Three And Out At Tiffany Hills

Park visited: Tiffany Hills Sports Complex
City: Kansas City, Missouri
Food of the day: Turkey Carver Sandwich @ Boston Market
iPhone song of the day: "All I Want" by Toad the Wet Sprocket
Miles traveled: 10

I can't really think of a better way to unwind after a long day than with a cool shower and a Route 44 cup full of Sonic ice.

Today began with some laundry at Dugan's Coin Laundromat, and since it was too short notice to fly my parents into Kansas City to do all of our laundry for us again, we had to be big boys and do it on our own. The process wasn't bad, but I never enjoy the folding portion....especially matching the socks. Oh well. It's done now.

We grabbed lunch at Boston Market in the afternoon (even though I thought they had closed all their stores), ran back to the hotel to get our game gear on and headed back to Tiffany Hills for some USSSA league play - our last night at the complex. The evening began as slow as we've experienced thus far on our trip, but business picked up steadily as the night went on.

After we got the trailer packed up, we took advantage of one of the empty fields with some batting practice and infield under the lights. Standing in the outfield grass, ripping grass out of the ground and throwing it in the air, smacking my glove and enjoying the solitude of the empty space with the K.C. wind breezing past my face really made me feel at ease tonight, and taking hacks at the plate under the lights made me wish even more that I could go back and replay my little league career all over again. I have a suspicion that no matter how old somebody gets, the youthful exuberance one feels when they step on a baseball diamond will occur forever.

Now I'm headed to bed and feeling good after C.C. Sabathia's complete game shutout tonight for the Indians....especially considering that he is on my fantasy team and that I'm playing Clink this week. I'm so easily amused.

Goodnight and thanks for reading,
Chris