Raymond Weschler has organized an egalitarian pick-up softball league since 1997, but he prefers writing emails about the games to playing in them.
Albany Berkeley Girls Softball League
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Berkeley softball field named in honor of Jane Hammond
ABGSL community members in front of Berkeley City Hall on Tuesday June 23, 2015, after the vote to name the Jane Hammond softball field went through. Photo: ABGSL A once-nameless field in Berkeley will now honor one woman’s achievement in a local softball league, with the approval last week by the City Council to name the Codornices Park […]
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Halloween champs: Albany-Berkeley Sting is scary good
The Under 12 Albany-Berkeley softball team delivered a thrilling back-from-the grave finish at the Monster Bash Classic tournament The Under 12 Albany-Berkeley softball team delivered a thrilling back-from-the grave finish at the Monster Bash Classic tournament By Mark Galbraith The Albany-Berkeley Girls Softball League’s 12U team, Sting, continues its victorious streak. You may remember the team from the article Michael Lewis wrote […]
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Valley sting: Albany-Berkeley 12U wins at Davis/Dixon
The trail-blazing Sting team did it again by winning the latest tournament it entered By Mark Galbraith The Albany-Berkeley Girls Softball League’s 12U team, Sting, continues its victorious streak. You may remember the team from the article Michael Lewis wrote for Berkeleyside last year. We’ve been following their progress. Here’s the latest installment: As a previous cub reporter on […]
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NorCal girls’ softball teams feel the sting in new season
The Albany-Berkeley Girls’ Softball 12 & Under Sting team with their first tournament trophy in the young fall season By Mark Galbraith The Albany-Berkeley Girls Softball League’s 12U team, Sting, continues to turn heads in 2012. You may remember the team from the article Michael Lewis wrote for Berkeleyside last year. We’ve been following their progress. Here’s the latest […]
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ABGSL Sting 12U team wins final summer season tourney
Every member of the team played strongly for the weekend, with solid hitting and fielding errors few and far between. Photo: Kate Campbell. By Kate Campbell The Albany-Berkeley Girls Softball League’s 12U travel team, Sting, won the final 2012 summer season tournament. You may remember the team from the article Michael Lewis wrote for Berkeleyside last year. We’ve been […]
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Berkeley-Albany softball team wins tournament
From left, rear: Griffin Campbell, Adi Saaf, Erin Shurtz, Claire Kaneko, Robyn Wampler, Isabel Lavrov, Maeve Gallagher, Grace Rusin. Front: Coach Zoe Oliver-Grey, Jessica Kelly, Hannah Lane-Goldstein, Zinnia Thewlis, Quinn Lewis, Aida Baron, Coach Kelsey Murakami. Very front: Bat boy Walker Lewis. Photo: Kate Campbell By Kate Campbell Playing at the Big League Dream fields […]
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Hits, put-outs and a Garbanzo tournament victory
Team Zonta Garbanzos, who won last Saturday's mid-season tournament. Photo: ABGSL By Bora Reed Bora Reed, an Albany Berkeley Girls Softball League parent and the league’s reporter coordinator recently wrote to Berkeleyside wondering if we would publish game reports. “Why not?” was our reply. Here’s the first: The Albany Berkeley Girls Softball League season is […]
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Michael Lewis: After Moneyball comes softball
Bestselling author Michael Lewis muses on the peculiar characteristics of an award-winning girls’ softball team in Berkeley.
