Monday, June 23, 2008

Tournament

I snapped this picture Saturday of my Grandson at bat in a T-Ball tournament (Coaches Pitched). It was over a hundred degrees in Sacramento, but the kids didn’t have much trouble playing in the heat. Us spectators were another story altogether. We sat in the shade under a tree, and it still felt like being slow roasted in an oven. In between the two games, the kids went swimming at a family’s house, while we visitors from another planet (the cool Bay Area) found a restaurant with Air Conditioning. By the end of the second game, the temperature had dropped from Seventh Level of Hell degrees to Sixth Level of Hell degrees. We went back to the Bay, which sported nearly frigid temps in the high sixties.

On Sunday, it cooled off into the low nineties for the kids, and my Grandson’s team won the tournament in their last at bats. Although my wife and I regret not being able to stay over in Sacramento, we had to leave the ‘Furnace’ for at least a day’s recovery before going to work today. :) In this slow period for even rejections, without any newly worded Agent form letters or publisher put downs to report, at least there was joy for the 'Mudville Nine' in the Sacramento Furnace this weekend.

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7 comments:

  1. Jordan SummersJune 23, 2008 at 1:45:00 PM PDT

    Bernard, Sounds like an enjoyable way to spend the afternoon. It was 'only' 100 degrees. That's nothing. *ggg*

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  2. BernardLJune 23, 2008 at 3:27:00 PM PDT

    Sacramento is a 'Furnace', but you live in the 'Blast Furnace', Jordan. There is a reason why so many wagon trains never made it through Arizona you know. :)

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  3. BernitaJune 24, 2008 at 4:09:00 AM PDT

    I live in the wrong part of the continent.

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  4. BernitaJune 24, 2008 at 6:27:00 AM PDT

    And Bernard, thank you so much for your support at the Roast.

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  5. BernardLJune 24, 2008 at 6:40:00 AM PDT

    I've been in a lot of places, Bernita, but I never found a more mild clime than the SF Bay Area. Visiting in Sacramento for a day during the summer is about all I can stand. :)

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  6. eve1521June 27, 2008 at 2:04:00 PM PDT

    Oh Dad! I swear you get more fragile every year. ;) I was without air conditioning for two weeks in the furnace before this tournament. It builds character. ;) ...We were glad you guys could come up for atleast one day. I haven't forgotten about the pictures, I will send them this weekend hopefully. Love ya!

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  7. BernardLJune 27, 2008 at 6:16:00 PM PDT

    Yep, fragile, that's me. :)

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