Baseball Closer To Home

Last night, the Toms River American Little League team came up short in their effort to gain another World Series berth. Toms River, of course, is most noteworthy for its 1998 team that won the World Championship. (The town is blessed with among other things exceptionally good youth baseball camps.)

While I'm disappointed that the team is going no further, I'm proud of our town's young athletes, and it's also a source of personal pride because two of those young men were in my instrumental music classes at North Dover Elementary and one used to live right down the street from me. We'll get 'em next time!