West Cocoa Chat

My son Steven played in his second game in a row tonight. The FHSAA (Florida High School Activities Association) changed the rules this year about high school baseball and the Fall. In the past, high school baseball players were only allowed to “condition” during the off-season. There was also a prohibition with respect to coaches coaching their players during the Fall as well. With the new rule changes, high school teams are now allowed to play a “Fall Schedule” if they register with an outside organization such as “A.A.U.” or “U.S.S.S.A.” which happens to be the organization our local high schools are using.

We played our dreaded rivals, the Rockledge Raiders last night. We won 12 to 0. Steven started and played the whole game at left-field and second base. Steven went 0 for 2 with a couple of walks, scoring 2 runs. He made a great play from leftfield, throwing out a runner at home plate. He said as he ran off the field our coach said, “Way to go “cannon.””

Tonight we beat Astronaut High School, 10 to 0. The coach allowed some other kids to start so he didn’t get into the game until the 4th inning. He walked and scored a run. He didn’t have any balls hit to him at 2nd.

Now, I know it’s only “Fall Ball” but to win 2 games by a combined score of 22 to 0 was quite impressive. Maybe this will translate in a big way when Spring comes? We’ll see.

As I close I would like to welcome a couple of new members to our blog family. First is Justin at “Hark, The Gourd Speaks at http://jmgregory.no-ip.info/blog/
Justin graduated from Lipscomb (a fellow grad Greg) and is now attending Vanderbilt. I know Justin and his family and they are great folks. Make sure you give “The Gourd” a “look / see.”

I would also like to welcome Joshua Stump and his blog, “Stumptown” at http://www.stumpedblog.blogspot.com/
Joshua is another “west coast” member of our blog family.

Have a great day my fellow bloggers.