Kids Baseball

Zack was nominated for the All Stars League. We are all excited for him. We will find out on Sunday if he made the team or not. Money will be tight if he makes it but it will be well worth it. He truly is an outstanding player. He might not be as good as the Premium All Star Team. However, if he does get picked up the experience alone can improve his game tremendously!

There are 3 levels of All Stars. There is the A, B, and C brackets. I think the A team is the best, but I will have to double check on that. The cost for this is approximately $165.00. For a family with seven kids that can be a lot of money. However, he will get some cool gear and stuff that says All Stars on it. I look at it as an investment into his future. If he really sticks with it up into his High School years he could get a scholarship perhaps and have his college paid for. That would be GREAT!

Posted by Syndi at 7:22 AM | 0 comments  
Labels: All Stars

Zack has been moved to the "Catcher" position. He is so thrilled to be doing this position. He has wanted to do this since last season. So far he has been the catcher for 3 games now. Zack started the games as center fielder and he finished out the last innings as the catcher. The coaches are very impressed with his abilities of speed and coordination. This is very essential for the catcher to have. Once he gets a bit more practice in this position there is no stopping him.

In the 3 games that he played in as the catcher he had done exceptionally well for a beginner. All the parents were impressed with his abilities. In the 2nd game which also was the first tournament game, he got injured two times and yet he still worked through the pain and made some good plays. He bruised his finger really bad catching a pop fly ball. Then when it was his turn to bat he was pegged by the pitcher in the ankle. So this could have been a big disaster. Zack had a hard time handling the ball and running for that matter. Being the good sport that he is... he ignored his pain (until after the game) and still was able to run fast and steel the bases and throw the ball to make the plays as catcher. Kudos to you my son for the hard work and effort you put into the game you love so much!

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Labels: Brewers, Catcher

Well, this weekend we had Mid Season Tournaments. Both teams didn't fair very well this go around.

Zack's team, The Brewers, lost the first and second game. That was the end of their run. Zack did excellent. The team had a lot of errors that cost them the game. Zack's performance was very commendable. All the parents agreed that is had done excellent in both games. He caught fly balls, he threw from the center field all the way home to get the out. He made a triple when he was at bat. A downfall to the second game was that they were up Friday night playing the first game until 10pm and then had to be on the field at 7am Saturday morning. Not much sleep for them. Needless to say I was very proud of him.

Connor's team, The Yankees, Lost the first game, won the second, and lost the third. His team did do a lot better. It was a total nail biter on the one that they had won. I didn't get to see it but husband did. They came back from being down by 3. It was an awesome job on their part. The third game however, had a lot of errors that they normally didn't have. Perhaps they were having a bad day???

I am very proud of both the boys and their achievements. This is connor's first season so he has some more work to do, but he is coming along nicely. He has a great arm. They might start having him do some pitching. He has a powerful arm. Hopefully by end of season tournaments... we can make it a bit further than before.

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Labels: Tournaments

Here is the Brewer's schedule for the Spring ball season 2009.

Posted by Syndi at 3:16 PM | 0 comments  
Labels: Yankees

Here is the Brewer's schedule for the Spring ball season 2009.

Posted by Syndi at 11:47 AM | 0 comments  
Labels: Brewers

Here I am having a tantrum again. After reviewing the kid's season baseball/practice times I am a bit peeved. Some of the practices don't start until 7:oo or 7:30. It gets dark here now at 8:00 (was 7:00 before time change). That means that practice is getting out at around 9:30ish. This is not acceptable to me. I understand my children love the game. However, they are only in the 5th grade and have a scheduled bed time for 9:00PM. These practices run past this time. Once they get home they still have to eat and shower before going to bed. The game times are ending up the same way... except they start even later!

Don't these coaches realize that school should be a priority? Going to class dog ass tired is not going to help with grade. Now is it? Fifth grade children shouldn't be out until 10:00PM on a school night. Am I the only one that thinks like this? I don't see any other parents complaining here. I know that Baseball is a competitive sport (even at this age). Something has got to give tho. Am I over reacting here? I have seven count them seven children to look after. Getting home at that late hour with seven children is a bit much.

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Labels: Ranting

I got the dates for both of the boys for their first games of the season.

The first game will be for Connor. The game details are as follows:

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Labels: Game Dates