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Like many on this board — I just finished dropping off my son for his first year of college and college baseball. It was surreal to see him head up the stairs after we said our goodbyes.  As we had dinner, I couldn’t have been happier to hear about how he and his freshman teammates were clicking and becoming friends.  He beamed as he talked about how they had all gone down to the field this morning and threw/played catch for an hour and what the plan was for fall ball.

 As sad as I am to head home without him — I couldn’t be more excited from him… Very grateful to everyone on this board for the advice that has been given and experiences that have been shared.  

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Midwest Mom posted:

Really exciting.  Would love to hear from parents like yourself - or for that matter players - about what happens once they get to college - the new challenges they face and how the players address them.  Maybe that's a new forum topic?

The admins always pin a new college topic to the top of general each season. 

I will send an alert so you all can discuss happenings.

MAM posted:

TPM — Right now he’s on a pink cloud and I hope he enjoys every second, because it will end at some point.  I honestly think the struggles will teach him more than the successes.  

I think parents worry more than they should but I am guilty of that myself.  

I love college baseball, you all will too!

You know the reality show Survivor - where the host Jeff Probst says - "you've done all you can do in this game, now it's up to the jury"...  well that can strangely apply to the first year experience...  Remember those "long conversations" you had the last few years  that usually were very one sided... You'll miss those as now you'll get very short text messages... Try calling and you'll get I'm busy, can I call you back! Don't be offended - it's better than the alternative, I hate it here, please come get me...  Early morning lifts, breakfast, class, lunch at 1230, nap, practice at 4, dinner at 7, studying/homework/social activities until late at night...   My son's coach once said to us, they don't realize they're just on a 4 year vacation. I'm sure those like me also on the backside of the college experience will agree - it goes very quickly (time *and* money). If you think now that it felt like yesterday that he entered first 1st grade - well compress that by 1/3 and you definitely don't get the feedback of the first 4 years of school.

I remember dropping off a few for the freshman year....  wife was sad, i was happy....  got one going back to Boston in a week.  I said to him last night, only 5 days until you go back..... and he said, I can't hardly wait...  GF is up there already....  part of the deal.... first kid, first semester, always the worst.... by the 5th kid I'll be dropping them off in the fire lane and telling them to hurry the heck up...

bacdorslider posted:

I remember dropping off a few for the freshman year....  wife was sad, i was happy....  got one going back to Boston in a week.  I said to him last night, only 5 days until you go back..... and he said, I can't hardly wait...  GF is up there already....  part of the deal.... first kid, first semester, always the worst.... by the 5th kid I'll be dropping them off in the fire lane and telling them to hurry the heck up...

Hahaha...  I was a 5th kid.  That parent attitude started way before I was dropped off at college.  More like as soon as I landed in the crib  

bacdorslider posted:

I remember dropping off a few for the freshman year....  wife was sad, i was happy....  got one going back to Boston in a week.  I said to him last night, only 5 days until you go back..... and he said, I can't hardly wait...  GF is up there already....  part of the deal.... first kid, first semester, always the worst.... by the 5th kid I'll be dropping them off in the fire lane and telling them to hurry the heck up...

"...first kid, first semester, always the worst...":  Heading into that black hole this weekend.  Slider, your words: so comforting! 

  Two more boys to go!  I can imagine what you mean!

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From an old grizzled vet: (1) Take lots of photos; (2) Go to as many games as humanly possible; (3) After games, only talk about baseball if he wants to talk baseball; (4) On academics, don't hesitate to ask questions...and evasive answers are not a good sign; (5) Stay clear of the whiny coach-criticizing parents (yup, they exist in college ball too);(6)  Just be there for your son-he will have huge ups and huge downs-and the next 4 years will blow past you faster than a MLB fastball.  We're now several years since our youngest finished his college career and I have occasionally heard both sons talk about how nuts their parents were to travel so much, sometimes only to watch a game and then a brief hug and a "bye" as they got on the charter to head back to school...but they felt the love.  

so we are 2 weeks in to the freshman fall...we went from the this is awesome - to holy sh!t how am going to do all this work to - I am smarter then many of these kids to - I can't write that many papers in one semester- to I need to adjust my study habits - to I need to get in better shape - to I am working on a plan for how this is all going to happen....the boy has grown up more in the last 2 weeks then he did in the last 2 years.

