By Paul Honda
paul@hondareport.com
Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007

There are so many facets to the gem that is Baldwin Bears softball, words can't just capture the luster.

It would take a book, or a lengthy magazine essay to really capture the soul of what the Bears' endurance and excellence under the father-and-son leadership of Rudy and Ryan Souza.

I knew this when I spoke with them and a few of their outstanding players at the state tournament. I knew this when I interviewed them a few days ago for a feature story in the Star-Bulletin. In fact, I have more notes about this amazing program — and the fingerprints that are all over it — that I could probably write many, many chapters for a book about Baldwin's sterling state-championship season.

I'm under guidelines, as is any journalist, to write within sensible limitations. A newspaper has limited space, and I've often been afforded the benefit of the doubt when it comes to feature stories like this. As much as I tried, it was still painstaking to leave out so many details, so much vivid color.

I don't know what I'll do with the wealth of information that the Bears shared with me. I only scratched the surface with the story. Hopefully, the spirit of what they stand for, the greatness of their sum total as a team, is always understood. What they did this season was just one facet on a gem that caught the sun's rays. I'd love to write about all the other facets on the other side, the ones that led to this shining season.

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