sucking hind breast

Yow! The Big East is laying one huge egg so far in the NCAA tournament. Syracuse, Seton Hall and Marquette all went down in an 0-fer start for the conference. Here's hoping tonight we have a better showing.

The youngster's baseball team played last night, and he's very frustrated. Yes, they won, 12-4. That was mostly pitching though. The umpire had a very small strike zone, and our pitcher was better than theirs. We benefitted from a ton of walks. Yes he's still playing center or right field with the coach's son playing second, and yes, it's a bad case of daddy-ball. I'm not going to sit here and try to tell you the youngster is the best second baseman in his league, but he is pretty good, and he is better than what we have playing there. Actually, I think there's a kid on his team who's better than he is, but he isn't playing second either. That kid plays exclusively in the outfield too, and I haven't seen him practice at second enough to know. I think he'd be very good there, though. The coach's son is "playing up". That means he's a year younger than most kids in this league and should be playing in the lower age group. Truth be told, he really should be playing there. "Playing up" is supposed to be for kids who are so good they aren't being challenged in their regular age group. This kid isn't there, but his daddy's the coach and daddy's pushing him. The youngster actually asked the coach last night, "Can I please play some second base?" I didn't see the exchange, but he told me afterward the answer was something like, "Huh? Oh yeah. Maybe. We'll see." I told him, all you can do is ask, and prove on the field that you belong there. So far that isn't getting him there though. Life isn't fair, and sometimes it downright sucks, and that's a nasty lesson to learn. Last night he cried himself to sleep.