My out-of-state 16 hours away freshman son is absolutely having a blast! I know this is a honeymoon period - he's had two weeks of classes so he is starting to get a taste now of having homework and classes. He's loving the "fraternity" of the baseball players - the older players are inviting the freshman over to their houses, and seems like the freshman are bonding. He's also loving his coach - the coach that recruite him left and an assistant coach was promoted to the position.
Another comment he's made is about loving the freedom of having a class and then maybe having a break before another class. It's all new right now and all good. Don't know when the "bubble" will break but we'll ride this happiness bubble all the way!
Only kink in his "bubble" - his rooommate was an "invited walk-on" who decided not to play who has a girlfriend at home. Yes, he's on the phone crying to this girl day in and day out and driving my son crazy with his complaining about everything. I know you can't dictate when and how your son falls in love - I know his parents must be devastated about this turn of events.
He is not homesick at all - of course we're missing him but so glad he's happy for now. Looking forward to hearing reports about the other freshman across the country.
Posts: 304 | Location: Texas | Registered: November 24, 2006
curveball07- Nice to hear things are going well. My son also is having a great time in his second week at school away. He too has a roomate that is homesick and has a girlfriend that he misses dearly, to the point that he doesn't really want to socialize with the rest of the roomates and their friends. Too bad, hopefully he will come around and start to enjoy this very special time. Our boy however, is digging every minute and loves meeting new people. He seems to be bonding with the upperclassmen on the baseball team an soon will earn their respect, when they really get going. He has no complaints and I am proud to have raised a son that is confident and sure of himself so that he can take advantage of this very special time of his life. He is definately livin' the life.!
Posts: 862 | Location: nor cali | Registered: September 03, 2007
This is great news!!! I hope everyone keeps this thread going. Really fun for us all to read.
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Posts: 2967 | Location: Kansas | Registered: March 18, 2006
My son is loving college in his first few weeks. He loves to workout, so the 6am workouts are not bothering him to much. In his first offical practice Wednesday he hit one over the top of the left field light pole. If I remember correctly the left field fence is 335'. I know it is just batting practice, but that was quite a shot.
Posts: 15 | Location: Jawja | Registered: May 17, 2006
Three weeks in and I'm happy to report my son and I have both survived so far (not that I don't still miss him terribly at times!) He seems to be really enjoying it all. He told me school's alot harder than he was expecting (he was one of those that school always came easy for) but so far he's doing well, baseball's tough but he's really enjoying it. He sounded exhausted when I talked to him last night but still very upbeat-had to get off the phone to finish some homework and get ready to watch football for their fantasy football teams-little worried that it seemed both were going to happen at the same time. He really likes his teammates and the older guys definitely seem to have gone out of their way to include the new guys. They all live in the same apartment complex near the baseball field which was one of the things my son liked-that the team stayed together-not just their freshman year. The first home football game is this weekend and they were all planning a tail-gate party but he said they have to go sign autographs for the season ticket holders instead-too funny!! So far he's had a great time and the only complaints I've heard are about one of his roommates-everything else has been better than he expected. It's such a relief to talk to him and know how much he's enjoying it-hopefully he'll continue to feel that way as the year goes on. So for now- life's good
Posts: 175 | Location: Texas | Registered: January 05, 2005
Son of Newcomer is settling in to the world of D1 baseball and expanding his mind with "interesting" workouts, great classes, whirlwind social activity and the realization that he's made a first, tiny step forward in baseball. Feels like he's getting in the best shape of his life..feels pretty strong even though tired. All in all: everything we expected and nothing like we thought it would be. But, hey, that's parenting even without baseball.
Posts: 448 | Location: San Francisco | Registered: October 14, 2005
Thanks for asking. TW's son looked worn out the first two weeks. AND THIS WAS BEFORE ANY BASEBALL PRACTICE HAD EVEN STARTED. However, now that things are up and running he is looking good and his atitude is good. As others hav noted, he is getting along with the upperclassmen and bonding with most if not all of his fellow freshmen teammates. I watched a practice yesterday and as he left about an hour early he stopped long enough to tell me that he could not stay and talk or take extra BP as he did the last three days as he had a paper to finsh for his 5:30 class. So it sounds like he has the right balance between academics and baseball going and he is loving every minute of it.
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Posts: 437 | Location: central West Virginia | Registered: January 29, 2006
My son has been at his D1 school for a month now. Thoroughly enjoying every aspect of it.
The first few workouts were tough...running the bleachers of the football stadium were the worst...
First couple of inter-squads were this week (delayed due to weather) and he's had some success against the upper-classmen pitchers, which is a good way to start things off.
Posts: 1 | Location: Texas | Registered: September 13, 2007
Redhead, No-hubby and I bleed maroon so t.u. wasn't an option for him -jk! He's at Kansas State and still enjoying it after surviving the week from...-3 tests, two papers and 1 speech!
Posts: 175 | Location: Texas | Registered: January 05, 2005
brod- An unfortunate chain of events, and still not done. Whomever they get to coach at UCI will no doubt leave a hole someplace else... My '09 son just received his first unsolicited prospect letter from UCI, 2 days later the staff left and went to Fullerton.
UCI is a fantastic school - good luck.
Posts: 862 | Location: nor cali | Registered: September 03, 2007
Son is doing well. He had his first intersquad game yesterday and hit a grand slam!!!! Ok, well he struck out too - but us moms don't like to talk about those at bats! We're off to meet the track coach this morning for my daughter - how lucky I would be to have them in the same spot! Keep your fingers crossed for us.
Posts: 83 | Location: Illinois | Registered: July 06, 2006
I know this is a honeymoon period - he's had two weeks of classes so he is starting to get a taste now of having homework and classes. He's loving the "fraternity" of the baseball players - the older players are inviting the freshman over to their houses, and seems like the freshman are bonding. He's also loving his coach - the coach that recruite him left and an assistant coach was promoted to the position.
-jk! He's at Kansas State and still enjoying it after surviving the week from...-3 tests, two papers and 1 speech!
