Baseball

Well, the baseball season here has officially begun. Garrett and Matthew are playing this year. Now Jacob kind of wishes he had played too, I think... maybe next year. Garrett's team won their first regular season game last night and I think their team is really turning some heads in the league. The baseball league here is highly competitive and many of the teams are made up of kids who play on select travelling teams. They didn't really expect much from our little team. Surprise. Kevin is coaching Garrett's team, the Orioles, this year and he, along with his great assistant coaches, are apparently the talk of the league these days. They beat last year's first place team pretty badly during the preseason and now the other coaches don't seem to be able to know what to think about the Orioles.

I myself find it rather amusing. They all get so wound up and upset and Kevin and his guys just remain calm and collected. Kevin also teaches the boys on the team to be gracious winners or losers, whichever the case may be. Last night, the opposing team's head coach actually got ejected from the game and the baseball complex after using some very inappropriate language when objecting to a call by the umpire. He had spent most of the game yelling at his players, putting our players down verbally, and basically degrading his team. I'm so proud that my husband and son are an example of how the game should be coached and played. I believe that it teaches the kids so much more when a coach encourages them and corrects them without resorting to foul language, yelling and insulting them.

I'm excited about what the future holds for their team this year and I've asked Kevin if his goal is to tick off every coach in the league. His team has already had two team's coaches foaming at the mouth.....Guess we'll see how the other's react.

Matthew's team lost their first game.. But they almost came back from a 9-1 game by finishing the game 9-6. Kevin, Garrett and Jacob are looking forward to spending some time with Matthew over the next several weeks helping him improve his catching, hitting and throwing schools. He's still got a lot of the basics to learn but I think once he understands the game more he'll be a much improved player. The awesome thing about Matthew is he is always so easy going and it doesn't seem to matter what happens during the game he always ends the night with a smile and a positive attitude. I hope he always stays that way. It is so easy for Matthew to put a great big smile on my face and a swelling of pride in my heart. He is an awesome kid!