Saturday, August 20, 2011

Well, today ended up being fuller than I thought.  I saw at least some of all four games.  They were all elimination games.  I can't keep up with all the teams.  I know the team from Chinese-Tapaii clobbered the Caribbean.  The team from Saudi Arabia (basically an American team) beat the team from the Netherlands.  The Pennsylvania team won, so they'll be back to play on Monday.  Sat by a family and some other guy from the area at the big game.  "The other guy" had just finished up an internship at some Church in Bentonville.  Small world!  There was a kid named Kaiden who was part of the family in front of me.  I did not even get seated before he started talking to me.  He was hysterical.  He's basically a 4-year old male version of Kiley.  He kept trying to give me stuff, so I now have some sort of Honda-labeled lanyard and a set of those dark things that go under your eyes.  The say "Frosted Flakes".  I could totally wear them tomorrow and no one would bat an eye.  Finally made it into the gift shop.  It's like a candy store for me, but I shouldn't have to go back.  Hopefully, I'll make it up to the Little League Museum tomorrow.

The kids are playing good baseball and all seem to be having fun.  They are like miniature celebrities.  You can spot them because they usually have there team grub on and an ID.  Once they are spotted, they get hounded for autographs.  By now, they look like they've been doing this their whole lives.  It's fun to watch, and you can tell they get a kick out of it.  One kid was signing a program.  He didn't like how he did his signature, so he scratched it out and redid it.  Great!

I suspect I'll be asleep in just a few minutes.  Big breakfast to prepare for in the morning!

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