More Success, Fresh Ideas...

Another successful BBA season has come and gone, next up fall ball. Oh, and we are going to have a new president.

My time at BBA started in 1998 when I signed my older daughter Alyssia up for t-ball. I was told there wouldn’t be a team if I didn’t manage so I jumped right in. It was my worst year at BBA. What a way to start. While complaining about it to my dad he said, "if you don’t like the decisions, become part of the decision makers." So the following year I became a commissioner and things got better.

After spending the last three years as president and two years previous to that as treasurer, I was fortunate to assemble and be part of a great team of decision makers that has led BBA into an era of unprecedented success. As we move ahead to 2010 and beyond, the team is still in place with one exception, and that is me. My youngest daughter Amanda is approaching her last year at BBA and I don’t want our time together to be interrupted by the issues that arise throughout the year. She has patiently and sometimes impatiently stood waiting to catch, pitch or bat while I handled complaints, issues or other impromptu surprises while up at the field. In 2010, she gets all my attention, she deserves it and I am not going to miss out on it.

So, I did not quit, I did not resign and I certainly am not leaving BBA. I am just refocusing my attention before she no longer wants it.