Your dad was great at many things but he was a horrible baseball player.  When we had a challenge softball game between the Plant Industrial Engineers and the Headquarters Industrial Engineers Jon did not do well to say the least.  After the game I told him that if he ever had a child that when they got old enough just say the word and I would be happy to come over and teach them how to catch a ball and swing a bat.  I never got that call and was under the impression the plan was to stick to swimming which was safer.  The offer is still good.  Where I grew up you honored your father in life by not dropping fly balls and running the bases of life hard.  For some fathers and sons the game of catch is a setting for a conversation about life where you have undivided attention.