Four days to her
wedding, and my daughter is still talking baseball. Yesterday, Clare stopped by to kill time
before she had to go to the florist to pick up special vases she wanted for
members of the bridal party to put their bouquets in once they get to the
reception.
These are not to be
confused with the place cards she and Chris designed; those have little
chickens or cows or vegetables printed on the reverse to indicate what kind of
meal the person named on front wants, chicken, beef or vegetarian. In high school, Clare showed particular
interest in the Marshall Plan, to the point we had to search out George
Marshall’s grave at Arlington after softball nationals’ one year. I think she has the same attention to detail
Marshall did as a general and secretary of state.
Anyway, we put on the
Nationals-Rays’ game and got to talking.
Clare is still steamed at something Jessica Mendoza said on Sunday, that
Bryce Drew is in a slump (.219 BA to go with 19 homeruns and 46 RBIs) because his
swing is off-balance. Father and
daughter both agreed Harper is chasing pitches, hence the lack of balance,
because he’s in a slump. Then, this
morning, she texted me that Yolmer Sanchez of the White Sox has some incredible stats with the bases
loaded, four for six with ten RBIs.
You can’t help but be
proud of a child like that. Maybe she
wants to keep the old man calm in the days leading up to the wedding so he won’t
be too much of a problem on the big day.
Or maybe baseball is keeping the bride-to-be from having the
jitters. Either way, God bless Yolmer,
and Clare.
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