Marauders Tournament #2: Day 2

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

The day started very early this morning.  I got up at 5:45am so I could get some things ready before Evan's alarm went off at 6.  I got some breakfast ready for Evan, got his uniform ready and started getting the car ready.  We left the house around 6:25am.  Of course we stopped at Donut Taco Palace on the way.

With no traffic, we got to the fields quickly and early.  Evan wanted me to throw batting practice to him.  I threw him about 50 pitches before everyone got there and the other coach started pitching to everyone.

We were playing a team that scored the fewest runs in the tournament yesterday.  Through the first two innings it seemed obvious why.  They just weren't hitting.  But in the third, their bats broke out.  They hit three home runs over the fence accounting for 8 runs.  They hit several balls off the fence.  We played well but we weren't hitting the ball like that.  Evan played well again.  He seemed to have no effects from being hit in the face and fielded several balls cleanly at second base as well as in left field.  He had another hard hit line drive single into the outfield.  The outfielders in these tournaments are so much better than during the season.  These were the balls that would be played such that they would get past the outfielder and Evan would race around for a triple or home run.  But instead, they held Evan to singles.  In the end the other team's bats just were too much and the Marauders lost.

When we got home, Uncle Marvin and Aunt Sandy came over.  They are putting money down on a house being built about 10 minutes from us.  They will be moving in to their house around mid-late July.  We drove over to the house and walked through it as it was being built.  The boys thought that was really neat.

Afterwards, we had lunch and the boys watched the Gremlins.

At 3:30 we went over to a pool in another development.  It was our end-of-season party for the Rockies.  It was good seeing all the parents.  The kids had a blast in the pool.  I enjoyed talking to all the parents.  I handed out trophies to the kids and they kids made a banner for me which was nice.  The parents chipped in and got me a gift card.  We had a good time.

The boys are in their rooms now.

Until next time...