The Mock Dock

This past weekend, the Little League Word Series championship was played between the U.S team from Georgia and the team from Japan.  The U.S. team won with a walk off home run, keeping title here in the grand ole US of A.  Way to go, all of you 12 -year-olds…

Now freaking run… life is all downhill from this point.  Your fathers have pushed you as hard as they can.  Trust me when I tell you that each of your dad’s, step-dads, big brothers or neighbor Steve’s that just want to “help a young boy” (Forgive me Father for I have s… maybe you aren’t the right one to talk to about this, father)…anyway…they are all reliving their pasts through you trying to heal the years of pain that their own failures have caused.

I used to throw pitch after pitch, take swing after swing, take hours of fungo… giving away my early teens to be the best little leaguer I could be… but here is the secret….

When you are a grown-up, you can just go buy the trophies… now I am the World Champion of everything!

Now…. go smoke some cigarettes and steal an orange Push-up from Tex’s grocery on the corner and enjoy the last few days of summer that you have.