Merritt Island Sr Little League

Jean-Luc went to his first practice today. It wasn't too bad. Myself and one of the other coaches were unable to hit fly balls consistently and Jean-Luc had to step in and do it for us. Thank you Jean-Luc. Of course he hit maybe ten fly balls and then he had to go practice pitching and it was up to me again. I'm way out of practice. Hitting the grounders for infield practice is so much easier.

Teenager vs Food

Well, it had to happen sometime. Jean-Luc finally had eyes bigger than his stomach. This morning at breakfast he actually had to push the plate away with some food left. He said "you won this round food."

Little League (R) 2010

Well the 2010 Little League (R) baseball season is here. Christopher is on the Pirates. Anton team name changed from the White Sox to the Red Sox. Jean-Luc's team is also the Pirates for now. The name may change as the coach is not sold on it. It is the team he was on last year but they had a different manager then.

I haven't been much help on the field. It has been freezing cold down here in Florida (but a lot warmer than my family up in the more northern states - TN and PA). Lots of rain the past couple weeks as well.

No practice tonight or flag football games. RAIN

Jury Duty: Doing my civic duty

Well, this week I did my civic duty and went to Jury Duty. The Moore Justice Center in Viera is the only county courthouse in Brevard county where you only have to go for one day if called.

I was fortunate enough to get put on a jury panel and get picked to sit on a criminal trial. Total time missing work - 2 days. Total time for trial and deliberation - 5 hours.

From 2:00 PM to 5:15 PM on Wednesday, we heard all the witnesses and both the prosecutor and defence attorney rested their cases. We started up with closing arguments at 10:30 AM and finished with deliberation at 11:45 AM. The verdict was guilty. The judge excused the jury as she sentence the criminal to 90 days in the county jail, followed by 9 months probation and court ordered AA meetings that the judge is sure he will not attend.

Lets Go Buccos!!!

Ok. Enough of me bad mouthing the Pittsburgh Pirates management.

The season is not over yet.

Lets go Bucs! Lets go Bucs! Lets go Bucs! Lets go Bucs! Lets go Bucs!