Baseball

Back in the present. The season is winding down for the South City Pony League A's. Dad is the coach, and it's coach pitch. Here's Dad pitching to Buster:

Note the follow-through. Uncanny resemblance to this guy, don't you think?

But we were talking about Buster.

Crack!

Safe at first.

Rounding third, he was headed for home, it was a brown-eyed handsome man. Full disclosure: These photos are presented in chronological sequence, but I don't know if they're from the same at-bat. Here's a later at-bat:

He hit it pretty hard. An atom ball and, unseen, a nice play by the first baseman.

There's still one catcher named Buster in the S.F.
5/21/11

Soccer

Buster plays on a team in the after-school program. They practice during the week and have games on Saturdays. They play outdoors in the fall and spring and in a gym in the winter.

Pregame stretching, sort of.

Warming up.

The team. Kind of a lot of kids for 5-on-5, though the ranks thinned out on game days by spring. And now: Action.


I could have danced all night ...

The rooting section.


Ouch. He was OK.

Halftime water break with coach Brandon.




10/16/11