The Bird Show

Hayden had another baseball game last night.

And how was it?

I don't know what's happening, but he's getting worse throughout the season. Oh. Yeah, it started mediocre and it's just gotten worse. And I got to talk about this before he gets up at six. Poor little man. And now starting to get him down. Oh, it is? Yes. Well, because he skipped T-ball, right? like he didn't get to do the T-ball season

and now he has to do the season

where the coach pitches it to him, right?

That is part of it and a lot it is? Yes. Well, because he skipped t-ball, right? Like he didn't get to do the tee ball season, and now he has to do the season where the coach

pitches it to him, right?

That is part of it.

And a lot of the kids on his team have been playing two, three years already. So you can really tell that this is his first year. But Hayden, I think, is a lot like his mom and his dad. if he's not good at something immediately, he gets really frustrated.

So it's so funny, the hypocritical words that come out of your mouth

when you're giving advice to your kids, because you can almost hear... not good at something immediately. He gets really frustrated. So it's so funny, the hypocritical

words that come out of your mouth when you're giving advice to your kids, because you can almost

hear yourself giving you advice to your inner child. What advice did you give him? Well, after the game,

well, I'll tell you where the red flag started. This kid on the team yesterday, his name is Nolan. Oh, that guy's meant to be a baseball player. I'm telling you, man, Hall of Famer. Hall of Famer. He just had the game of his life yesterday, I was his six-year-old life. He, like, got three hits, and he was just on fire in the field, and he was throwing over from third base to first base.

And what I do, how I help out is I just, I'm basically the backstop.

So when the catcher can't catch the ball, there's an adult behind that just keeps the

ball moving and gets it back to the pitcher and stuff like that to save time, right?

So I'm that guy in between every inning.

So as our team came off the field and Nolan got another one of his 19 hits yesterday, I came up to him and I just kind of messed his hair up a little bit. And I'm like, dude, this is an amazing. This is the best game you've had all season. You're destined for the Hall of Fame. And Hayden was standing right next to him. And Hayden says to me, this was the end of the game. And he says, and maybe I'll be in the loser Hall of Fame. Oh.

Oh, dude. Breaks your heart. Oh, no. No. Baby boy. You say, you're right, you might be. And then walk off the field with Nolan. I can't even joke about it. So I take them by both shoulders.

I'm like, come here, man.

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