I am sure there will be more bumps in the road but he has come a long long way very quickly. Unfortunately he also has a long way to go!

Had my first “real” conversation with my son last night — it as so nice to talk baseball.  Ten days into the fall ball and I could hear in his voice how happy he is.  Said his first two bullpens went great and will throw at least one inning this Thursday in the team’s first fall intersquad scrimmage.  Fingers crossed.   Academics aren’t going to be easy that’s for sure as he is quickly learning just how many papers and how much writing he is going to be doing these next four years.  

After we hung up — got a text from him saying that he has never been more happy than he is and that he found a perfect fit.  

Hokie — Thanks for the tips and suggestions.  I can already see how fast this all will go by.  Thank goodness I am a consultant now, so that I can figure out ways to travel to Iowa catch a weekend series as often as I can.   

Hope everyone else’s 2017s are settling into their first year successfully.

 

old_school posted:

so we are 2 weeks in to the freshman fall...we went from the this is awesome - to holy sh!t how am going to do all this work to - I am smarter then many of these kids to - I can't write that many papers in one semester- to I need to adjust my study habits - to I need to get in better shape - to I am working on a plan for how this is all going to happen....the boy has grown up more in the last 2 weeks then he did in the last 2 years.

I am sure there will be more bumps in the road but he has come a long long way very quickly. Unfortunately he also has a long way to go!

My son had the same issues his freshman year.  He had good grades in HS, but it came real easily for him.  I cant count on one hand how often he ever had to bring books home or really do any kind of studying for a test.  Things changed real quick in college....a lot more work, more time consuming, oh...and this thing called baseball that took up a lot of time lol.  He didn't have a great freshman year grade wise, but figured things out and is doing great now.  Your son will get used to it....

Best of luck to all the incoming freshmen baseball players in this thread.  For many parents this is a leap of faith as it was for all three of my kids with or without baseball.  Let's face it, they are calling the shots in what they do with their time and you hope they learned something over the last 18 years!  My wife and I had concerns with our oldest son taking on college baseball and a difficult major.  We thought he was not very organized and just got by on smarts in high school.   As it turned out his high school had prepared him very well and actually gave him a leg up in an extremely competitive academic environment.  He felt incredibly average among his incoming freshmen peers, where as before he was an academic star in high school.  Baseball was the same situation....he was incredibly average among his baseball incoming class and teammates.  What we found out is that he has a tremendous work ethic (gets that from his mother) that we had never seen before, because he wasn't challenged as he would be in college.  College brought out the best in him and really challenged him over those 4 years.

Good luck to all! 

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Man, the original post left a pit in my stomach.  My 2019 is my first of 2 kids; the sister is 8 years younger.

What a moment, for both of you.  Much different than my parents, we said our goodbyes in a Costco's parking lot, 5min from our home and 4 hours from the campus......

Please continue to share the updates and best of luck to your boy in health, preparation, game time and chasing the.......grades.

Not to spoil this, but can you table a question for May - August of next year?  I'm very interested in how current players navigate into year 2, related to the incoming key recruits, or rumblings of transfers in and out of the program. 

I sure do remember how exciting those first days are. I also remember how the reality of what it takes slowly settles in during that first semester. And watching the young man as he faces that reality, and makes the decision that he is going to do it. 

There may be some kids that instantly thrived while meeting the demands of college baseball and academics. My son was not one of them. But watching your son get forged into a man in this cauldron is something to behold. 

