Scott Novis

All the teams are drafted and the practices have started.  Our first practice is tomorrow and I can hardly weight.  Today at school the boys all shared what teams they were on.  A few of the kids even played catch after school.  There’s so much to do and only 4 weeks until the season starts.  I can’t believe how fast the year flew by.  Last year we had this amazing season.  I still remember getting ready for the draft.  I had the number one pick.  But Minors drafts are serpentine.  So I picked number one, then watched the next 15 kids go off the board.  I got two more picks, then watched another 15 kids go by.  And so on and so on through the draft.  When I got home I was convinced I’d messed it all up.
We ended up in first place and won the championship in exciting fashion.  You just never know what is going to happen.
This year the draft did not at all go the way I expected.  No matter how prepared you are, I just can’t seem to predict what other people will do or when they’ll do it.  But that’s what makes it so much fun.  What matters is that we have good kids, good families and good coaches.  And now I can’t wait.  This should be a really fun and competitive season.  To paraphrase my high school football coach, “We’re not teaching the boys baseball, we’re teaching them to be men, we just use baseball to do it.”
Four weeks and counting.  I can’t wait.

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