October 1 – “The Wild Woman”

We went to a baseball game yesterday.  Well, we went to three of them, if you want to get technical.  Jachin had a double header, but we only stayed for the first game there, or it would have been four games.  His squad won their first game, then came from behind to tie the second before time ran out.  After that game, which was held somewhere near Clear Lake (The actual Lake, not the city), we had to race back to Galveston to let Cailyn’s dogs outside for a spell. 

After some lunch and some rest we headed back into Texas, to Hitchcock this time.  Micah and Josiah both had games there.  Micah’s team did really well.  The boys on his team are all moving up from the lower league, and they played against an elite team.  Only lost 7 to 5.  Nice job.

The real fireworks came at Josiah’s game, though.  The game had just started.  Josiah batted second, so a certain Nana was happily snapping pictures of his every move.  All of a sudden the umpire called time out.  He walked slowly and deliberately toward the sideline.  Both managers stepped out of their dugouts, curious to see what the issue was.  He held up his hand with a grandiose gesture, stopping them in their tracks.  Still puzzled, they cocked their heads and waited for his explanation.  It was not long in coming.  His strides by now had placed him past the foul line and reaching for the fence, the only barrier separating him from the fans.  And finally he spoke, revealing the source of his erratic display, “That’s all right coaches, I got this here.  I gotta tell Grandma over here something.  Grandma, you can’t be taking flash pictures at the same time he’s throwing pitches.”  Since he was now standing directly in front of her, and she still held the offending camera poised in her hand, said offending Grandma (A.K.A. Chris) hastily replied, “Oh.  I didn’t know it was flashing.”  Satisfied that he had accomplished his purpose, the umpire began his trudge back toward the field.  Not wanting to let the moment pass, however, I tossed out one final word, “But she was taking pictures of YOU, Blue.”  Obviously not impressed, he simply threw up his arms and continued walking away.  That’s my wife, the Wild Woman.  Almost got us kicked out of a Little league game. 

1 John 2:24-25 says, “See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.  And this is what he promised us — even eternal life.”

Father, thank you for a day of kids’ baseball.  Hard to get any better than that.  Amen.