Put me in Coach

T-ball has begun.  What can I say?  Mac LOVES it.  Of course he is extremely overly confident and has told Albi and I on more than one occasion that he is “a great hitter” and “the best hitter on the team”.  {Confidence is not low on the Raymon side!}

Mac got out his first at bat, but he had no idea what was going on and his coach had to practically pull him off 1st base.  After that he got in his groove, and the Coach said after the game that Mac had the best hit of the game.  That is all he needed to swell his head even bigger!  The Cardinals didn’t quite grasp the concept of fielding the ball and generally about 7 of them would run to any ball hit onto the field.  They would then all roll in the orange dirt scrambling for the ball until one of them would come up from the pile with it only to look around not knowing what to do next or where to throw the ball.  It was quite amusing, but they didn’t mind at all.

The teams turn batting was only slightly better than their fielding.  Most could hit the ball off the tee, but few knew when to run or even where to run after 1st base.  We would often have two players on the same base b/c someone forgot to advance a base.  And more than one player skipped home and ran from 3rd base straight to the dugout with a huge smile on their face as the crowd cheered to go back and touch home. 

I saw nothing but smiles all morning despite the kids not really knowing what was going on half the game.  In their defense we had so much rain  that they only practiced twice before the first game.  I’m confident we will see a big improvement at this week’s game, and if not…oh well its just t-ball.  Like Mac told me, “You don’t win or lose until you do Coach Pitch.  In t-ball everyone ties!”