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
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