So tonight at 7 is my second softball game. The last time I played I played catcher for two innings. The second inning was terrible on my back. I think I will tell them tonight I am good at catcher for one inning. Apparently we won our game last week that I did not attend. So now if we lose I might wonder why...

Growing up I was never really into baseball. I remember getting a glove when I was 7 and I didn't like the fit and wondered what it was for. It was then when I discovered it was natural for me to catch the ball with my right hand and take the glove off and throw with my right hand. The funny thing is, I am left-handed. I collected baseball cards and always made bad trades. That was what was fun. Now actually watching a game is enough to make me fall asleep. Sure, I've been to a couple of Rangers games here in Dallas and they are good when you are in the stands and there are runs being scored. But really you end up being bored most of the time.

I wonder what activity our kid will be into. My childhood activity was soccer, of which I mostly wasn't that good at either. I think parents like to project their experiences onto their children so my guess would be soccer and football. When I was in first grade, age 7, in Alaska I was the goalie on a winning soccer team. When we won the championship game we were all taken to a ski lodge for pizza. It was then when my goalie experience was invaluable. Mom gave me a quarter to play pinball. Thirty minutes later I was on the same game. I don't know what my score was but I was rockin. See the ability to keep a ball from making a goal can help you in real life, like video games. Now baseball, I can't see how hitting something with a stick can help you. Unless your career is in construction...