B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 5, Issue 36 – August 3, 2023 Weather: Still hot (86 degrees at the start of the 10:00 game, climbing steadily thereafter) and pretty humid (66%) and very sunny. Occasional breezes were nice. Injured list: Gray team: Doc Hobar Green team: Jeff Broussard – recovering… Read more
B League Picayune Often in error, never in doubt. Volume 5, Issue 35 – July 31, 2023 Correction: I made an error of omission in this past Thursday’s edition, Issue 34, failing to note that Larry Young was perfect at the plate in Gold’s game, going 2 for 2 with a walk. The Picayune regrets… Read more
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