Backyard Perfection

Even with the winter seemingly lasting through early May...

And parts replacement galore...

And the late removal of the winter cover...

And a business trip that interrupted work on my oasis...

Today I have this:

Season Over

So the HS baseball season is over for bot Sons of SoulSlam. If you've been following along you know that OSSS's had to return to their opponent on Tuesday to play extras. And they lost in 8. OSSS came up in top of inning and laid down a sac bunt as asked...but they stranded runner on 2B. Oh well. Then in bottom of the inning a misplayed ball in the OF was the decider.
So on the OSSS side, he's done playing HS ball. He had a tremendous senior season. I couldn't be more proud, but at the same time I'm a little sad that I won't see him in his Bulldogs uniform again.
YSSS's team had it's challenges but at the end of the day he had a great time this year as freshman starting on varsity. He got his varsity letter last night, so that is an accomplishment in of itself.

Now they both play American Legion for summer on the same team. So that will be something I can keep in my memory banks for a long time.

And stay tuned for a full pool update soon. I'm all in!

The Pins and The Needles

State Tournament game for OSSS was yesterday. 2-2 tie. Bulldogs up, man on, OSSS coming up to bat. And the lightning detector goes off around 5:50 pm. That means a 1/2 hour wait from last lightning/thunder event. After 45 minutes they suspend until today at 4:00 pm. SoulSlam can't go so I'm awaiting text updates from BWSS.

GO BULLDOGS!

Memorial Day Winter

It's about 10 days or so from Memorial Day and the weather is pretty terrible. Last couple have been ok, but the weekend will be a wet one I hear. I was away for work (in FLA) but apparently it was actually in the 30's one night here.

HS Baseball in North J (and all of J) is winding down. OSSS's team played last regular season game yesterday, and will begin state tournament on Monday. They are the 14th seed on section, and will play a pretty good #3 seed. If they play to their potential they can win here.
YSSS's team plays final game today. No states for them. He's had a great frosh season. He (and his brother) will play American Legion this summer so he'll face some older (and tougher) competition.
There will be a pool 2016 update sometime this weekend. I'll have you know the cover is off. Working on it this weekend.

Tuesday Tuesday

It's Tuesday, so I made the title two for Tuesday.
While you wouldn't call the weather here in North J stellar, at least it's stopped raining, and for the most part, the chill has left the air. SoulSlam was rocking a monstrous head-cold over the weekend, so getting to be like spring was a nice piece of weather-related news.
HS Baseball down to last few weeks round these parts. The Sons of SoulSlam have some games left, including a BIG matchup versus each other on Friday. OSSS' team is a senior-heavy HS team, while YSSS' team is from an Academy/Tech HS, so they are a little challenged in spots. It will be awesome to see them on the field together, even if they are wearing opposing uniforms. It will also be bittersweet. They will play together this summer for the American Legion team, so I have that in my sights as well. When I think of OSSS' time playing HS and club ball over, I get a little sad. Love watching my boys play and compete. He's 50/50 I think about playing in college; whatever he decides is OK with me. I just want him to succeed.

Weekend in Sickbay

SoulSlam is rocking a tremendous headcold/cough and general shitty feeling. Had it all weekend, went to bed so early it was almost still light out. Did get in a couple of workouts but sniffled the whole time. Now it's back to work.
Due to the incredibly crappy run of bad weather last week there were no HS baseball games this weekend. Too wet. Hope to see some games this week.

Youthful Rivalry

So, OSSS's HS team played the local HS that had three of his friends growing up on it, as well as a couple other kids he's played with in Legion ball. This is the last time they will play against each other in high school, so it was a pretty big deal to me at least.

The final score was a mercy 13-3 with the Bulldogs coming out on top, so OSSS had the last hurrah. He also went 2-3 with a double, an RBI, 2 runs scored and a sac bunt. Pretty good day at the office.

Anyways

SoulSlam has been laying low on the SoulSlam blog you could say. No specific reason. Sorry bout dat.
The weather here, in a word, blows. It's May 2 and it feels like October 24. Which is pretty depressing. And this week is a rain-fest apparently, unlike the last three weeks which threatened almost daily to be rain-fests. Makes for some cold HS baseball watching let me say.