Baseball Regular Season Ends

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Noah was apparently the first to get up this morning.  He was up late, as usual, so it was surprising he got up first. Evan, who is normally the early riser, got up around 8:30.  When I came downstairs, they were forcing Zayde to play MLB Power Pros on the Wii and beating him badly.

We decided to go to brunch.  We chose to go to Waterloo Ice House.  They have a playground outside so the boys could play while we waited for our food.   They came back in just as our food was being served.  Neither boy ate very well.

We came home and relaxed a bit before going to the baseball fields.

Noah's game was first.  His team hasn't lost a game so far this season.  From the beginning of the game, it become apparent that they were not going to lose their first today.  Noah started the game at third base.  He didn't have any balls hit his way though.  He got hits in both at-bats and ran well.  He listens to the base coaches and runs hard when he's supposed to run.  The team won their last game.  Their first playoff game is Tuesday night.  If they win on Tuesday, they play on Friday night.  If they win Friday night, they'll play in the championship on Sunday.

Evan was warming up during Noah's game.  We all walked over and the team was getting ready to go into the dugouts and take the field.  Blanca and her mom, Rita, and dad Allen came to watch the boys.  It was really nice of them to come to see the boys play.  Evan also started the game at third base.  But all three kids up at-bat struck out, so Evan didn't see any action.  Actually the first six batters for the other team struck out.  Evan didn't have a good game at the plate today.  He struck out in both at-bats.   For some reason it looked like he wasn't swinging well.  He got one play in the field.  He was in right field in the third with a runner on first.  The batter hit a ball more-or-less down the right field line to the fence.  Evan ran out to get it and threw a one hopper to the second baseman who was just beyond the dirt holding the lead runner at third.  I knew the moment that the ball went to the fence that Evan was almost excited that he could show off his arm.  Evan's team won to finish their season with just one loss.  His playoffs begin on Thursday.  There's essentially a "play-in" game on Thursday.  If his team wins on Thursday night, they begin a double-elimination tournament on Saturday.

We came home and watched the Steelers game.  We took a break to eat dinner that we picked up from zpizza.

We gave the boys showers and they are now in bed.

Until next time...