BenJerMan the Baseballman

My eight-year-old son, Benjamin Strait, is starting to play baseball for the first time. Athleticism, alas, does not run in the family, but I am extremely proud of his efforts to date. In three games he has had six at bats. He has had three strikeouts, and has hit the ball three times. Each time he was thrown or beat out at first BUT while this was going on, a run scored on two different occasions. So that means he has two RBIs. Yes, that's right. BenJerMan has a stat! How much closer to Nirvana can you get!

UPDATE: BenJerMan got a hit Tuesday, May 12; a whopping single down the third base line! He then went to second on the next batter's hit, and then went from second to home on the next hit. He now has one hit in twelve at bats (.083), two RBIs and one run scored! He is improving and having a blast!

SECOND UDATE: BenJerMan got another hit Friday, May 15. He is now 2 for 14 for a new batting average of .143. Only one more week to go!

FINAL UDATE: The rain shortened season has concluded and I am proud to say that BenJerMan has collected another hit, what I would call a gentleman's double! He ran for second even though Coach was trying to hold him. He pumped his arms up and down, excited to the max, looking for all the world like Mark 'The Bird' Fydrich! His final stats: 3 hits in 16 at bats for a .188 batting average, 3 RBIs and 2 Runs scored. Viva la BenJerMan baseball!