This....Is.....Sportscenter.

Da Da Dum. Da Da Dum.

OK, so we spent our Saturday morning at the ball fields. Daniel had a game at nine AM, and Ben had a game across town at noon. I took the camcorder, with high hopes of great highlight footage. During Daniel's game, I did the ole "confuse record with standby" trick that I'm so good at. I think I'm recording, and hold the camera until my arm gives out. Then I turn it on and set it down and get great footage of my feet. I also got a good ten minutes of the sky. At Ben's game, I got lots of footage. Lots of footage of Ben standing at shortstop doing nothing. Then I turn it off and he makes a play. There is no justice.

You'll just have to settle for my post-game commentary.

The Galaxy brought their record up to 2-2 with a 3-0 shut-out of last year's championship team. (I'm all about the kids, and the sportsmanship, and the having fun and all that, but there is something extremely satisfying in shellacking the team that eliminated you the last time you played.) And during the post-game, Daniel won the Galaxy award! His coach gives two awards after each game: the MVP goes to the player who does the best athletically (or has the most skills, as Napoleon Dynamite would say), and the Galaxy award goes to the player who has the best attitude. DP was presented with a king size Reese's cup for his troubles.

Ben's team continued their winless streak. Ben started at catcher, then moved to short for several innings, and then pitched the final inning. He didn't see much action in the field, but he pitched well, retiring three batters and only walking one. He also got to bat three times - one solid hit, one walk, and one K.

Considering I did nothing but sit in a chair all morning and perspire, I'm surprisingly tired. Looking forward to a quiet night at the homestead.