{"id":2872,"date":"2017-05-07T22:53:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T13:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/?p=2872"},"modified":"2017-07-06T17:44:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T08:44:44","slug":"teaching-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/teaching-catch\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Catch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I spent this afternoon with a two year old. Cute kid. At first he didn’t know what to make of this tall foreigner but all little kids love to play. First his parents took one each of his arms and did the “Jump and pulled him off the ground” game. Then I played the “Jump and lift the little guy to ride on my shoulders” game. He was probably scared so I let him down to his mother’s arms. Once his mother put him down he put up his index finger. Yes, the international signal for “One more time”. I don’t know what they are feeding the kid but he is solidly built. He is not one of your econo-two-year olds. He is built like a 57 Chevy. As you could imagine “one more time” is never one more time. Good work out.<\/p>\n

Later I played a game of hiding behind furniture and having him find me. I even had to sneak out the back door to outsmart the guy. It is great to hear a little one laugh. Us tall guy don’t hide that well.<\/p>\n

Then I thought I would try to teach the tyke how to catch. At that age you have to throw it just right and hope the ball doesn’t bounce out. Luckily the mom was there to teach and aid in the cupping action. I had a Nerf-like that worked the best. He was able to catch the thing all by himself. This means my expert coaching did the impossible again. Just so you know that when this guy makes millions playing Major League Baseball it was that first Dime that started the process. I will be humble another day.<\/p>\n

I wish I had the parents permission to post a picture for I have a great shot that my wife took of the smiling mother and the boy catching. Priceless.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: I put in a cropped picture.<\/p>\n

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