I purposefully didn’t visit the board on the long, long ride home late last night, but in scanning the board now I see that it looks like a regular message board:

*Posters arguing over who is the most qualified to past an opinion
*Regular “the sky is falling – we’re doomed” posts
* The umps are completely out to get us posts

And seriously, the most disturbing to me, some mean-spirited posts about some of our players.

Most of you know that Ms. VTChip and I consider these ladies to be our adopted granddaughters, so I won’t pretend to be objective and I realize that I’m overly protective.

Coach D’Amour told me one time that “the team lives for your articles –we’ll be on the bus and they hear that your article is posted and they all break out their phones.” Well that was flattering, but it also made me think about the things I write.

So you won’t find me saying that “Bobbie Sue made three errors that cost VT the game.” Bobbie Sue knows that and already feels bad. However, I will write “VT committed three errors that led to four runs that ultimately proved to be the difference in the game.” If that makes me a homer and a bad writer, so be it. I can live with that.

I share that background to tell you that TSL adding a softball message board was a BIG deal to many of the ladies on the team. It showed them that people cared about the VT softball team. I know several of them visit this board often. So please keep that in mind when you post.

And, for the record, I’m not speaking about Emma’s illegal pitches – that’s a story in itself that I will try to address as soon as I get caught up.

OK, rant over. Thanks for reading this far.

Let’s Go Hokies!