Coach Pitch

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Rachel and I slept in a bit today.  Even though it was a 4-day week, it seemed to be packed and we were both tired.  The boys were well behaved and let us sleep (or at least lay there)

When we did get up, we had some errands to run.  We need to get Noah cleats for tomorrow and we needed to return some things.  We went to Academy to get Noah cleats.  He whined a bunch.  He was upset because he wanted me to carry him into the place.  He was happy with his cleats.  Rachel then ran into Old Navy and Kohl's to return some things.

We came home and had lunch.  It seemed that there was not much time before I had to take Evan to his game.  They practice for an hour before the game.  The complex where Evan plays has several batting cages so they had batting practice and then fielding practice.  Noah insisted on coming.

Evan was so excited for the game to start.  He started out in Left Center Field and then moved to Second Base.  He struck out his first time up.  I was not happy with the umpire as one of the "swings" was a checked swing.  I was literally about 3 feet on the other side of the fence from the umpire but I managed to not say anything.  Then I went to talk to Evan and Evan very matter-of-factly said "The ump made a bad call."  He didn't seem upset by it at all.  The next time up, he took three pitches and didn't swing and then got a hit.  In the 4th inning while playing second, he got pop up that the shortstop had missed and touched second to get a kid out.  He was so excited he was jumping up and down holding the ball.  In his third at-bat, he also struck out, though with two really great swings.  It'll come.  His coach came up to me unsolicited to tell me what a "cool kid" Evan was.  He just loved Evan's enthusiasm and hustle.  He said he's a joy to have on the team.

From there, we went to Verde's where we met Jack's family.  It was a really nice night out and all four kids - Jack and Evan, Noah, and Jack's sister Audrey all played out on the field adjacent to the patio where we were seated.  It was really nice and we could talk with the adults.  The kids all enjoyed themselves.

We came home and the boys had showers and they are now in bed.

Until next time...

Some pictures from today's game: