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Co-host Shawn Roney talks with longtime umpire Mike Karl, softball player Ruby Stein and Ruby's mother Sara about Ruby's gesture of giving Mike a figurine of Jesus Christ and a coin during a club softball game in 2025 at a Midwestern tournament. Other topics they discuss include the treatment of umpires and the toughness of softball players.
Notes:
- Clarification: Shawn's work colleague at The Examiner in Jackson County, Mo., probably only used the length of an average softball game to measure the length of baseball games once or twice.
- To read Shawn's "Prep to Pro" column that mentions the figurine exchange, visit https://www.richmond-dailynews.com/sports/comp-softball-baseball-are-calling (subscription required)
- Mike graduated from Richmond two years after Shawn. He has umpired softball games for 37 years.
Credits:
- Hosts: Miranda Jamison, Shawn Roney
- Producers: Sharon Donat, Miranda Jamison, Shawn Roney
- Sales director: Sharon Donat
- Editing: Shawn Roney
- Music: "God Bless Hardin," composed by Shawn Roney, performed by Sacred & Secular (solo incarnation; used with permission from Mo-Mutt Music
- Edited, mixed and mastered using Audacity, Auphonic and LANDR
