In all of these cases it was due to the antics of the team members.
For whatever reason, the playing techniques were unbelievably off.
Huge scores were run up by the opposing teams while our guys seemed to flounder in a sea of mistakes.
Then, as quickly as the play began to decline, the boys rallied. No rhyme or reason... Suddenly they began to exhibit the skills we all had seen them display in games past.
The opposing team was playing better than our team was. All our at bat time just did not quite connect. The hits that were achieved were caught or did not allow runs to be scored.
For this team that had become quite accustomed to winning, this was a tough place to be.
The catcher worked hard. His efforts did not result in the runners being out.
At one point after three previous runners being ruled safe after this young man catching the ball and tagging the (8 comments)
Since the last time we spent considerable time at the ball park, it was as parents.
My how things have changed in the past fifteen years!
Our perspective is totally different now. So are the siblings and the basic parental thought processes.
Several of the children who travel with the team come equipped with advanced playing equipment (toys) and a backpack full of snacks.
In an average game time of about an hour and a half many of these smaller gulden go thru packages (1 comments)
spring tx: Batter Up! on a Beautiful Fall Morning!
- 10/16/10 03:32 PM
What would be the motivator to get one up early on an Autumn Saturday morning to go across town to sit in the sun? Easy! Grandsons! For him it is a major event. For us, a semi weekly T ball game.
Getting there early enough to park is of major importance. Being able to park close to the appointed field is however an impossibility. When you think about that many kids on that few fields which in this case were where a once forested area was, the sheer numbers will boggle your mind. Under the circumstances, one should be happy (5 comments)
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