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NousDefionsDoc · 02-23-2007, 22:01

We played tonight. They are doing everything they can to make us lose. We have told them 100 times we can’t play on Fridays because half the kids go to school in the evening. So of course they scheduled a game. We won 7-2. The kids are really starting to play together as a team – laying down bunts for each other, backing each other up. It is beautiful to watch.

We have another game at 10:30 tomorrow.

My 3rd baseman and his father are asleep upstairs in my house.

They started calling my reliever Mariano Rivera. It's like slamming the door shut on a bank vault when he comes in to pitch. They can only throw changes and fastballs at this level. He set the other team's best hitter up as well as I ever seen a pitcher do. When he threw the change up for the 3rd strike, the poor boy froze like Bambi in the headlights and just walked away before the ump even called it. He said, "I knew he was going to throw that shit pitch! I knew it!" The men that hang out in my dugout telling me what a dumbass/genius I am and how I don't know shit about baseball or am the 2nd coming of Connie Mack were jumping up and down and screaming. One of them said, "It should be illegal to embarrass a hitter like that." LOL.

Mariano is really getting into it too. When I start looking around for him, I can always find him from the grin. "Is it the 5th inning already Coach?" Little smart ass.

The Kid has learned about attitude and hustle (finally). He has no skin on his left shin from crashing in to third and his comment after looking at it was, "I love this game."
Me: "Rub some dirt on it, scratch your nuts and spit. WAIT! No dirt, I'm a medic."

02-23-2007, 22:01	#68
NousDefionsDoc Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: LA Posts: 1,653	We played tonight. They are doing everything they can to make us lose. We have told them 100 times we can’t play on Fridays because half the kids go to school in the evening. So of course they scheduled a game. We won 7-2. The kids are really starting to play together as a team – laying down bunts for each other, backing each other up. It is beautiful to watch. We have another game at 10:30 tomorrow. My 3rd baseman and his father are asleep upstairs in my house. They started calling my reliever Mariano Rivera. It's like slamming the door shut on a bank vault when he comes in to pitch. They can only throw changes and fastballs at this level. He set the other team's best hitter up as well as I ever seen a pitcher do. When he threw the change up for the 3rd strike, the poor boy froze like Bambi in the headlights and just walked away before the ump even called it. He said, "I knew he was going to throw that shit pitch! I knew it!" The men that hang out in my dugout telling me what a dumbass/genius I am and how I don't know shit about baseball or am the 2nd coming of Connie Mack were jumping up and down and screaming. One of them said, "It should be illegal to embarrass a hitter like that." LOL. Mariano is really getting into it too. When I start looking around for him, I can always find him from the grin. "Is it the 5th inning already Coach?" Little smart ass. The Kid has learned about attitude and hustle (finally). He has no skin on his left shin from crashing in to third and his comment after looking at it was, "I love this game." Me: "Rub some dirt on it, scratch your nuts and spit. WAIT! No dirt, I'm a medic." __________________ Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home. He knows only The Cause. Still want to quit?
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