My Favorite Season Has Arrived!

Spring? Nope. BASEBALL! Oh how I love baseball . . . playing, watching, whatever. My Dude had his first game in the kid-pitch league last Saturday. His team did not win, not by a long shot, but they did have fun Lots of nervous little boys for their first game, but they did well.

Dude was especially excited because he got to pitch in his first real game! He did pretty well . . . threw the ball close enough to the strike zone that the other team could actually swing the bat and hit the ball (there were LOTS of walks in the game by the pitchers!). The team did well fielding when the ball was actually put in play. Dude even fielded a ball flawlessly at 2nd and threw to 1st for the first out of the game - he was sooooo happy that he did well. I was actually surprised at his composure - he wasn’t too nervous and just played the game I couldn’t let his first game, especially one that he got to pitch in, go by without some pictures, courtesy of my 7 year old Princess…

My elbow hurts just looking at him pitching! After the game, he was already asking when we could practice pitching he could do better in the next game. I love that he loves to play

I love this picture. Boys playing baseball on a beautiful Saturday afternoon with a train track and pond right outside the outfield fence. It doesn’t get much better than that!

Dude being choosy about a pitch. Good job, Buddy!

Amazingly, he actually hit this ball and got on base! YAY!

Tonight is his 2nd game - he’s so excited! It’s also the home opener for our local minor league team, the AAA Sky Sox, affiliated with the Colorado Rockies. We’ve got tickets to that game after Dude’s game . . . we’ll miss most of the Sky Sox game, but who cares! The tickets were free, the hot dogs are cheap, the pretzels are salty, and the beer is good!

PLAY BALL!