my retirement plan....

**0rion** · 05-15-2009, 09:37 PM

taken with our digital camera because I didn't feel like wagging around a camcorder plus a digital camera.

**Spikito** · 05-15-2009, 10:27 PM

watching him crowd the plate at the beginning was the cutest thing ever

**0rion** · 05-15-2009, 10:33 PM

the coach was throwing them a lot slower than I do and they were mostly high on him. I bring the heat compared to that. He hits much better when they have a little speed behind them and are level instead of the moon balls. It's fun watching him learn. I loved baseball as a kid and was pretty damn good at it. Hopefully he'll love it as much as I did. I've been working on pop flies with him this week. He's only taken 2 to the face so far.

I use those soft baseballs so they don't really beat him up like the regular baseballs we used as kids. Still make a distinct "thump" when they hit a noggin though.

**qwkgto** · 05-16-2009, 05:11 PM

lol..i remember when my two boys started and i have hours of video,played for hours with them in front yard and our lab would play outfeild...my oldest went to state playoffs a few years back..
you have alot of playing catch ahead of you orion ..

**KahanaReef** · 05-16-2009, 05:25 PM

Boy, you know... I just love when you post this stuff!

How cute. Way to go Zach!

Although, you make me miss those days

Crap... maybe I am getting ready to be a Grandma after all

**0rion** · 05-16-2009, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by KahanaReef

Boy, you know... I just love when you post this stuff!

How cute. Way to go Zach!

Although, you make me miss those days

Crap... maybe I am getting ready to be a Grandma after all

you know what they say about being a grandparent right? It's better because at the end of the day you give them back.

**0rion** · 05-16-2009, 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by qwkgto

lol..i remember when my two boys started and i have hours of video,played for hours with them in front yard and our lab would play outfeild...my oldest went to state playoffs a few years back..
you have alot of playing catch ahead of you orion ..

I look forward to it. We play quite a bit in the backyard now....pretty much daily.

Went to the Ohio River tonight fishing. Did ok, nothing special. Little early for flatheads down there I think. We caught 8 with the biggest being 7.5lbs. I caught a decent channel cat that went 5lbs. Probably be another month before they really turn on down there.

**allbaugh_04** · 05-16-2009, 11:58 PM

He's crowding the plate! lol

Nice job kiddo

**0rion** · 05-17-2009, 12:00 AM

Originally Posted by allbaugh_04

He's crowding the plate! lol

Nice job kiddo

it don't help that he doesn't know what "the plate" is.

**allbaugh_04** · 05-17-2009, 12:06 AM

Originally Posted by 0rion

it don't help that he doesn't know what "the plate" is.

**Sarge** · 05-17-2009, 04:30 AM

Man I have thrown 7,395,120 balls to my Grandson. He knocks the cover off of it. I'm like you though. I bring the heat. That guys was lobbing them too high for the kids.

**0rion** · 05-17-2009, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by Sarge

Man I have thrown 7,395,120 balls to my Grandson. He knocks the cover off of it. I'm like you though. I bring the heat. That guys was lobbing them too high for the kids.

last week I started using a regular baseball along with that soft tee ball and he immediately noticed the difference. A regular baseball sounds much nicer coming off an aluminum bat and it goes way further. He requests we use the regular one now.

**pajeff02** · 05-17-2009, 10:02 AM

That's a great vid. Does the voice at the end say, "Yeah! We rock!" ? Well, +1, tell your son the guys here at LS1.com say,

**mark21742** · 05-18-2009, 04:46 AM

my son is only 2 so we are still working with the inflatable rubber ball, next we will step up to the wiffle ball and bat.......im the mechanic......his step dad is the sports nut and plays softball, so together we can get Josh learning everything!
its fun now and as the years past it will only get better!