Baseball Lesson

Me: How was your game last night?

Colson: Not so good. We lost 5 to 12.

Me: Oh, I don't care how the team did, how did YOU do?

Colson: I did good.

Me: So what did you do to help the team?

Colson: I played outfield and second base, and batted.

Me: Great! Did you catch the ball?

Colson: No.

Me: Did you hit the ball when you went up to bat?

Colson: No.

Me: Oh, so what did you do?

Colson: I played second base.

Me: But you didn't catch or hit a ball?

Colson: No.

Me: Um, you do know that to actually play baseball you have to do SOMETHING with a ball, right? Either hit it or catch it or something....you have to touch a ball at some point. "Playing second base" doesn't mean you just stand there looking cool and striking a pose in your new uniform. In fact, you can't really even say you "played second base" unless you actually, um, PLAYED second base.

Colson: *annoyed grin and exasperated tone*....YES

Of course, as it turns out, he did touch the ball a few times, but they were grounders so he didn't consider them "catching" the ball. I just like to mess with him.