Playing Baseball once Again

Once again i am strapping on the spikes to play ball. This time i will be playing with my friends on a Babe Ruth team. our team name is the Wild Screaming Rapta's. our mascot is a huge Raptor painted red we are nothing less than amazing. yesterday was our first game and we beat the team into submission 17-1, i went 1-3 with a walk, stolen base, RBI, and a shot and a half to right center off the wall.

Our team has great chemistry and we all get along and don't mind sitting the bench to let other kids get in the game. we all already have nicknames, mine is lumberjack because i am a powerhouse batting clean-up in the lineup.

One of the major reasons that i joined the team was because now that i am an umpire i wanted to see what it would be like from both sides of the plate. i want to see how other umpires call their strike zone and how they react to certain plays so that i can adapt to what i see and do it in my games. and i really respect the umpires now because some of them just do it for fun and give up their free time to be there.

I think this team will really help me with umpiring and in reverse it will make me a better hitter because i will be seeing balls and strikes all the time.