"Mr. Parks" Honored

My Dad works for the City of Savannah as manager of the parks system. Last night was the opening night of a new youth sports complex. The complex is the result of mainly one Savannah business man's idea and financial backing. As an example of my Dad's wit, he dubbed the complex The Cranium for the business man Mr. Crane. The complex contains three youth baseball fields (I doubt you can find nicer ones around) and some youth football fields. The youth football fields have already hosted many tilts on the gridiron. It is something to see 3rd graders play football! Last night was the first night for T-Ball, Girl's Fastpitch and Boy's Baseball.

We learned earlier in the week that the City of Savannah was going to surprise my Dad by asking him to throw out the first pitch. Not being one for attention, they figured they had to surprise him because they didn't think he would do it if he knew about it in advance. In a speech before the pitch, they honored him by recognizing his hard work and dedication. It was pretty emotional and we are very proud of him!

Unfortunately, most of my pictures are back focused. I think the fence in the background threw the auto focus off. Here are a few from the evening (which was absolutely gorgeous, by the way).

Congratulations Dad! You deserve it.