i'm not even sure how to summarize today.
our first game was at 9:25. the boys were there and they were ready!
we played the rangers (a team we had won against in regular season) and we were pretty confident about playing them.
our "wall" was great. the whole team was hitting well and they got the job done. cubs win!
we had two hours before the next game, so we came home, ate lunch, tried to rest....and then headed back to the field for a 4:40 start.
the clouds were moving in and they looked pretty dark. i talked to todd on the phone and he said the forecast had storms marching across georgia as far back as alabama. the weather was not looking promising. coach baillie huddled the team under the concession stand pavillion. i got some pictures of the team there.
our opponent was determined by a game that was played inbetween our first game and this second one, so we didn't know until we got back to the park that it was going to be the yankees again.
the rain started coming down, but we headed up to the dugout and bleachers with our umbrellas. i got xander set up and then cassidy and i sat on a blanket on the bench under the umbrella, but by the time the game got underway it had almost stopped.
the first inning, yankees were up first, it was like watching one of the very first games we ever played, not like the infield we'd come to depend on over the last four games. the yankees got all five of their runs, as our infielders let the balls get by them, over threw each other, and went chasing after the ball...be it the rain, being tired, or the gum they were all chewing....it took them a while to settle down. xander did pretty well, over all for the game the only hits that got by him were ones he actually dove for, twice... but there were several times coach would call to him and tell him not to throw to first, but if he fielded the ball to tag third, run down the runner or freeze the runner at second. but he didn't listen, or didn't remember when he got the ball and he would throw to first, and first wasn't ready or wasn't catching, so the yankees would get extra bases.
our first chance up xander had a lead off hit. and worked his way around the bases to third with the hits from two of his team mates behind him. however, the yankees got one of our players out and then caught a pop fly. xander was on third when that ball was hit, but he forgot (or didn't hear the coach) to tag up before he ran. he hustled home, and continued for the dugout all the while smiling cause he had scored and he thought that all of us at the fence were cheering for him. poor kid...we were screaming at him to go back to third. he was literally at the dugout when he realized what we were saying and turned and ran back. the yankee with the ball was really confused and xander almost had him beat out back to third, but he clued in with just enough time to tag the base. i think xander was a little bewildered so i went to talk to him. but that was three outs with no runs and the score was now 0-5 yankees. this had never happened to us before.
i really wish i had an inning by inning re-cap, or could remember all the plays xander had...he did, however, catch an in-field fly, just a play after the "pitcher" did, that really helped out that inning!...but the amazing thing is they worked their way back, held the yankees on two innings to fewer than their 5 runs, and entered the last inning just 3 runs down from tying and 4 runs from winning!
so after a few heartattacks by several of us mothers, the end of the batting order did it. they won the t-ball playoff championship...and did it outright! they did not lose a game the whole tournament.
way to go cubs! #1
we had two hours before the next game, so we came home, ate lunch, tried to rest....and then headed back to the field for a 4:40 start.
the clouds were moving in and they looked pretty dark. i talked to todd on the phone and he said the forecast had storms marching across georgia as far back as alabama. the weather was not looking promising. coach baillie huddled the team under the concession stand pavillion. i got some pictures of the team there.
our opponent was determined by a game that was played inbetween our first game and this second one, so we didn't know until we got back to the park that it was going to be the yankees again.
the rain started coming down, but we headed up to the dugout and bleachers with our umbrellas. i got xander set up and then cassidy and i sat on a blanket on the bench under the umbrella, but by the time the game got underway it had almost stopped.
the first inning, yankees were up first, it was like watching one of the very first games we ever played, not like the infield we'd come to depend on over the last four games. the yankees got all five of their runs, as our infielders let the balls get by them, over threw each other, and went chasing after the ball...be it the rain, being tired, or the gum they were all chewing....it took them a while to settle down. xander did pretty well, over all for the game the only hits that got by him were ones he actually dove for, twice... but there were several times coach would call to him and tell him not to throw to first, but if he fielded the ball to tag third, run down the runner or freeze the runner at second. but he didn't listen, or didn't remember when he got the ball and he would throw to first, and first wasn't ready or wasn't catching, so the yankees would get extra bases.
our first chance up xander had a lead off hit. and worked his way around the bases to third with the hits from two of his team mates behind him. however, the yankees got one of our players out and then caught a pop fly. xander was on third when that ball was hit, but he forgot (or didn't hear the coach) to tag up before he ran. he hustled home, and continued for the dugout all the while smiling cause he had scored and he thought that all of us at the fence were cheering for him. poor kid...we were screaming at him to go back to third. he was literally at the dugout when he realized what we were saying and turned and ran back. the yankee with the ball was really confused and xander almost had him beat out back to third, but he clued in with just enough time to tag the base. i think xander was a little bewildered so i went to talk to him. but that was three outs with no runs and the score was now 0-5 yankees. this had never happened to us before.
i really wish i had an inning by inning re-cap, or could remember all the plays xander had...he did, however, catch an in-field fly, just a play after the "pitcher" did, that really helped out that inning!...but the amazing thing is they worked their way back, held the yankees on two innings to fewer than their 5 runs, and entered the last inning just 3 runs down from tying and 4 runs from winning!
so after a few heartattacks by several of us mothers, the end of the batting order did it. they won the t-ball playoff championship...and did it outright! they did not lose a game the whole tournament.
way to go cubs! #1
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