This isn't limited to today, this has been going on for a few weeks now, but....
My office is located right near the school's baseball field, and our walls are crappy/not-soundproof enough that I can hear everything across the parking lot. For a few weeks, I've heard the team practicing for the upcoming college beisbol season, so lots of aluminum bats clinking balls around. That sound makes me happy.
Our kids might get NIL $, I have no idea, but they wouldn't be getting much compared to major schools, and they are mostly much more local than guys at a program like, say, LSU....they don't portal in here from somewhere else, and they likely won't be portaling out anywhere either. They're never going to win any championships, but they've been out there in the cold prepping hard anyway, just 'cuz they love it, I guess.
Anyway, I like the sounds of the bats and the occasional yells of the kids when they get excited about something.
Plus, the coach here is an old LSU player from some of Skip Bertman's old great teams, so....that's kind of cool for me. I should walk over there and introduce myself to him sometime.
Only bad thing is, they have a big Coca-cola truck out there that blasts music all day, and it is......not my thing. Lots of songs I recognize and even like, but it's all dance remixes. Eww. But, I suppose that goes in the grumpy old man thread.
