Alex is playing baseball again this year, still in the Maplewood Athletic Association (www.maplewoodbaseball.org). He’s in 6th grade, so we’ve moved up to the A league, which is 6th and… Read more »

Our second game went much better. We played the Roseville Orioles. The guys were fired up after losing on Monday, so they came ready to play. I think they were… Read more »

We played the Oakdale Phillies tonight. One of the odd things about the A League is that some of the boys are 13-going-on-14 (as Alex will be next year) and… Read more »

Temperature at game time today was, and I am not making this up, one hundred and five of our American Fahrenheit degrees. There was a stiff breeze, which at that… Read more »

We played the North St Paul Rockhounds tonight. When they took the field, we saw giants. They had 5 or 6 players who were as tall as I am. These… Read more »

Last Monday’s weather was beautiful, but due to field availability, we were scheduled to play Tuesday. Tuesday it rained hard, so no game. Wednesday the league called off games due… Read more »

Our adventures with rain continue. It rained from Monday night (after our game, fortunately) through Wednesday morning pretty much non-stop. The Oakdale fields were closed for Wednesday’s games because the… Read more »

We’re playing in the Oakdale Summerfest tournament, despite not being an Oakdale team. These games don’t count for our league standings, so it’s a great chance to get in some… Read more »

The Summerfest tourney is double-elimination, meaning that if we lose twice we’re done. Since we lost our first game, we came into game 2 needing a win to stay alive…. Read more »