Hot Diggity Dog

Moving into my favorite time of the year.  Baseball season is right around the corner.  The pros have been at spring training for a few weeks now, opening day is just a couple of weeks away, man oh man does it get any better than that!  Yes, it does!  Thing 1 had his first baseball practice of the year tonight and yep I was there.  As a matter of fact Sunday afternoon we are having "Granny baseball clinic" to work on a couple of things that he needs a little help with.  Don't ya'll just love that?  He is moving up to coach pitch this year and after practice I had to tell him that it will still be fun but now is when he is getting into serious ball playing.  Kid was playing in the dirt when they were taking infield.  When he was standing next to the fence I quietly walked over and told him the next time I saw him playing in the dirt he was going to run laps after practice.  Took about 15 minutes and he was squatted down sifting dirt again.  I quietly walked over, held my finger up and said, "that's 1".  He answered, "I was killing a bug".  My answer, "that's still 1".  His answer, "Yes, ma'am".  His daddy made sure we didn't forget and that kid ran his lap (be sure you stay next to the fence) without one word of argument.  Made me plumb proud.  I am pleased that he has a coach that instructed the parents then the kids that he expects respect from the players, toward the coaches, other players, and each other.  Gonna be a good year.  Thing 2 with still be playing t-ball this year and will have the same coach as last year, which makes his parents and me glad.  Just in case you couldn't tell, I am looking forward to baseball season.  Also, talked to the team sponsor of my softball team this week and in the next few weeks we will begin playing some ball.  Let the games begin!