Throwback Thursday

Emilie, T-ball 1996

Emilie played years of Girl's Softball, coached by Dave McCaffery, after this initial year of girl/boy T-ball, coached by Ron Rychlak.

We've been having a lot of fun for the past few weeks watching Ole Miss and UVA advance through the College World Series' Regionals and Super Regionals (where they played each other here in Oxford); and now cheering the Cavaliers through the CWS in Omaha, NB. Even Emilie tried to pick up the games on ESPN in Rexburg. She caught a few, but she was foiled by regional cable decisions to air the Arkansas/Florida games over the Oxford games. The only thing we could figure was that Arkansas was that much further west than Mississippi. Later, Emilie told us that she had a conversation with one of her professors about his considering a possible move to the south. "If you want your daughter to like sports," she said, "move to the south. I grew up in a college town, so I like football. And I was glued to ESPN all weekend watching Ole Miss baseball."

When I was just a youngin', my mother started taking me to Waynesboro Generals games in our hometown. Charm's Blow-pops were required enjoyment during the games; but I was also an avid follower. Some of the players even sponsored me in a charity fund-raising bicycling event. I collected the most money for that event, and scored a Webster's New Secondary School Dictionary. My favorite Generals' player loaned me his cap to wear for the day. I rode my pink, with handle bar streamers and a banana seat, bike with such pride!