Don't you hate missing a game!

[Rambler34]

DD#2 played her last JV game Wednesday night and will get to stay with the varsity to finish up the year. Last night they had a game about an hour away at 5 while DD#2 played at 6. There was no way for me to get off in time to meet my wife to get #2 to the park and one of us make it to the HS game. I texted one of the Dad's and asked for updates to let me know how they doing. I told him even though I didn't expect my 7th grader to play much I wanted him to keep me updated on how the team was doing.

I get a text at game time that she is starting. A little later a text comes with the video of a hard ground out. Then comes the next one...double to left center. Then another text, one hopped the fence in left for a double and "Sorry I wasn't filming!". Then the next one double to center with video.

We miss the game and she ends up starting and going 3-4 with 3 RBI's and we won by 7.

I guess I need to skip more games.

 

[quincy]

I do not miss many games.

Last one she called me and I asked how she pitched.

She said she hit a lot of batters.

I didn't ask how many because I didn't want to know what a lot meant.

Wish I was there.

 

[grcsftbll]

I know how you feel! My older DD hit her first homerun (baseball) last year at one of the games I had to miss. I was with my younger one who was picking up, and her game was crappy and boring. FIGURES! I'm still mad about that. Another time I missed what family members described as the most exciting softball game they'd ever seen, because I was with my older DD at her baseball game, which was...you guessed it, really boring. I can't win. Congrats to her on a great game though!

 

[CoogansBluff]

Games make me nervous. I don't enjoy them as much as I once did, and that's my problem. The main reason I go is to make sure I don't miss something that I want to remember. ...

My favorite part of softball is time spent w/ DD outside of the game, on the road, and practicing w/ her at home, and all the talks we have about it. I tend to enjoy games more in retrospect than live.

 

[mudrunner]

It bothered me the first few games that I had to miss. Now it's not too big of a deal. I love watching her play, but she has a younger brother that plays a little ball and is on a select soccer team so I try to split it evenly between them. It's a little tough to split it evenly between them since I help out at her practices and games occasionally. My wife and I are constantly going opposite directions it seems and we can't be everywhere. She seems to play better when i'm not there though. I get texts about all the great plays she makes and that she goes 3 for 3. When i go to games it seems like it's always 1 for 3 and an error lol.

 

[OlatheDad]

I have 2DD's and 1 DS. When the 2 DD's played on the same team it was easier. Now all three are on travel teams. There are two weeks of tournaments this summer where I go with one the DW goes with one and the the third goes with a team family. You get use to it after a while though I wish my wife would send updates more often when I am not there. Gamechanger or IScore make it easier if the team streams it. I usually loan them my hot-spot during the season especially when I know I am not going to be at the game. Been lucky so far and have not missed much, but it is a matter of time before I miss one of their big moments.

 

[JAD]

I tip my hat to all of the parents who have to manage multiple kids in sports. My younger DD is my "artsy" child - piano, art, cooking - so I do not miss many of my older DDs games. When I cannot be there Game Changer or iScore are GREAT!

 

[Rambler34]

This weekend she ended up starting 3 of our 4 tournament games. We got caught in traffic and missed her first AB. 2 Run double of course. 0 for the rest of the weekend with me there!

 

[canyonjoe]

Missed Saturday and DD hits HR over the fence and then in another game plays an amazing game at first with an estimate from another parent of saving at least 7 terrible throws. She said it was her best game ever which is saying something. At least I got to watch a couple of good baseball games, but it still kills me.