Wetdown

Our local Hose Company had a wetdown for thie new pumptruck yesterday...buy a mug and get free beer. Pretty good deal. Alos had some burgers and dogs, as well as a band of oldsters that were pretty good.

Not the biggest crowd I've ever seen but fun nonetheless.

We've Got Baseball

Between 75 minutes from now and the end of Monday evening, the Sons of SoulSlam have six (6) baseball games this weekend+.

Let's be ballplayers.

Also included is my filling-in for our program's 9U coach early Saturday AM. These boys have a ways to go, but they look like they have fun out there so that is half the battle won.

Have a good one. Turn two.

Hey, Take Off Hoser!

Turned on the P-O-O-L this AM around 7:30 AM, took a look and thought to my incredibly bright self, "need to clean that this afternoon". So when I leave for the J-O-B about an hour later (my summer hours means I get to work a little later as a treat to my bad self), I look and see a geyser spouting from a hose. And it had been spouting for awhile since there was about 5"-6" of water around my pool control center (AKA filter). So we turn off for now and have to hose up and do some work later. I have a half day so all good.

I'm giving blood today so be nice to me.

Ugly

Spotting a team a 10 run (or thereabouts) lead in baseball is a tough one to come back from. But that is what we did. Lost 16-10 in six innings, running out of light.

Error after error, lots of pitches in the dirt with runners on base, no execution, and little to no chatter make a bad baseball team/game.

On the bright side, YSSS was 2-4 with 3 RBIs, 2 runs scored, 2 SBs. Made a couple of mistakes at 1B in field but that is how it goes.

In OSSS' baseball world - he broke up a no hitter in Sunday's game, then broke up a perfect game in the bottom 5th against a tough pitcher. SoulSlam wasn't at that game, but apparently he was a little pumped after gapper and yelled to our own dugout "told you so!" meaning he would get a hit off this P. He is fully expecting to get plunked next week when they play them again.

That is a LIFE LESSON!

A Lot of Games

Now we start gearing up, since YSSS' team has been idle for about a month.
OSSS played in 6 games since Friday night:

American Legion - game Friday

Extreme - 2 games Saturday in NYEB (seedings)

Extreme - 1 game Sunday AM in NYEB (lost and done)

American Legion - DH Sunday afternoon

Between the two Sons of SoulSlam they have 7 games this week. Busy is good. OSSS is playing 1B on club team and mostly LF and catcher on Legion team. So that is fine...I like the idea he plays elsewhere. Truth is he's a better firstbaseman that the one they have there though. But that's also one of his best friends so he doesn't mind.

YSSS' 13U travel team starts it up tomorrow. We are down to 9 players for this game, so if somebody gets hurt over tehe next 48 it's gonna be rough. YSSS is now playing mostly 1B or 3B, which he likes. Worked on his 1B skills this weekend, so he's better prepped for games. He's awesome.

Havin' A Heatwave

For a couple of days...people complaining last weekend when it was in the 60's...now complaining when it's in the 80's. Move to San Diego if you can't cope, humans.

And the first pool update (I think) of 2014. It's awesome. Had a bad green cast after a toxic rainstorm last week, but the chemist in me got it right and now it's perfect!

The Update

OSSS' team lost 3-0 in championship game. A throwing error that would have ended the inning allowed one run to score, then the pitcher for Extreme gave up a looooonggggg triple for another couple.
The pitcher got even though...he drilled the kid that took him to town with a fastball in the ribs his next time up. Some would say "punk".

Hurry Up & Wait

As SoulSlam types with his opposable thumb on his twitter machine, I sit at a metal picnic table waiting between tournament games. OSSS' club team is in championship game sometime tonight. Problem is the semi in front of ours is a 0-0 tie with no end in sight. 

My ass hurts. 

NYM

The Mets are, in a word, terrible. Really, really terrible. Just lost 7th 6th in a row, but hey, who's counting? 

Time is getting short to Win 90 games, Sandy. 90 games. That is what you said. 

The miserable never forget. 

Mr. Met has turned to crack cocaine to alleviate his depression. 

BBQ Time

Heading to Capt. Joe's for his 50th...having a BBQ.

Joe is awesome.

HYDRATE MAN!

Gotta drink them fluids.

Rainy Thursday

The rainy day cherubs have decided it's a rain day. Lots of wet stuff came down overnight and this AM...with a chance for sun to break later. But right now it's dreary out at 12:15 EDT.

OSSS supposed to have a club team practice tonight, we'll see. His Legion team played the other night, 4-3 loss. I'll reserve my comments until after this Sunday's DH. Stay tuned.

Favorite new show:
LAST WEEK TONIGHT w/ JOHN OLIVER

A Bit Tired

SoulSlam is. Hitting me hard right about....now.

Gotta get some drive to hit the G-Y-M tonite though. I do not, however, feel like going at this very minute.

And after the weekend:

YSSS' 13U team lost playoff game 5-3. Played nice D, was 0-3 at plate. He gets two days off then we work.

OSSS' 16U club team went 3-0 in pool play then lost 4-3 in all the marbles game. He was 3-5 with 4 BB's, 3 runs scored. Nice weekend.

Sunday Funday

Here's the logistics of it all:

Leave at 8AM ro take OSSS to his tourney about 35 miles away, last pool game begins at 10AM. They are 2-0 so far.

BWSS will bring YSSS to field so I can bring him to his playoff game

Leave OSSS' game at 11 to get to farther away field for noon showup. Drive looks like 50 minutes.

YSSS' 13U playoff game at 1PM.

Somehow figure out the easiast way for us all to meet up again at OSSS' championship game at 5:30PM (they have already made that win or lose)

Watch championship game

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