Last Saturday (17 October, when this piece first ran) we who worked the Leo Najo League "reuned" (it may not be a word, but I like it) to talk over old times. One of those times was remembering my trip to Monterrey, Mexico, in 2003. I'm going to rerun a three-part series I wrote about the very signal honor given me that weekend.

Along the way, we'll also get a few tips about working baseball.

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In order to emphasize the message, the adjective "maxima" may be inserted, resulting in "mea maxima culpa," which would translate as "my most [grievous] fault."

I will not use the adjective "maxima," as I do not yet know what my most grievous fault is.

But click the title, and you can read what the heck I'm writing about.

During 1993 and 1994 there was a TV show called "The Adventures of Brisco County Junior," In the show the lead character, played by Bruce Campbell, was always in search of the "coming thing."

While the show was placed in the closing days of the Wild West, we saw the modern inventions of automobiles, lighter weighted dense metals, and even rocket ships.

But Brisco's main search was to catch the wave of the newest items that would influence society and make him famous, or at least rich.

In mid-season of 1999 I started the same type voyage.

My "voyage" was that I changed to the "Gerry Davis" plate stance.

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Return to this page next Monday for the conclusion. That invitation, of course, holds true even if I drop dead during the run. My editor already has Part III. And after a decent interval for mourning, I know he'll run it.

We're happy to report Ray is still alive, his run having gone very well.

The final chapter of his series is just inside.

Veterans like us end up smiling knowledgeably: We've heard it all before. The nubies always start out thinking it's much ado about nothing. Boy, will they quickly learn a thing or two!

Here, then, is Emily's take on this "common" subject. It was so good, we decided to break one of our longest standing rules.

Click the title to read what she thinks — and what we did about it.