Today all my baseball dreams came true. I taught my first African to play catch. (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
I finally rustled up Craig (the Aussie) to play toss with me outside. I've been going through withdrawal. Mark and I played all the time back at home.
It was all dark and stuff, but we caught the attention of the security guards. (This may leave you to wonder who was doing the security. Good question.) They eventually crowded around a passed ball and were studying it quite intently when I came up.
They looked at me and my mitt and asked how I caught the ball in my “hat.” (Hehehe.) So I tried to show them how the glove worked.
They were super entertained. I finally got one of them, Sumbi, to give it a go himself. He didn’t really understand the right-handed person putting the glove on the left hand thing. He kept trying to switch it.
It was amazing to see how foreign the idea was to him. He looked pretty goofy and awkward. Haha. Anyway, they were pleased with themselves and I promised I’d teach them more tomorrow, when the sun is out. (Teaching someone baseball in the dark seems like a horrible idea.)
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