Softball: Got lost on my way to San Marino’s field

Lets get one thing clear. When my editors said I knew the area well they assumed I knew where every high school was located in the WSGV. Well, that’s usually the case but not for every school. See, I know the area well (specifically Pasadena) because I spent a lot of my free time here when I wasn’t working as a reporter at the Orange County Register. My ex-gf lived in Rosemead, so I know Rosemead Blvd. and Mission Road pretty well; I spent plenty of days eating out in Pasadena with the ex; and after my traveling days I would spend many nights in old town living the good ‘ol single life.

Now that I’m here to stay I’m making it a habit to remember where its best to park when I’m on certain assignments. For example, I know that if I want to cover South Pasadena soccer I need to not park on Fremont since there’s more parking and better access on that other street that separates the school and the football field/gym.

Today, I headed to San Marino to check out the Titans. They beat Alhambra, 9-5, and I’ll have a story in Tuesday’s paper. But the point of this thread is that it took me a while to find the softball field. I finally did and fortunately the game started at 3:30, not 3:15…If there are any other softball/baseball fields that are tricky to find and you have tips on how to get there and where to park, shoot them my way via comment. By the way, beautiful field at San Marino. The parents there were great, too.

San Marino is led by first-year coach Hilda Valencia. She previously coached at Lincoln High. We’ll both learn since its our first season working here in the WSGV.

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