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School’s almost out

Posted on May 22, 2007 | Comments Off on School’s almost out

Just two more days and Mr. Boy is off for ten days–until Camp Shalom begins on June 4, a day camp at the J featuring swimming, science, crafts, athletics, music and art. And mornings and early afternoons off for me just like in the school year. Yay. In the interim, we’ll play some catch, fly a kite if the wind’s right, and go sailing, assuming the sloop‘s outboard is fixed by then. Should be.

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Muckdogs runner-up

Posted on May 19, 2007 | Comments Off on Muckdogs runner-up

They went down to the Redwings, 16-15, in the 2007 AA-7 championship game, confirming the final standings of the regular season. A couple of untimely strikeouts and some confused fielding got the better of the dogs. Mr. Boy hit three more big ones, but only one was an RBI. These are fat pitches, of course, thrown by their coach. Next year, when Mr. B. says he wants to play again, they will be player pitches for the last half of the season, and continue each year thereafter until they’re old enough that the player pitcher has some control and can fan batters. Nice trophy, though, even for the runners-up, and the team party at Lake Austin is later today. People talk about berserk parents at little league games, but, in two seasons now, I’ve never seen any. The rules are understood: criticize a player, coach or umpire and you get ejected from the park. We cheered for two of the wings, when they batted, one in Mr. B.’s class, and both in his cub scout den. Other Muckdog parents did the same for their sons’ friends.

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Muckdogs rule

Posted on May 18, 2007 | Comments Off on Muckdogs rule

The dogs beat the Sidewinders 19 to 10 this evening, so they’ll play in the AA-7 Little League championship tomorrow morning. Mr. B. had three big hits and two runs. Earned him three bags of Skittles, as every player got candy for whatever extraordinary thing they did. Not sure who their opponent is tomorrow, but presume it will be the Redwings, which would confirm the season standings, which has the wings at No. 1 and the dogs at No. 2. Tomorrow will decide whether that standing remains.

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Best game of the season

Posted on May 17, 2007 | Comments Off on Best game of the season

This evening’s parent-player game at the Muckdogs’ final practice was the most fun of the season, with moms and dads playing defense. Not real stringent defense. We have a crop of hitters and improving defenders. A few can catch pop flies, and most can stop grounders. I hit a grounder that Mr. Boy stopped in the outfield. They’re all still working on throwing and catching thrown balls, however, so it’s not a steady performance. But in most games this season in AA-7 they have blinded the opposition with hitting, and lately are pulling out some clutch defense. If they win tomorrow evening’s game, well… I probably shouldn’t get the cart before the horse.

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Still winning

Posted on May 15, 2007 | Comments Off on Still winning

The Muckdogs won their first post-season game today on the way to the championships, beating the Diamond Jaxx 13 to 11. Mr. B. had two good hits, but was stranded once and tagged out the second time. Next game is Friday. If the dogs win that one, they’ll play in the championship game on Saturday.

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Catalina 22

Posted on May 14, 2007 | Comments Off on Catalina 22

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The family sloop, a 1985 Catalina 22, looks better in this photo than it did up close, at the time, as it was covered with grey mold spots after a year without use on Lake Travis. During the drought the docks were moved to where they were inaccessible most of the time. Now it’s back and almost four weeks since the photo was taken, the exterior is three-quarters clean. Elbow grease and Sof Scrub is all it takes. Still have to finish the cockpit and clean out the cabin, but it’s coming along. The admiral wants to sell it and I had planned to, while it was inaccessible, but of course nobody wanted to buy it then. But after 22 years of sailing it, it’s hard to part. Has to be cleaned and the outboard overhauled to sell it, anyway. If I can lure Mr. B. onto it a couple of times once school is out on May 24, I may have the winningest reason to keep it. Racing is something I’ve never cared to do, but he might find it exciting.

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Muckdogs teeter on edge of fame

Posted on May 9, 2007 | Comments Off on Muckdogs teeter on edge of fame

If the Redwings lose to the Mets tomorrow, in the last game of the 2007 Northwest Little League season, the Muckdogs will finish as the season champs. If the Redwings win, they will be No. 1 and the dogs No. 2. The Mets were one of the dogs’ two losses in their 11 win, 2 loss season. Practice tomorrow and Saturday, either way, with tournament games to start Monday or Tuesday. In our last game yesterday, we beat Thunder by one run. Mr. B. only got to bat twice, striking out once and hitting one to left field for a double. Then, playing third base, he tagged a runner out. He’ll enjoy tomorrow’s practice, since it will be all hitting, in the batting cages.

UPDATE  The Redwings won their game and now are in first place with a season record of 11-1-1. The Muckdogs are second, with 11-2, and their first tournament game is on Tuesday. Ironically, the Redwings’ one loss was to the Muckdogs.

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