Baseball and Life

Well, our first three games of the Liberty Freshmen High School Baseball season (where I am assistant coach) have resulted in resounding defeats each of which have been by 2 touchdowns (14 runs) or more. We suck. Spanked like a red-headed step-child.

It is particularly frustrating when you have practiced with the kids and gone over in detail all the necessary information for them to be successful. Where to throw the ball for cut-offs, where to be defensively on a sacrafice bunt, how to read the coaches signs as to when to steal and hit-and-run, etc. Then game time comes and they have a brain freeze and forget everything they have been taught. Then you look in the stands and see all the parents talking to each other and you are guessing that they are wondering just what in the world are you teaching these kids!

But, freshmen baseball is like life...in a twisted sense of the imagination. We get all the info we need to be successful from church and the scriptures yet when the game of life says, "play ball" we succumb to woeful errors of temptation and missing the "signs" that have been given to us at such a great price. No wonder the "head coach" will get a little disappointed with his teams every once in awhile.

I just hope I don't get cut.