Life as a Lefties Mom

 The season is over for our guys.  Last week, they lost 7 in a row, went to Kelowna and won 3, then back here and won 1/3 against Victoria.  The trip to Kelowna was classic.  The bus broke down on the way there and they waited 3 hours to get a ride. They had to cancel the Tuesday game, played a double header on Wednesday, then played an 11 inning game on Thursday.  Apparently no one had bothered to fix the bus, so they had one of the players fix it and didn't leave until 2 AM. They got home at 0930 and had to play Friday night. They lost badly; it was clear they were exhausted.  Saturday was a different story.  Andres pitched 5 beautiful innings including a sweet put out at first.  Riley hit a triple and Derek contributed to the win as well.  He made a spectacular catch in the outfield.  But, the coach didn't play either of them today. Their college coach told them to come home.  Andres has reached his pitch count and they are all s...

 And So It Goes So Golden Tate was a flash in the pan.  Played 3 games and no one has seen or heard from him since.  He just wasn't that good.  The guys thought he was a show boater too. I took the guys to Hurricane Ridge one day as Andres had never seen snow.  He immediately made a snow ball and threw it, but was disappointed he couldn't make a snow angel.  Derek promptly put snow down the back of his neck. They did have a party out at Lake Crescent and went to Devil's Punchbowl, a rite of passage in Port Angeles.  Things are quiet here now.  Derek asked me if his girlfriend could stay over July 4th as the hotel rooms here were so expensive.  I said sure as we have had girlfriends in the past.  The other 2 said "Yess!" and we wound up hosting a  3 girlfriends for 10 days! Have to admit, the house smelled better with the girls and they were really nice.  Didn't eat much.  I took the girls to Hurricane Ridge one day and the...