Third Rock 🪨 from the Sun 🌞 by Joe Diffie is playing in my head right now because the fun Diddy is about cause and effect.
Third Rock From the Sun
https://share.google/CM5eM16mzPYn6LMm5
The weather forecast for the weekend in Columbus, Indiana, changes our schedule from one game on Friday afternoon and two on Saturday to the reverse of that. What does that mean for me ? We (WVU-T) start playing at noon on Friday instead of 3pm, reducing the window 🪟 by three hours.
None of that means anything to anyone but me. The next link in the chain ⛓️ comes just moments later when I receive two text messages at the same time. One from softball coach Rick Nester and the other from Athletic Director Kevin DeHaven.
Fort Chiswell High School 🏫 is going to be late arriving at Cavalier Park due to having to wait for a bus 🚌 driver. We need to start 30 minutes later today.
My first thought was, can we just go get them ?
The reality is that thirty minutes is the equivalent of the flying Big Boy 👦 in the song 🎵.
The plan was pretty straightforward 45 minutes ago. Announce our festivities for Miss Brooke Webb on her special night and then the game. After the last out, Cross the Boulevard, meet the Radford Head Coach, go through her roster with her before heading upstairs for the opening ceremony. Announce the Girls 👧 Soccer ⚽️ match, head out to Indiana, and arrive by 3 pm. on Friday. Get back on Sunday in time to help Vickey Ritchie.
Nobody wants to live inside my head because of my level of commitment to things I believe in. Brooke Webb, Rick Nester, Adrienne Harris, Lawrence Nesselrodt, and Vickey Ritchie. Yes, I’m going to use her maiden name until her husband talks to me about our tennis 🎾 program….
The press box at Cavalier Park and the Hillsville Elementary School Gymnasium are my two favorite places in Carroll County by a wide margin.
But now, I need help because I just lost 30 minutes that I couldn’t afford to lose. Who can I get to help me check ✔️ all of the boxes 📦 ????
Here’s what I needed – someone to get me in touch with the Radford Head Coach, and that person would be Marion Harris. Within 15 minutes of reaching out to Marion, I was on the phone with Pip Hughes, discussing how to correctly say her players’ names.
I needed to ask Mr DeHaven about getting a ride in his golf cart the second the softball game ended and get me across the Boulevard.
The next request went to Coach Nester – can you please 🙏 have the girls play error-free and swing the bats efficiently in order to get the game played as quickly as possible. Coach said he would do his very best !
Brooke Webb is a very bright young lady, has a great sense of humor, and can play a mean game of both volleyball 🏐 and softball. I am looking forward to creating her memory on her special night, and that is protected as it happens first !
The biggest difference between announcing softball and soccer is that with softball, you are telling a story from start to finish. With soccer , 75% of what you do takes place in the opening 10 minutes that you are there. After that, it’s the live interview at the halftime break.
There’s a fine line between being a committed person and a person who needs to be committed. I walk that line more often than I would like, but those are the choices one makes.
The name is OneofUs.Care, not OneofUs.Care, when it’s convenient or easy.
Brooke Webb, Rick Nester, Adrienne Harris McGuire ( once is funny, twice would be mean), Lawrence Nesselrodt, and Vickey Ritchie.
On Sunday afternoon, my highlight will be listening to Vickey tell me about how much fun our Special Olympics Basketball Athletes had at their Saturday afternoon adventure with Track 👣 and Field !
” We’ll get by with a little help from our friends,” thank you, Sargent Peppers !
A.S.P.N on The Hill 