Baseball, baseball and more baseball…
It seems like I was doomed from Day 1 of our marriage.
My life is so entwined with the sport of baseball I’m not sure I’d know how to act if there were no baseball games to go to any more.
And so here we go again… After a disastrous year last year, Michael has had an incredible season this year. He plays for the Peru Little League Rockies. His team only won one game last year. They started the season slow and we were ready for a repeat but did they ever surprise us!!! They only lost 4 games total. They finished ranked #2 and won the City Tournament!
Michael who had not had a single hit all year last year (practices don’t count), really came out of his shell this year! He blew us away when he hit a 3 run homer followed in the same game by a grand slam! It was inevitably followed by a strike-out streak but he snapped out of it and started hitting the ball again…
Where he really surprised a lot of people was with his pitching.
He threw 2 no-nos (no hitters – someone asked how that could be called no hitters as he did hit a batter in both of those games putting them on base)…
Say that I am a terrible mother but the thought of him having to learn that life quickly turns the tables on people, I wasn’t thrilled at the news he would be pitching in the championship game… “What a time to eat humble pie?”, I shamelessly thought…
Well… I am eating the crow… and happily so… Michael did great. His pitch count pulled him out for the last batter but another great little player relieved him and got the job done: Eamon Borse. Final score: Rockies 11 – Cubs 6
It was not a no hitter… In fact Michael gave up a homerun to his friend Larry… but they made brilliant plays! They played like a team should, together… Nobody more important than the other…
Much can be learned from sports, when we relax and let ourselves enjoy the moment and remember that these are games. The parents were great this year too. For the first time in a long time I enjoyed going to the Little League Park… And for us, our time is done…
We will be doing All-Stars soon, where and when we still have no clue but Michael is sre excited.
It seems like I was doomed from Day 1 of our marriage.
My life is so entwined with the sport of baseball I’m not sure I’d know how to act if there were no baseball games to go to any more.
And so here we go again… After a disastrous year last year, Michael has had an incredible season this year. He plays for the Peru Little League Rockies. His team only won one game last year. They started the season slow and we were ready for a repeat but did they ever surprise us!!! They only lost 4 games total. They finished ranked #2 and won the City Tournament!
Michael who had not had a single hit all year last year (practices don’t count), really came out of his shell this year! He blew us away when he hit a 3 run homer followed in the same game by a grand slam! It was inevitably followed by a strike-out streak but he snapped out of it and started hitting the ball again…
Where he really surprised a lot of people was with his pitching.
He threw 2 no-nos (no hitters – someone asked how that could be called no hitters as he did hit a batter in both of those games putting them on base)…
Say that I am a terrible mother but the thought of him having to learn that life quickly turns the tables on people, I wasn’t thrilled at the news he would be pitching in the championship game… “What a time to eat humble pie?”, I shamelessly thought…
Well… I am eating the crow… and happily so… Michael did great. His pitch count pulled him out for the last batter but another great little player relieved him and got the job done: Eamon Borse. Final score: Rockies 11 – Cubs 6
It was not a no hitter… In fact Michael gave up a homerun to his friend Larry… but they made brilliant plays! They played like a team should, together… Nobody more important than the other…
Much can be learned from sports, when we relax and let ourselves enjoy the moment and remember that these are games. The parents were great this year too. For the first time in a long time I enjoyed going to the Little League Park… And for us, our time is done…
We will be doing All-Stars soon, where and when we still have no clue but Michael is sre excited.
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