Now Batting...#1...Shortstop for the Indians...

Oak's first baseball game was today....it was a lot of fun watching him & his team (including Ezra y Asa) play. Oak did really good, as he had an in-the-park home run and a single (see below pict after his single). Best of all, he had a lot of fun.


Some kid's leagues give you 5 strikes and other concessions, but this league plays by regular ball rules: 3 strikes and you're out. On Oak's home run, he really worked the count as he missed twice, fouled it a couple times, and then had a good solid hit up the middle.

Any ball player always talk about how it's better to get a win than to have good stats. For instance, fast-approaching-Babe-Ruth (and steroid addict) Barry Bonds recently said in response to his slow start (just 2 hits) to the season, "...I'll take a 2-for-the-rest-of-the-season as long as we win the World Series." But do they really mean it when they say they'd rather win than have fantastic stats? I don't know, maybe I'd feel different if I was in their shoes, but at least with Barry, I'm not so sure he took steroids just to win one for the team.