The Family Guy is BACK!

With the alarm clock blasting only ninety minutes after I went to sleep, I hit the off button. Then about thirty minutes later I realized I should be up already. So I jumped out of bed. Got ready. Put my uniform on and ran out the door. I still got to the field only about ten minutes late. But I was a little on the tired side.

As we got ready for the first game we were throwing the ball. It was warm and very humid. I was uncomfortable. Then we played our first game. I had an inside the park homerun. It was fun. I played first base. Then we had a second game right away. I hit the ball well again and played first base and did some pitching.

We won both games. So we are now seven and one on the season with one more game today. We had almost a two hour break. So I went to the store and got a small sub sandwich. I hung out in my truck a little bit and let the AC cool me down.

When I went back to where everyone else was I tried to sleep a little bit, but the best I was able to do was rest as little. Then we had to go warm up. After throwing the ball a little bit we went back to play. My first at bat the pitcher was throwing the ball about two feet over my head when the ball crossed the plate. So after ball three I swung the bat. And the umpire said “that was ball four, but he swung the bat, so STRIKE!” The next pitch almost hit me in the head. I had a walk. I was out of energy though. I was tired and just exhausted. By the middle of the game I worked on my PMA to get my head back into the game. I did not hit the ball well. I actually had two pop-ups after the walk. My last chance for a hit came in the last inning, but I knew what would happen. I would stand in the batters box and the last out would be made the by the guy in front of me. I was right. That always seems to happen.

In the second to last inning while I was at first base I made two good plays. One was a big stretch to get the out. The other one was a throw from third base. The ball was too high. I was going to jump up and get it, but I would have pulled my foot and the guy would have been safe because he was almost there. So I did a quazi-jump keeping my toe on the bag. I caught the ball with the upper part of my mitt. The team cheered for that play. I even had guys from another team who were waiting to come on the field compliment me on the play.

We ended up winning that final game to go to eight and one on the season. We were next going to head to Raphael’s house for a team get together. He has a really nice house south of Auburn. He cooked all sorts of Mexican dishes.

Everyone sat around and chatted and ate. After dinner I went outside and hung out with the dogs and played with them. Mark was out there with me. Then everyone went into his pool room where he also has a roulette table setup. A bunch of the people on the team played roulette and I watched and took some pictures.

Maulers gambling at Raphael’s

I left a little before seven o’clock. I wanted to get home so I could watch the Sunday night shows on Fox, including the return of the Family Guy. The Simpsons had two new episodes. There was also a new show called American Dad on. When the was over with I watched Gray’s Anatomy. But I fell asleep during that show. I was so tired I was just ready to sleep.