The weekend is coming, and again, have no clue as to which way to go. I think I shall fish this weekend. It has slowed a good bit where we are due to the weather. It has already broke into the 90's in the south and only will get worse. I know up north the bite is now picking up, but here it is slowing down........but baseball is in full force.

With all star baseball getting started, my time has been limited. I have coached baseball for several years, and this year is no different I suppose. The travel ball scene is really picking up, but I must say, I have to pass on putting a 10 year old through a 65 game summer schedule. It just doesn't make any sense why people would burn their kids out before their bodies even develope enough to really begin to develope the mechanics for the game. My opinion I guess. I am of the theory that if a kid has the talent and the desire, he or she will do what it takes to compete in high school and then if there is enough talent,emphasis on talent. they will get a chance to go to college. I tell you what you end up with. I see it every day. Moms and dads will send their child all across the country playing ball and what they are doing is causing their child to peak before they make it into college which, in turn, means that they send their child to college that has no ability to get any better. That is one of the reasons you see high school phenoms and never hear from them again when they get to college.

Just my opinion! There are so many more options now than there used to be. Baseball was seasonal when I played. Now kids are playing year round. Is year round baseball good for our kids? It's a crap shoot really. Its a big gamble on their bodies. You never know until after the fact I guess. Can you learn to be a competitor, or are they simply born that way. Who knows what the best way is? Baseball is a great game, but take it in stride. Never have I heard the game summed up as it was in Bull Durham, and I borrow the line...... "Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. But sometimes......it rains!