Weeknights at the Ballpark

The ball season started out rough with a lot of rainouts. I think my kids only played 2 of their first 9 games oh and yes we lost 3 gloves.

Jude played coach pitch this year and was on the Royals, he was very successful and confident hitting off the coach, lets hope this continues with machine pitch next year.

He was all over the field and wanted to "dive" for the ball, it didn't matter if it was coming to him or not.

How cute is that baseball booty?

Grandpa & Kingston, I am actually impressed that Kingston didn't dress himself like grandpa this day in a button up and jeans because that is his usual outfit of choice.
A snow hat and hawaiian beads makes a lot more sense in July though.

Trav helped coach 3 teams, that played 5 games a week not including practices. Thankfully 2 of them were Pirates so this helped with shirt changes.

Monroe LOVED pitching again this year. She has been successful in this position and I often thought the kids would be better off hitting off her who pitches a nice slow down the middle strike than their coaches who struggle.

I think it helps that the kids only get 2 strikes and their out, made her job a little easier.

The siblings played a lot of red light green light this year.

We have the best parents that come and cheer our kids on!

and give them some tips too (Grandpa showing Jude how to play first base)

Jude got to play with 2 of his good buddies from Marlatt, Thayer & Advith.

These girls are really getting their game on, they went undefeated in the season!
I think it helped that we have a great General Manager & coaches. Coach Bryce had very few strike outs with these girls, this is a stressful job!

Xander enjoyed playing several positions, unfortunately in his age group there are few that play that know the game or have played much, this makes it hard to watch.
He had a great coach too that is very positive and committed to the kids, we are ready to bring on the tournament next week with them!