Occasionally I will help out at my 9-year-old son’s Little League games by keeping the official score.  For the most part, this involves answering the question “What is the score?” about 46 times, but I also need to keep track of the lineup.

Noting the next few batters that would be coming up for the opposition, I was surprised to see that #6 was named “Dr. V.” Finding this pretty funny, I pointed it out to the Third Grader sitting next to me on the bench.  Overhearing my observation, another coach pointed out “Or he could be named Dru.”

Sure, that’s a possibility too, but I am the official scorer and we will be sticking with Doctor V.  “So it is written, so it shall be done.”

Proof that the other coach’s penmanship was setting me up for a fall.  Ah, the mind games of Little League.  The game inside the game.