Friday evening was fun, picking up the boys at school after their flight back from L.A. Lots of big grins, super high comfort levels, and a feeling that they were given an appropriate amount of unsupervised time to spread their wings a bit as well as talk about 13-yr old guy stuff - as us Dads may recall, that's some of the most important stuff in the world. When I asked for a comparison to the Fall Yosemite trip, Stephen's reply was that it was much better, as they weren't frozen, and they got to eat. My hope is that one of the budding writers in this class one day describes that Fall trip in detail, whereas I prefer to think L.A. was a good time had by all rather than "Heart of Darkness."
What's that got to do with baseball? Not a darn thing, which is the funny thing about blogs. They need a certain amount of update, or people stop looking. And sometimes it has to be off-topic, as there has been NO BASEBALL since last Tuesday. This is soon to be rectified, but in the meantime, Let's cover some non-baseball blog topics:
1. We have a twitter account (SHB8Baseball)! I have even managed to load it onto this blog. What does this mean to us? We will be getting baseball only tweets, which if you have followed the other class Twitter account, SHB8Sports, you will see that we will not be "following" Lacrosse (LAX). Now, before I get any complaints (see #2, later), I have a 5th grader who loves LAX, which automatically makes it ok in my book. The thing is, LAX tweets sound somewhat like baseball ("Nick scores, 6-4"), and we have some players on the team who also play LAX ("Ryan scores, 7-4"). Compounding this problem is the declining age-related mental acuity of many of us (ok, the author), so to keep from being confused, the baseball games are going to be tweeted on their own account (you're welcome, Florida Gramma). I'll do most games, but if unavailable, I'll be asking for volunteers. Our Tweet-Czarlette, Les, will no doubt make herself available. Also, having done some games last year, I want to let you all know that I am perfecting an end of half-inning summary style, replacing my attempts last year to perform batter-by-batter tweets, and allowing me to actually watch the games, converse with parents, and perhaps enjoy a refreshing beverage as well, while not inundating followers with play-by-play.
2. Comments. I have thrown a switch that supposedly allows registered members (5 so far, listed on front page) to hit the comment button on any post, and, you know, "comment." This is where you get to add your own observations, correct me, call me names, or pretty much anything you feel like saying. Your comments are encouraged, and appreciated, and it has been my experience that blogs are most fun when people comment, so give it a try. NOTE: Pretty much anything goes, but I do have the ability to delete comments. Just so you know, I would only consider doing so if something I am certain you would regret later gets posted.
3. Pictures/Video clips. If you have anything good from last year, send my way please. I'll figure out an album for the blog, but I might also post right in that day's post. As to questions about the current blog pic, that is Andrew pumping his fist as Stephen lays a hard tag on an unsuccessful base stealer (throw down from either Stephen Page or John Carey at catcher).
All for now - can't wait for Tuesday's practice!
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