ottoman's free zone

[Wayne R]

I like golf, good to get out and walk for miles chasing a ball in the sunshine.

SO many cheap golf courses in Canada, when I moved to France, forget about it. 80-100 euros for a round of golf.

Form time to time I take out the clubs and hack out a few balls into abandoned fields.

Same with baseball, when I moved here, i checked around, baseball is my real game.

I found one baseball club near here, I had to pay 500 Euros to buy equipment and get registered.

I have a bat, I have several baseballs, hard and soft, I have my glove. What the hell do I need to buy that would cost 500 euros?

So I gave up that idea and play with my kids from time to time in the fields. Well, just to pitch, they hit, one tries to catch.

They are in their 20's now, and getting better...

I haven't gotten them from softball to hardball, probably never will. I haven't pitched hardball in a very long time, my arm would probably lock up if I tried a curveball.