fenwaysouth posted:Great point Teaching Elder. I watched all three of my kids play ball and they were significantly better than I ever was or dreamed of being....I'll be the first to admit that. Baseball was a love of mine but it never loved me back. At the time, it never bothered me that my parents rarely came to my baseball games (not because I sucked) because that isn't what most parents did in the 70s. On the other hand, I rarely missed any of my kids high school, travel or college games. It is a vastly different parenting style today.
...or fenway, you could just say that you under-achieved since its clear the genes were there. 
I sometimes wonder why my kids are so much better than I was - its either my under-achievement or the mamma's got the genes. Neither one is in my favor. 
(BTW, your earlier story reminded me - our older son overslept for his first conditioning practice in college. Not knowing what to do, the upperclassmen directed him towards the least hard-a$$ coach who said it was just between the two of them - and who assigned some extra conditioning 1-on-1 with him...just to make the point. This didn't really stick as the longtime pitching coach (retired) saw me a week or so later and said, "I heard your boy overslept for day-1"). 