Finally able to watch baseball on TV

Team USA vs. Venezuela right now. Although I’m mostly listening because I’m also working! Shhh … don’t tell.

I just watched Chipper Jones look at strike three. Sigh. But it’s only the first inning. Ooh, it’s former Brave Mark DeRosa in left field.

We’ve been busy with softball practice. Riley is playing coach-pitch fastpitch this year; it’s a huge difference from T-ball. She’s making decent contact, but we’ve got to work on bat speed and the hip turn.

We also bought her a face protector to wear if she’s playing infield. Lots of girls wear them now, and I think it’s a good idea, even at this young age. Everything is so much faster and harder now than when I was a kid.

So far she’s having fun and learning the proper way to hit, catch and throw … the most important things.