping Springs now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Augustine’s day.
Not gonna lie, I think it was a little over the top for a game against a team with a -56 run differential, but you do you, man.
In any event, it worked pretty well, as Purple came out hitting, put up three five-run innings, and flip-flopped Red with a nine-run lead entering the buffet. Red kept it close for the first three innings, scoring five runs without making an out in the top of the second, on six singles and Donald Drummer’s walk, after spotting Purple a 5-2 lead in the first inning, Purple collecting four singles, walks to Richard Battle and Raul Deleon, and a double by Larry Fiorentino while only making one out, but managing to hold Purple to “only” three runs in the second, the last two on Richard Battle’s two-out triple.
Neither team scored in the third – Joe Bernal got Larry Young to hit into a 4-6-3 double play, nice play by Mark Dolan to start it, to end the top half, while Raul Deleon worked around Gary Coyle’s one-out single in the home half, so Red was still within a run entering the fourth.
Then Rick’s speechifying kicked in properly. Purple scored five times in the top of the fourth on seven singles and Rick’s walk, then blanked Red in the bottom half, Raul working around Scott Wright’s two-out single.
More of the same in the fifth, the final five-run inning: Purple scored five again, this time without making an out, on Fritz Hensel’s lead-off walk, five singles, and George Romo’s double. Red got two runs back on five singles in the bottom half, but left the bases loaded and trailed 18-9, hence the flip-flop for the buffet. Red added two runs on four singles before running out of outs, the last coming on Mark Dolan’s liner back to the box, cleanly snagged by Raul to end the game. Final score: Red , Purple 18, Red 11
Noon, Green (6.5 – 9.5) at Gray (10-6):
1 2 3 4 BUFFET FINAL Green 4 5 1 1 11 22 Gray 5 3 2 4 3 17 Pitchers: Green – Chunky Wright; Gray – Tom Kelm. Mercenaries: Green – Larry Fiorentino; Gray – Tom Kelm and Jack Spellman. Umpires: home – Jack McDermott; bases – Gary Coyle and Scott Wright. Perfect at the plate: Green – Larry Fiorentino (3 for 3 with a walk, a double, and a triple) and Donnie Janac (4 for 4); Gray – Adam Reddell (4 for 4) and Jack Spellman (3 for 3 with a double).
Weather update: 3 degrees higher, everything else the same.
Close game, both teams scoring in every at bat, until the buffet, when Green just went nuts. On the day, seven Green players had three or four hits, with Doc Hobar knocking a pair of two-run triples, Ralph Villela and Larry Fiorentino also legging out triples, and Mike Garrison swatting a pair of doubles. Larry’s, Ralph’s, and the second of Doc’s triples all came in the buffet – Green entered the inning trailing 14-11, exited it winning 22-14 with a runner on base and two out. There really was nothing soft in the inning, all the hits were clean and to the green.
Gray’s problem is that they haven’t figured out how to clone Adam Reddell and play him at every position and bat him 1 through 10. He played third base in the first three innings, and was responsible for all three outs in the top of the first, a pop and two grounders, robbing Chunky Wright of a hit. Adam moved to right-center in the fourth and made a nice running catch of Doc Hobar’s sinking line drive, getting a terrific first step toward the ball to get into position for the catch. He was aces at the bat as well, knocking four clean singles and driving in three runs.
Ah, who am I kidding? The “problem” for Gray was that everyone on Green was hitting. Even the outs were loud – the top of the third ended with Phil Stanch lining a ball down the first-base side that Johnny Lee snagged and turned into a double play, tagging out Ralph Villela before Ralph could scramble back to the bag. Phil would have been 5 for 5 in the game but for Johnny Lee’s recliner-sized mitt. Also, Chris Waddell played third base for Green, and he was really intimidating, as you can see…
…as a result of which, nobody on Gray hit a ground ball his way the entire game. Normally, though, the 17 runs Gray scored in its five at bats would be enough to win, but not today. Final score: Green 22, Gray 17
Session 3 final standings:
| Session 3 | Games | Runs | Runs | Runs dif- | W/L | |||
| Wins | Losses | Win %: | behind: | for: | allowed: | ferential: | streak: | |
| Orange | 11.5 | 5.5 | .676 | 0 | 188 | 157 | 31 | T1 |
| Maroon | 10.5 | 6.5 | .618 | 1 | 199 | 182 | 17 | L2 |
| Gray | 10 | 7 | .588 | 1.5 | 208 | 175 | 33 | L1 |
| Purple | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.5 | 197 | 194 | 3 | W1 |
| Green | 7.5 | 9.5 | .441 | 4 | 164 | 189 | -25 | W1 |
| Blue | 6.5 | 10.5 | .382 | 5 | 174 | 170 | 4 | T1 |
| Red | 5 | 13 | .278 | 7.5 | 191 | 254 | -63 | L1 |
| Home | Visitor | Walk-off | Extra-inning | Flip-flop | 1-run games | |||
| W-L: | W-L: | wins | W-L: | W-L: | W-L: | |||
| Orange | 6-2 | 5.5-3.5 | 1 | 2.5-0.5 | 2-1 | 2-2 | ||
| Maroon | 5.5-3.5 | 5-3 | 1 | 0.5-0.5 | 4-1 | 2-2 | ||
| Gray | 4-4 | 6-3 | 1 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 2-3 | ||
| Purple | 6-3 | 3-5 | 3 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | ||
| Green | 3-6 | 4.5-3.5 | 1 | 0.5-0.5 | 2-4 | 1-1 | ||
| Blue | 4.5-3.5 | 2-7 | 1 | 0.5-1.5 | 3-1 | 2-4 | ||
| Red | 0-9 | 5-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-8 | 2-2 |
Green and Maroon tied their game of August 7; Orange and Blue tied their game of August 28; these are counted as half a win and half a loss for each team.
