Caveman in Elkland

The Caveman accompanied me this past weekend to the Molly Sherman Memorial tournament in Elkland, PA. This was his first trip to Elkland and he seemed to enjoy himself as I had hoped he would. I helped coach (and played a little bit) for CanAm Power which was a combination of Broker4Tickets / Team Quebec and a few guys from Pennsylvania.

Here is the "Caveman By the Numbers" for this past weekend:

5: Servings of french fries consumed from Molly's Red Barn.

1: Chicken dinners eaten, smearing his hands and face with grease.

200: Approximate number of practice pitches he threw to me in between games and innings over the weekend.

6: Number of times he heckled an umpire for a call he thought was incorrect.

5: Number of times he asked awkwardly in front of the team "When are you going in, Daddy?" somewhat suggesting (incorrectly) that I could do a better job than the guys in the lineup.

1: Combination chirp / cheer comment when I came up to bat.

1: Exclamation of surprise when I actually got a hit.

3: Number of times sunscreen was applied due to the blazing sun and 35 C temperature.

2: Number of times he said "Are you sure you should have another one?" after my first Yuengling on Saturday.

1: Number of times he pretended to be French Canadian when talking to a local woman, then got complimented on "speaking English so well".

14: Consecutive hours he watched ball on Saturday.

5: Consecutive hours he watched ball on Sunday.

0: Number of times he said he was bored or wasn't having fun.

As a bonus, a few Caveman quotes from the weekend:

"Are you sure we are at the right place?" (As we drove into the parking lot at the complex.)

"That.....was amazing!" (After watching Mathieu Roy grab a deep gapper to left-centre field on one hop, pivot, turn and fire a dart to second base, holding a batter to a single on what looked like at least a triple.)

"Wait a minute, that's not the same Cookie from I4C Victory." (After I greeted ESA's Jeremy Cook at the park on Saturday morning.)

Some random kid on Field 1 at the Elkland Softball facility.