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By Randy Gardner

This past weekend I had a chance to do what some people say is  relaxing, but  for me, it was nothing more than frustration,  It’s  called Trout Fishing.

I stood on the banks with hundreds of other people trying to   catch that one fish we would have for dinner. Like many, I was  unsuccessful.

I spent two hours of my life doing something that I   could’ve purchased at the store. I saw people with 5 or 6 maybe   even 10 different poles and hundreds of different kinds of bait trying to catch   that allusive fish.

All I need is a hot dog, that usually works for me. It’s big business though, as people get up bright and early before the sun even comes up to go catch that one single fish. I’m not sure what the fascination is all about but it must be something that I am just missing because  anywhere you go on any weekend to any state park   there are  kids, women, men, adults, grandpa’s and grandma’s out   trying to catch that elusive fish or to have a story to tell around the campfire.

Pew Wee Baseball a Close 2nd

Now maybe onto the second most frustrating thing in life and that  would be peewee baseball. As I sit and watch my child play every weekend, I have dreams of him making it to the major leagues. But as I sit   and watch him pull up grass in the outfield and throw dirt at other kids in the infield.

I’m  not sure what’s going to happen, but then it happens, the pitch comes in  and he hits it any runs to first base and the dreams are back alive, until he rounds first, runs to third and then back to first and then to home plate to hit again. We just can’t get this game figured out as coaches.

All in all though, it is a lot of fun and the kids will grow into the game. Remember it hopefully could be a vehicle for many of children in the world to go to college on, athletic scholarships.

Tiger Proofs He’s Human on the Links

I really thought that Tiger Woods could put his troubles behind him and concentrate on golf. I really think that we are seeing that he is human. He hasn’t qualified the last two weekend for the tour and has had a neck injury that is bothering him.

I think that this shows every one that no matter how good you are at something, you have to keep yourself on the up and up to stay at the top of your game. He will be back though— all of the great ones return. He needs to take a year or two off and get himself totally back together. No matter what problems he has had, he has been great for the game of golf.

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