![]() It was the Spring of 2021 and I was looking onto the Oregon State University softball field from my hotel room, enjoying an open view of the gleaming sun over the entire field and, of course, waiting for the start of the game. The former collegiate baseball player is passionate about increasing positive awareness of fastpitch softball and tells Extra Inning Softball in this first-person account how he came to develop this on-going opportunity for college players to improve their games…. Today, he is still coaching softball at the high school his daughter attended, Beckman High in Irvine, Calif., which has won three league titles in a row including a 12-0 season in 2022. ![]() Lou’s daughter, Madison, plays at Oregon State and he has coached all levels of travel softball. Simon, the creator of the Game Ready softball series and an entertainment industry veteran, started The League, a non-profit organizational collegiate softball summer league, in 2021 and continues to grow as it is entering its third season in Southern California. Lou Simon, founder of The League, pictured here in a weekday workout with players. Members of Team Integrity, one of four that competed in the 2022 summer season of The League in Southern California.
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