"Daddy, watch this!" (1986 hits)
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Submitted by Bigmike (View user info) at 2005-08-04 00:19:59 EDT
"Daddy, watch this!"
With a kick of his leg and a swing of his arm, five year old Matthew delivered a perfect strike into the center of the Pitch-back. The ball hit the special elastic netting and rebounded right back to his soft, brown leather baseball mitt. He looked over to his father, a huge, beaming smile covering most of his boyish face.
"Do it again, son," the father said, thoroughly impressed with his boys pitching prowess.
And he did.
Again and again he pitched the ball to the device as his father watched. Again and again he caught the ball as it bounced back to him. The father sat there the whole time, baking under the heat of a midday sun, feeling pride in his boys achievement.
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"Daddy, watch this!"
With a swing of the black aluminum bat, eleven year old Matthew delivered the next pitch he saw beyond the fence in right-center field. His friend Charles was pitching batting practice to him, and it was no small feat for a boy his age to hit the ball so far. Two hundred and twenty feet by his father's estimation, and the marking of "200" on the outfield fence.
"Do it again, son," the father said, totally amazed at his son's hitting abilities.
And he did.
Pitch after pitch went sailing over the fence as Charles delivered the pitches. At one point, both boys had to stop and run out beyond the fence to retrieve all the baseballs. The father sat there the whole time, shaded by the dugout roof, watching his beautiful boy play a game he so dearly loved.
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Matthew walked up behind his father as he sat in the special box at the stadium. The box was right up front, on the third base line. A perfect place for his father to watch. He put a hand on his fathers shoulder, and as he did, his father looked up at him. Matthew leaned down and gave him a kiss on the top of the head, as only a twenty two year old man of a son can do. He gently whispered in his fathers ear, "Dad, watch this," then he strode out onto the playing field boldly, confidently, mightily.
When the last pitch had been thrown by Matthew, his father looked up at the scoreboard. His sons team had won the game by one run, but that wasn't the important thing. The father kept looking at the line score of the visiting team, the team that had taken the field against his beloved Matthew.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
His son had just thrown a perfect game at the highest level of competition in his sport.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
The father was repeating it over and over in his mind, not believing that it actually happened to his offspring.
Matthew came walking over to his father, reporters in tow. These reporters wanted to get an interview on how Matthew felt after pitching a perfect game. How he felt after doing something only a handful of men had ever done. Matthew reached over the short wall in front of his dad and released a latch, opening the wall section outward. He gently reached under his father and pulled out a small ramp, laying it over the base of the wall where the wall met the field. He undid the brakes on the front of the chair, walked around behind his father and gently wheeled the wheelchair out onto the playing surface. His father didn't say a word, taking in all of the spectacle that is a major league stadium full of fans.
"I owe it all to my father," Matthew said to the reporters as he rolled the chair out to the playing field. The reporters watched as this pitcher, this man, this son, took his wheelchair bound father for a stroll around the bases. When they were done, the father looked up at the son, tears in his eyes and love in his heart.
"Do it again, son. Please do it again."
And he did.
User Reviews
Submitted by matnotharry (user info) at 2006-06-19 17:14:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Cricket has none of this.
However baseball doesn't break for afternoon tea, and that goes a long way
Submitted by PeopleAreStrange (user info) at 2006-06-19 16:47:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
His son is just too perfect, there's got to be a catch (no pun intended) somewhere!
It was a very sweet story, an ideal scenario in an ideal world (apart from getting old and handicapped cos who'd want that to happen to them :o)
Submitted by Webered (user info) at 2006-06-19 15:32:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Oh senility...
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2005-09-03 23:10:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Chinaski (user info) at 2005-09-03 20:51:14 (#)
Ranking: 2
Later that night, the old man popped an enormous boner with the aid of several medications. "Do it again, son" he growled. Crying, the star pitcher jacked, and jacked, and jacked again, as if he were trying to use a floor joist to raise a semi.
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Sorry, couldn't resist being a fucking weird pervert
That's just plain wrong. :)
Submitted by Chinaski (user info) at 2005-09-03 20:51:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Later that night, the old man popped an enormous boner with the aid of several medications. "Do it again, son" he growled. Crying, the star pitcher jacked, and jacked, and jacked again, as if he were trying to use a floor joist to raise a semi.
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Sorry, couldn't resist being a fucking weird pervert.
