Baseball recap

Saturday was the last day of baseball season for the youth here at NAVSTA Rota. I can't say I'm unhappy as it's really starting to heat up around here. By early afternoon, temps have been hanging at around 85-90 degrees or higher. Of course we were just recently complaining that it was unseasonably chilly. The weather is always reason to whine, but enough of that. Let's recap baseball season 2009...

D played for the A's and had a great time, even though he hadn't originally planned to participate in baseball. He really wanted to play spring soccer, but since there is no such thing here due to the small number of kids, he opted to play baseball. His normal position was center field, but on occasion he pitched and played first.

D was pitching here. Note the look of concentration. He's definitely got his game face on, wouldn't you say?


He's winding up.


There's the release.


Here's D in action...
D doesn't throw a lot of heat just yet, but he can get the ball across the plate.


Making it all the way home is very cool, but even cooler when one slides into homeplate...



D's pizza party was held a couple of days after the last game, therefore no one was wearing the team uniform. D had to go to Scouts right after the party, thus the Scout uniform. By the way, he's the kid in the middle with... you guessed it... thumbs up!

M played for the Mets. This was quite a large team with 15 kids on the roster. Those coaches "herded cats" for the better part of 10 weeks. They really deserved the end of the season medals more than the kids. M typically played short stop or second base, but played every position at least once. He's reached the age where it really matters to him if he messes up. I used to look forward to that day, but now that it's here, and I see how hard he is on himself, I kinda wish he'd go back to playing in the dirt and being clueless.

Ready for anything that comes his way.


M's league is coach pitch, but he wanted to practice pitching because he tends to follow in his big brother's footsteps.


Run, boy, run!



M practices pitching with Dad after his game. He's dying to pitch next year.



M smacked this ball pretty hard and ended up with a triple. It doesn't matter that it was due to the other team's errors. HE GOT A TRIPLE!


M poses with his head coach at the end-of-the-season pizza party.

That's our recap! Yep, baseball season is officially over, and although I said I was glad, I'm a little sad too, because this is yet another season in our kids' childhood that is now gone, never to come back. It's all going by so quickly! That's why I take lots of photos and blog about our family's experiences. When I'm old, feeble and absent-minded, I can look back at these memories and wonder... "Who ARE those people and why do I have so many photos of them?"