Championship Games

Well after a fun and quick season of baseball. Danny and Jacob's team was undefeated and even won the championship. Danny had a chance to show us what he has to offer as a pitcher and he did extremely well. Jake is doing a fantastic job as well. Bless his heart, he is not the natural that his brother is, but he gives it his all. GO DODGERS! This is the last year that many of the players can stay on this league. Next year will be quite interesting since Danny and Jake will be the older boys on the team. We might even switch to another team since we know the other coach. Only time will tell what happens.

First Baseball games of the season

Last night we had the first of our 10 double headers for the season. I think I would rather have 20 games in 10 days instead of going to the ballpark for 20 games on 20 different days. Danny and Jake's team, LA Dodgers, played first and totally creamed the other team, 27-4. Both of the boys did really well. Danny was able to pitch the fourth inning and true to his pitching talent, threw across about 15 balls and only one boy got a base and the other 3 struck out. Talk about a quick inning. Great job, Danny!

Aaron and Caleb's team, Seattle Mariners, played really well. In coach pitch, they do not keep score so we don't know the final score. Aaron hit everytime he got up to bat, of course and Caleb surprised us by hitting one on his first time up to bat. I was able to watch him run across the home plate since the Dodgers game just got finished. He was so excited about being able to make it around to all the bases,even with his short legs! Great job to all the hard working ball players. We're in for a great season!

Aaron Ready to Play

Caleb Throwing the Ball

Danny's Championship Game

Danny's team succeeded in remaining undefeated for the entire baseball season. He was starting pitcher for the first game of the playoffs. He did very well and the team won the game by a wide margin. The last game of the playoffs for the championship was played two days later, on July 18th. The entire game was very close and the lead traded several times. Danny's team led 3 points going into the last inning. A few runs were scored and soon the other team was leading. During the last at bat Danny's team tied the game with two outs. The last batter pounded a run deep into right field that ended the game as a home run. What a fun season! The boys got to take a picture with the trophy.

First Blogging Attempt

Well, we finally did it. We have followed everyone else in the world and decided to start "blogging". After many attempts of trying to send weekly or monthly e-mails to family and friends to update them about our family, we took the final leap. Here it goes!

The month of May has been a whirlwind. Spring is synonymus with baseball at our house. This year we will have 4 boys playing on 3 teams. Danny, #8, is on the LA Dodgers, a Kid Pitch team. Jake, # 11, and Aaron, #2, are on the Seattle Mariner's Coach Pitch team. Lastly, Caleb, #5, is on the Royal Sox T-ball team. We basically live at the ballpark during the week. We love once the game starts. It is a bit crazy trying to get everyone out the door on time.

It is really fun to see Danny play pitcher on his team and watch him grow in this capacity. He seems to do really well under pressure! He also plays a pretty mean shortstop and outfielder as well. So far this season his team is undefeated. They have played 4 games and have 6 to go.

Jake and Aaron are enjoying playing together on their team as well. It is really fun to see how they have grown up since last season. Jake continues to develop his skills. He is becoming quite an accomplished first baseman. He is so easy going and tends to learn things at his own pace. He doesn't sweat the small stuff and get so excited when he completes a good play. Aaron continues to play really well. He is a natural.

Caleb is quite entertaining on the field! Despite repeated practices teaching him to run to first, he ran straight to third base on his first hit. His second attempt, he ran to first and then halfway to second decided that he had plenty of time to reach the base so he proceeded to drag his feet the rest of the way. Which resulted in an out. Did this bother Caleb? No. He loves playing with the other kids in the dugout. He also likes his dad being the Coach.

Meanwhile in the bleachers, Mom and the girls cheer all the boys on at the games. Most recently, Clarissa and Abby have found that dirt is quite enjoyable.