TruGreen Softball

So alot of you know that Daniel is playing on his company's softball team this year. I was a little worried since he didnt ask his doctor about his back before signing up but that's a whole different story.

So anyway he had his first game last Tuesday. It was a double header. All I can say about those two games is WOW. TruGreen was not good! LOL..Daniel and one other guy were the only ones who could catch and the other teams were awesome. So myself and the other TruGreen wives were sitting on the side lines wishing it was a coed team so that we could all show then how it is done..lol

Thursday's game was not much better. The guys fielded a little better but still they could not score a run to save their life. It was bad.

Last night they had another game. They played American Lubefast. Well what do you know the boys finally woke up and won a game. They didnt even look like the same team. They were hitting awesome and catching balls that were not easily catchable. I was so proud. I guess the embarassment woke them up.

Anyway the main reason I am writing a blog about this is because as most of you know I played softball for many many years. It has however been 8 years since I have played. I had no idea going into this that it was gonna have this effect on me. I realized I MISS THIS SPORT SOOOO MUCH! It is really hard for me to sit on the sidelines and watch and not play. I had not picked up a bat or glove in 8 years and this past weekend I did. :) First of all Daniel and I went to the batting cages on Friday night. I was a little worried that I would not be good after 8 years but I found out that it is like riding a bike. Once you learn it you will always be able to do it. We each hit 100 balls each and we had a blast. I of course was very sore the next morning. But holding that bat and connecting with that ball felt so good and so right. It took me back to my softball days, the smell, the feeling, and the excitement. It mad me sad. So TruGreen was having a practice on Sunday afternoon but Daniel felt he would get better practice if he and I played around for a while. I course this made me very excited. So Sunday after Church we went to Ruby Tuesday's with Jason, Myra, Jackson and the girls and then we headed to my parents house for some backyard practice. Daniel and I took turns hitting each other ground balls and pop flys (which catching is the same as hitting, like a bike) and then we just kinda threw the ball around. I can't believe how good of shape I used to be in the practice long long hours and play long games. I now was huffing and puffing (of course Daniel was not taking it easy on me..lol) But man I am out of shape. Anyway before we went home I got the bright idea that I was gonna try to pitch. As many of you know I was a fast pitch pitcher for many years and was even offered scholarships for it but turned them down..another sad story, but anywho I was pretty good back then if I do say so myself...lol....my fastball was clocked at 65mph when I was 12...i never had it clocked after that but I know it got faster. So here I am getting ready to pitch to Daniel with my dad watching of course. All the memories flooding back over me as I stood in the exact spot that I stood so very many afternoons practicing with my dad. Well so I pitched...and guess what? It was a strike! Yes! I continued to pitch for a few minutes and realized that hey...I STILL GOT IT!..haha....so now it has me thinking that I really want to play again. Daniel is trying to find me an adult fast pitch league, if anyone knows of one let me know, but I said that I was gonna go back to college full time so that I could play...lol anyway just taking a trip down memory lane and being sad. I can finally now understand why my dad was so involved in all of my sports. I know I will be that parent who is coaching little league and going to every single game and being so involved! I can't wait!