Baseball Championship

Wow!! Did we have fun at the Opening Ceremonies for the Dizzy Dean 11 yr old baseball series - right here in Cullman, Alabama!! Jason Calvert, a dear friend, happened to mention on the phone that his son, Luke, had been chosen to catch the "first ball pitched" so we hurried to Heritage Park and caught all the action. They even had Cullman Skydivers to bring in the ceremonial baseball! It was fantastic!! Teams were there from Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida and Georgia. The games begin tomorrow. I became a baseball fan when Nate started in T-ball and then started following the Atlanta Braves. Our daughter, son and a friend were allowed to skip school (actually in the Atlanta metroplex it was a free day) when the Braves won the World Series (some years back now) and attend the big parade. There is more to that story but you need to ask Elizabeth or Nate as they saw it all first-hand (it involved large crowds, large people, and shooting). I was so happy when Nate decided to play church softball and I could once again enjoy going to the ballpark and cheering on him and our team! Then we learned Eva, the oldest daughter of our friends in Texas, was playing softball and we got to catch a few of her games too.