Former Dance Instructor to Coach Little League.
While head coach Charles Farnsworth is on vacation with his family, Kenny Perkins, a director, performer, and former dance instructor whose résumé includes several local and out-of-state dinner theater productions, will fill the coaching position for the Eastend RedStars.
"I'm playing it like a part, but there's no script! This is a real by-the-seat-of-my-pants production. To be perfectly honest, I don't know thing one about baseball today. Used to be baseball was about a sloppy wiener and a bucket of beer. I don't know what these kids expect from me."
Right fielder Timmy Wallace was confused by the decision for Perkins to coach. "Yeah, I don't know what he means when he tells us to get out there and give them that old razzle dazzle. I need to know where to stand in the outfield."
Other players are having difficulty with the coaching change. RedStars slugger Billy Danner also questions Perkins' coaching style. "He always tells us to bunt. I don't want to bunt, but he tells everyone to bunt. I think he just likes saying bunt, because he always laughs after he says it."
The Eastend RedStars host Mama Mia's Bigdogs this Saturday at 3 p.m. at Phillips Park.
"I've got butterflies," Perkins said. "But come heck or high water, this show will go on."
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