DOUBLE PLAY TWIN COACHES, BUT WITH ONE GOAL.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Darvish Staff Writer SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. - To the casual observer, sisters Donna Lee Donna Lee is a bebop jazz standard itself based on the chord changes of the traditional jazz standard "(Back Home Again in) Indiana".[1] It is named after the now-obscure bassist Donna Lee. and Debbie Skaggs Ramos could easily pass for the same person. Each earns a living as head coach of a high school softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' team. Each of those teams - Lee at Valencia High, Skaggs Ramos at Santa Monica High - is known as the Vikings. Oh, and the athletic siblings siblings npl (formal) → frères et sœurs mpl (de mêmes parents) are identical twins identical twins pl.n. Twins derived from the same fertilized ovum that at an early stage of development becomes separated into independently growing cell aggregations, giving rise to two individuals of the same sex, identical genetic makeup, and . Continuing an 18-year preseason tradition, the twins' softball teams faced off Saturday in a double-header, this year at the Santa Monica campus, where some of the rookie rookie a novice; often an athlete playing his first season as a member of a professional sports team. [Sports: Misc.] See : Inexperience players found it hard tell the coaches apart. ``I saw Miss Lee's sister walking across the field, and I thought it was Miss Lee,'' said Lani Bernardino, 15, a freshman outfielder for Valencia. ``I was about to ask her a question. I totally thought it was our coach.'' At 42, the sisters have a plenty of experience at being mistaken for each other. But there are some subtle clues as to who's who Who’s Who biographical dictionary of notable living people. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 922] See : Fame : Debbie has a slightly deeper voice, while Donna - younger by three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. - favors more makeup than her sister. When the twins are on the field, however, one of their most striking similarities is on display for all to see. ``We're both very competitive, yeah,'' Skaggs Ramos said between games. ``We're competitive with each other, and we have been since we were growing up. But this (game) is also about family, and you want to have fun. That's why we do this every year.'' Lee had the edge Saturday, with both games going to Valencia, 6-2 and 8-0. The two are part of a large family - they have two older brothers and a younger sister - and they played softball, basketball and volleyball at Taft High School in Woodland Hills before graduating in 1980. Lee returned to Taft as the school's softball coach before taking the same position at Valencia 11 years ago. Skaggs Ramos has coached Santa Monica's softball team for the last 18 years. But Lee, mother to two boys, ages 10 and 6, and Skaggs Ramos, who has a 13-year-old son, both consider their jobs to be about much more than winning and losing, batting and base running. ``You look at sports right now, and you just see so many male figures,'' Lee said. ``There aren't too many female role models out there for girls, and I think we give them that.'' Skaggs Ramos agreed: ``We teach them about life, about being respectful,'' she said. ``The discipline we give them, they're going to take that with them beyond (high school).'' Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Debbie Skaggs Ramos, on the left, coach of the Santa Monica High girls' softball team, and her twin sister, Donna Lee, coach of the Valencia High girls' softball team, opened the season, below, on the same diamond Saturday. (3) Donna Lee, left, Valencia coach, takes a few notes while her twin sister, Debbie Skaggs Ramos, Santa Monica coach, cheers on her players during Saturday's season opener between the two teams. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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