Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Baseball and Ice Cream

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Nico and Christopher getting ready for baseball

July 22, 2015


Sending my sons to practice their first ever attempt at baseball was easy at first. They first discovered baseball when they saw other kids playing on a near by baseball field.

“Hey dad,  we want to do that!”

Are you sure guys you want to play baseball? By the time we sign up for it and buy equipment it’ll probably cost about $240.00.

“What is money, dad?

Money is what I just paid to purchase that ice cream. That money will now now go to sliding pants and a groin cup and less money for ice cream.

“Is there ice cream in this, groin cup?”

Nope

“Can I have a groin cone instead of a groin cup?”

A groin cup protects your private’s guys. If I stick a cone down your pants there will be a lot of explaining as to what the hell is going on. We will stick with the groin cup, less the ice cream..

“Hey dad,” the coach said, “welcome to the first day of t-ball practice.”

Thanks, my boys seem really excited. I wish Nico and Christopher could have played on the same team together rather then 2 different fields, participating, in 2 different types of baseball.

“Well the t-ball is over capacity and is best suited for Christophers’ age,” the coordinator said. “Nico is 7, and we’ll try him in coach’s pitch.”

He’s never played baseball before, coach. Is placing him on a team with a grown up pitching wise? Do you see some, God given talent, for him to be in coaches’ pitch?

“Oh no, we just need more bodies on coaches pitch. T-ball is full, this is the best for him and the league.

The best for him? Seems like what’s best for you.

Playing on 2 different fields is a terrible situation for a parent . Trying to see both boys, as they miss a hit grounder towards them, and or, run the opposite direction after their first hit by way of rounding 3rd instead of rounding 1st, would be difficult. In order for me to get a full view as to what was happening on both fields I had to practically straddle an imaginary line and run back and forth between the bleachers.


Field #10

Go Nico, swing the bat! Wait, never mind, don’t practice swing yet! Wait, until you get to the plate then swing the bat. Hey, Nico, swing that bat in the other direction! The other direction!  You know what, pretend I didn’t say anything, just-just listen to the coach!

“Dad, go! Go watch Christopher!”

That interaction didn’t go over very well. Sorry dude, I yelled out loud. I couldn’t worry about being embarrassed, for him or myself; I had another child I had to embarrass.

Field #9

There’s 2 guys on Short Stop, coach? My son and the other boy?

“We are placing all kids in the field and off the bench.”

But it looks like we are fielding a football scrimmage between an offense and a defense. We have first base, shortstop, 2nd base, shortstop and then 3rd base covered and 8 outfielders.

“At the moment yes. These boys love to play. So play ball with them all. It’s only t-ball!”

Okay coach. Christopher, pay attention! Stop twirling in circles. Put your glove on your hand. Eyes front, Christopher, eyes front!

“Daddy, go away!”

“Dad, we want to nurture these boys to learn great sportsmanship. This league is all about fun. And we went all of them to have fun!”

As the coach announced his game plan for fun, Christopher was throwing his glove in the air and trying to catch it behind his back.

That looks like fun.

“Look alive, guys,” the coach shouted as he clapped his hands.

Four weeks into the season the boys wanted to forgo baseball for ice cream. They didn’t like playing the game.

I told you 2 boys that it was either baseball or ice cream.

“No more baseball, dad. Ice cream is way more fun to eat. Baseball isn’t fun there are too many people on the field and Nico can’t hit a pitch thrown by the coach.”

I don’t want you to quit baseball for ice cream, boys, we will finish what we start.

“But dad, you always finish our ice cream when we can’t finish.”

What is your point? You want me to finish your baseball while you sit back and enjoy ice cream?

“We have a better idea.”

3 cones please, I said.

“The Miami Marlins welcome you to Marlins Stadium as the fish take on the Atlanta Braves,” the PA announcer said as we received our cones.

MLB Baseball and ice cream boys, as American as apple pie, I said.


“Dad, I want to talk about Karate while we watch baseball and eat ice cream ,” Nico said.

Nico and coach's pitch 


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