Day 212: Indoor Baseball Practice

Posted on | March 31, 2008 |

Baseball Coach — $8.00
Given to the coach to help cover the costs of renting tunnel space and batting cages for practice today since the weather was yucky outside.  The Son’s team has their first game on Wednesday but they’ll be playing without The Son — Wednesday’s are cello lessons and orchestra rehearsal nights for us and I’ve been very clear with The Son and The Husband that those commitments come before baseball.

Luckily, though, this will be the only game The Son has to miss because the orchestra season is winding down for the year.

On a fun note, The Son came out of practice excited because he got to pitch this evening and the coach said he had a good arm.  His accuracy is excellent but he needs to work on his speed.  Hopefully he’ll get some specific one-on-one coaching for that.  As thrilled as I am for him, I’d really rather he didn’t pitch.  It’s not very good for their shoulders or arms.  Still, I think it’s better than catching.  He’ll probably end up just being a relief pitcher like last year which would be the best of all worlds.

In other good news, The Son is getting used to his new baseball glove and the coach noticed it right away.  Coach was glad to see that the boy had graduated to an adult-sized glove instead of that kid’s glove he had been using.  Yesterday I emailed the coach asking about proper bat sizes/weights for the boy.  Again, the coach had noticed that The Son’s bat was too small for him and hadn’t been sure whether to bring it up or not.  The Son’s been hitting really well and he didn’t want to throw him off his game.  The coach has a bat that his son has out-grown that he wants The Son to try — and if it fits we can borrow it before deciding to make that type of investment.  Good bats are really pricey.  Like $300-$500 dollars!  Sometimes they’re on sale or you can buy last year’s model but you’re still looking at a pile of clams for a silly bat.  And then, in two short years, if the boy goes on to play high school ball, he’ll need a different sized bat again.

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