Updated

The post from Saturday was all about frustration.

Played better and as a team on Sunday for 1st W. Some of the boys even stepped it up. Now we have to keep momentum and attitude going.

Clock is ticking for some...

AAARRRGGGGHHHHH

PLAYING BASEBALL LIKE A BUNCH OF PETULANT BRATS AND BABIES CANNOT BE TOLERATED!

The Day Off Post

Took a day off today from the J-O-B...needed the long weekend. Spent the AM trimming the bushes along the driveway. Not a pro, but it's better than shelling out the dough.

Going to OSSS' MS Baseball game (away) in an hour or so. The team is made up of a few kids who can play and most who cannot. Everybody struggling at plate. Fielding is C- at best. And they are playing teams of men. No kidding. I wish I was the size of some of these 8th graders.

Anyway, got a lot of travel baseball on tap this weekend. Looking to turn around our 13U team's season. Game Saturday and DH Sunday. Hope my pitching holds up.

Stay tuned...

The Speculator

Attended an end-of-season basketball meeting last night, about 10 of us or so. Lot's of "what do you want to do next season" conversations. During the rec league discussion, the guy who runs things (let's call him Wizard) asked the guy (hereafter known as Fester)who ran the Kindergarten/1st Grade Clinic how things went.

"Good. Ran smooth. Lot of talent there!" says Fester.

"Huh? There 5 years old!, are you kidding me?" says SoulSlam.

"no, I think that will be some age group moving forward" replies Fester.

Now, I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but I do know this: judging talent at the age of 5 is one heck of a skill.

Futile Until It's Not

So the rains have come, can't remember the last Sunday I could just hang and sit around. Cooking some Irish meatballs though. And I was "batboy" for our 14U team this morning; went down to watch game, and I can't stand on side apparently.

Played a scrimmage with my 13U team yesterday...whole point was mainly to get a couple of newbies on mound to see what they got. "Big John" started (cause the other guy didn't show until one hour into game) - threw 3 innings, not bad either. Gave up 4 runs, but overall he was pretty good. "BF" threw one inning. He throws a moving, heavy ball. But I had a feeling that once he's got baserunners it's a different game. I was right (no pat on the back there).

In between these two I put one of my vets who isn't pitching well right now. Doesn't help that we give away outs when he's on the mound. Did it again.

Gotta right the ship...but I'm running out of ideas.

Rain?

Forecast calling for rain here this weekend, which will put a damper on Sunday baseball, but is much needed. Dry as a Bone right now.

Which leads me to the butt-heads. Do you insidious smoking fools know that, particularly when we are in a drought-like condition, that throwing your smoked-down-to-the-filter butts is dangerous? But you don't care. That's why we hate you. All of you.

DEATH TO SMOKERS!

The Conundrum

Baseball. Love it. For the life of me, I don't know why anyone would say different.

13U Baseball. For some a new experience. Get on the bigger field and compete. For others, a hard lesson. One that may say "you don't belong here!"

So my 13U team plays yesterday afternoon. We actually had a a 3-1 lead at one point. Then the wheels fell off. One of my better pitchers gave up back-to-back home runs (!). Four errors were pretty costly as well. Final score 8-3.

Losing is part of the game, I accept that. The indifference and inability to grow with the game is what troubles SoulSlam. And except for OSSS and maybe one more kid, I am troubled.