West Cocoa Chat

The above was the caption in today's "Florida Today Sports Section."

Man, you guys are “good.” The other day I asked for prayers on behalf of my son Steven who is a junior on our Varsity Baseball Team. He “had” been stuck in a slump and had dropped from the lead-off batter all the way down to the #9 batter and then he was being platoon and “D.H.” (Designated Hitter) for as of late.

This past Friday he played second base and batted going 0 for 2 with a pair of strike outs. He did make a couple of “sick” plays at second base in the field. His Uncle Greg (stoogelover) had to ask him if “sick plays” were good or bad. Steven responded by saying “sick plays” mean awesome plays.

Then there was our game last night with Eau Gallie. Steven started again at second base and in the 2nd inning he came up for his first at-bat. He worked the count to 3 balls and 2 strikes and then he did something he had never done, not even in Little League. Are we ready? O.K., can we say “yard,” “long ball,” “Barry Bonds on steroids,” yes, that’s right – the boy his a home run over the left-field fence! It was a line drive that got out of the park in a hurry. The smile on his face was priceless as well as the adoration his teammates and coaches gave him. I was keeping the scorebook so I was using it to give folks that were coming up to Barb and me giving us high fives.

He ended up going 2 for 3 with a home run and a single in the 7th inning. We came back from 5 to 1 in the 7th to almost pull it out losing 5 to 4. Steven being the team player told us that he would have been happier if we had won the game. Nevertheless, it was a good night and one I’m sure we’ll not forget.

BTW – my in-laws didn’t make the trip but they told Steven on our cell phone that the going price for hitting homeruns is $50! Makes me want to get back in the game.

// posted by cwinwc @ 3:55 AM