Back on the Air and Ben’s Tryout

I was supposed to be in Seattle today, but I traded today and Friday with being here so I could see Ben try out for the WSU Baseball team. I had talked to him about it on the boat. I told him that if he did not try out now he would regret it years down the road. He would always wonder if he could have made it. He would regret not trying to do it when he was young.

As it turned out I also had the radio show today so it worked out great. I spent the morning trying to prepare for the show. I ran to Colfax and got my headphones and my radio CD. I got a bunch of things to talk about put into a word document. I had to take my truck into Neill Motors for some recall work. I got a ride to the CUB and did my show. I played a fair amount of music because I did not have a lot to talk about today.

After the show I walked to the Bookie and took the bus to pick up my truck. I got back to my office. When I was done working I got some dinner and headed to the WSU Baseball field. The try-outs lasted about four hours. First it was running, throwing, and fielding drills. Once those were done they played some real innings of baseball. The guys who were trying out to be a pitcher were the ones throwing. They got twenty pitches or three outs which ever came first. One guy in the group had a pretty good fastball and did well. Most of the people did not do that great.

It was funny to watch the guys trying out go from not really talking to much to talking and rooting for each other. It was a good team atmosphere. I don’t think any of them will make the team however, because they have a full roster already and no one really kicked a lot of butt. But Ben did it. He had some good throws and some good hits. I think he is happy he did it and will be able to never wonder “what if”.