Showing our Legion

I made it out to Moultrie and Shelby counties' new Junior Legion baseball team's practice today.

It was early, 9 a.m., but the kids were still having some fun playing ball. But it wasn't all fun and games, as these ball players aren't out there to pull dandelions out of the ground, they're playing to one day soon be all stars on their high school team, and one day play college ball and professional ball.

Seeing fun like this makes me a little jealous. I wish I would have been smart enough to try out for a Junior Legion team, I loved baseball and who knows where it could have taken me.

I just typed up an article for this week's paper, which you will be able to read shortly, but one thing I touched on was an inability for organizers to be able to sift through some of the Moultrie County "us against them" mentality, some rivalries between local communities. I certainly hope that ends soon, because the ones that lose out are the kids. Having a legion team in Moultrie's back yard is a blessing, and it needs to be embraced with open arms.