| Aron Wallad | | | | trying to locate the key that opens the shed, so |
| My children, my wife and I have been fortunate | | | | the lights could be turned on for a night game. |
| to have lived in the town of Oakland NJ, for the | | | | They are always around to make sure that things |
| past 18 years. The commitment to kids sports | | | | worked. I wonder how they are able to calm |
| programs, especially girls softball, I think would be | | | | parents, satisfy their critics, and keep a cool head |
| hard to surpass by any other town this size. ( | | | | in so many volatile situations. I guess the answer |
| 14,000 - 15,000). | | | | is they love the game more than it's headaches. |
| | | | My thanks to the tireless people that run the |
| In the spirit of keeping the game going; I have | | | | sports programs in the town of Oakland. |
| seen them organize teams, balance schedules, and | | | | Neil Malmud, from Oakland NJ, was an inspiration in |
| choose coaches. I have watched them scramble | | | | the writing of this story. For his efforts as an |
| to find an umpire so the game could be played. I | | | | administrator, commissioner and especially as a |
| have seen them on the golf cart riding around - | | | | coach, I am extremely grateful.. |