 

Quick update as my son’s first fall ball is now over and he had his coach's meeting.  Something clicked for my son and he had an amazing fall.  He only gave up one hit and one walk over 18 innings of intrasquad scrimmages.  Coach told him he will be one of the four starters this spring based on his performance. Pretty happy for him considering the coach brought in 9 pitchers this year.  Academic wise...school is HARD… I don’t think he is getting a lot of sleep.  

 

HaHa, Somebaseball Dad, I texted my son last Saturday to call me so we could catch up. He texted back with a touchdown Video from the most upper deck of "Death Valley",  "Sorry, can't @ Clemson football Game".  He & his roommates drove 7.5 hours to watch Florida State vs Clemson!  A trip I would have loved to take.  It is not always about baseball @ college.

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MAM posted:

Quick update as my son’s first fall ball is now over and he had his coach's meeting.  Something clicked for my son and he had an amazing fall.  He only gave up one hit and one walk over 18 innings of intrasquad scrimmages.  Coach told him he will be one of the four starters this spring based on his performance. Pretty happy for him considering the coach brought in 9 pitchers this year.  Academic wise...school is HARD… I don’t think he is getting a lot of sleep.  

 

Kinda the same here. Kid came home for Thanksgiving so we've been able to talk without the distractions of collage life. He said the coaches have told him he's going to pitch (doing really well in the cage also so not worried about PO at this time). They are going to use him a lot and he needs to be ready when the season opens. He's excited but also a little worried because he was recruited for his bat and he's concerned all the work on the mound will take away from cage time.

He's slept about 18 of the 24 hours he's been home.

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I feel like coaches need to spend a little more time talking about sleep. My daughter isn't an athlete, but is a junior. She developed a serious coffee habit to get maintain all she does (including her 3.8 GPA), and she basically sleeps most of the time when she's home. Don't see how that will compute when my 2018 heads off to school next year.

Saw son yesterday for the first time in a month or so, other than a few minutes last weekend when he ran in to grab some clothes...said hey, then ran out.   He was wearing a t-shirt that looked like it was 3 sizes too small.  He has put on some serious muscle the past 2 months.  He told me they are working with the football strength guy and it's been tough, but he is more than happy with the results.  He was 183 at the start of fall, 197 on Tuesday morning...and at one point tipped the scale at 202.  Probably the first time since he's been born that I don't think I could take him in a wrestling match lol.    He's getting back to throwing in a couple weeks.  Will be interested to see what the weight does to his throwing...and his bat once spring comes around.

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Lol...no idea. He said he was only 202 once...maybe he had a winter coat and boots on that day.....196-197 the other days...lol.  The kid has always been able to eat whatever he wants...and never gained a pound.   The football team hasn't had a great year...maybe the strength guy is spending too much time with the baseball guys

 

Besides working out with  strength trainer he should also be under supervision of a sports nutritionist. One thing that he concentrates on is eating every 2 hours the proper foods : meal, snack, meal, snack etc.  Also be careful of what kind of protein supplements, nutritional supplements and such since some can effect kidneys, liver, not to mention banned ingredients.  Get lab tests done. 

off-campus house with older/upper classmen?   

Water, Barley, Rice, Malts, Hops, and Yeast could also be an explanation for weight gain  

But I do agree about looking out for supplements - as long as he's educated about which ones are good and bad from someone at the school like the trainer who is trained to know. The list does change and the NCAA does have some fairly comprehensive testing. It's always 'someone else' who gets caught until you become the next someone else. Those protein supplements along with regular lifting surely can add weight properly especially if they've never been used before. I had two boys (baseball players) gain some significant weight/muscle mass when using them. Stuff smells awful IMO, but it worked.  Funny how they'll have that, but have avoid certain food and vegetables throughout life because it looks funny or smells bad, but give them a protein supplement and they're all over it.

My son was very small as a freshman in HS. But he bought into the program and lifted regularly and watched his diet. He put on a lot of weight and muscle, He did not get much taller. He really filled out and the coaches used him as an example of what a player could do by buying in. 

