tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847017.post8605391345342578872..comments2024-03-12T22:33:42.426-04:00Comments on View from a Hearse: Little League but Large LessonsBruce Goddardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04493226984700202009noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847017.post-55137705162367189992007-06-25T21:10:00.000-04:002007-06-25T21:10:00.000-04:00This was a huge part of my life growing up in Reyn...This was a huge part of my life growing up in Reynolds.I am thankful for the men who were willing to take on the unpopular job of umpiring the games.Some of them were not very good but they were willing to help out. Ernest Parker and Dave Montfort were excellent umpires. <BR/>Cal Patterson (aka Cobby)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847017.post-82601478277108634382007-06-25T17:06:00.000-04:002007-06-25T17:06:00.000-04:00When I told Daddy he said that you forgot another ...When I told Daddy he said that you forgot another very important person in the organization of the little league. That was Sammy McCray. Daddy started filling in the gaps about how the field lights got done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847017.post-50429420017245015732007-06-25T15:42:00.000-04:002007-06-25T15:42:00.000-04:00I still have nightmares about catching for Steve o...I still have nightmares about catching for Steve or Wayne.I played left or right field most of the time,but could catch if needed.Nobody wanted to face either one of those guys.Mr Sink Marshall took some of us over to FT.Valley to play one of the Pony League teams one night.As I remember,Wayne pitched and those guys,who were several years older than us were having a hard time hitting anything he was throwing.I remember how exiting it was to go over to Mr.W.T.Williams house and pickup your uniform when it came in.I remember walking into the living room and going through the box of uniforms to find the one you ordered.All of the people mentioned in your blog were instrumental in getting the program going and keeping it going.Mr R.C.Brooks being one of the early sponsers of Little League and he would be in the stands at every game.It seems like the entire summer consisted of Little League games or practice,watching the Sat game of the week with Dizzy Dean,some fishing or swimming and playing golf at the Reynolds Club.Oh I almost forgot,going to Potterville when they had the clubhouse open for swimming.Those are great memories.Tommy ByrdTommy Byrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16267220326993166018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847017.post-61291072985776179302007-06-25T11:41:00.000-04:002007-06-25T11:41:00.000-04:00Where did you get that picture of Daddy? Daddy an...Where did you get that picture of Daddy? Daddy and the other men you mention did work very hard to give the kids little league. I didn't like the fact that girls, couldn't play and I was a better baseball player than a lot of the boys.There was one thing for sure, we knew what we would be doing on Saturday. I also remember picking plums and selling them to raise money for the lights. Daddy got H.C. to let him use the equipment and got his guys that work with him to volunteer their time to put up the lights. Those were some of the best years of my life.<BR/><BR/>Daddy has spent the majority of his life working with the citizens of Taylor County. He served on City Council, served two terms as mayor and then 3 or 4 terms as County Commissioner. He loves Taylor County and most of all Reynolds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com