Ouch...

So TheBoy had his first baseball practice last night. When I got the call from his coach, there were only two coaches signed up - that's why I offered to help - but we picked up another coach along the way. That makes four of us, with another dad offering to help out as well.

We worked on some basics yesterday, more for the coaches to observe the skill level of the different players than anything else. We have mostly third and fourth graders, and TheBoy and another boy as the "old men" of the team representing the fifth grade. We got an idea of who our power hitters were; who needs help getting the ball from second to first; and who won't be able to be left alone in the outfield without wandering off in the woods.

All in all it was an excellent first practice, all things considered, and the rain even held off until the end. The boys seemed enthusiastic about playing, the dads who are coaching aren't trying to relive their glory years through their sons, and we appear to have a pretty strong team.

And I spent about 45 minutes catching for the boys during batting practice - I think I might be able to feel my knees by Easter...

That is all.


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