Baseball, Baseball, Baseball

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

The boys slept in very late today which is nice.  It was a big weekend so it's good they got some sleep.

Today was a beautiful day.  In the morning it was in the 60s and sunny.  It felt nice to be in cool weather.  It did go up to 82, but even that is more than 10 degrees cooler than it's been.  It was great.

I had to go over to the fields early as I was volunteering for the concession duty for Evan's team.  Evan and Noah came with me.  After an hour, we went and had warmups for Noah's team.

Noah's team tied today.  My assistant coach couldn't make it unfortunately.  So I was running the team on my own.  A bunch of the parents helped out which was nice.  Noah did very well at the plate.  During warmups I saw that he was hitting the ball hard and very well.  I thought he might have a good game.  Twice he hit the ball into the outfield.  He ran well.  He made a couple plays at pitcher and a few more at second base.

After Noah's game we went to Evan's game.  I walked over there just as Evan was leading off the game.  They put Evan in the leadoff position.  His first hit was a hard line drive that went well over the right-center fielder's head and rolled to the wall.  Evan raced around and started the game off with a home run.  He was very excited.  Later in the game he lined a single to dead center knocking in two runs.  In his last at-bat he hit a ball right at the second baseman.  Somehow, and I've tried to figure this out in my head, he was able to easily beat the throw to first.  The second baseman didn't bobble it, and it wasn't a bad throw, but Evan raced down the baseline and it wasn't even a close play.  In the field, Evan was at shortstop and had a diving stop of a ball behind second base and on the second base side.  He saved a run although he had no shot at first.  The coach sent out the batting statistics of the team.  Evan is leading the team in just about every category.  His line is 8 ABs, 8 hits, 2 singles, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 3 HRs, 7 RBIs, 7 Runs.  His slugging percentage is 2.625 and his OPS is 3.625.  He really had fun.

Then, since we didn't get enough baseball, we came home and Evan and I watched the end of the Pirates game.  The Pirates won and took a 2-1 lead in the NLDS.

We had dinner and then gave the boys showers.

Until next time...

A day without baseball

This morning we took it easy.  It was nice not having to wake up early for anything.  They boys played outside.  We had lunch and then Morry left to work the concession stand at the baseball field.

While Morry was gone the boys and I went to the neighborhood pool.  We saw quite a few people we knew there.  Evan was happy that one of his friends from his class was there in addition to a couple of boys from last year's class.

We got home a little after 3pm and Morry had just gotten home.

Morry did some work this afternoon while the boys watch Despicable Me.

For dinner we had leftovers from last night.  The boys played outside again while we cleaned up.

Morry is reading to them now.

Evan's Dentist Appointment

This morning after dropping Noah off at school I picked up Evan and took him to the dentist for a checkup.

It turns out he has 2 cavities.  He was having some gum pain that we and the dentist thought was from his molars growing in.  It turned out, he had 2 cavities, one of which was causing the mild pain for him.  Both are on his baby molars. They said it's important we got those fixed because he needs to keep those teeth in until he's about 12.  If for some reason they have to come out, they'll put spacers in to make sure the jaw forms right until the time when his teeth should have come out on their own.  We have an appointment on Monday to get the cavities filled.  Besides that, the visit went well.  Everything else looks good and Evan was very good there.  He got to pick a prize at the end. He choose a bag of plastic bugs.

I dropped Evan off at school and shortly after it was time to get Noah.

Gabby came over and I left to tutor.

When Morry got home he packed food for the boys and they went to the baseball field.  Morry volunteered for concession stand duty tonight.  The boys played and ate while Morry and the other parents worked.   I picked up Evan and Noah around 7:30 when I was done tutoring.  Morry stayed until 8:30.

On the way home we stopped at Target to get a few things.

The boys are in bed now.  It's been a long day for all of us.  Now it's time for me to finally eat some dinner. 

Baseball, Baseball, Baseball

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Today, both boys had baseball games.  Evan had a game at 1pm and he needed to be there at noon.  Noah had a game at 3:30 and needed to be there at 2:45.  Knowing that we had a busy afternoon, we took it easy this morning.  The boys played baseball on the Wii for most of the morning.  Before we knew it, it was time for lunch and then we had to go to the fields.  Noah came with Evan and me.

They had Evan playing third at warm ups so I knew that he'd probably be playing that again today.  He's played so well there and he has the arm to get it to first.  He started the game at second base though and made some nice catches on cutoffs (which he also seemed to grasp) on balls to the right and right center.  He batted second and after the first boy got out, he singled and ended up coming around to score.  In the 2nd inning he was at third.  On a short popup, he came racing in and made a diving catch for an out.  He had another single in the third.  In the fourth, he was back at 3rd base.  A big kid came up and just turned on the ball rocketing the ball at Evan.  Evan calmly put his glove up and caught the line drive.  He seemed so nonchalant about it, though when he came back into the dugout later, he was very excited about it.  In the same inning, there was a slow roller than Evan ran up and picked up with his bare hand, though he didn't have a play.  And he got the third out in the inning on a ground ball that he fielded and touched third.  In the bottom of the fifth, Evan singled to score the fifth run of the inning which ended the game (each inning is capped at 5 runs or 3 outs).  Unfortunately, Evan's team lost for the first time this season 16-15.

After the game, we went over to the snow cone truck and got snow cones.  They allow you to put your own flavoring on it.

We walked over to Noah's field, ate, and then Noah warmed up.  He was very excited for his game.  Noah was the fifth batter and really hit the ball hard in the top of the first and ran hard for a single.  He played third base in the bottom of the first though he had to come out early because he had to pee.  In the third, Noah got out for the first time this season.  I was wondering how he'd handle that and he handled it like a pro.  I was really proud of him for that.  He seemed to know how got out, and casually walked back to the dugout.  He didn't seem upset at all.  He told me if the first baseman had made an error he would have been safe.  He came up in the fourth with a chance to atone and he came through.  He ran hard to first and that was the difference.  The batter behind him tripled and it was fun to see Noah running from 1st to home.  He did a good job.

After the game, we came home.  We made dinner and then I had to go back to the fields.  It was Evan's team's turn to volunteer at the concession stand.  So I had to do it from 6:45pm to 8pm.  The boys stayed home.  Evan through a fit because he wanted to come with me and help.  Rachel found a baseball movie to put on for the boys on Netflix and they watched it until I got home.

I did solve the problem with putting the boys to bed during the Steelers game and having them lose.  I started the game after I put them to bed.  It seemed to work as the Steelers won tonight.

Below are some pictures from today.

Until next time...

Baseball, Lake, and a Movie

This morning Evan had a t-ball game. Morry and Evan left the house around 8am this morning. They had a good game, but lost. Evan had a good time.

When Morry and Evan got home we all went to the lake and walked the 3 mile trail. We stopped at one point the let Lizzy swim and fetch the ball.

At home we quickly got lunch ready and then I tutored here at the house.

Morry volunteered to help with the concession stand at the baseball field. The concession stand is run by volunteers from each team. This week was our teams turn, so they asked a few parents to help out. Morry's time slot was 1:50 -3:30.

While Morry was gone I tried to get Noah to nap, but was unsuccessful.

The boys and I filled the pinata for the party and then I gave Lizzy a haircut on the upstairs porch.

A little before 6pm we dropped Evan and Noah off at Clubhouse for Kids so Morry and I could see a movie. We saw Cedar Rapids at the Alamo Drafthouse. Evan and Noah got pizza for dinner at the Clubhouse and they said they had a good time.

We just got home. The boys are having dessert (Popsicles and grapes) and then we'll put them to bed.