Try telling the boys that it was "fall back" today. I heard them playing at 6:45 this morning. Of course it really was 7:45 in their internal clocks. We were hoping that the long day yesterday would cause them to sleep in some.
We finally got up and got ready to go to the Race for the Cure. We signed up for the untimed portion which meant that we could walk. We were able to park right by the start line because they reserve a special garage for survivors. We brought the stroller in case Noah wanted to sit. Evan walked the entire 3.1 miles. Noah rode in the stroller for maybe a mile of it, if that. He did well walking and walked fast. It was downtown and I think the boys liked all the things to look at.
When we finished most of the swag had been given away already, although, to be honest, it looked like there were significantly fewer vendors there than when Rachel and I ran it two years ago.
We came home and had lunch. We had about an hour until we needed to get to the fields for Noah's warm ups.
Noah hit well during warm ups. He was very excited for the game. One of the boys on Evan's team had a younger brother on the team playing against Noah's team. So Evan and the boy from Evan's team, Anthony, played together until they needed to go to their warm ups.
For the championship game, the game is 6 innings untimed. There were two umpires. In the top of first, they had Noah at third base. They said that this team hits mostly to third base and they wanted Noah there to start out the game. They also shifted the shortstop much closer to third. Noah played along the line. One of the kids turned on the ball and hit a shot on the ground down the line. But since Noah was standing almost at the line, he just put his glove down and stopped it. It ended up taking a bounce and hitting Noah in the body, but he was not going to let that ball go past him. It was a great play and Noah got lots of cheers. Noah got hits in all of his at bats. One of the times up, they overthrew first and Noah ran to second. He runs well and listens so well. In the third inning, Noah's team held the other team scoreless. That turned out to be the difference and Noah's team won. Noah was really happy about it. It was a lot of fun. They had a pizza party with a pinata after the game. Rachel stayed with Noah while I watched Evan who took the field right after Noah's game ended.
Evan was playing a team they had beaten earlier in the season. But somehow this team came alive since then. They were hitting the ball all over the place. Evan seemed to be very tired. He did get a good hit in the bottom of the second. And his fielding was good. But he didn't quite seem as lively. That seemed to be true of the entire team actually. The other team won which meant that Evan had to play a second game right after.
A parent on the team bought sno-cones for all the kids. Rachel got a Powerade for Evan as well. That seemed to perk up all the kids. Evan had a great game in the second game. He doubled in one of his at-bats. When he was playing third, a boy crushed a ball at Evan who knocked it down and fired over to first. The umpire called the runner safe, which seemed questionable. The third base coach for the other team was quite impressed and high-fived Evan. A couple batters later, a kid hit a ball down the third base line. Evan dove to his right and grabbed it. He got up and threw the ball to first although a bit too late. Again, it was just a tremendous play. He was pretty pumped by it. Unfortunately, Evan's team didn't have another comeback in them and they lost, finishing the season in third place. Evan seemed ok with it. The coaches told Evan they are going to try to get him on their team in the spring. I think that would be wonderful.
Rachel took the boys home. I went and picked up Rudy's. We gave the boys showers and then put them to bed.
Until next time...
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