Oak,
You have a heart of Gold! Yes, a plaque would be appropriate.
I spent many an afternoon, with my 2 sons, ages 7 and 8 at the time,
playing their first game, over at Jumping Brook Fields. They looked
like 2 "bobble-head" dolls, the first year. It was their learning
year. My youngest son, played up to Babe Ruth, until he went off to
Glassboro. I got many a "tan" early, when they started up in
mid-March. There were always the SAME parents, at any event I went
to. Be it Pop Warner, Little League and Biddy Basketball. When my
boys graduated to Varsity sports, we were there. Football,
Basketball, Indoor track at Red Bank Regional and outdoor track at
Rutgers and Princeton.
We were there at Jadwin Gym, when Neptune beat Camden, by 20 points.
I attended the Penn Relays for years after the kids were out of
college, until they began to marry. I also saw many a star athlete
from Asbury Park, excel in Football, Holiday Jubilees at Monmouth
College, (Basketball), and was Asbury's team mother in track, even
though my boys ran for Neptune. Asbury Park has had some of the
finest athletes at the Shore, in spite of anything you may have heard
about Asbury Park. My sons are now 45 and 43, respectively and
entertain their own kids, the way I indulged and entertained them.
Enjoy your children while they are young. They grow so fast, but when
they remember the wonderful times they spent with you, it makes all
the difference. I could tell you a funny story about me and the kids
at a Budweiser Beer Fest at the Meadowlands, but it'll keep. Just ask
me about the "fake" pair of Candies shoes I bought and what happened.
My kids fall all over the floor laughing at their "crazy" mother, who
wanted "style", but didn't want to pay for it. Lesson: You get what
you pay for!
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Michael W. Brim" <mwbnj@>
> wrote:
> >
>
>
> Great story.
>
> Interesting, I know a 6 year old kid who surprised (s) everyone to
> this day that he is alive. His father (my brother-in-law) is a JR
> College B. Ball coach and every know and then I watch how brings his
> son to the field and how the whole team accepts him even though he
> can't really play as a normal 6 year old while his younger brother
> can.
>
> Someone should have this story made into a plaque on place it in
> both dugouts of the new little league field. There's quite a few
> coaches (and parents) in Little League (and other KID sports) that
> need a lesson.
>
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