Father/Son Ball Team

In the almost 8 years that Curt and I have been together, the second or third weekend in July has always been the Ideal baseball tournament in Sauble Beach. It is always a good weekend, but always very busy.

It used to be just the normal Ideal ball team from Listowel playing in the tournament, but for the past couple of years they have split the team, and have had two in the tournament. There is the 'original' Ideal team, which consists of some of the original player, and then there is the young Ideal team, which consists of the younger, fitter, more athletic player. The 'original' team is out there to have fun, and the other is there to win the money.

This year the 'original' team consisted half of the old player, and the other half where their son's. It was really nice to see all of these men out on the field playing ball with their son's. The picture (which you can not see who is in it) is of the Harrison/McLaughlin infield. Sid was on first, and Curt was on third, Matt was short stop, Andrew was second, and Smoky was pitching. We had the chance to see this set up quite a few times throughout the weekend, and it really seemed to be a good combination. The roles seemed to reverse for the outcome of this years tournament, and the 'original' team took home the money, and the other team was out on Saturday. I guess the father/son combinations seem worked good. It puts the youth back into the fathers!!