Nick is off to college

My son Nick just changed his cover photo on his FaceBook page. The pitcure brings up fond memories of him & his Central Catholic baseball teams over the past several years. FOUR straight stae baseball titles, unmatched in Indiana history as no other team has won 4 straight titles. Nick & 5 other Seniors were 26-0 in state tournament play, again unmatched. These 6 Seniors as well as the rest of the team (and football team) played a huge role in changing IHSAA rules history. With the 3 straight football titles & 4 straight baseball, IHSAA now rules that any team winning 2 straight titles will be forced to move up a class, so much for hard work & dedication paying off.

This baseball team was truly a dynasty, just unbeleivable performances in state tournament play. Nick & Austin Munn made a promise 4 years ago to each other as well as the rest of the team that the only outcome for them was 4 straight championships.

Those parents I shared time with at these games will never be forgotten. Thanks to all of those I shared time with.

Nicks HS baseball career ends!

I have not posted in quite a long time on this blog as I have been extremely busy with my son Nick's baseball blog. His varsity career has ended and what a career it was. Nick and 5 other seniors ended their varsity careers with 4 straight classA baseball titles, a 26-0 state tournament record (a feat no other hs athlete has done) in Indiana boys baseball!

Nick will move on to Franklin College to further his education and his baseball career. One can visit his baseball blog here as it will soon change from Central Catholic News to Franklin College News.

I want to congratulate Nick on his excellent grades, his dedication to his passion (baseball) and graduating drug n alcohol free, Nick you are on your way to becoming a fine young man!! I am so very proud of you, enjoy life, be a rockstar!!

NICKS BASEBALL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMthxqGRWBQ

Is varsity baseball season looming???

While high school basketball continues, I'm a parent of a high school baseball player. Nick does not play varsity basketball so we both are waiting (in) patiently for the upcoming varsity baseball season. The first game is less than 2 months away. This season will be bittersweet for me as it is his Senior season, his last. Nick has had some offers from several instate schools to play baseball & he's certainly excited about the fact that his career will continue after high school, his dream is coming true.

We are waiting for the polls to come out for the upcoming season. We are seeing some action on the IHSAA board.

Nick's team, The Central Catholic Knights are 3-time defending state champs & should have a strong team again this year as we lost only 2 starting Seniors! Nick is recuperating from minor knee surgery & has now been released to pick up the pace in his offseason training, go get em BIG GUY!!!

My Mom!

This has been one brutal week in my life. On January 21st, my Mom passed away due to cancer. All her family was there with her when she passed & I certainly hope this comforted her. May she have peace & tranquility in heaven. I will miss you Mom!

Leaner, Cheaper Military!!!

While spending less on the military budget is a novel idea, the question is, where will the cutbacks take place? Does this mean that we are going to disassemble some of our approximately 1,000 military bases scattered throughout the globe? This would be a great idea, we could move away from Imperialism instead of towards it. I feel strongly that less global domination by our military may solve some of our hatred towards America & its citizens.

Will Obama d-privatize the permanent military operations that are going to continue to take place? Bush, by privatizing the war doubled & sometimes tripled the salary of military personnel there. Do you know who Bush charged for this? Yep, the American taxpayers!!! From a documentary I watched, the starting salary for a military cook in Iraq was $80,000 a year!!!

Military Expenditures!!!