Week of Baseball

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

High school baseball has suddenly become a big part of our lives. Evan had practice on Monday and Wednesday.  He had games Tuesday and Thursday, two on Friday and two on Saturday. 

Despite it being a busy week of baseball, it was a very good week of baseball for Evan.  At the game on Tuesday, Evan showed his toughness and helped show the team he was a good leader.  Down 6-0, with a very large kid trying to score, Evan got the throw at home. Although required to slide, the boy lowered his shoulder and knocked Evan over in an attempt to knock the ball loose.  Evan held on through the big hit, jumped up and tried to throw out the runner advancing to third.  It was a very heads up play and got his entire team excited.  Despite the coach's pleas, the boy was not ejected despite the rules that state he should be dictated.  But the play fired up the whole team. So, when Evan's team came to bat, they scored 8 runs and won the game.

On Thursday, Evan was asked to fill in on the Varsity team.  It was a really big honor for someone who is a Freshman.  The game was at a fancy private school in the area.  They didn't allow parents to watch the game but they provided a livestream to watch complete with an announcer.  Evan started on the bench, but came in to pinch hit in the fifth.  He walked and then stole second.  The batter behind him also walked and when they tried to pick the runner off at first, Evan advanced to third on a heads-up baserunning and then scored when the team was more focused on trying to get the other runner out.  That run ultimately ended up being the winning run.  Evan came in to catch in the bottom of the fifth.  It was so cool hearing Evan being talked about by an announcer.  It was a very surreal experience.

Evan was back to the JV team while playing two games on Friday.  In the first game on Friday, Evan caught and he threw two runners out trying to steal third in the same inning.  He also singled and walked in that game.  He played short for some of the game and started a double play on a single to left where he took the relay and threw home to get the runner and then tagged out the batter who was trying to advance on that throw.  In the second game, Evan pitched and did really well against a team of sophomores.  A couple parents from the other team behind me kept talking about what a good pitcher we had.  I eventually told them that was my son.  He also tripled over the centerfielder's head.

On Saturday morning, Evan caught two innings and batted three time.  He got his 11th, 12th and 13th walk of the season in each of those at bats.  Evan's team won big, 19-1, and they let Evan rest for the first time for the last inning.  In the second game, Evan caught all 5 innings.  He struck out and walked two more times.  At catcher, he threw out his first runner trying to steal second as a high schooler.  His coaches really love him on the team.  They think he just makes plays and that he's a really smart baseball player.  It's nice to see.

Meanwhile, everyone else in the family did do things during the week. Noah was invited to be a member of the National Junior Honor Society.  I spent the week onboarding two new hires underneath me.  Rachel finished up her last week of work before spring break.

The boys are upstairs playing Playstation.  Rachel and I will sit down in a bit.

Until next time...