It's over :(

This day must inevitably come...the day our player leaves us to head home. It's a sad day for us, we lose a friend, a roommate, plus the entire baseball life. It doesn't help that we didn't know for sure that it would be today until the beginning of the game last night. I think we "knew" but it's not any easier. So, Eric finished loading up his truck this morning around 8:30 and as much as I tried to contain myself, I just couldn't. After helping him (a bit) get a few things packed up and taken down, he started to pack his cooler and as I brought some drinks in from the fridge, I dropped one and that was enough to push me over the edge and start the crying. What a wimp I am! Just the thought of him leaving was too much and I tried to stop but poor Eric had to put up with my crying as he got ready to leave. Eriq had to head to work before Eric got up, so he wasn't there to say goodbye either so I wished him a teary goodbye by myself and he headed for the bank and then hit the road. So far, looks like the only thing he left was a travel alarm clock, not bad for living here for a few months and packing in less than a day!
I miss you already Eric!

Last game

Today we got to go out to lunch at Sweetwater with Eric and JJ and Erin. Then it was time for our final regular season game in Mineral Wells. The Outlaws took it to the end...a McKinney loss and a Denton win tonight would have put us in playoffs but McKinney eased our minds by winning their game right before we started ours. The pressure was off, although the beginning of the game was filled with the sadness that this was the last game I will see these guys play. But on the plus side, tonight, the guys had some fun:
Thomas (SS) played right field while Tyler L (2B-3B) played at SS, Kevin (C) pitched and Kyle (P) caught for his warm up, Trevor and Caleb (pitchers) batted and played left field, Eric hit his 3rd homerun in the last week, all starting hitters had at least one good hit and we played extra innings! Tell me that's not an interesting and entertaining night! I visited with several Outlaws fans, employees, and family at the game and got a video of E's homerun.
Also, Eric was wonderful (as always) and offered to ride home with me after the game. Of course, we hit the McDonald's drive through, but it was packed after the game. We finally got through it with Eric's chicken nuggets, our fries and a coke and dr pepper of course. It's a fairly long drive so we got to have a nice long visit one last time. Then I dropped him off at the field to turn in his gear and get his truck to drive home. I'm feeling the urge to cry about it being over and Eric leaving, ugh!