You learn some interesting things sitting in the bleachers at a little league baseball field. While your children practice the fundamentals and intricacies of baseball, you get to commiserate with other parents about all kinds of things. This weekend, for example, a number of parents chatted about EOGs—the universal End of Grade tests administered in…
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Play Ball?
Like quality, I Love Lucy, and clean drinking water, kickball never loses its popularity. As a teacher, I managed to field several all-star quality homeroom teams that either won school-wide championships or played in the finals. It was a group effort that culminated in daily post-lunch recess games that united my students in ways I…
Pitching the Holiday Pomp
I’m a fan of baseball. (For those of you who just rolled your eyes, please hang in there. This is not a post about baseball.) One of my favorite pitches is the knuckleball. Unlike the somewhat misnamed curveball, the knuckleball is surely a pitch that, at least for the batter, is supremely unpredictable. When I…