Son, this is how you lose a ballgame

Andy McCarthy took his son to the ballpark to teach him how to keep score.  In the process, he saw something most of us have never seen:

The Mets are just having a miserable season, but of course I can't keep away — and I'm teaching my younger guy how to keep score — so we strapped in today to watch Pedro Martinez come back for the rival Phillies (UGH) to pitch against his old mates. Naturally, it was another excruciating loss for the home-team, Phils 9 - Mets 7.  But it also showed, yet again, why baseball is the greatest game ever invented. No matter how many decades you watch the game, you can see something you've never seen before.

Read the whole thing here.

Nancy French

Nancy French is an author, commentator, and mother. Her next book, about the year her husband spent in Iraq is due out July 4, 2011. Connect with her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NancyAndersonFrench and follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/nancyafrench.
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