KL, congratulations on your sons great season! My stepson, Anthony finished his season on Wednesday. I'm not sure if you saw my post earlier about him making the All-Star team for the first time. We had a blast. His All-Star team, the Washington Manor All-Stars, went 1-7 in the two tournaments they were in. Not good at all.

However, the second tournament was held here in San Leandro for the first time in years, so it was fun watching our boys in front of the home town. Not only that, but Anthony was the only kid to hit a home run during the contest! The league commissioner signed the ball and dated it with Tone's name on it and put it in a baseball case. After the game they presented it to him along with a Home run pin. It was pretty special! Even though the team didn't play well, he played awesome! The cool thing is that him as well as his good friend Aaron were the only ones to consistently get on base and drive in runs.

I hope he is into baseball this much next year. He can be flaky from year to year, but I think after making the All-Star team he has the itch.

I don't have any kids of my own, but Anthony is as close to a son as I will ever have, and I think I understand the excitement you must go through, KL, with your son. I'm so proud