baseball is such a wonderful thing for me these days. i just love love love watching three of my boys (yes, Hudson, AJ and Jeff, aka coach extraordinaire!) soak up the excitement of league play with a fun team of really great boys on these beautiful spring nights when the sun is warm and pretty and the field is green and the sounds and sights of the ball diamond have a refreshing way of greeting a new season. it is relaxing and a gift i simply treasure.
anyway, last night Hudson was called in to pitch mid game. he threw his warm up pitches and knelt down to scratch something into the dirt on the mound. i didn't think much of it. i thought he was clearing the ground of a stone or twig.
on the way home, he said "hey Dad, i did a Jason Grilli tonight! did you see it when i wrote in the dirt by my feet?" Jeff immediately knew what he meant and asked him what he'd written. "S&J", responded Hudson....Awwhhh, my heart....S&J for us, his parents! he said he'd wanted to write more, but didn't want the umpire to tell him to hurry up! :) part of the reason Hudson loves baseball is the chance to emulate all the things he loves most about the big league players, and Jason Grilli from the Toronto Blue Jays is one of the many! Hudson regularly, as in almost each and every game, adapts his batting stance and his throw and his handshakes and mannerisms to model what he sees on MLB baseball...while it can be extremely inconsistent and not at all predictable when you're trying to establish a solid hitting routine, it is also quite cute and one of the very reasons he loves to play as much as he does. i just love that both boys are having fun out there and learning the sport that offers life skills beyond the innings played at the ball park.
play on boys, and go Wranglers!
