Articles About Perry League t-ball

  • T-ball finale­— Opening our hearts to children

    By Jimmy ChesireAugust 9, 2012

    Kian Rainey, age 3, had a great time at Gaunt Park Friday night. Most of the time he ran around with several baseballs in his hands. Above, Rainey’s successful turn at bat led to a mad scramble towards home plate by at least three decidedly shortstops. (photo by Suzanne Ehalt)

    It was a splendid night. I was in an end-of-season, love-fest state of euphoria.

  • T-ball winds down this Friday

    By Jimmy ChesireAugust 2, 2012

    At the beginning of the evening, Edwin Harrah, 2, is running with us from right field, where we do our warm-up exercises, back onto the diamond. Well, not running exactly. Edwin’s 2. He’s a toddler. And toddlers toddle.

  • Talk trumps t-ball in the heat

    By Jimmy ChesireJuly 12, 2012

    It’s hot, hot, hot, 100 degrees at t-ball time. And still a couple dozen children and their remarkable parents and grandparents and families show up to play!

  • No tomatoes in baseball

    By Jimmy ChesireJuly 5, 2012

    At 4 p.m. it’s sunny, hot and humid. 98 degrees. Then the skies darken.

  • The continuing delight of t-ball

    By Jimmy ChesireJune 28, 2012

    The colorful mosaic that is the Perry League continues to startle, astound and delight.

  • Intoxicated by t-ball

    By Jimmy ChesireJune 21, 2012

    So many wonderful things make up this Perry League. Like Melissa Tinker, who brought her two beautiful, athletic, eager, running, hitting boys, Kian Barker, 5, and Neirin Barker, 2.

  • Cold weather, warm hearts: t-ball begins

    By Jimmy ChesireJune 14, 2012

    It was cold. Very cold. And two minutes after I got there, it started to rain. A misty, drizzly, coat-you-completely, icy rain.

  • T-ball love, Yellow Springs style

    By Jimmy ChesireAugust 11, 2011

    Eve Diamond handed off a ball to Mia Campbell to toss back during the Perry League t-ball’s final game of the season last Friday, Aug. 5, at Gaunt Park. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    Someone put a hundred dollar bill in our donation jar Friday night. A hundred dollars! It stuns and gratifies us.

  • VIDEO: The talented tots of Perry League t-ball

    By Megan BachmanAugust 7, 2011

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    The Perry League t-ball season closer on Friday showcased the local tot talent. See a video of the action and a gallery of photos.

  • At t-ball, as tender as we can be

    By Jimmy ChesireJune 30, 2011

    I had a first last Friday night. When I pulled into Gaunt Park around 6:25 p.m. for our 6:30–8 p.m. evening of Perry League t-ball, there was not a soul in sight. Not a child on the diamond. Not a parent in the bleachers. Not a car in the parking lot.

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