Early Game

The Queensway was closed for maintenance on Sunday morning and we had a early game in Carp.  Barb needed the car. So I arranged to get a ride with Derick a good friend on our team.  We were going to meet him in Barrhaven.  So Barb drove me to Barrhaven and there was absolutely no traffic on the Queensway or the detour around the maintenance.  So we got to the meeting place (Tim Hortons) in Barrhaven early.  Derick and his father-in-law were already there and were eating breakfast from McDonalds beside the Tim Hortons.  So Barb dropped me off, I picked up a coffee and we left for the diamond.  On the way, Derick's father-in-law gave me one of his egg McMuffins because he said he couldn't eat it.  We were the first people at the diamond and we waited around a long time for other guys to show up.  Derick was talking about how difficult fastball was to hit and how tough it was on one's ego.  When the guys got there and the coach wrote the lineup, I was embarrassed that Derick didn't even get to play.  I felt bad for him and having got to the diamond so early.  And I felt bad for his father-in-law, who came to watch him.  It turned out that he didn't play any of the games that day.  His sister was the sponsor of the team. So I thought it was not a great idea to have him sit out the games.