BATTLE OF THE BROTHERS

That is awesome. Good luck to both.

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Navy?....Air Force?...Navy?....Air Force?...Navy?....Air Force?...Navy?....Air Force?...Navy?....Air Force?...Navy?....Air Force?...

...we should all have such wonderful problems!

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The battle of the Bolt brothers… Kendall versus Karl… that’s really cool. Will Karl pull rank… after all he is a captain???? You must be extremely proud.

That is awesome Caddad! thanks for the advice on the summer league and have a blast watching your sons play this weekend!

That's going to be one for the ages.
Have you picked your favorite yet.
Just kidding!
Have Fun!
And take your heartburn Medicine.LOL
EH

What a cool story - a thrill for the entire family Can't wait to hear the outcome.

That is very cool I hiope you will be at the game. we live on the border of 2 different HS and my sons chose different ones. They played each other once and big borther got to pitch to little brother-he walked. It was cool. Enjoy the moment.

Been watching both boys and they are both off to nice starts. Keeping a little closer eye on the youngest as we will face Navy later this year.

Best of luck to both.

very neat stuff - talk about being proud!!! Having a child accepted into one of the military academies is awesome; having 2 is unbelievable; both playing ball?? Against each other??? running out of adjectives!!

Well done to mom and dad, too!

Having two sons play HS Varsity football together at the same time, on the same team, about did me in.

Can't imagine the excitement of having two sons playing 1.) against one another and 2.) at the college level. That makes my jaw drop!

I sure hope you are having someone tape the game so that you can re-watch every single play,..backwards and forwards,...and have as a momento for years to come. Something to show the grandkids one day!

OUTSTANDING!!!

I'm eating tums for ya cadDad,..and sending you the double thumbs up!!!

What a great thrill CadDad! I hope it ends in a tie, nobody deserves to lose this game, they're both winners!

All we can figure is that their mother must be real smart and real athletic

And I'm teasing. I saw your big son play the other day and took a good photo of him holding the son of trojan-skipper on at first (if i can ever figure out how to post it here I will)

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Younger is Warming up mid week...for the big weekend...

Younger AD...3 for 4 today with 3RBI!

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Thanks 44, and all of you new friends. Not much sleep this week with media calling every day. Local, as well as Denver Post, and ESPN, and AP.

cadKID#2 had a bad outing this past weekend... 0'fer on Sunday... and got called into Coach's office after Monday workout... he thought for sure he was going to be told... "well, kid, we gave you a chance, and now it's time to sit while an Upper takes over... we'll look at you again in a couple of weeks (or never)..." What am I gonna' tell my Dad? I gotta' sit for Battle of the Brothers?

But no... Coach says "stop beating yourself up... we think you're doing better than we expected you to do all season... Have some fun... it's why they call it a game..."

Result.... today, 3 for 4, 3RBI's, and ready for this one EH/44/Tom?... A STOLEN BASE!!! A Bolt kid with a stolen base! Finally unhooked the boat trailer, and embarrassed the bad guys.... I'd say good coaching.... Motivate a kid with positive reinforcement... what a thought.....

Again, thanks everyone for all the kudos. To see results on Friday, go to:

www.navysports.com

One game Friday, one game Saturday.

cadDAD &
cadMOM(yes, the better half, better looking one, passer of the better genes, et al)


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AcadDad,

That sounds like it is going to be a day to remember forever. Best of luck and enjoy!!!

Maybe it will end in a tie game. LOL

We just missed you cadDad...we were in Memphis this last weekend.

Keep us posted!

Awesome story there cadDad.
Itsinthegame brings up an interesting scenario, the Battle of the Brothers ending up as a sister kisser!

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In today's Colorado Springs Gazette:


http://www.gazette.com/usafa/display.php?id=1330299


Let the games begin!!!


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What a great article! How exciting it must be to watch your two sons face off against each other. I hope they both do really well, but I'm rooting for Karl's team to win (since he's the senior).

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Their parents will attend the games, along with several family friends, said their father, Paul Bolt.

“It’s great to know they’re both on the right track in life,” Paul said. “But watching them this weekend might bring a tear to my eyes.”

I can imagine it will be highly emotional and rightfully so

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And courtesy of Proud cadDAD & cadMOM

....here they are in all their glory!







What a great picture!

