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Ava places 3rd!

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For 50 years, Major League Baseball (MLB) has sponsored Pitch, Hit & Run.  While I had heard about this event, Richard and I never paid attention to its details as the children in our lives were not playing ball.  However, that changed this fall when we learned that our great-great-niece was to compete in Milwaukee.  Ava was one of forty finalists from around North America who made it to American Family Field after qualifying locally and then regionally in the 9–10-year-old softball division.  This year’s Pitch, Hit & Run competitors were announced on the World Series field in pre-game festivities and attended the Brewer’s winning game 2. 

While Fox programming was scheduled to broadcast both Game 2 of the World Series and the pre-game festivities, a college football game ran so long that we missed seeing Ava walk unto the MLB big-league field. We did view the Sunday morning competition for softball and baseball players ages 7 to 14 and even glimpsed our niece on screen several times.

The juvenile athletes were tested on the accuracy of their pitching, the distance they could hit a ball off a tee, and how quickly they could run. Ava’s scores placed her third in the 9–10-year-old softball division.

Congrats, Ava!

Graphic credit:  © MLB Pitch, Hit & Run Instagram post 2026

Knitting

Two shawls complete & a sweater on the needles: Year of Projects Update

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  • maroon colored shawl with cables and bobbles draped on wooden hanger
    Spiced Ginger Shawl
  • cream and mocha colored shawl draped on wooden hanger
    Berry Patch Shawl

I started the year with only a few projects in my queue knowing my January – February (and now my March – May) focus would be Fiadh, an Aran sweater designed by Marie Greene.  I made steady progress on the body, sometimes even falling into the zen-like rhythm of swirling Celtic cables and the occasional well-placed bobble but somehow got stymied and landed on “sleeve island”, a place where I am not usually marooned.  But, with Cubs baseball airing on Marquee TV, I am once again progressing steadily — 24 rows last night as the Cubs swept the Mets.

For weeks, Fiadh was my day-time knit.  My evening projects necessitated a little less focus although offered enough variations to keep the design interesting but not so complicated so as to make reading subtitles impossible.  The Spiced Ginger and Berry Patch shawls are also Marie’s designs and included in her book, Knit Shawls and Wraps in 1 Week.  With blocking complete, my Year of Projects list has two additions.