We got the yips

We're set to release the official Top 10 list of Hottest Female Voices Ever tomorrow. There's still time to make a suggestion (see comments thread in post below).

We have been telling everyone for years that we are the only dad who can pitch to the kids on our baseball team. Heck, most of our dads don't even know the rules. This is why it was especially embarrasing when we got the YIPS last week. We were pitching like Steve Sax. We struck out our son, hit the next batter, and then threw a series of wild pitches. So we had to be relieved.

We would like to blame our pitching problems on our long-damaged shoulder, but that would be too easy.

Funny story. Not long after seriously dislocating our shoulder, we found ourselves in bed with a real live girl. This was a shocking and happy development. Things were going along nicely, too, until our arm fell off. The young lady mistook our screams of pain for the kinds of animal noises some people are known to make during these kinds of activities. Being a people pleaser and possibly a cheerleader, this girl proceeded to throw herself into it with everything she had. We haven't been able to listen to John Couger's song "Hurt So Good" ever since. Anyway, after things got back to normal, we were able to get our shoulder back in its socket, which was a very happy ending.

P.S. You should NEVER, under ANY circumstances, eat a whole bag of dried apricots while driving from Springfield to Rolla. We had no idea what those things could do to you if eaten in large quantities.