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They are so cute!!!!

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http://goairforcefalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/022307aaa.html


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http://goairforcefalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/022307aac.html



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Second game...

http://goairforcefalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/022307aac.html


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In the true spirit of brotherly love fairness, I was hoping for a split...

Congrats to Karl, looks like had a big impact in each game!

Oh my, are those brothers handsome!!!

What stud muffins!!!,..and I mean that in the most respectful motherly military mom/wife way!
I feel proud having them as part of our military family!
Gooooooo bro's!!!

Still Learning Reporting from the Service Acadamies Classic Tournament.

Ladies you know you shouldn't blindly trust photos posted on websites so I went to the Tournament to verify the authenticity of the above posted photo and check out the Bolt Brothers in person and just as I suspected the photo was inaccurate.....they're even better looking in person! I even had a chance to speak to Kendall and Cad Dad! Ya never now when a HSBWebster might "pop up"!

Actually, I went to watch the University of Memphis beat Missouri and win the Tournament. Yeah!!! (Sorry Cad Dad)

GO TIGERS!!!!!

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New friends...

Thought I would take a minute and try to express our thanks to all of you for what ended up being one of the most exciting weekends Becky and I have experienced... ever. From all your notes, to even having people come up to us at the games, and to watch these "two little boys of ours" play, interact with each other's teams, to how much they admire and love each other, was just overwhelming.

Were they the stars of the games? Did they impress every scout there? Did time stand still by their "very presence"? Not by a long shot... but in the tearfilled eyes of their MOM (Dads can't admit that) and Dad, they are the center of the Universe, and the real reason that Becky and I met on a blind date 25 years ago.

I hope each and every one of you on this Board... stop and hug your kid today... stop and call your Mom today... and be thankful that there is PURPOSE for all of this around us.

cadDAD


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Very well said cadDAD...we've got one son injured now and struggling with it and another trying to heal up from yet another surgery. They know we love 'em. It helps.

...and you're right: "Dad's can't admit that"...but your finger knows the game...your finger is your ally...whatever the reason...joy or sadness...the drops come...you can feel them coursing upward well before they introduce themselves publicly... with that quick, hopefully undetected and incognito swipe of your finger, ushering the salty drops which just won't restrain themselves, to the safe, open, expanse of your emotion etched cheeks...cheeks where you are hoping that your warmth, combined with the weather, will quickly remove any emotional evidence of those drops that seldom are coaxed to the surface.

Not unlike a rain deprived desert that beautifully blooms with signs of colorful life when the drops fall from above, life that is absolutely necessary for the desert's survival, so too are us dads. We toil away day to day with not much in the way of outward signs indicating what we are feeling, but then along comes that moment...that undeniable moment...that brings the ultimate sign of life to our face...and almost as quickly as it came it is gone...the remnants evaporating into the atmosphere...perhaps forming into raindrops that may eventually fall on a far away desert that is anxiously awaiting the life sustaining drops from above.


And that's another reason why we don't wear mascara.

"I'm a little verklempt… Talk amongst yourselves… I'll give you a topic…. BOLT... is neither a metal rod or pin for fastening objects together... nor a lightning stroke… Discuss…"

Great story... only in America! The popping sounds I heard this weekend must have been Paul & Becky's (highly polished brass) buttons.

Smokey...this one's on me...

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Originally posted by AcademyDad:
...one of the most exciting weekends Becky and I have experienced... ever.
cadDAD

I've really got to introduce the two of you to rhinoceros racing...no lack of excitement...you'll love it! You can become the "Rhino-Stone Cowboy".

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Originally posted by play baseball:
They are so cute!!!!

Right out of central casting!

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The line I liked was....



[quote]and I mean that in the most respectful motherly military mom/wife way!quote]


All I could think of was a military type, in a diaper, on her way to Florida, to carry out her self imposed mission...

Ahhhh, fantasies.....


cadDAD



A couple is lying in bed. The man says,

"I am going to make you the happiest woman in the world."

The woman replies, "I'll miss you..."


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...And the thrills just keep on coming! We got one in "uniform" how about one in "uniform" all courtesy of AcademyDad & AcademyMom...





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They're both smiling...that's healthy!

ob44 - thanks for posting those pictures

I get joy and goosebumps from seeing stuff like that - unbelievably awesome picture Academy Dad