Hey Scott
 

Scott,

Did you get to see Nederland?

WOW what a game between them and Aledo.

What games did you work?

Netherlands Rule
 

I am going to take a guess that you are talking about the Dutch team in the USA for their warm-up games for the Olympics?
Great team, know most of the players from umpiring in Europe. Was it a good game?
Hope so cause that makes a good impression on us Europeans.

May write an article tonight about my experience with one American coach that I had to deal with this week at the ISST (International Students Softball Tournament) that was held just outside London this week.

Boy was that one hell of a Coach!!

doh!

Nederland TEXAS !!!!!!!!

I worked the Dripping Springs/Nederland game as the rabbit. Sat through the entire Aledo/Nederland game. Aledo blew a couple of real scoring chances early in the game (at least compared to as long as it lasted) including having a runner on third with one out and a fly ball to left that the runner had taken off at the crack of the bat, only to have to get back for the tag up. (Was that a run on sentence or what?!) I had seen Aledo earlier in the playoffs, and knew that they were a sound team. (I also saw them last year in the playoffs, both times in the Sherman/Aledo series.) If I heard correctly (you know how rumors float around), Whitney Canion (Aledo's pitcher) now holds the tournament strikeout record for 4A teams with 22.

I also worked the East Bernard/Big Sandy Harmony game as U1, and had the plate on the Shiner/Bosqueville (1A) championship game. I think the longest game I worked was 1:49 the entire tournament.

Were you there?? If so, you should have hunted me down. If would have been great to finally meet you.

No, wife was sick, and had to stay home. Plenty of people from Nederland
sending phots and information via game by phone and computer.

Whitney did set the K record, took it from a gal from LCM [local school here],
who now pitches for LSU.

Spencer,
Texans think the whole world, lo, the universe revolves around them. Most of the planets, major international cities and other big things have towns named after them.

'Course, Texans think those other things were named after the towns in TX.

They weren't.
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Say....aren't you from the Seattle area??? Then what's your problem??? :D

What? No response from bkbjones???? :eek:

Me thinks he's still playing with those french fries and calf fries.;)

And I'm just smiling...:)
groeten uit Nederland!

Scott,

They posted some pics today from your championship game.

If you don't remember the website, let me know.

Gary

Its www.phototexas.com, right?

OK Scott,

Counting across, up or down, which one is Scott? :)

If you check out the Bosqueville/Shiner game, he is the one on the plate.

What a minute! You have a youth team named for a beer?

:eek:

Worse than that... it's a high school!

Yeah. You should be on the field with them during a game when the temperature is in the upper 90's. Only one thought keeps going through your mind.....:D

Worse than that. It is the high school of the town where the beer is brewed.

The town is also named Shiner Mike.

Ahhhh..........fond memories visiting their hospitality room during college days in the 70's. Unlimited free beer.........only closed during the lunch hour when the porter who served the tap beer went to eat.

They had domino and 42 tables set up and many of the reitired men spent their whole day there.

I doubt they have that anymore.

Joel

(Edited for grammar)

What!?!? They never heard of a relief person or shift work? :eek: That's almost as bad as closing the bar during the meal at a wedding reception.

If you pull up the "refs" picture . . .

Scott is front row, kneeling, second from right.

Not surprised to see Walter in the row with the women. Then again, I am surprised he did not place himself in the middle ;)

welcome back Joel. Way to long.

While you are at it, Gary, why not tell them who that is on my right?

But I don't have any cool Shiner Bock stories to include . . .

The really big news from this thread was getting to hear from Joel again . . . after a long absence.