Scrambling back to the base

Capturing a good baseball image is a big challenge of sports photography because the game can sometimes lull you to sleep as you wait for a bang-bang action play.

But this photo I shot on July 24, 1988, shows Jim Booz scrambling head-first back to the base before the throw.

I was serving as sports editor for the State Gazette in Dyersburg, Tenn., when I took this photo. I remember Jim as a versatile, heady ballplayer for Dyer County High School who had strong support from his parents and siblings.

Not surprisingly, Jim has stayed involved in sports through the years and is now associate director of athletics at the University of Virginia.