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2005-09-03 20:33:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by DanielH (user info) at 2005-08-17 23:38:16 EDT (#)
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You're the reason I always come back to Uber. You're the rock. ++++
Submitted by Tiltedhalo (user info) at 2005-08-09 09:28:59 EDT (#)
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Very cool....... but i gotta say that i would never want you for a father!!! ... there would be something not right about that!!!
Submitted by fallenangel (user info) at 2005-08-06 11:11:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Beautiful.
Submitted by Chazzy (user info) at 2005-08-05 06:34:38 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2005-08-04 02:33:10 (#)
Ranking: 2
This made me feel all warm and fuzzy.
Submitted by GaidinCanuck (user info) at 2005-08-05 06:15:58 EDT (#)
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"This gave me the "Hold your breath so your eyes don't tear up fuck my nose is running" goosebumps. "
Ditto.
Submitted by sinna (user info) at 2005-08-05 05:47:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Maybe it's because I'm still pissed but I...*snif* I just...*snif*
Submitted by sparkle_pink (user info) at 2005-08-05 01:13:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I read this last night at the end of my Ubermadness voting marathon, and promptly forgot to rate it.
I have nothing useful or insightful to say. Sometimes I wonder what the hell I'm doing, critiquing stories that I could never come close to writing.
Anyway, I hope someday I can write like you.
Submitted by silent1 (user info) at 2005-08-04 23:12:18 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by AlexorGM (user info) at 2005-08-04 21:30:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-08-04 19:58:48 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2005-08-04 11:43:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This gave me the "Hold your breath so your eyes don't tear up fuck my nose is running" goosebumps.
Very nice.
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-08-04 11:28:22 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2005-08-04 11:15:21 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by iradney (user info) at 2005-08-04 10:54:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
really good! wouldn't want you to be my dad tho - i love the one i've got already! however, i DO have an opening for super ubercool uncle...
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-08-04 10:11:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Aweseome.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-08-04 10:04:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That's baseball...and that's life.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-08-04 09:47:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Average_Dan (user info) at 2005-08-04 09:35:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Nice,
Thanks alot dick!
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2005-08-04 08:38:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-08-04 05:18:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I swear everyone on Uber wants Bigmike to be their dad. The next logical step for Mike to take is to distribute effigies of himself amongst Ubersite so that we can all worship him allowing him to freely ask us for money/our bodies/our electoral support/our children/etc...
I'm up for it anyway.
Submitted by Dervel (user info) at 2005-08-04 04:44:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Nice.
Submitted by Kristen (user info) at 2005-08-04 04:06:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You rock, BigM.
Any day now, the tot is going to be walking!!!
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2005-08-04 03:45:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
meh.
fantastic.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-08-04 03:17:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Why'd you have to go and write somehting that everybody else liked and make me feel like an ass??
Submitted by Flying_buttmonkey (user info) at 2005-08-04 02:51:27 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
>sniff<
Very nice
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2005-08-04 02:33:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This made me feel all warm and fuzzy.
-Dave
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2005-08-04 02:19:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-08-04 01:26:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Quint (user info) at 2005-08-04 01:17:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Really, really good.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2005-08-04 01:01:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Nice
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-08-04 00:55:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
This really felt like a 1 to me.
Submitted by AstheRuinfalls (user info) at 2005-08-04 00:46:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You really hit it out of the ballpark on this one.
Heh heh, god damn I'm funny.
Great story though.
Submitted by spedmonkey (user info) at 2005-08-04 00:36:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2005-08-04 00:23:58 (#)
Ranking: 2
Fuck all... It got dusty in here pretty quick...
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2005-08-04 00:34:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2005-08-04 00:31:41 (#)
Ranking: 2
Mike I hate your ideals on family.
You are the father I've never wanted.
Dick.
I love you too, cabaret gi....err, I mean Shlong.......err, I mean McBa.......err. Well, you know what I mean.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2005-08-04 00:31:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Mike I hate your ideals on family.
You are the father I've never wanted.
Dick.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-08-04 00:26:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Mike I love your ideals on family.
You are the father I've always wanted.
Submitted by TragicKingdom (user info) at 2005-08-04 00:24:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Shroom (user info) at 2005-08-04 00:24:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Touching.
I love baseball.
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2005-08-04 00:23:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Fuck all... It got dusty in here pretty quick...