Some of his classmates did not buy in, and while they got bigger, it was not all muscle. Rumors started that he was using some extra help. But his muscle gain was not out of the ordinary for what any young man could do. School and coaches heard and took it for what it was. 

So the kid is home for Xmas break and there is no ignoring my text now. His only recourse is to put his ear buds in and hide under his covers. That's OK, I just lurk about the kitchen like a lion at the watering hole, knowing that sooner or later he'll have to come out.

Speaking of which. Before he left his diet consisted of mostly baked chicken and vegetables. He comes home and it's like McDonald's. When asked he said he's up to about 4k calories a day and still not putting on enough weight. Nutritionist is kind of frustrated.

Also went to see the guy he's hit with the last few years and did some cage work. Was really good to get my baseball fix.

But the best news of all was grades. A's and B's, which I can definitely live with. 

This is one of my favorite weeks as it relates to this topic...  

We are in winter conditioning (with some baseball activity) with the HS team.  Most of our former players who are still playing in college will come home for the break and show up at the field.  It's always great to see them and they will often jump in and help the current HS group.  I've been there long enough to remember when they were the HS newbies with big eyes watching the college group at the time show up... and the generation before them... and..

My youngest son arrived over the weekend (now an assistant coach at his college).  He showed up yesterday at the practice but too late to be introduced to the players so he sorta hovered in the background where I was working the batting tee/cage area.  He would send me an occasional hand gesture about something I was missing or needed to address with a hitter.

... ok, well, besides getting old, one of my favorite weeks.

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my freshman son came home last week...he thinks he is now an adult and doesn't care to be asked many questions, his mother thinks he is still 16 in HS and asks to many...somehow the fact that he has a bad attitude (his fault) about her asking him too many questions (her fault) is my fault!!!

How the heck did this happen and when is he leaving...sigh.

old_school posted:

my freshman son came home last week...he thinks he is now an adult and doesn't care to be asked many questions, his mother thinks he is still 16 in HS and asks to many...somehow the fact that he has a bad attitude (his fault) about her asking him too many questions (her fault) is my fault!!!

How the heck did this happen and when is he leaving...sigh.

I hate to say this but it doesn't get any better with each year.  I won't call it "ignorance" or pinpoint who's "fault" but I will say this.  My son was the same way with info and how he is "doing".  I remember his freshman year, first game, which was away in N.Cal (I live in So. Cal).  We kept asking if he was going to see any playing time, and his reply was always "I dunno".  We flew, made the trip just in case.  3 hours before game time he said he was starting.  Later that evening I asked why he didn't let us know earlier and he said he wasn't sure, but he thought he would.  I don't know if it is the "boys club rule" or the HC put clamps on anything to do with the team but get used to little or no info.  Maybe it's my kid but the only time he tells us anything about the team is after we hear from other parents.  Oh yes, I forgot, he does readily tell us when he needs money or if he charged something expensive to me.  Life of a baseball parent 

Trust In Him posted:

... I don't know if it is the "boys club rule" or the HC put clamps on anything to do with the team but get used to little or no info.  Maybe it's my kid but the only time he tells us anything about the team is after we hear from other parents.  Oh yes, I forgot, he does readily tell us when he needs money or if he charged something expensive to me.  Life of a baseball parent 

Trust, you are missing out on a perfect trade opportunity 

old_school posted:

my freshman son came home last week...he thinks he is now an adult and doesn't care to be asked many questions, his mother thinks he is still 16 in HS and asks to many...somehow the fact that he has a bad attitude (his fault) about her asking him too many questions (her fault) is my fault!!!

How the heck did this happen and when is he leaving...sigh.

Welcome, it's a big club, but it does get better by Jr. year as I think they start to get a little worried that soon they will be out in the real world and actually do really appreciate you a lot.

