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T-Ball Journal
Big game, tiny players.

T-Ball Journal: Scene of the Crime

By Jim Coffman
We had set up the perfect perimeter.

Posted on August 10, 2007

T-Ball Journal: Team Sun Screen

By Jim Coffman
It was then that the greatest consumer product upgrade in the last 10 years went into effect. I am talking of course about the development of spray-on sun block.

Posted on August 03, 2007

T-Ball Journal: Rubbing It In

By Jim Coffman
The moral of this story: if the kids aren't talking to each other, they aren't taunting each other.

Posted on July 27, 2007

T-Ball Journal: Only in the City

By Jim Coffman
Ah, the mysterious Chicago Public League. For some reason, these two lost teams ended up on our modest little diamond.

Posted on July 20, 2007

T-Ball Journal: Punked Out

By Jim Coffman
The boy's dad sidled over to me and said something to the effect of "You're kid punked out my kid." When we relived the highlights after the game, the play in question was at the top of the list.

Posted on July 12, 2007

T-Ball Journal: The Father Factor

By Jim Coffman
I alway have to remind myself that if my son over-reacts to sporting stimuli, he comes by it naturally. His father was a noted crybaby in his day.

Posted on July 06, 2007

T-Ball Journal: Pink & Blue

By Jim Coffman
One of the moms of one of the boys on the team said quietly that you could tell who the girls were by the way they ran. She then quickly added "except yours of course."

Posted on June 29, 2007

T-Ball Journal: Naps and Taps

By Jim Coffman
At intermission, my wife went in and helped Alana make her rather jarring change from tap-dance outfit to baseball uniform. They left on her stage make-up, which Alana made sure to show her coach.

Posted on June 22, 2007

T-Ball Journal: Snack Attack

By Jim Coffman
Serving up a popular snack in a way that doesn't leave you feeling at least slightly queasy is not easy.

Posted on June 15, 2007

T-Ball Journal: Pop Flies And Dark Skies

By Jim Coffman
We had only one bad-hop bloodied face last year but there were plenty of bruises and bumps. The kids' shins always take a beating.

Posted on June 07, 2007

T-Ball Journal: No Cheering, Coach

By Jim Coffman
It doesn't take much to lose kids at his level. One struck out early in his first game and never came back.

Posted on May 31, 2007

T-Ball Journal: Welcome to Little League

By Jim Coffman
Keeping the children hydrated, something we didn't worry about in my day, was the biggest drama of our season-opener - against the Cubs, a team that amazingly enough was sponsored by "Obama for President."

Posted on May 24, 2007

MUSIC - Song of the Moment: Barracuda.
TV - Hot TV judges, Cheaters and Captain Calumet.
POLITICS - Naming the new Palin.
SPORTS - Betting against the Bears. In Over/Under.

BOOKS - Finn: Some kind of monster.

PEOPLE PLACES & THINGS - Sports bar hell. In Big in Japan.

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