tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post3781593667580248052..comments2023-10-31T07:40:02.775-04:00Comments on The Softball Insider: SB Big Poppa's Day!!!!!!!!The Softball Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12366259959215249331noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-19185920152074936882009-06-20T00:59:02.244-04:002009-06-20T00:59:02.244-04:00Nice.
Happy Fathers Day to all dads.Nice. <br />Happy Fathers Day to all dads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-15279594837778810762009-06-19T20:18:49.248-04:002009-06-19T20:18:49.248-04:00My Dad has been coming to early-morning Westies ga...My Dad has been coming to early-morning Westies games since I joined the team in '04. <br /><br />Back when he was younger (than we are now!) my Dad was a really good pitcher: A lefty, never threw too hard, but always threw strikes, and everything had a wicked hook or drop to it.<br /><br />Charles found out that my Dad pitched, and said that if John R ever couldn't make it, perhaps my Dad might throw an inning or two.<br /><br />Inevitably--after he brought his spikes and glove to a few games without pitching--the time came for him to get in the game. I was worried. Would my Dad have...anything...left, at age 62? Would he embarrass himself?<br /><br />He took a shutout into the bottom of the 7th, when the other team got a man on third with two outs, and their hitter hit a clean single through the hole between third and me at short. I never wanted to make a play more in my life, but it was clean...end of shutout. He settled for a 7-1 win.<br /><br />It was a rare privilege to play on the same team as my Dad...who gave me the love of the game in the first place...Glenn Rauchernoreply@blogger.com