Better then Baseball

If you know me very well you know my son plays baseball.  By normal standards he is a very good player. 

In the past he has always been a first baseman and done an excellent job.  This year he is playing for a team that needs a catcher.  Although he has never played an inning at catcher he is giving the position a try.  The coaches tell me that it is going well and he should be able to play the position just fine when the season rolls around.  That will be fun.

In the past he has pitch a little but this year it appears like he has added a lot of velocity to his pitches and he will be a big part of the teams pitching plans.  That will also be fun.

Yesterday after practice the team is required to prep the fields for the next team.  Mike was the first guy to grab a rake and get going on getting the field ready.  He was also the last guy on the team to stop working.  Even though Mike was the first to start he didn't stop until everything was done!  Then after everybody hauled all the gear, about 150 yards uphill, from the field to the parking lot and we noticed a bag had been left behind Mike ran back to the field without being asked grabbed the bag and brought it back. 

He simply started running back to the field once he noticed the problem.

Left me thinking who cares how good a baseball player he is, the an attitude like he showed me yesterday someday he is going to be an awesome husband, father and coworker.  At this point in time who knows who his wife, kids and coworkers are going to be but it appears they will be a very lucky group of people.

By my standards Mike is an awesome son!!