Baseball

This was E's first year to play baseball. I was quite excited about it, as was he. We didn't know anyone on the team, but he landed on a great one. He had great coaches who taught the fundamentals, had expectations of the players, but were understanding as well.

Practices started out great, E had a great time and was excited to go. Unfortunately, when the first game came around, things went south. If you were around me during that time, you heard about it, so I won't bore you with the details here. Suffice it to say, once we learned WHY he wouldn't run--or sometimes even attempt to bat--things turned around amazingly!!!

Oh, that reason...he didn't know where second base was. So, we figured that out and had a great rest of the season.

He started out in left field, but ended up playing many games as "catcher man" as he tells it. He actually did a great job as catcher. It kept him in the game and he really enjoyed it. Here are a few pictures of our time on the field.

The coach pitches four to them, and if they don't hit one, they go to the tee. E hit several of the balls pitched to him!

This was the excitement in left field! We couldn't really blame him--it was kinda boring most of the time!!

Moving to catcher man!

S was asked to be the dugout "coach" which he agreed to. I think it was not the funnest job, but he was a great encourager to those kids! E thought it was pretty cool that his dad was one of the coaches!

This was his last game--after two rainouts. It was freezing cold that night, but they still had a great time.

I was hoping he could play basketball this year, but we're thinking with a new baby, it might not be the best idea for us right now. So we may wait until spring and do baseball again. Either way, the sporting life is upon us!!