Watching the Twins today. Had a great moment with my 6 year-old kid. Earlier in the weekend we began exploring what a batting average is. I explained it this way:
If Jeter has an average of .312 it means that if he has 1,000 chances to get a hit or get an out, he gets a hit 312 times.
As we watched the Twins some freakin’ guy named Clete steps to the plate for the hometown 9. The child laughs at Clete’s .000 AVG 0 HRS 0 RBIS line. Just as I say, “If ‘ol Clete here were to get 1,000 chances to get a hit, he’d get ZERO of ….”
And then the bastard goes yard on me. Me boy fell out laughing. How cool is it that he got that?
Then he asked me if I thought the Twins would win now that we were up 3-2. I said, “No.” He said, “Why not daddy?” to which I replied, “Cause we’re a horrible ballclub son.”
He just nodded and said, “Yup.”
I just saw that we lost 4-3.
At least they finally stopped playing in the Metrodome. That thing was an abomination for a game that is meant to be played in the outdoors on real grass.