Baseball Time...

It is my favorite time of year...baseball time. Spring Training started yesterday and I am itching to get out to some games. I am anxious to check out most of the West this spring as it is going to be one tough division. The Dbacks are really going to have their work cut out for them. Just in time for Spring training the weather has jumped into the low 80's...which is a bit hot for Feb....but makes for great ball weather. This year we have also signed Kaleb up for his first year of Little League. I was absolutely amazed at how competitive it is for 7 and 8 year olds. After signing up we had to show up for "tryouts", in which each kid had to individually demonstrate their abilities of fielding, catching, and hitting while being watched and rated by all of the coaches. Now the coaches will get together and draft their teams based on the rankings they gave each kid....CRAZY!! There were kids 2 feet tall that were diving for fly balls and going crazy out there...I was sort of worried being as Kaleb has hardly even played catch at all....but he didn't seem bothered and is excited to get started. Kaleb and I also went over to the Padres spring training facility where he was able to attend a Youth Baseball clinic that was put on by about 15 former Major League players. The players each hosted a short session on certain aspects of the game and worked on some of the skills with the kids. It was a great opportunity for Kaleb. After the clinic  he was able to get autographs from all of the former players on the ball shown above.

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