#20 - Kristy and the Walking Disaster Part 3

[duckay]

Part One.
Part TwoThe thing that's beginning to strike me about this book, in contrast to many (especially later) books I've read, is that there's no B-plot. It's all Kristy's Krushers, all the time. That's not so bad, but my eyes are starting to glaze over from all the blah blah kids blah blah baseball blah blah two year olds playing baseball. I

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[sloth_in_a_box]

I still refuse to believe that a two year old can play baseball. I refuse to believe that a two year old can even comprehend the concept of playing baseball. Hell, even at age nine, that one was a stretch for me.

[duckay]

I played softball on a team when I was seven, but I can't imagine anyone much younger than that understanding the game, having the motor skills, and/or maintaining the attention span. The odd, dedicated five year old is about the most I can accept, at a stretch.

Sorry for the serial editing, there.

[bookplayer]

I played coach-pitch baseball when I was seven, but my sister was on the team and she was five. There were a couple of other kids as young as she was on the team.

I'm not saying the five year olds were any good, they spent most of the time in the outfield looking for dandelions, but they understood what they were supposed to be doing (and my sister even hit the ball once, when my dad promised he would clean her room for her if she did it.)

I could maybe see a mature two year old playing tee-ball. But hitting a moving object, even a wiffle ball, even if they don't duck? Not happening.

[duckay]

On reflection, I'm underestimating the ability of a five year old, but a team with this many under fives is just a terrible idea. Gabbie In particular. Tee-ball? Not all kids that age could do it, but a few? Sure. But what 2.5 year old can reliably hit a moving wiffle ball, much less catch a baseball?

[imamaryanne]

My five year old is lacking in Gabbie Perkins' mad baseball skillz. Also, it's absolutely abominable that Kristy allowed Jackie to catch without a mask. Concussions are not good on a growing brain.

[sloth_in_a_box]

I actually thought that was kinda funny when I read it the first time. xD God help me, I identified with Karen on something!

[san]

The thoughts of a dance-of is cracking me up. Love it!

And I've neeeeever understood Gabbie-the-Genius' ~softballing ~abilities. If she can play, Marnie should play too, darnit.

Great snark! :D

[duckay]

I'd like to see Emily Michelle at bat. She can't be worse than Claire, right?

[san]

Hahaha yep! I'd like to think she won't throw "NOFE-AIR" tantrums in the middle of a game!

[corduroyspocket]

"they can sign like badasses"

this just made me laugh, cause you know the first signs they asked Matt about were things like `fart', `ugly', `boobs', etc. cause they're 10 yr old boys.

Now. I don't remember the title of the book, but it was one that was snarked recently, where Andrew (?) had this problem of letting the bat go after he swung. I'm somewhat surprised that Ann didn't make a big PSA in this book about how it's unsafe to throw the bat.

[duckay]

I definitely remember having read that book; I remember Kristy put him in a cage so his thrown bat wouldn't hurt anyone. Was it Andrew? I seriously don't remember the kid or the book title, just the cage.

[kakeochi_umai]

Oh! Oh! It's the one where Karen gets butthurt about losing or not being the best or something...Karen's Home Run! That's it. Someone snarked it recently.

[duckay]

Oh! It is, too!

I swear I read that snark and yet I totally didn't connect my batting cage memories to that book. Even though I see it mentioned in the snark. More fool me!