Baseball Longing

I'm here in the sub-frigid tundra of North J counting the days/hours/minutes to MLB spring training, as well as OSSS's HS tryouts on 3/6 and YSSS's MS tryouts sometime in mid-March. It's BASEBALL! And you either like it or you can leave.

As American as Apple Pie!

I long for the days when I would hit my Johnny Bench Batter-Up for hours on end in the backyard.

Chill

It is/has been cold around here. Yesterday it warmed up a bit, but we are back to frigid and gray. Looks like Scandinavia.

Forecast is pretty dismal too. Looks like a real wintery weekend coming up...which is 100% not required.

In hoops news, we lost a tough one last night. 46-44. I'm down a player since he's too busy being hurt for my games but OK for his school games. He's my most talented player. Now he'll be my most talented sub. That was his choice when he decided to pick the MS team over the one he's played for since 4th grade. Gotta be fair with the boys who come and compete (some of which are on same school team). So I am tremendously proud of the way they have competed and played w/o this player.

Injured

Here's what I once read/heard/remember....

If you are injured, don't play. If you play, don't tell me your injured when you don't play well.

Words to live by.

Travel Hoops Update

Almost to end of January, which means travel hoops has 6 weeks or so to go. 8th grade team has played well after a dismal start. Our main league we are sitting at 6-3 with really one hard team to play over the next 7 games to finis regular season. Told the boys I expected to finish around 13-3 so we are on track give or take.

We also play in a highly competitive tournament league on weekends. We are 1-4 there, but we've played better of late, losing one game in OT. These games are to get on the court against tougher competition. I have no illusions.

YSSS is playing better than ever. He's killing it in rec league, and he's making some great plays, etc. in travel now. Nice to see, proud I am.

The Shift

Back to baseball. Seems the new commish is talking about "doing away with defensive shifts". Wow. That is wrong-thinking.

I've got an idea. How about the hitters that get shifted on try to use the WHOLE FIELD. or bunt up the 3rd base line. Or MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT, which is what baseball is all about.

I don't understand the problem. We are so opposed to a shift because it "hurts the offense"? Well hit the ball where nobody is and the defense will play straight up (or thereabouts) pretty quick. Simple adjsutment.

False Alarm

Well when all was said and done we got a brutal 3" of snow or thereabouts. I guess the weather heads got this one wrong, at least in the North J. 

Got a day off though so that was pretty sweet. 

The End of the World As We Know It

Snow is coming! Ohhhhhhhhhhh......

On the cusp of a blizzard. We will see what we are made of.