Fall softball started this past weekend. At my younger daughter’s level, they have a rule to encourage the girls to swing the bat. If you take a called strike, you lose all the balls you had accumulated in your count. So if you had three balls and no strikes, and you take a strike, the count goes to no balls and one strike.

Question: Wouldn’t it be fair to have another rule that if you swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, you lose all your strikes?

This evening I’m watching the Miami Hurricanes play football against the Florida Seminoles. The NCAA has made the rule that teams can’t use Indian mascots and team names in the playoffs.

Question: After the destruction and death caused by hurricane Katrina, will the NCAA also ban Miami’s team name?