Cole’s t-ball season has started again this spring with a bunch of rainy, cold days. So if we ever get some warm days for these guys I am sure they will have a lot more fun. There are so many things going on at the t-ball level. Playing with the dirt, the flowers, or the grass always seems to be more important. You have parents yelling to their kids from the fence about where to go or where to throw the ball. You have dads and moms coaching from the field trying to get their kids to throw the ball the right way. There are the kids who want to be there and then the kids who don’t. You can see already the kids who have quickness, and the kids who are never going to have “quick” in the same sentence as their name. There are other games going on with the older kids and I always wonder if they are having fun…

I can remember one of the best parts about playing baseball when I was a kid was staying after our game to try to catch foul balls to get a free coke.  We always got a coke after the game, but it never was as good as the free one.   I think we had candy, drinks, nachos, and hot dogs, and we thought that was great.  I guess that is what nostalgia is all about.    Remembering the way it was when you were a little kid will never compare because of the way that you saw things at that time in your life…

The following pictures are all while the game is going on…

Another thing that happens anytime anyone hits the ball is that there is a mad dash to get the ball…

So instead of trying to get the runner out it becomes a game of who can pile on top and come out with the ball…

Cole got to keep the “game ball” that night.  It was funny because he knew that it was his turn before the game to get to keep the ball after the game…

Of course the best part of the night was getting a huge Coke, some beef jerky, and some sour strings…it doesn’t get any better than that…Well maybe a free coke for shagging a foul ball.

Indianapolis, Indiana – I kept expecting to hear that as they were announcing the next batter for the Durham Bulls.  That is a Bull Durham reference if have you not seen the movie.  My wife and I took Cole, our five year old son, to his first Indianapolis Indians game yesterday.  We were directly behind home plate, so it was a great view of the entire stadium.  I was impressed as Cole lasted through the 7th inning before he started asking when it would be over.  We finished up the evening eating at Red Robin at Clay Terrace.  We also had to go to Dick’s Sporting Goods so that Cole could look at their “hunting” stuff.  Don’t ask where this is coming from, but for some reason he is now into hunting.  Fishing, hunting, and CAMO are on his mind all the time.  So we checked out the crossbows, the fishing supplies, and the camouflage clothing.  It is hilarious to me because I have zero camo and zero hunting experience, so when he wants me to watch BowHunter with him on ESPN2 I just have to laugh.  But that is one thing that I try to make sure that I look at his interest in this as being very important to him even if it is not an interest of mine.  I think too many times parents want their kids to do what they want them to do.  It is just hard sometimes.   I guess if he really gets into hunting someday when he is older I could always just take my camera and 300 lens and get some great shots of deer, geese, ducks, or whatever the heck else people hunt.  I will just have to wear my wedding “ninja” outfit so they don’t see me coming.

I figure that this might be one of the last times to see the RCA Dome.  Lucas Oil Stadium is now in full swing, so the Colts will no longer call the RCA Dome their home.

Cole and I hanging out…

This was one of the “cool” things that Cole wanted to buy…

Up next summer….Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field.