Lately, I've been a hot shooter on the basketball court.

I have always considered myself a much better defensive player than offensive and a much better coach than a player. But I've been lighting up the scoreboard in my two weekly pickup leagues at churches in Woodbury and Maplewood, and I wasn't so bad at the Maplewood Community Center last Saturday.

Last Sunday, I scored about 25 one-pointers (we score what would normally be two-pointers as one point and three-pointers count as two), almost half of my team's points toward the end of the night.

Lately, I've been playing softball as often as Minnesota Twins backup utility infielder Luis Rodriguez (I like to call him L-Rod) has been playing baseball.

A proclamation of the Jordan City Council:

"PROCLAMATION

"JORDAN AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL WEEK --  2007

If you’re a superstar sportster who has the skills to dominate, but who doesn’t have the big-money contract to match, why not share your sports experiences in the Amateur Athletes online group?

News flash! I've started hitting.

After a 5-for-7 day on Wednesday, I went 4-for-7 on Thursday. For Hoggsbreath, I pitched 13 innings, got two runs batted in, and scored twice.

For nearly four games, I had kept the honor of wearing the pink jersey with a backwards K on it instead of a number. No one had struck out after my game-one K.

As a slow-pitch softball pitcher, what is one to do when the team gets down 12-0, none of the players behind you are in the right position, and they are making errors every time they have a

You don't want to know how badly we lost last night. I didn't ask about the scores, because I didn't want to know.

The Pink Sox's record dropped to 3-1, and I did something I never thought I'd do: I struck out.