Combined standings, Sessions 1, 2, and 3:
| Games | Runs | Runs | Runs dif- | W/L | ||||
| Wins | Losses | Win %: | behind: | for: | allowed: | ferential: | streak: | |
| Maroon | 22.5 | 16.5 | .577 | 0 | 483 | 461 | 22 | L2 |
| Orange | 20.5 | 17.5 | .539 | 1.5 | 434 | 415 | 19 | T1 |
| Blue | 20.5 | 18.5 | .526 | 2 | 442 | 381 | 61 | T1 |
| Purple | 20 | 18 | .526 | 2 | 437 | 447 | -10 | W1 |
| Green | 18.5 | 19.5 | .487 | 3.5 | 435 | 449 | -14 | W1 |
| Gray | 18 | 20 | .474 | 4 | 461 | 461 | 0 | L1 |
| Red | 15 | 25 | .375 | 8 | 464 | 542 | -78 | L1 |
| Home | Visitor | Walk-off | Extra-inning | Flip-flop | 1-run games | |||
| W-L: | W-L: | wins | W-L: | W-L: | W-L: | |||
| Maroon | 11.5-7.5 | 11-9 | 5 | 0.5-0.5 | 9-3 | 6-4 | ||
| Orange | 11-7 | 9.5-10.5 | 1 | 2.5-0.5 | 5-5 | 4-4 | ||
| Blue | 14.5-5.5 | 6-13 | 3 | 0.5-1.5 | 8-2 | 4-7 | ||
| Purple | 12-9 | 8-11 | 4 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 4-1 | ||
| Green | 7-12 | 11.5-7.5 | 4 | 0.5-0.5 | 7-8 | 5-2 | ||
| Gray | 8-10 | 10-10 | 3 | 0-1 | 5-7 | 5-8 | ||
| Red | 5-15 | 10-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 3-13 | 3-5 |
2025 total victories (read across) and losses (read down):
| Blue | Gray | Green | Maroon | Orange | Purple | Red | TOTAL | |
| Blue | X | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3 | 5 | 21.5 |
| Gray | 4 | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| Green | 3 | 4 | X | 4.5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19.5 |
| Maroon | 3 | 4 | 4.5 | X | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22.5 |
| Orange | 3.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | X | 3 | 4 | 20.5 |
| Purple | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | X | 5 | 20 |
| Red | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | X | 15 |
| TOTAL: | 18.5 | 20 | 19.5 | 18.5 | 17.5 | 19 | 25 | 138 |
2025 season home run leaders:
David Brown – 5
Tim Coles – 5
Bobby Miller – 5
George Brindley – 4
Tommy Gillis – 4
Ralph Villela – 4
Larry Fiorentino – 3
Anthony Galindo – 3
Mike Garrison – 3
Jack Spellman – 3
Tim Bruton – 2
Doc Hobar – 2
Rex Horvath – 2
Matt Levitt – 2
Terry O’Brien – 2
George Romo – 2
Paul Rubin – 2
Pat Scott – 2
Jimmy Sneed – 2
Scott Wright – 2
Jim Aaron – 1
Peter Atkins – 1
Tom Bellavia – 1
Ken Brown – 1
Gary Coyle – 1
Donald Drummer – 1
Tony Garcia – 1
Buddy Gaswint – 1
Mike Malay – 1
Jack McDermott – 1
Ken Mockler – 1
Ray Pilgrim – 1
Jeff Stone – 1
Mike Velaney – 1
Chris Waddell – 1
Chunky Wright – 1
Hit for the cycle:
Scott Wright – June 5
Walk-off grand slam:
David Brown (inside the park) – August 4
Schedule for Thursday September 4:
10:00 a.m.: Red at Purple, Green umpiring
11:00 a.m.: Green at Maroon, Red umpiring
Noon: Orange at Blue, Maroon umpiring
Gray has the bye, with priority for its players out of the bucket.
Preview: First games of Session 4! We will reconvene in September, when it will be so much cooler and more pleasant, and we’ll wear turtlenecks while sipping refreshing pumpkin spice lattes. Everyone starts with a clean slate, and once players head for Las Vegas and the Huntsman Games and New England weddings, the stay-at-home hodophobes will get extra at bats and undue influence on other teams’ records. Should be great. Should I use “agoraphobe” instead of “hodophobe” going forward? Only one thing is certain: Time will tell.
Keggy’s Korner:
Paul Rubin checks in:
Guys,
Lynn Simpson is a new player in the C league. He shared this request from his son who is a teacher/baseball coach in Alief. They are starting up a baseball program for kids that have never had any real exposure to the game.
Paul
Be there or be square:
Johnny Lee and the Arctic Blues Band will be at Bar Louie at the Embassy Suites, 270 Bass Pro Drive, in Round Rock, Friday August 29 from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. (an hour later than the time I listed earlier).
And Boo Resnick and Hotcakes will be at Donn’s Depot, 1600 West Fifth Street in Austin, Saturday August 30 from 9:00-ish p.m. to 1:00-ish a.m.
Have a happy and safe Labor Day weekend, everyone. See you next Thursday!