04.30.07
Baseball Baby!
As I’ve stated before, this is Little League season. We’ve worked ourselves thru just about half of the games. This past weekend was spent in Ferndale and Fortuna helping the Six River’s Little League celebrate their 50 year anniversary. It was a good experience for our guys even though our team lost all 3 games. A good experience because the Players AND the coaches learned some lessons like - be sure you listen to the correct base coach so there are not two of you on second base at the same time…..common guys, we are in the majors for goodness sake!
We (Del Norte Residents) have always known our neighbors to the south have many, many more players to draw from. Our population is about 28,000 for the whole county which is the northern most county of California. Whereas the city of Fortuna has a population of 10,000+. It is a fact that we cannot, usually, compete against our much larger neighbor. But occassionally we do pull out wins and it is a big deal for us.
Good job Pirates! They are the best team in our league this year and will go to the tournament of champions I’m sure. (Oh joy, we play them tonight….hopefully they will not slaughter us too badly!)
This week is also my #2 son’s birthday. The ‘baby’ is growing up…..
He’s 12 this Wednesday. I’m glad he’s having a better Little League season than when we started. He is talking about playing next year. This will be a coup for his team. The rules for Little League state you may not play if you turn 13 on or before May 1st. His birthday is May 2nd. That means he will be about 5′9 and 150 lbs playing 1st base. Ha! Ha! I know I posponed that C- Section for a reason! I better have that certified copy of his birth certificate with us at all times.
Let’s hope he’s not shaving by then!
Happy Birthday DJ….we’ve very proud of you!