I thought Game 2 on Friday was the best the Grizzlies have looked so far. The highlight of the game as a team is that we got 3 OUTS to end all 4 innings we played! I was very impressed to have the boys accomplish this so early into the season. A few of the nice plays that I recall:
- Toby played a heads up 3rd base! He fielded 2 different grounders and wisely got the force out at 3rd both times. Toby also had a couple solid hits. He was our deserving MVP for the game!
- JD, playing 2nd base and Kyle, playing Shortstop hooked up for a force out at 2nd base when JD cleanly fielded a ground ball and threw to Kyle who was not only covering his base but made an excellent catch.
- Blake was probably the day's most consistent hitter, making solid contact all 3 times up - once even nearly taking his Dad's head off at the pitcher's mound (though I don't think Coach Scott minded one bit :-)
Here's a few pictures from Game 2 - Again, feel free to email me any that you take at the game we'll post them.
Spencer & Blake in the dugout
Toby ripping the baseball
Blake heading to first after a hit
JD sliding into home for a run
Spencer putting the hurt on the ball
- Toby played a heads up 3rd base! He fielded 2 different grounders and wisely got the force out at 3rd both times. Toby also had a couple solid hits. He was our deserving MVP for the game!
- JD, playing 2nd base and Kyle, playing Shortstop hooked up for a force out at 2nd base when JD cleanly fielded a ground ball and threw to Kyle who was not only covering his base but made an excellent catch.
- Blake was probably the day's most consistent hitter, making solid contact all 3 times up - once even nearly taking his Dad's head off at the pitcher's mound (though I don't think Coach Scott minded one bit :-)
Here's a few pictures from Game 2 - Again, feel free to email me any that you take at the game we'll post them.
Spencer & Blake in the dugout
Toby ripping the baseball
Blake heading to first after a hit
JD sliding into home for a run
Spencer putting the hurt on the ball
Game 3: Late Saturday game + strong winds blowing sand into the kids eyes + subpar replacement pitcher = an overall tougher game for the Grizz. But there were still some real nice positives:
- Congratulations to our MVP, Spencer! He had one of the more solid hits of the game. Also, Spencer and TJ connected for an awesome out to end the game when TJ hustled to a short ground ball near the pitcher's mound and threw a bullet to Spencer, who made a sweet catch at first base. Now that's finishing the game in style!
- Zack had one of our season's finest hits when he ripped the ball down the 3rd base line and into the outfield, scoring Ethan all the way from 2nd base.
- Brad shook off dirt in his eyes had 2 very solid hits on a day that was not ideal conditions for hitting
They are coming along and looking like a team. As a reminder, the best thing you can do to help your son have a great time on the baseball field is to PLAY CATCH, PLAY CATCH, PLAY CATCH. I know I'm a broken record with this but I promise that the better they can throw and catch, the more fun they are going to have playing baseball this year.
