Baseball

TJ finally had his 1 st practice game of the season.

White Sox vs the A's. The last 2 games were cancelled due to

weather and poor field conditions.

Today we had to play on the soccer field

because there was a 10 x 4 foot trench behind the pitchers mound

The sun was shinning, the wind was blowing and

we had to lend the A's 2 players

Nothing was going to stop this game.

Can you believe I left my camera on my desk? Aarrrrgh...

I bought a disposable camera. awful awful awful

No zoom, no preview, no delete and certainly no pixels

My White Sox blanket...don't judge

That tiny speck pitching is TJ

TJ is such a sport in regards to my over the top

obsession with baseball. I'm loud, I'm intense and I play to win

( Well, actually TJ plays)

I'm not alone, there is a group of us "baseball moms"

that belong to this club.

TJ had a lot of fabulous pitches and some not so fabulous pitches.

At one point he got so mad that he threw a fast ball that made

every spectator, in unison suck in their breath

A lone voice was heard above the sea of silence

"Holy crap, that had to be 80 mph"

Straight over the plate and knocked the catcher over.

PS: It wasn't me that said it, my jaw was still on the ground

Was it 80 mph? probably not.

Avg for a 12 yo is 50-55 mph

The coach then made a little visit to the mound and

a giant smile grew on his face

and Yes, he calmed down