Distance between us. That’s what I need. Otherwise, the whole last year of avoiding Declan – of forcing myself to let him go – was pointless.

We carry our past with us everywhere we go.

The persistence of this imagery calls to mind what Ludwik Fleck termed ‘the self-contained’ nature of scientific thought. As he described it, ’the interaction between what is already known, what remains to be learned, and those who are to apprehend it, go to ensure harmony within the system. But at the same time they also preserve the harmony of illusions, which is quite secure within the confines of a given thought style.

I don't know if the school has ever had a girl hit the ball like Jamie is hitting it this season. We've had some good hitters. But right now, I'd have to put Jamie at the top of the list.

It's always a little more special to win a close game like this with a run in the bottom of the seventh. I had a lot of confidence in the kids we had coming to the plate. Courtney Smith is only a sophomore, but she can hit. I had a good idea she'd come through for us.

This conference race is going to go down to the final game. In my years here, the league has never had this much balance. A lot of teams are capable of winning on any day. We're in a good position but we're going to have to keep playing like this to stay in the lead.

The bottom of the order really came through for us today. When your last three hitters get seven hits, it should be a good day. Plus, we finished with 14 hits for the game. That should be more than enough to beat just about any team.

Once we figured out where the game was and what time it was going to start, we did a pretty good job. But it was kind of weird at the start. I'm just glad we found out about the change on time.

Now it's our job to put this game behind us and get ready for next week. It was a tough game for us. Nothing went right. But that stuff happens now and then. We just have to regroup and get ready for two tough conference games next week.

Right now things are going very well for us. Our pitching is good, we're making the plays on defense, and the entire lineup is hitting the ball. Hopefully, we can keep playing like this the rest of the season. We're having a lot of fun right now.