Post by dirtdiver on Apr 3, 2013 5:08:45 GMT -5
I hope everyone had a Happy Easter!
I was out of town and wasn't on the internet hardly at all over the past week.....it was nice getting away....I missed you guys tho!
My nephew pitches for a Div I college baseball team in the state where my whole family lives - his team had 3 home games this weekend. So I went up there and we spent the weekend at the baseball park. It was beautiful weather - perfect baseball weather - warm, sunny, with a cool breeze. We had fun, even tho he didn't play real well and his team only won 1 of the 3 games. I have to give my nephew credit tho.....he didn't make any excuses for his play.....didn't blame the ump for not calling strikes, etc. He just plans to work harder and get them next time.
I had forgotten how much I love to go to baseball games. And as a bonus, my nephew taught me several things about pitching that I had no idea about. I've never understood exactly what a balk is - so he took time to explain that over breakfast one morning and also went over the different types of pitches, how he holds the ball based on what he's going to throw, and how the pitches are signaled between him and the catcher (and the coach if that's who is calling them).
It was a great weekend and I'm lucky to have a great family.
I was out of town and wasn't on the internet hardly at all over the past week.....it was nice getting away....I missed you guys tho!
My nephew pitches for a Div I college baseball team in the state where my whole family lives - his team had 3 home games this weekend. So I went up there and we spent the weekend at the baseball park. It was beautiful weather - perfect baseball weather - warm, sunny, with a cool breeze. We had fun, even tho he didn't play real well and his team only won 1 of the 3 games. I have to give my nephew credit tho.....he didn't make any excuses for his play.....didn't blame the ump for not calling strikes, etc. He just plans to work harder and get them next time.
I had forgotten how much I love to go to baseball games. And as a bonus, my nephew taught me several things about pitching that I had no idea about. I've never understood exactly what a balk is - so he took time to explain that over breakfast one morning and also went over the different types of pitches, how he holds the ball based on what he's going to throw, and how the pitches are signaled between him and the catcher (and the coach if that's who is calling them).
It was a great weekend and I'm lucky to have a great family.
