Thank goodness at the age of 10 we bucked the JW system and let my son play baseball.
His team is #5 and they just beat the #4 team. He's their pitching ace and gave up only 4 hits.
Next up the #1 Team in the conference which my son used to play for until he moved on to a private school. His team has lost to his old team 8 straight times....Winner is in Eastern State Finals.
Son pitched in Playoffs - won 6-4 ! only gave up 4 hits
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UnConfused
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nvrgnbk
Congrats to the both of you UnConfused!
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Fleshybirdfodder
Wow! That's incredible. When I was a kid I begged until I cried to be allowed to play baseball. The answer was always, "you can play with the brothers". Unfortunately where I live hockey is religion and I'm not really a fan (heresay I know to my fellow Canucks), and NOBODY in my congregation wanted to play baseball. I'd go for hours and pitch against a school wall, or hit fly balls into the field and then spend forever rounding them up. I'm finally going to join a somewhat competitive league next season. Congrats to you and your son! Awesome!
FBF
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Bumble Bee
That's great news Unconfused!!
BB
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UnConfused
FBF - I hate to hear those stories. Sports can really be so good and they have been for our family. You may be interested to know that he hockey coach, a Canadian, plays pro baseball for YOUR Toronto Blue Jays.
NVR - does your son play any sports?
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nvrgnbk
NVR - does your son play any sports?
He wants to go out for football next year. He'll soon be 5'-10" and just turned 13. And a little stocky. Although, I'm a little concerned about the lasting effects of sports injuries on the teenage body. We'll see. Again, congrats to you and the kid!
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kerj2leev
Unconfused
That is great that your son is playing sports, we just played a game tonight and my son pitched also. I have to laugh when I look around, see all the smiling faces and families spending time together. Makes you wonder how jw's can say it's bad to play sports .
I was one of the lucky ones who was raised a witness, but was able to play sports. My parents caught hell for it in the congregation, but they stuck it out for me.
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UnConfused
Kerj - what age is your son? Is he on a LL team / or school team?
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kerj2leev
He is 11 and in LL!
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UnConfused
What position does he play besides pitcher?