 

 

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cabbagedad posted:
Trust In Him posted:

... I don't know if it is the "boys club rule" or the HC put clamps on anything to do with the team but get used to little or no info.  Maybe it's my kid but the only time he tells us anything about the team is after we hear from other parents.  Oh yes, I forgot, he does readily tell us when he needs money or if he charged something expensive to me.  Life of a baseball parent 

Trust, you are missing out on a perfect trade opportunity 

Haha....When he was 2 years old I made him sign a 40 year contract where I will get 20% of his income.  Getting there with the good Lord permitting......

old_school posted:

my freshman son came home last week...he thinks he is now an adult and doesn't care to be asked many questions, his mother thinks he is still 16 in HS and asks to many...somehow the fact that he has a bad attitude (his fault) about her asking him too many questions (her fault) is my fault!!!

How the heck did this happen and when is he leaving...sigh.

It's amazing how everything comes back full circle like that!

I had to pull Mom aside at one point. He was home from break and she was acting like he never left. Questions curfew, etc...

I said we did our bit. He has yet to disappoint us. So we have to trust we raised him well. I also had a talk with my son. You want some sanity and your mom off your back? Take her into consideration. Test her when you are going to be out all night so she wont worry. Let her know you get to where you were going safely. A few texts will make your life easier. He capitulated, life was good.  

BishopLeftiesDad posted:

I had to pull Mom aside at one point. He was home from break and she was acting like he never left. Questions curfew, etc...

I said we did our bit. He has yet to disappoint us. So we have to trust we raised him well. I also had a talk with my son. You want some sanity and your mom off your back? Take her into consideration. Test her when you are going to be out all night so she wont worry. Let her know you get to where you were going safely. A few texts will make your life easier. He capitulated, life was good.  

yes me and the boy are working on that...it is a process as they say.

old_school posted:
BishopLeftiesDad posted:

I had to pull Mom aside at one point. He was home from break and she was acting like he never left. Questions curfew, etc...

I said we did our bit. He has yet to disappoint us. So we have to trust we raised him well. I also had a talk with my son. You want some sanity and your mom off your back? Take her into consideration. Test her when you are going to be out all night so she wont worry. Let her know you get to where you were going safely. A few texts will make your life easier. He capitulated, life was good.  

yes me and the boy are working on that...it is a process as they say.

Yup it won' happen over night. By the way, that should be TEXT HER, not TEST HER. If he tried to test HER it would have been one unhappy holiday.

BishopLeftiesDad posted:

I had to pull Mom aside at one point. He was home from break and she was acting like he never left. Questions curfew, etc...

I said we did our bit. He has yet to disappoint us. So we have to trust we raised him well. I also had a talk with my son. You want some sanity and your mom off your back? Take her into consideration. Test her when you are going to be out all night so she wont worry. Let her know you get to where you were going safely. A few texts will make your life easier. He capitulated, life was good.  

Exactly This!  ^^^  My wife will stay awake 'til the wee hours of the night, hoping for a text.  He has gotten better, and it is definitely making a difference.

Well he's really gone now. Last semester we got to visit him at fall ball in Oct, saw him at Thanksgiving, and had him home about three weeks for Xmas/NY's. Left yesterday and I don't see spending any real time with him until summer. Next year I doubt we'll get as much time as he'll be off campus. Won't have to come home and made clear he preferred being at school. Obviously the wife and I are conflicted. We will miss him greatly, but are happy to see him independent and making his place in this world.

At thirty, twenty five years ago, I never thought about being married. Now here I am with two grown offspring, one about to have a child and another one at college playing DI ball. Weird...

So … our son has bee home since the 19th and it took about two weeks to settle back into the familiar family dynamic.  It was strange and unexpected to have to reconnect.  Since then — it's been great.  Today — he’s off to NY  to spend a couple days with his girlfriend’s family.  We get him back in CA for one more week and then —  poof — he’ll be gone until May.  That is going to suck because even this summer he will only be home for a week and then off to summer ball in Ohio.   Happy for him  — but sad for us…. 

