This last month has been filled with many nights of baseball! Ethan's team is the Diamond Backs. I literally did the happy dance when I got the call that his coach would be the same coach as last year. It was great that their team did well last year, but mostly the coach is just a great guy whose coaching style matches well with Ethan's personality.
His team didn't have much cohesion at the beginning of the season. They played a couple of practice games before the season started, and they lost miserably. The first game of the season, which fortunately didn't count toward the standings, they fell so far behind that they called the game early on the mercy rule. The second game started off pretty bad. They had a lot of errors, over throws and missed catches. We were mentally prepping ourselves for a disappointing season.
Then they picked it up a lot. The score was tied in the final inning, and our team was up to bat, 2 outs one man on base. And the guy steals home! It was pretty awesome.
That was the win they needed!
Can you say UNDEFEATED!
I am the mom and I certainly can, Ethan's team finished the season undefeated.
Tonight is the first game of the city tournament. Can they keep up their winning streak? It's going to be a nail biter!
And now for something entirely different.
Gavin started baseball this year. He plays 'Coach Pitch baseball.'
In Coach Pitch baseball your own coach pitches to you. You get 5 pitches to try to get a hit. There are no strikes and no outs. If you hit the ball you will make it home. But there are no points. Batting is great but the defense is my favorite. Everyone rotates positions each inning. You do your best to throw and catch the ball. But my most favorite part is when the ball makes it to the outfield and 3 kids try to get the ball and they end up in a dog pile on top of the ball. It is unbelievably adorable.
(Sarah, I think of you each time they play, you are awesome for coaching!)
I asked Gavin "What is your favorite position?"
Gav. "Batting."
"When your team is out on the field, then what is your favorite position?
"Catching."
"You like being the catcher?"
"No, I like catching."
"So you like being in the outfield?"
"Yeah."
Adorable!
