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April 3, 2008
"Bean"
11 yo has a nickname...and he nearly lived up to it last night. Ben is sometimes called "Bean", not sure if dh means it as in "stringbean" or just a play on his name, but it almost took on a new meaning during an evening scrimmage as he tried his hand at pitching. He's been playing catcher a lot at practices, but very antsy to pitch, he raises his hand and volunteers everytime. He got to pitch part of an inning last night, but he sure was nervous. His first few pitches were way outside. He got closer to the strike zone as he went on, but walked a couple of runners, and hit one. I didn't keep track of it all, but the worst part was a high ball that would have hit the batter in the head if his bat hadn't gotten in the way. I actually thought it did hit the batting helmet, but as dh pointed out, the "tink" sound meant it was the bat. The helmet would have made a sound like "thunk", I guess! At any rate, he didn't finish the inning. He was moved to 2nd base while another teammate came in to finish. He had his own challenges, but it was fun to watch ds sweat a little. You could see some relief when he left the mound, and there were some obvious expressions of distress prior to that.
DH has been reminding him that he needs to practice if he wants to pitch. Now ds has a realization that it's no piece of cake, and that he's gonna have to work a little.
The rest of the scrimmage was fun, regardless of pitching moments, a taste of busy days to come. The 2 + hours of gamewatching left me with a restless lot of little ones by the end of it. Multiply that by 3, as 3 boys are playing this season, and we'll be juggling some challenges in keeping the troops content while we bounce back and forth between fields. Worse, our league is definitely on the disorganized side this year. Opening day is Saturday, and as of yet, no schedules nor uniforms. Coaches and parents alike are a little upset.
It'll be a crazy end of the week when, at a moment's notice, we may need to transport kids to unscheduled practices to pick up necessary information and equipment. I'll be moving into my "Mommy's Diner on the Road" mode, as we do burritos and sandwiches "to go" in liu of going bankrupt at the snack stands. Just a little more of the charm of organized sports! If I don't surface, send out a search party end of May! (Just kidding...I'm looking forward to being out and about, but I won't abandon my blog buddies). |
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Kristy