Sunday Game

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

The third game in the tournament Evan is in was at 11:30am this morning.  We had to be there at 10:15 which meant we need to leave by 9:15.  We did stop at Donut Taco Palace in the morning.

Again, I was impressed with the way the team warms up.  It reminds me of what I see at Spring Training.

In these tournaments, you are allowed to play everyone on your team.  So for example, if you have 11 players, you can bat all 11 players.  In the field, 9 players play with two on the bench, but you can openly substitute.  If you pull someone out of the game, they are eligible to come in.  Or you can choose to play like real baseball with 9 people batting and playing and 2 people off the bench.  Any time someone comes out of the game, they can not return.  The team Evan is on played it that way today.  Evan started the game on the bench.  His coach told him that one of the reasons was he wanted Evan to be able to come in to pitch.  Sure enough, in the bottom of the second, I saw Evan out in the bullpen warming up.  He came in to pitch the bottom of the third.  He wasn't quite as accurate as yesterday but he was pitching well.  The umpire was definitely squeezing him.  But Evan maintained his composure and really did well, I thought.  It seemed to me the coaches were very impressed.

You can follow all of Evan's games live using GameChanger - http://www.gamechanger.io.  It's like ESPN GameCast.  If you are interested in following along to see how Evan and the rest of the team is doing, let me know and I'll email you think link to see it.

Evan got to bat in the top of the 4th.  He lined out to right when the right fielder made a great catch.  It was a good at-bat.  Unfortunately the team lost 5-3.

On the way home, we stopped at New York-style pizza place and got pizza for our long drive home.

We had to do our normal Sunday routine stuff when we got home.  Evan and Noah cleaned up.  Rachel made lunches for the week and I dealt with the litter.

For dinner, Grandma and Papa came over and we had hamburgers.

The boys are getting ready for bed.

Until next time...