[greymule]

The girls don't tend to mouth off loudly to opponents the way boys do. However, girls can manage to berate an opponent mercilessly without coaches or umpires becoming aware.

Last summer, I noticed that F5 was in tears as she approached her dugout at the change of sides. I asked her what the matter was, but she wouldn't respond. Then one of her teammates told me that the other team (all sweet, nice, local girls) had been disparaging her fingernails and hair since the start of the game.

Apparently, her fingernails were of uneven length and not uniformly painted. I don't know what was "wrong" with her hair.

Yes, I took care of the situation.