About: Jana Leipold

This year we had some trouble with the field of our choice in Babenhausen bc the power was cut and the issue not taken care of in time. Thanks to Tom, one of our softball colleagues, and Achim, the former major of the city, we will get a generator from the THW for the power…

AFN Wiesbaden covered that Dusty got honored for his fight against suicide, for being an example of talking about suicide and the importance of suicide prevention. Apart from what we do and achieve with our CJR tourney by raising money, Dustys unique way of helping is talking to people. By sharing his story, his own…

Our good friend Angi recorded this memorable auction. It is fun to rewatch it, as well as it makes me cry to see it, bc we have so many amazing people in our softball community: Part 1 – legendary auction for a bat. Pell, who was the highest bidder, was the person who also donated…

The last weekend in August 2021 we hold CJR 7 after we had to cancel it in 2020. What can I say – the spirit was there. Looking back, having this tourney was more important then the question if it was one day or two days. The schedule changed a bit. We started with games,…

2020 is a year, when Corona hit us all hard. The pandemie started. Unfortunately, it also ment that we had to cancel our CJR tourney for the first time. It was a hard and painful decision … or fact. 2020 was also hard, because we’ve lost Todd Lee in October 2019. Todd used to live…

We mourn another loss in our softball community. Todd Lee, you were there to help when we started CJR. You supported our cause. And yet, you lost your own battle. You are very much missed. Here are some pictures on facebook that people gathered with memories of Todd…