Comments on: Section 1 Awards

By: hank greenberg

hank greenberg — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:23:21 +0000

I would like to congratulate Coach Shaw on the great season! Regarding Waterloo, she did a fantastic job of preparing the Red Raider team. For example, the bus left North Rockland Senior Highschool at 8:00 A.M. sharp on Friday morning. And the players got plenty of sleep at the Waterloo hotel. Coach Shaw prepared the team, perhaps too well. Let me explain. At Heroes Field at Lake Nanuet the Red Raiders beat the Ursuline team. I was there at the game and I shook the hand of Joe Casarella, the Director of Athletics of North Rockland Senior Highschool. The Red Raider batters got several power hits off the Ursuline pitcher, sophomore, Taylor Pirone. Red Raider Samantha Babcock got a super triple down the third base line. Followed by an RBI double to right-center field by Heather Hansen. Earlier, Red Raider second-baseman #4 Corretja got a double. That was three extra base hits off Ursuline pitcher, Taylor Pirone. Before the start of the game I watched the warm-ups of Taylor Pirone, and I characterize her as an “amazon-animal” style pitcher, who in her warm-ups was probably throwing the ball at speeds of over 70 mph. Not only that, but she wore a dark colored uniform with long sleeves and clothing which entirely covered her legs. It was a hot sunny day and the temperature was in the low 80’s. How Taylor Pirone survived without heat prostration in that stifling uniform in 80 degree weather, is a miracle. Then regarding the game at Nanuet Senior Highschool vs FDR, the Red Raiders beat the super talented junior pitcher, Jennifer Reitemeyer. In one inning the bottom part of Red Raider batting line-up got three consecutive singles off of Reitemeyer. So in preparation for Brentwood at Waterloo, the Red Raider batters were ready for “bear”, in other words ready to take on a super super talented pitcher, much stronger than Jennifer Reitemeyer or “animal” Taylor Pirone. ... A super talented pitcher such as my cousin Randee McArdle (whom I mentioned in a previous blog). But instead, the Red Raiders faced Brentwood’s Nicole Flint, whose 51 mph meatballs, were lightyears apart from Taylor Pirone’s 70 mph heat, and were totally different than the pitching genius of Jennifer Reitemeyer. So the result was that the timing of Red Raider bats was horribly off. Coach Shaw had prepared the Red Raider batters to get ready to face the super talent of a pitcher like my cousin Randee McArdle, who was offered a full pitching scholarship from Arizona University. But instead, the Red Raider batters faced the 51 mph meatballs of Nicole Flint and her cute smile. My cousin Randee never, never smiles when she pitches, and the Red Raider batters could probably do very well against my cousin.

By: koala fan

koala fan — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:09:21 +0000

to echo slapper…..Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads of these lovely young athletes who we watched play this Spring.

By: Tony Toronto

Tony Toronto — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:22:49 +0000

I cannot take any credit for the success of the annual All-Section Softball Dinner. The Hudson Valley Softball Coaches’ Association organizes and conducts the dinner. The credit for the success of the dinner has to be given to Joan Spedafino, Skip Walsh, Bob Mittelstadt and Bob Antonucci.

By: slapper

slapper — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:52:42 +0000

For the life of me I cannot understand some of the statements made on this blog from certain “individuals”(I use this term loosely).DO NOT RESPOND TO THEM! Maybe they will go away. This blog has definately entered the “twilight zone”. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Fathers Day to all us dads out there.

By: hank greenberg

hank greenberg — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:20:58 +0000

Dear ned, this post is in reply to your blog of June 20th, at 8:16 P.M.: I am taking your seriously. The webmaster of this website knows what I am talking about. Suppose someone puts a blog on this website which makes a personal attack on you, ned, regarding your personal habits. This person accuses you of doing something wrong regarding your personal habits which greatly effects your judgement. Then you, ned, are prohibited from replying to this false blog, and it is wrong for you to defend yourself, and any attempt by you to set the record straight is totally inappropriate. In other words, this blogger has the right to accuse you, ned, of bad habits, but you, ned, don’t have the right to defend yourself and tell the truth. The reality is that this website supports the right of Freedom of the Press, and it is a two way street. However, there are restrictions regarding “Terms of Service” which is mentioned in the text after LEAVE A REPLY.

By: ned

ned — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:16:16 +0000

what point did i miss hank. your drinking habits. this blog is for High School Softball in the lower Hudson Valley. but i am missing the point. OK

By: sball4life

sball4life — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:52:05 +0000

You all need to get a life….....

By: hank greenberg

hank greenberg — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:33:10 +0000

ned, your blog and comment (10:49 A.M.) is completely meaningless. You missed the point. Are you the brother of Thomas Paine?

By: ned

ned — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:49:59 +0000

Hank, i don’t know who you are nor does it really matter who you are. but your blogs clearly identify you as “one weird dude”. i like to think that this blog should be used by the JN reporters, players, coaches, parents of the players,ex players, and maybe some rational fans of the sport. Some of you people who are posting on this blog sound ridiculous. do us all a favor and find some other means of interest. and if you truly enjoy the sport then watch it, enjoy it, but for the sake of us who have a vested interest, keep your meaningless opinions to yourself.

By: hank greenberg

hank greenberg — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:43:40 +0000

Thomas Paine wrote: “hank …. you are one weird dude . . . . Why don’t you watch a few more and get back to us in a few years, preferably before the cocktail hour.” Quoting Thomas Paine in his post on this website dated June 17th, at 9:18 P.M. Paine’s statement implied that I had a drinking problem. I will come forth with the truth about myself, and likewise I expect you, Thomas Paine to also be completely candid regarding what you drink. When I was a teenager I had only one sip of beer and it tasted bitter, so I never drank beer again. During the time period from 1969 to 1979 I had about a dozen alcoholic drinks, thereby averaging about one alcoholic drink per year, during that span of ten years. Usually this consisted of one drink of a mix of coke and rum when I went to a dance/bar at Greenwood Lake. During the period of 1980 to 2002 I had absolutely zero drinks of an alcoholic beverage. Let me repeat that during the 22 year period from 1980 to 2002 I had absolutely no alcoholic drinks. Then from 2003 to the present, June of 2009, I had only one alcoholic drink which was when I went to the 24 hour diner in Mt. Ivy and had a fish dinner, which came with a complimentary small glass of a cheap red wine. During the meal I drank only about half of the small glass of red wine. So for the six year period from 2003 to the present of June of 2009 I had only half a small glass of a cheap red wine. Now it’s your turn, Thomas Paine to inform us all about what you have drunk during your lifetime.