MAM posted:

So … our son has bee home since the 19th and it took about two weeks to settle back into the familiar family dynamic.  It was strange and unexpected to have to reconnect.  Since then — it's been great.  Today — he’s off to NY  to spend a couple days with his girlfriend’s family.  We get him back in CA for one more week and then —  poof — he’ll be gone until May.  That is going to suck because even this summer he will only be home for a week and then off to summer ball in Ohio.   Happy for him  — but sad for us…. 

Mam what team in Ohio, I am always looking for a reason to watch some summer collegiate baseball. Hoping it' the Settlers, my sons old team. Buckeye2015 will tell you it' all about the Loco's. Don't believe him

MAM posted:

He’s playing with the Xenia Scouts this summer….  Hoping they’ll repeat their performance from 2016.  He’s pretty stoked.  Hoping I’ll get a chance to get out there too this summer, moved out of Akron when I was 5 and haven’t really been back since.  

I'm sure you are well aware - or in any event are very capable of looking at a map LOL  -- but (speaking as a NE Ohioan) Xenia is not exactly near Akron.  It's about a 3 hour drive.  But I hope you do get to visit Akron - I am in Cleveland, but Akron has seen a lot of good changes over the last few years and I'm sure you'd enjoy it!!  Best of luck in Xenia!!

BishopLeftiesDad posted:

Teams here in Central Ohio always look forward to playing at Grady field. Greatbplace for night games especially. Inlike the GLSCL. It has added quite a few new teams in the last couple if years. Looks like they are moving to 3 divisions. That should cut down on travel a bit. 

 

It was 3 last year.....as they had added 2 new teams in MI and 1 in Ontario and I just don't think they knew what to do with it.  The Michigan teams and the Ontario were in the North and didn't play anyone in the Central or Southern Divisions....the Central and Southern played some cross-over games.  Its was a strange setup...especially when the playoffs came around and the strange way they seeded teams.  This year they're back to 2...just north and south.  It's a long drive from here to Muskegon and Saginaw.  Gonna be a lot more time spent on the bus than last year....teams may end up spending some nights in hotels....which has very rarely happened before.

Mam....the schedule is back up....we come to Xenia the first week of the season (3rd and 4th games for us)  My son will likely be a starter again.  Your son may get to see him depending on which game he gets.

I can’t believe my kids are now 33 and 28. That makes me, err, older. I can still visualize dropping off the oldest when she had just turned eighteen. She’s now been married for eight years. My son is engaged. This board and talking baseball makes me feel like they were playing yesterday.

A walk down memory lane, I have few posts in here I didn't remember but reading them it all came back. What a ride like fast forward and slow motion at the same time. One more grad year, ball season and we are done completely.

Just spent the weekend at the beach with the boy and his girl, had drinks, did some boating, spent some time on the beach...didn't talk baseball once. Is good or bad?

@old_school I think it's great. They say one of the hardest things about devoting so much time to playing sports is that sometimes your identity gets tied up into it so much that you have to figure yourself out when you no longer have "the game" as your life... Spending time with them without talking about sports reinforces the fact that they are so much more to you. Just my opinion...

@PTWood posted:

@old_school I think it's great. They say one of the hardest things about devoting so much time to playing sports is that sometimes your identity gets tied up into it so much that you have to figure yourself out when you no longer have "the game" as your life... Spending time with them without talking about sports reinforces the fact that they are so much more to you. Just my opinion...

My son grew up with how the sports were going as a main focus at our large family Thanksgivings. The Thanksgiving after college graduation he got asked how the job is going. He turned to me, laughed and commented he’s now as boring as the rest of us.

His sister is older. Since none of the women outside mom (and girlfriend after divorce) played sports and the guys weren’t all that interested in women’s sports she didn’t get much of the sports talk.

My son enjoyed the sports talk. My daughter enjoyed not getting it. After being a prosecutor the past five years with some high profile cases in a family full of lawyers she’s been getting the talk attention. But this summer she became a boring, well paid lawyer.

