Jackson is playing baseball again this season. He enjoyed it so much in the spring that he jumped at the opportunity to join another team. And he gets to play with several of his good buddies from school, too, so that's another big draw for him.We are still working SO hard on keeping our eye on the ball. Jacks loves to bat and has a great swing, but he tends to watch the pitcher instead of the ball. But we have made a bunch of visits to the batting cages and even had a private lesson with a high school player, and Jacks has really improved a lot. Yesterday things seemed to click more than ever before, and he hit a bunch in a row at the batting cages (which, in my opinion, is harder than hitting his coach's pitches because they're 35 mph). I think he finally found HIS stance; he bent his knees a little bit and went into more of a crouch. He looked Major League, baby!
And because baseball can be sweaty and dirty, I just have to share this story from last week. Jackson had a cub scout meeting that was going to run until almost bedtime, so I had him take a shower before he left. He showered, then came out of the bathroom in the same dirty clothes he had been wearing all day. I suggested he wear clean clothes on his clean body, and Jacks summed it all up for me thusly: "Mom, boys like dirty, girls like purty." Ha! How can you argue with that logic?
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Go, Jackson! Sounds as though you are making progress in batting...nice going! I must say that you do look handsome in your uniform! It must be fun to do something as neat as baseball AND have a few of your friends on the same team! Sorry grandDad & I missed your game today.
I think Aunt Polly wore out GrandDad while he was in Wisconsin visiting her! Hey, I just realized
that your team is named "Orioles" which is a fine looking bird who has some of the same color on him as is on your uniform shirt!
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