Feldman, Miranda. SS, Oklahoma Rebels Gold, to Wichita State.

Krueger, Amy. Houston Power Gold, to Southwest Texas State.

We continue to be astounded by the number of batters at the Gold level who still take the first pitch, just as they did in the pigtail leagues. Giving good pitchers an edge, especially the smart ones, is not a winning strategy.

If you don’t get this the first time, well, think about it.

Never Ask A Woman About Her Personals!!!

A Mom is driving a little girl to her friends house for a play date.
"Mommy," the little girl asks, "how old are you?" The mother looks over at
the little girl, "Honey, you are not supposed to ask a lady her age, it
isn't polite." the mother warns. "Ok," the little girl says, "How much do
you weigh?" "Now really," the mother says, "these are personal questions
and are really none of your business." Undaunted, the little girl asks,
"Why did you and daddy get a divorce?" "That is enough questions,
honestly!" The exasperated mother walks away as the two friends begin to
play. "My Mom wouldn't tell me anything," the little girl says to her
friend. "Well," said the friend, "all you need to do is look at her
driver's license. It is like a report card, it has everything on it."

Later that night the little girl says to her mother, "I know how old you
are, you are 32." The mother is surprised and asks, "How did you find that
out?" "I also know that you weigh 140 pounds." The mother is past surprise
and shock now. "How in heavens name did you find that out?" The little girl
continues on triumphantly, "And... I know why you and daddy got divorce."
"Oh really?", the mother asks, "Why is that?" To which the girl replies,
"Because you got an F in sex."

I once learned I had 98 cousins to varying degrees but only acknowledge 3. It seems Doc Holliday had a bunch also, and they were all writers. Now, reader D Glover says he thinks notorious gunslinger John Wesley Hardin was not only related but also penned an autobiography.

A reader asks whether Maureen O’Hara or Martha Hyer appeared in the most movies with John Wayne. My answer: O’Hara. Hyer was in Sons of Katie Elder but O’Hara was in one of the John Ford Trilogy Rio Grande, as well as McClintock and Big Jake, and not least that Irish epic, The Quiet Man. She really was Mary Kate Daniher. One of the few movie scores where you can hear the entire Rushes of Mallow. My grandmother’s family came from County Kerry; Ireland is a place to visit just for the love of it.

While Tommy Wright thinks most SPY readers are not old enough to appreciate these movie trivia bits, we get a lot of mail about it. Don Minard says any list of movies for men who like movies has to include The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance which had John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Lee Marvin.

And, from Dennis Frady: As long as we are talking about "Gone With The Wind", here is another trivia question. Selznik asked his assistants to pick a place where the film could be shown as a test with any publicity. They picked a theater in a little City. After
the people watched the movie they had come to see, they were told that they would
be treated, free of charge, to a preview of a major motion picture. They were
also told that if they chose to stay to see the preview, they could not leave until
the movie was over They were not told what movie it was. When the title panned
across the screen, the people watching burst into applause, because most people
knew it was in production. Of course, they gave the movie a very high rating.

The questions are: (1) In what City did this preview take place? and (2) What
"part" of the movie was not included at this preview.

Hints: The City was NOT Atlanta, where it premiered and notice that "part" is in
quotes.

Tomorrow: the answer to the Barney Rubbel quiz.

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