Another first

I love players who will take on the wall.

RJM,

Talk about "taking on the wall".

Last week - my eldest took on the wall.

The wall won. LOL

Knocked himself cold - missed 7 days with a concussion.

Rule #1 - dont fight with the wall.

Its,
Hilarious!!
And glad elder "Its" is ok!

One of my baseball recollections (to the best of my ability) was hearing my rightfielder yell "plenty of room" just before I collided head first in full leap with the support post on the fence.

The next game I played (missed a couple with a concussion) I saw him leap for a fly ball with a foot of space between him and the fence. I gave him a rash of cr@p about judging distance and attacking the fence. This was a college outfielder who should be able to judge the distance to the fence. The team called him "Plenty" for plenty of room the rest of the season. Had we been able to look twenty-five years into the future we would have called him "Abreau."

At 13yo playing centerfield I had a bead on a ball hit over my head by Larry Rush. Unfortunately the chain link fence got in my way as the ball sailed 30' over the fence. There I was crumpled at the bottom of the fence and everyone rushed out to help. By the time they got there I finally was able to get my shoelace untangled from the bottom of the fence. Larry went on to play in the Angels organization and we later played together in winter ball.

Great story about the younger itsin. Very impressive that he took on the wall the second time around.