Such a nice day here in southern Ohio! Def the day that lets you know the bad weather is behind us and baseball and yard work is ahead of us. I mentioned yesterday how slow the sports world is currently, unless you are really in to college basketball recruiting and coaching carousel. But starting Saturday the calendar is filled yet again. I'm stuck at work all day but took a few minutes to watch the DP show. They were talking about foul ball stories and if they have ever caught one. So this inspired me to tell my own story. I was at a Reds game and I believe it was 2000 and Dante Bichette hit a grand slam down the left field line. My friends and I had moved seats just in case of this situation. Not that we liked Dante, or anyone did for that matter. This was a line drive shot. The stands weren't crowded and the ball was coming right at me. So being known for my defense on the field, I got in my stance and kept my eyes on the ball. I wasn't nervous because, well I have great hands. I'm not an athlete but catching a ball was one thing I knew I could get done. "The vacuum" is what I was called. Anyway, as the ball approaches my friend Jason who well was a bigger, stronger, taller guy than I hip checks me out of the way to get the ball himself. Of coarse he doesn't get it and it hits off the seats in front of us right in the lap of a kid that had to been around 5 years old. Now Id rather see a kid get the ball but I was about 14 at the time. So The kids Dad who was nowhere to be seen quickly runs over to his son and congratulates him. So this story has a good ending and Bichette was a bum in my eyes anyway. As for my friend Jason I was pretty angry but more so laughing as I got off the ground. At least the fans didn't yell throw it back at the kid. I hate that. Well I hate Cubs fans in general. The only Cubs fan in history I like is Henry Rowengardner (from the movie Rookie of the Year). But if I had an arm injury that allowed me to throw the ball on a frozen rope to home plate, Id throw it back too. Back to work for me. Twitter me!