Baseball Goals

Preston just finished a very long Spring season of baseball.  Practice started the first week of January and we played our 44th and final game this past Sunday.  We started as a 9UAA team and finished as a 9UAAA team.

To say we learned a lot this season is a huge understatement.  We learned what expectations we wanted as a baseball player, as an assistant coach/dad, and as a mom/cheerleader.  We have witnessed poor sportsmanship and great sportsmanship.  We have seen umpire's make some really lousy calls and some spot on calls.  We experienced heartache at a tough loss and jubilee at a really great win.  But most importantly, Preston's love for the game just grew tremendously.

This season Preston played pitcher...

 catcher...

and 1st base.

 He hit hard...

 so he could run hard.

 Sometimes Preston had to slide to get that run...

and sometimes it was easier.  

 They tried to pick him off...

 and other times he did the picking.

Preston tried to warn his teammates when someone was stealing...

and other times he did the stealing (which is his favorite thing to do).

Sometimes players fell on him...

 and sometimes he did the fall on his own (he dove off the pitcher's mound, caught the ball in the air and it is securely in his glove).

 Baseball can be serious business...

but it can also be loads of fun.

Especially when you bring home a trophy...

and when you are blessed enough to have your dad as an assistant coach.