I can't believe it's almost over

Well, after a very short (in my opinion) season, baseball is winding down. We had our final practice of the 2008 season last night and I find myself saddened. Why can't we baseball all year around? Ok, we can't cause if we did Sharlene would probably kill me. My guys have done such a tremendous job this year and have all grown and developed as I knew they would. Out of 13 players I have only a couple that should do 1 more year in Instructional A.

Ok, I'll get back to baseball in a little bit. Ok, so within the last couple of months, Matthew has taken a huge interest in cooking and baking. He is always wanting to cook something, he wasn't so keen on having to try everthing that he cooks, but like a little trooper, he is. He has however learned that to cook things that he may like. If there's any question, he won't cook it. So we were up at Uwajamia and they had Kobe Beef New Yorks on sale. Well, Matthew was adiment about grilling the steaks. Ok, these steaks are normally $20.00 a pound. No way in hell am I letting a 7 year old cook them. :-) He was pretty bummed about it so I told him that we would get normal steaks and he could cook his own. Long story short, the steak he cooked turned out PERFECT and the one I cooked turned into a piece of charcol. So Sharlene suggests that we have a throw down like Bobby Flay (sp). Matthew was all over that, talking smack for two weeks I however took the high road encouraging and promoting my childs abilities. Ok, Yea I didn't do that are you kidding me? It's grilling, this 7 year old is going to be analiated. So the stage was set for last sunday (05/18/2008) We picked our steaks, 10 of them cut in half so that everyone got to try one of each. We were scored on Presentation, Flavor, Doneness, AppErance. Final results Matthew 109, Dad 108. That's right, I was schooled by a 7 year old. Matthew crushed me on Flavor, marinating his steaks in a Mesquite sauce seemed to hit the palettes of the judges however my traditional seasoning and a seafood, cream cheese topping seemed to fall short. Hey, if you gotta be beat at a grill of by anyone, it's best if it's your son, cause everyone knows that I taught him everything he knows. :-) So I guess I won anyway didn't I?

Ok, so today is Friday and we had our final practice of the season lastnight with one last game to be played tomorrow at 2pm at GSA #2. I have one parent that has kinda been a thorn in my side the majority of the season, well their player shows up to practice last night just as proud as he can be. He has a new equipment bag (he's been using a large duffle bag through out the season) and in his new equipment bag he has a brand new bat. ARE YOU FREAKIN KIDDING ME. This kid has been one of our most consistant hitters all season long with an on base precentage of 95% and he shows up with a new freakin bat. What does that matter one might ask. Generally it means nothing except it's about 4 inches longer and 4 ounces heavier than his previous one. So any guess on how he did during batting practice last night? 1 for 20. I'm sure his parents had the best of intentions, but seriously, different bat? I asked his mom to get him swinging that thing from now until the game tomorrow. Guess the soft toss net will go up tomorrow for lots of practice for him.

Ok, hopefully this should satisfy for atleast the next couple of days. As always, please feel free to leave comments, it's nice to know people are actually reading this.