Coach Pitch Tournament

What's not to love about being at the baseball field all weekend, right? I fear that at some point this summer, my blog will cease being about my life and begin to sound more like an ESPN sports report. Truly, baseball dominates nearly every day until the end of July. Last weekend was no exception.

Andrew played baseball on Friday, Brendan had THREE games on Saturday, and B had one more game on Sunday. Phew. (FYI- Ev had T ball last night, too!) Why all the weekend games? This was the annual Coach Pitch Tournament in our hometown.

Typically, many teams from the area participate as well as some teams that travel to come. Usually when the teams travel a distance to come, they bring an "all-star" team with boys running like Hays and hitting like Mays. (I have no idea who they are. . . ) But this year, that didn't happen. This year, our boys looked awesome.
Brendan's team on Saturday played incredible, turning a TRIPLE play in their first game. Yep, you heard me, a triple play! Call ESPN now. Remember now, these boys are between the ages of 5 and 8. In the second game, the boys had one or two double plays, and a kid made a diving catch at short to throw someone out. They looked amazing! Because they won their first two games, they were invited to come back Sunday.
Yet, the third game is where it all went south. The couldn't catch anything. I swear their throws got caught in a time warp heading to first where everything was planned to be about one second too late. They were disheartened.
Sunday was much of the same. Even though they started with a big lead in the first, the boys were eliminated in their first game on Sunday.

Sunday also brought something new from Brendan, however. He is usually my kid that is competitive, but things just "roll off him." He doesn't get upset too badly or pout. My poor B had to pull his hat brim low and walk away from the rest of us for awhile after the game. He just buried his sad little seven year old face in his glove until he felt better. I also had to look away because watching that much emotion on your baby's face is never easy.

In short, the weekend was fun. I got lots of sun! The boys had fun playing with friends. Brendan played great.