Mickey Mouse Over Baseball
Sportsdate 6 – 6 – 2009
I have had the good fortune the last few years to go to the Texas State Baseball tournament and cover Liberty Eylau, Hooks, and Pleasant Grove play for the state baseball championship. In all three cases they have come up just short of their goal. When LE won, I did not make the trip, but when they lost in the finals I was there.
This year Pleasant Grove will return along with Texas High. I am presently employed by PGHS, and years ago I taught at THS. They will be joined in Austin by Lufkin High School one of my previous teaching stops. Needless to say I will be rooting for them to sweep classes 3A, 4A, and 5A.
All three may have a better chance because I will not be in attendence. Schools I hold great love for struggle to win the big one in Austin when I am in attendence. So the fact that I allowed by wife to book us into Disney World this next week thinking that the state tournament was this past week is a bittersweet irony for me. However my absence may boost the chances of all three since my hard luck fan karma will be in Florida.
My physcial being will be in Orlando enjoying the Magic Kingdom and city while it hosts the NBA championship next week, but my heart will be in Austin. I will be enjoying the joy of my two children as they soak up the happiest place on the planet while I root from afar for the Hawks, Tigers, and Panthers.
If all three win in my absence I will be expecting all teams that I root for to pay for my future vacations during their championship weeks.
T. Kirk
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