WPCNR PRESS BOX. August 23, 2007: The Hudson River Panthers 14andUnder, 16and Under and 18and Under Travel Fastpitch organization which now includes the White Plains Explosion organization will hold tryouts for their three teams this Saturday and Sunday from 9 AM to 1 PM at Ridgeway Field Field in White Plains on Saturday, and same times at Delfino Park on Sundays. The 14-Under players will tryout first at 9 AM both days with the 16-unders and 18 unders to follow. For more detailed information on Autumn play and summer scheduling and when each age group tries out, contact 18-Under Coach Ray Frederick via e-mail at hrpanthers@aol.com, or 16-Under Coach Cyndi Carnigi at socwrkr312@gmail.com.
The pioneer Explosions, Fall Ball, 2003.
What Is a Glove?
A glove is a beginning and an ending,
A girl's first sure step to adulthood,
and an adult's final, lingering hold on youth.
It is promise and memory.
A glove is the dusty badge of belonging:
the tanned and oiled mortar of team and camaraderie.
In its creases and scuffs lodge suburned afternoons freckled with thrills,
the excited hum of competition,
cheers that burst like skyrockets.
A glove is Babe Ruth, Stan Musial, Pete Rose, Jackie Robinson,
Cat Osterman, K.C. Clark, Jen Smith, Germaine Fairchild,
Carrie Leto, Maddy Coon, Kelsy Kulk, Dani Szabo,
Amanda Scott, Tarnyn Mowatt, Samantha Findlay, Jocelyn Forrest
a-thousand-and-one names and moments
strung like white and crimson banners
in the vast stadium of memory.
A glove is the leather of adventure:
worthy answer to the cowboy's holster,
the trooper's saddle,
the buckskin laces of the frontier scout.
It is combat,
heroics and victory:
A place to smack a fist or snuff a rally.
Above all a glove is the union of
family recreation and togetherness:
a union beyond language, creed, or color.
(c) 1991, The Rawlings Sport Goods Co.
