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AUG 15-19 2003 JUPITER FL.
BY: ED & KAY GATES GRAND PARENTS OF ERIC
WE ARRIVED IN JUPITER AROUND 430P. MADE CONTACT WITH ERIC, HE WAS HAPPY TO KNOW THAT WE ARRIVE OK.
WE WENT TO THE BALL PARK THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE SAW HIM SINCE HE PLAY IN KANE COUNTY LAST YEAR.
THE PARK IS ALMOST LIKE KANE WERE AS THIS PARK HAS A LOT MORE SEATS BUT NOT A LOT FANS TO WATCH A BALL TEAM PLAY.
WELL, BACK TO ARRIVING AT THE GAME WE HAD SEATS RIGHT BY 3'RD BASE,
THE CLEAR WATER PHILLIES @ HAMMERHEADS. ERIC WALKED, ADVANCED. TO 2'ND THEN STOLE TO 3'RD BASE,
HAVE TO ADMIT HE IS FAST!
OUT IN THE OUT FIELD THE PHILLIE BATTER HIT A LOPPER OVER 2'ND BASE THE S.S.
& 2'ND BASEMEN WHERE COVERING THE BALL. ERIC TOOK OFF FROM DEEP CENTER FIELD DOVE ABOUT 10 FT.
and CAME UP WITH THE BALL FOR THE OUT.
WHAT A PLAYER. THEN IN THE SAME GAME ERIC UNDER PLAYED THE BALL,
IT WAS A HIT THAT SAID HOME RUN ON IT, HE RAN BACK TO DEEP CENTER FIELD WALL
(FT 400) HIT THAT WALL & MADE IT 402FT.CAME UP WITH BALL IN GLOVE, PREVENTING A HOMERUN.
THE HAMMERS WERE AHEAD 4-2. IN THE 7TH INNING, WE LEFT THE GAME,
WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL.{TIRED}.
ERIC CAME BY THE NEXT DAY, SAID THEY LOST 7-4. WE TALKED, WENT OUT TO LUNCH, THEN WENT TO SEE THE 2'ND GAME.
SATURDAY NIGHT WE STAY FOR THE HOLE GAME. WE HAD A GOOD TIME WITH ERIC. I KNOW HE PLAYED HIS HEART OUT.
IT WOULDN'T BE LONG, BEFORE THEY BRING HIM UP TO THE MAJORS I HOPE!

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