An annual event that JD has taken to is batting practice with the Buzz at "whom ever is sponsoring the team this year" Stadium. JD gets a kick out of hitting off a major league BP pitcher. This is the first year I was invited. I got a kick out of watching all these men go up there with their metal bats. They pitcher took it pretty easy on them and they'd get a few decent hits. There was this lady in front of us. She was wearing a buzz jersey, talking how she "special ordered" her wood bat. She spent 10 minutes stretching and everything. The entire time tell JD how to hit and what to watch for. She got in the cage and hit one pitch. That's it.
JD got in there and the pitcher threw it to him like he had the others and JD ripped it to the left field wall. Every one in line stopped in mid sentence. After that the pitcher starting throwing his good stuff. JD knock a couple off the wall and one that almost went over. At one point the pitcher through a change up and JD about cleated himself.
Seeing that I fell in love with a ball player, it was exciting to watch the ballplayer in him come out again, if only for a few minutes.
After the kids got to hit in the outfield, sending there balls over the fence. It was a fun outing.
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