The Green Bag

Sometimes you sign your kids up for just the right thing at just the right time. We decided to go with the National Little League for Kate and Caroline. Caroline is playing T-Ball/Coach Pitch. If they can't hit it after 5 pitches, they get the T. Caroline almost always hits a pitch! And Kate is playing softball, majors division. That's always interesting since most of the girls still can't pitch really well, but its better than minors!

Anyway, because some parent was at the right place at the right time and was persistent enough, Brandon Inge, 3rd baseman for the Detroit Tigers, came to our fields today to give autographs. He also posed for pictures and threw out the first pitch for one of the baseball games. What's really neat is that he did this on his own time, he was not compensated and it was his birthday. What a nice guy!

I've tried to post a picture of him with Caroline. Kate actually took the picture! I had to leave to take Ryan to his play and Rick was umpiring so he wasn't able to be there. The picture that Caroline is holding, that he signed, was taken by the dad of one of the kids on her team. He had copies made for everyone on the team.

I've also tried to post a picture of what he signed for Kate - her Ipod! It was all her idea! She bought the Ipod with her birthday and Christmas money last year, so it is truly hers. She decided that she wanted him to sign it for her.

So it was a pretty fun day!