La Dolce Vita

• Monday, June 4, 2007 - Reason 4,567,955 Why I Love My Husband

Our boy is in his fourth season of baseball. Over these seasons, our goals for him have been to have fun and learn the skills of the game. God has blessed us with great coaches who have these same goals. We have discovered, however, that not every team has been so fortunate. This past weekend we had a Friday night game and a Saturday afternoon game against the same team. The intensity at which those other coaches coached was crazy...especially given that these are younger guys who aren't even pitching yet! This other team was certainly a skilled team, outfielding and out hitting ours, but I wouldn't want to put up with that kind of coaching. My sweet husband is a coach on our team, and he usually stands out in the field with a clipboard and keeps track of runs and hits. This is very helpful because the inning ends with either 3 outs or 5 runs. Often a nice little dialogue runs between the coaches of the two teams about how many runs or outs have occurred. Not with this team. At one point our guys had 4 runs, and these other coaches called the inning and brought their team in. Rather than make a big deal about it to our guys, our coaches, including my husband, just laughed and rolled with the call, sending our players to the outfield. Several other calls were made in a similar fashion, always to the disadvantage of our players. I talked about it with my guy afterwards. He said it was a little frustrating, but pointed me back to our original goals-fun and skill building. He and the other coaches knew they could keep the focus on our goals by just rolling with these competitive coaches and not making a big deal about their choices. His (and the other coaches') gentle response kept the focus on the game and the kids-where it should be.

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