Baseball The End

Well, folks...

WE WON!

I know that is coming across as though I'm yelling it, but honestly it is said more in disbelief. After getting spanked in our very first game 21 - 4, RC said he really just wanted to win ONE game.

Then God chose to give us Koby.

We had three little pitchers. All were good put they pitched like a nine or ten year old. Koby really was in a league of his own. During the regular season we never lost a game when Koby was on the mound. He was almost unhittable and actually pitched a no hitter once. He's a lefty and a switch hitter! And he's ten!

Anywho...the playoffs come around and are lined up perfectly because you can only pitch someone for eight consecutive innings then they must take a day off. Well, we had our first game on friday, our second on Saturday, took Sunday off and then played again on Monday. So if we kept winning Koby could keep pitching.

I just have to say right here that Koby also has a very sweet countenance. Which just makes him that much more likable.

But, for some reason he just wasn't on. Now, mind you, he did a great job. But during our first playoff game he walked the bases loaded twice. The other team was getting hits. The thing was, our other players totally stepped up and played great.

On Saturday the game went into extra innings so RC had to bring one of our other pitchers in in the fifth and Jake did great! While during the regular season we relied HEAVILY on Koby, during the playoffs the kids really had to play as a team and everyone contributed.

When we won Saturday and knew we were playing for the championship on Monday we knew we had a really good chance of winning this. With the way the boys were playing and if Koby was on we would be really hard to beat.

Well, everything fell into place and we played us some baseball! We were visitors and so we came up to bat first. We scored one in the first and they came back and answered our one with two. Then in the second we scored three and shut them down. We are half way through and the score was 4 - 2. In the third we score three and they score two (7 - 4). Final inning they sit us down 1, 2, 3. They score one and have runners on first and third with one out. RC has a talk with Koby (who has been pitching great, but not at his best) and then Koby sits down the next two batters!

Everyone was so excited! And the team went to Braum's after.

Joshua's team didn't fare so well. They lost 5 - 6, but Josh got two hits and a trophy. On the way to the car he said, "This is a good day. Two baseball games, two trophies, and we're done."

Josh, I completely agree.

Oh, and I'm having camera/computer issues so I'll post pics later. (Becca, call me when you can)

Bridget