Topics:<\/b> Affirmation; Approval; Child Rearing; Criticism; Encouragement; Family; Fathers; Faultfinding<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Proverbs 25:11; Ephesians 4:15; 6:4; Colossians 4:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n
The town ball club was the Lake Wobegon Schroeders, so named because the starting nine were brothers, sons of E.J. Schroeder. E.J. was ticked off if a boy hit a bad pitch. He\u2019d spit and curse and rail at him. If a son hit a home run, E.J. would say, \u201cBlind man coulda hit that one. Your gramma coulda put the wood on that one. If a guy couldn\u2019t hit that one out, there\u2019d be something wrong with him. Wind practically took that one out of here, didn\u2019t even need to hit it much,\u201d and lean over and spit.<\/p>\n
So E.J.\u2019s sons could never please him, and if they did, he forgot about it. Once, against Freeport, his oldest boy, Edwin Jim Jr., turned and ran to the center field fence for a long, long, long fly ball. He threw his glove forty feet in the air to snag the ball and caught the ball and glove. When he turned toward the dugout to see if his dad had seen it, E.J. was on his feet clapping, but when he saw the boy look to him, he immediately pretended he was swatting mosquitoes. The batter was called out, the third out. Jim ran back to the bench and stood by his dad.<\/p>\n
E.J. sat chewing in silence and finally said, \u201cI saw a man in Superior, Wisconsin, do that a long time ago. But he did it at night, and the ball was hit a lot harder.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Garrison Keillor, We Are Still Married<\/i> (Penguin, 1990)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Affirmation; Approval; Child Rearing; Criticism; Encouragement; Family; Fathers; Faultfinding References: Proverbs 25:11; Ephesians 4:15; 6:4; Colossians 4:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:11 The town ball club was the Lake Wobegon Schroeders, so named because the starting nine were brothers, sons of E.J. Schroeder. E.J. was ticked off if a boy hit a bad pitch. He\u2019d spit … Continue reading “IMPOSSIBLE
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