Woe to the last day of vacation.

I had a very relaxing and happy father's day. The boy and I went fishing together it might have been the first time that I caught a fish with him there so he was pretty excited (four little rock bass). We watched a few movies together and then caught the beginning of the Muskrats game (I really wish that they had 6 pm starts instead of 7 pm but what can you do). Some day I'll get to watch an entire game.

We have been trying unsuccessfully to coordinate that Muskrat for Jackie's birthday but the GM hasn't gotten back to me yet. I am really starting to consider back-up plan options. It's hard because it's for my son's birthday but my general rule of thumb is I shouldn't have to beg you to buy your product. We broached the subject in March and have mentioned it by email and in person a few times since and we haven't gotten a real response.

I almost forgot, as an aside, today is my last day on vacation. I love my job, but man do I love vacation. : (

Laconia Muskrats

A big thank you to my wife and parents who treated me to a pair of Laconia Muskrats season tickets for Father's day. A little early for Father's day, but with opening day on Friday they wanted me to have them in hand on time I'm sure. I cannot overemphasize how excited I am to have a high level of baseball being played in Laconia!

The Muskrats are a relocated franchise of the New England College Baseball League. The play a 42 game regular season followed by as many as three rounds of playoffs. The players are high-level (so I read) college players finishing their freshman, sophomore, and junior seasons. Current MLB players who played in the NECBL include Twins closer Joe Nathan and Tampa Bay Rays lefty Andy Sonnanstine. The Laconia Team will feature Pat Epps who finished fourth in the league in batting average last season and local favorite Derrick Sylvester from just down the road in Franklin, NH.

Remember, be nice to me, the boy gets in for free and my wife has to work most of the nights that there are games so for many games we'll have an extra ticket.

Check out the Muskrats here (and yes, it has been linked at right going back to the old blog).

A great write-up in the Laconia Citizen here.

and the NECBL home page here.