final baseball results...

Well, at least the trip for those that went wasn't a total loss. The BP Pirates that went to the Ohio Valley Regional playoffs didn't come home with a trophy, but a commemorative t-shirt from the event........AND...
the satisfaction of placing 4th out of 25 teams.

Ya gotta love that at least!

...and now they are all at it again locally. They are playing Thur-Sat this week in Pulaski. It is currently 5 minutes before the start of the 2nd game. They called the first game after the 4th inning as BP was winning 10-0 over Menasha. (and no, I'm not there because I have to be at work at 2am. Bed time is reeeeeeeeeeal soon.)

It's been hot and humid here with storms to follow off and on for about 5 days now with no end in site. The humidity here is 2x what it is in Washington. Who'd a thunk it could be worse? Anyhooo...there is no end in site right now for all the above with the next 7 days temps ranging between 92-98.

Our only relief is that we aren't St. Louis without power, or Calif. with 15 days straight of 90+ temps. To my knowledge, no one here has died from it here.

Until tomorrow or the next day.....Stay cool!!!

no LLWS this year...bummer

This is copied and pasted from today's (7/25/06) online edition of www.shelbynews.com .

Schererville (Ind.) defeated Howard Suamico (Wis.), 13-3, and then rallied to beat Okolona (Ky.), 10-4 Monday to earn a berth in tonight's Ohio Valley Regional championship game at Donald L. Johnson Park in Shelbyville.

It is a bummer, but yet still a relief. As I stated yesterday, I have mixed emotions about this. Knowing the heartbreak that the next step would have brought to those that weren't of "the chosen few", I'm glad for them that this is over. Hopefully next year will be different and the WHOLE team will be included...especially if this parent has anything to say about it!
.......getting back off my soapbox to watch the storms roll thru again :)

Have a great day everyone!!!

Mixed baseball 'mom' emotions...

Ok, it's hard to get excited about this, for me, because Jonathon isn't there, but this IS his baseball team. The team is just too big (19 kids) and not all of the boys could go. They were limited to 12 boys. He plays for the Howard-Suamico Bay Port Pirates baseball team.

But, I still feel the need to cheer them on anyway. Mixed emotions I guess. Keep in mind as you read this, they are playing in Shelbyville, Indiana. These are the regional play-offs, and the next step is:

The Little League World Series


Here's the latest on the Howard-Suamico Bay Port Pirate 12 year old boys representing Wisconsin for a chance at the Little League World Series. This is from today's (7/24) edition online.

Way to go boys!! Keep up the good work!

link:http://www.shelbynews.com/main.asp?SectionID=40&SubSectionID=94&ArticleID=40325&TM=53305.12