Brian has been away at school at Gordon College in Barnesville, GA for about six weeks now. In the six weeks he’s been away, I think he’s been home four weekends. Apparently he’s having as hard a time adjusting as we are. A wise older gentleman told me, “You know what homesickness means, don’t you? It means there was a whole lot of love at home that’s being missed.” I like that! Anyway, Brian is adjusting and doing well. His grades are good and he’s getting along with his roommate. Midterms were this week, and so far he’s maintaining an A-B average! For the first time in his life, he has to study. I was talking with him the other night and he told me he had to go because he had to study! Imagine my shock to hear those words.
His baseball is going well. The coach is working him at third, outfield and pitching. I can’t believe it when I see him on the weekends, but he’s still growing. He’s definitely filling out. The coach took his 34” bat away from him and told him he couldn’t hit with it until he’s 210 lbs! He’s using a 33” bat and doing fine, but he’s also trying to reach that weight to get his 34” back. I think he has about 25 lbs to go. So far he has played 3 games. They’ve won all three. He’s playing third, outfield and pitching. He pitched in his first college game Wednesday and did really well. In his words, “My forker was freaking awesome tonight.” Let me translate for those who don’t speak baseballese:) He throws a split finger fast ball that tails off as it crosses the plate. As a batter when you see it coming, it looks like it’s right there, but by the time you swing, it has dropped off and more often than not, you look quite silly swinging at it:). In the first game of the double header, he went 2 for 4 with two doubles, two walks, 3 RBI’s and 4 runs scored. I guess the 33” bat is working for him. He also turned a double play at third. He pitched in the first part of the second game and then finished the game in the outfield making a sliding catch to save a run from scoring.
The team traveled to East Cobb Thursday, and I was excited about getting to go see him play, but because of scheduling, it was not his travel day. For the fall, they have about 40 guys on the roster. 24 are signed players and the others are trying to walk on. Those who pitched and played Wed. were scheduled off Thursday and didn’t get to travel. You can only imagine my disappointment that Brian wasn’t on the travel roster so I could see him play. But they beat East Cobb Cubs 17-6. Their record is 4-0. They play Chain Baseball Sat. 4:00 and Sun 10:00 am. Both are home games, so I will be traveling to Barnesville this weekend. I can’t wait. It will be my first opportunity to see them play. Hopefully I’ll have some pictures to post after the games.
I showed this site to Brian and he thought it was lame. I knew he would, but we’re doing it anyway. Someday the boys will look back on this chronicle and appreciate it. I know I will.
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