Ben's in Mass. However, Owen's not too far away from benefiting from the practice.
::reroutes flight plans::
Maybe, I just wanted to Teppy to field them.
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Spike's Bitches 24: I'm Very Seldom Naughty.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
DavidS - May 20, 2005 8:15:54 am PDT #321 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Steph L. - May 20, 2005 8:17:06 am PDT #322 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Maybe, I just wanted to Teppy to field them.
I'm happy that, when we played catch in SF last year, it would have been impossible to throw grounders in Deb's driveway. Otherwise, you would have found out how weak I am on them.
DavidS - May 20, 2005 8:22:42 am PDT #323 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm happy that, when we played catch in SF last year, it would have been impossible to throw grounders in Deb's driveway. Otherwise, you would have found out how weak I am on them.
I created a new drill to get Emmett to work on his fielding fundamentals. It's sort of like pepper for fielding. I sit down and bounce short-hops right at your toes (with a padded practice ball) until you get into a strong, spread position and are keyed to the ball and the bounce.
Katerina Bee - May 20, 2005 8:55:01 am PDT #324 of 10001
Herding cats for fun
{{{Deena}}} A dad's heart attack is not necessarily the end. My dad survived his and went on to defeat colon cancer not once but twice. Now he's blissfully married and glowing like a schoolboy with his first girlfriend. FIL survived his heart attack and still wants to go to the bookstore all the time.
Also {{{shrift}}}. I miss my cousin, too.
beathen - May 20, 2005 9:02:36 am PDT #325 of 10001
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
I was playing third base and missed a grounder because of my old bad habit, and immediately, as if 15 years hadn't passed, I heard from the bleachers: "Put. Your. Glove. DOWN!!!"
I think I would have turned a couple shades of red if my dad did this.
Steph L. - May 20, 2005 9:05:36 am PDT #326 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I was playing third base and missed a grounder because of my old bad habit, and immediately, as if 15 years hadn't passed, I heard from the bleachers: "Put. Your. Glove. DOWN!!!"
I think I would have turned a couple shades of red if my dad did this.
Heh. It was perfectly normal to me. I almost didn't notice.
beathen - May 20, 2005 9:19:51 am PDT #327 of 10001
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
That ties right into the whole "selective hearing" debate my parents used to have with me.
Scrappy - May 20, 2005 9:24:55 am PDT #328 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
until you get into a strong, spread position and are keyed to the ball and the bounce.
Wait, are we talking about BASEBALL here?
DavidS - May 20, 2005 9:25:18 am PDT #329 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That ties right into the whole "selective hearing" debate my parents used to have with me.
One of the very interesting things about coaching is that kids who don't belong to you will listen to you, whereas your own kids tune you out.
Emmett does listen to me, but not in the same way. I have to drill him forever while he rolls his eyes and snarks. Eventually though he'll feed it back to me and I know it got through. If Tim is coaching him though, he'll just make an immediate adjustment. Same with Tim's daughter, Emma. When I told her to lengthen her stride while pitching, boom, she just did it.
-t - May 20, 2005 9:28:17 am PDT #330 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
One of the very interesting things about coaching is that kids who don't belong to you will listen to you, whereas your own kids tune you out.
This jives with what I remember of my dad coaching soccer. He eventually decided to coach a team that none of his kids were on, though all three of us played.