The game didn't go so well. By the end of the 2nd inning we were down 9 to 1. Apparently, however, this wasn't a large enough lead for the Cubbies' coach as he would still yell at his players, "C'mon we need more runs!" Turns out, his goal of every game is to "mercy rule" the opposing team. He got his wish. After 4 innings, the score was 14-4 and it was over. Our Braves were down, but our coaches kept telling them to keep their chins up as they played a great game. And they did.
I guess 42 games isn't enough for 9 & 10 year-olds to play in a season because we get to play each team twice. Last night was our second match up with the Grizzly Bear and his Cubs. The Braves were fired up, just like we wanted them to be. You should have seen Jonathan during the game, so focused, so intense. Trevor made the following statement to our team parents after we scored 4 runs in the top of the 1st inning: "There are two kinds of people in this world: those who are humble and those who are about to be." That's right, our boys fed Mr. Grizzly Bear some humble pie by pulling off an 8-4 win. It was awesome.
I didn't get a lot of great video last night, but I was able to catch Jonathan getting a great hit (and an RBI). Hopefully I'll get enough video by the end of the season to do another iMovie for your viewing pleasure. Until then, you'll have to live with this:
And just to make things fair, here's one of Timothy from Saturday's game:
He may not have the best stance (I keep trying to help him but he doesn't want much help from his mom) or run the fastest, but I'll tell you what, he can sure hit the ball!
Way to go Braves!
3 comments:
Shoot. Travis forgot to mention to me that he was also coaching "da Bears"......glad you didn't recognize him under that hat. Kidding. I DO have to agree with you that there is nothing better than beating a team like that. Way to go Timothy!
(also, I think the kid on third really needed a potty break in that first movie)
I would agree with Sharese, third baseman was doing a cute jig on third. This kind of makes me excited for Tate to play ball! Woot Woot to the boys!
So the Stansbury family also lived at baseball fields!
Our 15 month old picks up anything that resembles a bat. Puts it to his shoulder and then taps the ground twice with it. I think he knows baseball. We miss yall!
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