Philosophy
The shorter of the short people's ball team lost a tight one this weekend. In the championship game of a tournament they were playing, they lost by one run with the tying run on third and the go ahead run on second in the last inning. After the long weekend, talk turned to the age old question -- if you had to lose, would you rather lose a heart breaker or a blow out? Which is preferable, to not be in the game and feel like you were just outclassed from the start or to play tight and be left with the "what ifs" afterward, but have been competitive to the end?
- Little League World Series
The shorter of the short people has been fascinated for the last couple years by the coverage of the little league world series on tv and to be honest, we've gotten into it, too. Indeed, I've been to gatherings recently where everyone knows the...
- What's The Difference
Had a little league tournament over the weekend and looking at the kids and the parents, it left me with this one. What is the difference between a jock, an athlete, and a ball player?...
- Instant Friendship
Was watching the shorter of the short people in a context the other day where he came together with a couple of other kids he had never met. The instantaneous reaction was, "Oh my god, you're a kid? I'm a kid, too! That must mean we're friends."...
- What Is Style?
We picked up a great game, bananagrams. Don't let the cutesy name fool you, it's a good one. It's really just two sets of scrabble tiles with no point values. Each player gets 21 random tiles and it is a race to make a complete board out of...
- What Is Coaching?
The Baltimore Orioles' manager Dave Trembley is serving a two-game suspension and paying a fine for coaching after being ejected from a game. In a game against the Seattle Mariners, the umps blew a call and the usually mild-manner skipper was thrown...
Philosophy
Heart Breaker or Blowout?
The shorter of the short people's ball team lost a tight one this weekend. In the championship game of a tournament they were playing, they lost by one run with the tying run on third and the go ahead run on second in the last inning. After the long weekend, talk turned to the age old question -- if you had to lose, would you rather lose a heart breaker or a blow out? Which is preferable, to not be in the game and feel like you were just outclassed from the start or to play tight and be left with the "what ifs" afterward, but have been competitive to the end?
- Little League World Series
The shorter of the short people has been fascinated for the last couple years by the coverage of the little league world series on tv and to be honest, we've gotten into it, too. Indeed, I've been to gatherings recently where everyone knows the...
- What's The Difference
Had a little league tournament over the weekend and looking at the kids and the parents, it left me with this one. What is the difference between a jock, an athlete, and a ball player?...
- Instant Friendship
Was watching the shorter of the short people in a context the other day where he came together with a couple of other kids he had never met. The instantaneous reaction was, "Oh my god, you're a kid? I'm a kid, too! That must mean we're friends."...
- What Is Style?
We picked up a great game, bananagrams. Don't let the cutesy name fool you, it's a good one. It's really just two sets of scrabble tiles with no point values. Each player gets 21 random tiles and it is a race to make a complete board out of...
- What Is Coaching?
The Baltimore Orioles' manager Dave Trembley is serving a two-game suspension and paying a fine for coaching after being ejected from a game. In a game against the Seattle Mariners, the umps blew a call and the usually mild-manner skipper was thrown...