decisions, decisions

Will didn’t want to try out for 643 last weekend OR sign up for this weekend’s ECB tryouts. He wanted to wait until a team needed a pitcher and join a team next May, like Conner did. I asked him how a good team would know to call him. Also, if he had a bad tryout, he wouldn’t make the team.

Will didn’t want to play for the ECB DBacks, who have been calling this week. Right now he isn’t determined to play college ball, or even sure if he wanted to play next summer (his words). He was even considering playing softball next summer, with some older friends. I told him he’d regret giving up his last year of real baseball.

The ECB Diamondbacks were calling, the first team we played. Donnie coached Will when he was seven, and helped with the 13U Sandy Plains Wildcats when Will and Ritchie played together. We’ve seen Donnie around since then. Great guy, he wanted Will last year. Donnie said the DBacks were only keeping a few players from this year, and now know better what to look for at the tryouts. But Will didn’t really want to play for them.

Yesterday Keith emailed me out of the blue, to see if Will would play for the ECB 17U Rangers. To my surprise, Will was excited about the idea. He has always responded better to his nurturing mother than his more-demanding father. Most all of his coaches and teachers have been the more nurturing types. As his dad, I think exposure to other coaching styles would be good.

I had been concerned the home-school fall team wouldn’t be playing very competitive opponents. So last week at the deadline I signed Will up to play fall ball at Sandy Plains with Ryan (I don’t know who else). Will is going to be out of town for the last two weeks of October, on a school trip.