Back to Practice

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Evan had his first practice of the season last night.  Last night, it was mostly testing measurables - how many push ups, pull ups, their speed, etc..  There was some strength and conditioning going on as well as getting the new kids acclimated to the system.  Today, Evan had his first field practice later in the afternoon.

First, though, Rachel and I slept in some this morning before getting up.  Both Rachel and I did some work when we did get up.  Then Rachel ran for an hour on the treadmill.  She wanted to go outside and run but it was 37 degrees, and she didn't want to run in that temperature.

After lunch, I drove Evan to practice.  I dropped him off and went to a coffee shop and worked some.

Noah stayed home and worked on his science fair project.  I helped him over text.

I watched the last hour and change of Evan's practice.  I saw him pitch in a scrimmage.  He gave up a triple on his first pitch and the didn't let that runner score.  He got ahead on the next batter 0-2 and the got him to weakly fly to first.  He struck out the next batter with a curve ball.  And the third batter, he got behind 2-0, then threw two strikes with the batter hitting a soft liner to short for the third out.  At catcher, Evan was really good.  He blocked everything in front of him.  He also somehow blocked one ball and was able to get up so quick and fire a strike to second.  It was a really good play.  He struggled a bit hitting but that was his only weakness today.

After we got home, we picked up Papa and went to Evangeline's for dinner.  The boys ate really well.

The boys are upstairs playing on the Playstation.  They will go to bed soon.

Until next time...

Charity Dinner

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Last night, Rachel and I went to a charity dinner and auction for an organization called RBI Austin.  They provide baseball for low income families.  There were quite a few major league baseball players there.  The honoree for the dinner was the former UT baseball coach Auggie Garido who is the winningest coach in NCAA baseball history.  Because of that, many of his former players were there as well.  I was able to talk to a guy who pitched for the Pirates for a few years.  He was very nice and very talkative.  We did donate some money but we didn't buy any of the big auction items.  Grandma and Papa took care of the boys.

Today, we walked the boys to school.  We've had sun the last two days so it was a nice walk.

For lunch, we went to Wholy Bagel.  After that we drove downtown so Rachel could pick up her packet for the half marathon she is running in on Sunday.

There was no baseball after school today so we just hung out at the house.

For dinner, we went with Papa to Evangeline's Cafe.  It was good.  The boys ate well.  They both got crawfish.

When we got home, we watched Timeless.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...