Me, Her, the Boy and a Dog

Last night, in my first softball game in a year, I went 1 for 2 with a walk, a run scored and three good catches in right center field including a couple on the run.

Tonight, I returned to the field and followed up last night’s performance with a 3 for 4 outing, two runs scored and four catches, including two in full sprint. No errors tonight.

And we won both games. Last night was a 6-5 come-from-behind win in which we scored two runs in our half of the final inning to win.

Tonights game was a slugfest. We rallied three times during the seven-inning game in which we trailed 10-8, 12-10 and 15-12. We were the home team, so trailing 15-12 entering the bottom half of the sixth inning, we rallied to tie the game 15. After holding them scoreless in the top of the seventh and final inning, we scored a run with two outs to complete the comeback.

The best part of the entire game was having my Boy there to see his old man play. When I talked to him on Monday at his mom’s house, he asked if he could come watch me play sometime, so when the team asked if I could play Tuesday as well, I told him he could watch me.

He cheered everything the team did and when I made one of my two great catches in the outfield, there was my Boy shouting from the dugout, “Great catch, DAD!” And when I got three hits, he’d yell “Nice hit, Dad!” And the one time I grounded out, he was quick to cheer me up with a “Don’t worry, Dad, you’ll get it next time!”

Tonight was one of those nights with my son I will never forget.