@PTWood posted:

@old_school I think it's great. They say one of the hardest things about devoting so much time to playing sports is that sometimes your identity gets tied up into it so much that you have to figure yourself out when you no longer have "the game" as your life... Spending time with them without talking about sports reinforces the fact that they are so much more to you. Just my opinion...

you are probably correct here that it is healthy. We have to learn a new way to live!!

My father played fastpitch softball till the day I started LL. My first memories are of his games, i played until the day my son started LL and his first memories are the same. Now he tells me he has no interest in playing ball after to school. He says he has done it and there is no point in chasing something that doesn't exist...Every Memorial day, 4th of July and Labor day of my life (prior to covid) have involved a tournament of some fashion in some state for some reason. This one is gonna take a little getting used to!

As I have mentioned here, we thought our 2017 would be packing up for grad school and another year of baseball right now, but real life, aka a job offer,  interrupted that plan.  Yesterday, he texted us to say he had passed his Series 7 exam (apparently a big step for those starting out in the financial world) and I'm like "what was your score, where did you place, how'd the rest of the team do, how many runs did you drive in?"  But no.....  it's just pass / no pass and move on accordingly. Square something up, kid!

Ah, well, the Giants won again last night.

I found myself constantly telling my daughter that softball was what she did and not who she was.  That lesson has not entirely been embraced by her.  I remember her starting to cry in the 4th inning when the #1 went down with an injury in her last game.  Then, #2 threw 1 pitch and walked off the field.  From there it only got worse.  Since that time, she has entered the coaching field but it is hard for her to adjust to this new role.  Don't get me wrong, she loves coaching.  However, she is coaching in a high-pressure situation where she can't control the outcome of a game with her bat.  I think she finally took the first steps the other day when she started to change the looks of her apartment and took down all of the motivational quotes she had on her walls as a player.  Many of us on this site have been through this and it isn't easy.  Still, there is always a place for asking the kid to play catch.  For me, that is still a thrill. 

I got the first real glimpse last night as I signed my kid's collegiate baseball league contract for summer 2022. Even though it is in the same state it is several hours away from home. He will be living with a host family for 2 months with a room mate that will hopefully be his college room mate.  Wife already started looking for lake house rentals in the area...I told her we have another kid to think about. 

It's amazing how things have come full circle here.  My 2017 has hung it up and moved on to greener pastures of teaching high school history and coaching.  After dabbling this past summer with Indy ball, he quickly realized that his run with baseball was over and surprisingly (shockingly) I am at peace.  The only baseball we talk is how the Giants continue to keep the Dodgers at bay.  Candidly -- its kinda nice to hear about his "new life" and watch him take the next steps forward in his "new journey".

@MAM posted:

It's amazing how things have come full circle here.  My 2017 has hung it up and moved on to greener pastures of teaching high school history and coaching.  After dabbling this past summer with Indy ball, he quickly realized that his run with baseball was over and surprisingly (shockingly) I am at peace.  The only baseball we talk is how the Giants continue to keep the Dodgers at bay.  Candidly -- its kinda nice to hear about his "new life" and watch him take the next steps forward in his "new journey".

At a family Thanksgiving of twenty-two my son looked around the room and said, “I have a great job. But now I’m as boring as the rest of you.”

He was accustomed to years of “How is baseball (or other sports) going?”

Dropped off 2021…now he is officially a 2025! In a field of excited incoming freshman and sophomores the baseball team captain met 2021 literally as soon as he stepped foot on campus and showed us to 2021’s room. An hour to unpack, and then it was “bye mom and dad!” Six hours later we got our first text … “long toss, batting cages then lifts then dinner” he is on cloud 9! A little quieter for us as he was our youngest. Glad the dream (for all of us) will continue a little longer!

@nycdad posted:

son went off to start soph year yesterday. Didn't want any help, just loaded up his car and headed up. Only reason I know he made it is via his social media. His entire incoming class is back so he was looking forward to getting back to school.

Bitter pill for dad but pretty standard. I wasn’t thrilled either the first, now that the youngest is a JR it like cya buddy stay in touch

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