Last year, Michael never received a game ball while on the Pinto (7-8 year olds) Little League Mets. He had been hitting mostly up the middle and to right field this season, so I spent some time with him this past Sunday on hitting to left field. We went to the cages, all concentrating on making good contact out in front of the plate. Well, the effort paid off because he hit the ball into left field on a fly, a big deal for the kids his age. After admiring the trajectory for a moment, Michael got a double and an rbi to spark the Cubs (yeah, the Cubs) on to victory and he earned his first game ball of the season. So he comes back to the bench after winning the game ball and Cindy and I were standing about 8 feet apart. Who does he go to show it off to? His mother, of course. I’ll put in the effort with him as long as he wants to do it and he’ll be saying, “Hi mom!” on TV someday. Hopefully, it will be a baseball related broadcast.
Sweet Dreams!
