Embrace a Sense of Humor: THE PITCH

My husband returned from physical therapy today asking, “Where is The Pitch picture?” Suspicious of his intentions, I asked why he would want it.  Evidently he shared the story with his therapist, to the therapist’s great delight.  For years I’ve been telling the story – and always say Clay thinks it is funnier than I do… he probably tells it better too.  I figured, why not share it again? THE PITCH: Embrace A Sense Of Humor When the girls were about 9 months old, I was asked to throw out the first pitch at a major league baseball game. Even with all my dance training, I have never been particularly sporty and really had no business being with any sport involving throwing or catching a ball. Clay tried, early in our relationship, to teach me to play softball, but after the ball rolled out of my glove, down my arm and smashed my sunglasses, he finally understood the problem. My contribution to the softball league was keeping score —at which I am quite good. Nevertheless, how many people get to throw the first pitch? It sounded like fun. Clay thought I was nuts. He was sure that I would throw the ball into the dirt and people would boo me. “They booed the president; why wouldn’t they boo you?” he exclaimed. I decided I didn’t care. It was worth the risk to have such a unique experience. Clay, good sport that he is, bought me a baseball for Mother’s Day and started coaching me. We measured off the distance across the front yards and he (and the...
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