Oh the joy and pain of Little League...
Someday my son will read this and be embarrased I'm sure... Saturday was the most fun I've ever had in a game that we lost 3-7. First it was a make up game, so right off the bat it's odd. Next we have a kid not show up, Well no subs so that makes that easier. Anyway on to the game... First I could not be more proud of my kids! They were looking so good in the field throwing kids out from SS and 3rd to 1st with ease... I can't tell you how many 6-3 and 1-3 plays we made and the 5-3 was spectacular! So the game dwindles down and it's looking like a squeaker... going into the bottom of the final inning (6th) we were behind 3-2... our first guy strikes out, 2nd batter single he steals 2nd and 3rd on the next AB while that guy strikes out. This brings up Dade... so man on 3rd 2 out bottom of the 6th 2 strikes .... no pressure. I have to preface this with that fact on the previous AB Dade hit one to the fence, so the other team is a bit back. Dade drills one right up the middle past the pitcher and between the 2nd and SS. TIE! Dade's on 1st. Next batter get's bloop right over the 2nd base bag. Dade beats them there but he overuns the bag thinking he's going on to 3rd and get's tagged out. Now the rules are something like games ending in a tie will get restarted at a later date. There game is over there is a handshake and everyone gathers the gear. ... WAIT! there is still time left? what do we do? well after much debate we play on... end of the 7th still tied?!? now what? Game over we'll make it up later we start clearing our gear... oh wait get your gloves... One more inning let's finish this. Come on! They proceed to score 4 and blow it open, we played hard but in the end ran out of gas. It was still very satisfying. Now there is game under protest sort of... is that fair to make them keep playing? I had 2 kids asking to sit out an inning becuase they were to tired. the board will decide the true fate of that game and in the meantime we have a rematch on Tuesday! Let's hope it's not the same way! 3 out of 4 games so far this year have come down to the last AB for us! ack... my heart can't take it.
The kids got tired? Playing baseball? Unless they have some type of medical condition, I think that's pretty sad. Sounds like you had fun though and I bet you may have another hundred games or more to go watch him play.
I have to somewhat agree with S. Kids getting tired of playing baseball to the point that they are asking to sit out of a game! What happened to wanting to win and team? Jeeze! I guess they don't make kids the way they used too. They sit half of the game as it is. It is just another example of the problems with kids today, they don't get enough excercise, and they get way to much coddling. God Help Us!
Look I have to defend the kids. It really was an exhausting game. I was spent at the end as well. Those kids were out there in it not on the sidelines. I will say that most of my kids have waaaay more energy than I do and I think it was just to mentally taxing. The pressure was high the whole game, 1 run or tied through and through and they have been programmed to go 1 1/2 hours anything past that and it's like keeping them up past bedtime, they just wilt. I don't fault them at all...
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I remember playing baseball, football and basketball until it got too dark to see or my parents made me come inside to eat or do homework but that was a long long time ago.
:: 3/30/2006 5:41:30 AM http://lost.cubit.net/pics/2x17/blastDoorMapOverlay.jpg Did anyone see Lost last night? It's getting a bit complicated. I liked it a bit better when it was more mysterious. Anyway... from last night's show the black light map!
No really overwhelmed is the way things are right now so bear with me. Work has started again on the theater let's see how long I can sustain it. This Saturday is the opening day of Little League we have a double header... are we ready I hope so. Work is slamming hard ... if not for Little League I would be at the office much much more. then there is side work. it too is slammed with some hard deadline and I am in the corner. it's just insanity right now... I know there are many people out there with many many worse problems than me and I am all woe is me but hey my blog my life my issues. They are all weighty enough for me.
:: 3/16/2006 7:34:57 AM http://www.cdmasteringservices.com/dynamicrange.htm What Happened To Dynamic Range? This article is about the state of the CD and the recording today. It's very true some of the first cds I bought back in the early 80s smoke the cds of today. One of my all time favorite cds is ABC's How to be a Zillionaire... the dynamic range on that will make your head explode! Even if the music is pop and sub par it just sounds better. Just goes to show how we are being cheated and don't even know it...
took the family to dinner last friday at Skyline on top of the Hilton. It was awesome. 24th floor great view. As we were sitting there up so high I pointed out that we were barely over the halfway mark on the Top Thrill Dragster ride I hope to ride in May! After dinner we went to see Delirium, a Cirque Du Soliel musical experience. It was not a typical Cirque, it was in Toyota Center and it was multimedia and live action and it was pretty neat. I'm sure some were dissapointed, but I liked it.
I need to blog more but there is just no time lately... I am starting to feel like the world is passing me by and I have no free time. I am missing everything! I am sure there are many things I am not doing because I always have something to be doing. That is why it's been 2 and 1/2 years since the start of the theater build and I am still building. this all sucks!
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