Monday was my sons first Freshmen home game. I decided for the first time in ages to record the game with my dvd video recorder. He started on the bump in the first inning. Recorded his first strikeout as a pitcher and his first out defensively. He faces four batters and that ends the top of the first inning. Now its the bottom of the first inning , their turn to bat. They have him batting in the the number four slot . The player prior to him hit for a single and was standing on first base. My son gets in the batters box, goes thru the usual routine he does, gets signals from the coach and gets set for his first high school pitch as a batter to be delivered. He swings at the first pitch , (my face is glued to the video camera) I hear a smack - a loud roar comes from the crowd , I look up I see the ball sailing over the scoreboard for his first home run . I captured the event on video, while he takes the home run trot around the bases and the team comes out to congratulate him. What a way to start off the first year of high school baseball. Here is the link to video http://www.eaglehighbaseball.com/homerun.html
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I've had that exact conversation too many times to count. I enjoy the practices where the snack bar isn't open.