Chemistry

I started typing a whole big story here, then deleted.

Team's need chemistry. Without it you got nada. Just a bunch of players all for themselves.

That's bad juju.

Needles

Right now I feel like needles are all around me. No matter what goes on, there's always a dark cloud hanging.

I need a sunshine day. Maybe one will come along, but that's aways away.

I Hate Winter

Wasn't always that way. But the constant precipitation and cold is killing me.

Winter Pool Blues

So SoulSlam detected that he's gonna need a new pool liner this upcoming season. Water level has dropped significantly since closing in early October. Me and YSSS patched liner about 4x in late summer, so at 8+ years old, the time has come.

Today, with all snow and ice we have gotten the pool cover has slipped/dropped in...just tried to pull the bad boy up after removing some snow but's it way to heavy. SoulSlam was figuring I may have to release cover sooner or later anyway if it didn't warm up soon, so this made the decision easy.

Taking bids on liner replacement!

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.