Okay, not really fishing. I'm off to visit my best friend and see his kids play baseball and softball, respectively, so there'll be nothing new until tomorrow at least.
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We bring pizza and plenty of coldpacks, and its big fun for the whole family.
Dan-
I feel really sorry for the catchers, who are forever having to jump up and run to get the ball that went over their head or bounced in the dirt and got by them. And no one can really make a good throw to get a runner out, so everyone who makes it on base just steals second and third automatically. Having said that, it wasn't true when my godchild Kara was pitching. This kid is unreal. She's 9 years old and her pitches have been clocked at 47 mph already, and she rarely misses. In about 10 games, she's given up a total of 2 hits. And I was blown away by her demeanor on the mound. This is a really happy go lucky kid, basically a 9 year old gigglefest 24 hours a day. But when she's pitching? She's like the terminator - deadly serious, with this huge intimidating windup and a look on her face like she wants to take your head off with the pitch. This is the first time I've gotten to see her play and now I know why Rick says she's such a prodigy. And her twin brother Kevin leads his little league in batting with a .736 average. It was a lot of fun to watch. If only they'd put in air conditioning at the ballfields!
But when she's pitching? She's like the terminator - deadly serious, with this huge intimidating windup and a look on her face like she wants to take your head off with the pitch. This is the first time I've gotten to see her play and now I know why Rick says she's such a prodigy. And her twin brother Kevin leads his little league in batting with a .736 average.
I see college scholarships in these kids' futures. Wish I could say the same, but it'll never happen unless colleges start giving out scholarships for Playstation and GameBoy excellence!