My son's team ended his 4th and last fall World Series yesterday. Myself and the dad of another Senior both commented how strange it will be to not have baseball next summer after having the past 16-17 summers being filled with the sound of the ball hitting the bat. Neither one of us had really given it much thought up to that point...and it was just kind of quiet when I first mentioned it...really neither one had any idea what we'll do with all the extra time. My son and I were talking this week and we figured out that he's played somewhere between 850-900 games since he took up the game on the T-ball field when he was 4. It's down to 54 left....going to be a strange feeling when it's over. On a side note.....my son went 4-0 in his 4 years in their Fall World Series. He said he actually told the other team's captains after the draft a couple weeks ago that they screwed up...because he "always wins" lol. His team scored 5 in the bottom of the last inning yesterday to win it 10-9 and take the series 3 games to 2 Got to go out on top lol
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It's great that you get to see the end coming. Over the years going back to Little League Minors, I've often thought about the dads in the stands or even in the dugout who have no idea that they are watching their son's last game. I was one of them when my 12yo eldest played his Majors championship game. Then in HS, I can think of half a dozen dads from my younger son's HS year who thought their boys were headed to play at the next level but did not for various reasons. It's good to remember to enjoy the ride while it lasts, especially for those of us nearer the end than the beginning!
You may be surprised. Son coached the summer after graduation. So no Baseball then. Next summer he played in a mens league.
We go to all the games. We still have baseball. And he is no longer a PO. He gets to hit and play the outfield.
Team won the Championship this year.
BishopLeftiesDad posted:You may be surprised. Son coached the summer after graduation. So no Baseball then. Next summer he played in a mens league.
We go to all the games. We still have baseball. And he is no longer a PO. He gets to hit and play the outfield.
Team won the Championship this year.
I'm sure he'll probably end up doing something after next Spring, even if it's just to kill some time....I'm sure there are plenty of teams that would be happy to have a good bat and a 90+ mph arm lol. He did play in a men's softball league in the summer of 2017 when he thought he was done batting in college. I don't think the older guys appreciated the youngster leading the league in HR's lol
JCG posted:It's great that you get to see the end coming. Over the years going back to Little League Minors, I've often thought about the dads in the stands or even in the dugout who have no idea that they are watching their son's last game. I was one of them when my 12yo eldest played his Majors championship game. Then in HS, I can think of half a dozen dads from my younger son's HS year who thought their boys were headed to play at the next level but did not for various reasons. It's good to remember to enjoy the ride while it lasts, especially for those of us nearer the end than the beginning!
There was a quote someone posted a gazillion years ago on this site: "Play each game as if it was your last....because one day, it will be." Or something like that.
To paraphrase, "go to all the games you are able to watch your son play, because one day it will be his last."
Sniff.
Slow em down, soak it up but most importantly enjoy it!!
A favorite comment a friend gave me a few years ago — "i wonder how many places I've been for the last time?" I pay a lot more attention to where I am these days.