Summer baseball 7-05-11

The three boys all participated in city baseball agian this summer.  tHis time were had three different teams, which adds up to three different practices, three different games twice a week...really everyday for a month we were doing baseball!!!  I some how ended up Ruxtons coach this year.  It was fun, and I had to be there anyway.  I guess we all have to take our turn to help make it all happen.

This is Ruxton's team the Rockies, and he is getting his trophy and a hug from his mom.  He is a awesome Left-ie.  He can hit the ball hard and catch balls that most six year olds can't.  They asked him to help play on another team a couple of times this year because they didn't have enough to have a game, since we were there all night he was always around to help out.  One game he was up by the pitching machine playing short stop.  The kid at bat whacks the ball line drive right for Ruxton.  He reaches out and snags it.  You should have heard the crowd.  Then he gets up and to bat and whacks one hard.  A mom comes walking over and asks the coach how old that kid was, she didn't know I was there listening. (We actually get this a lot because he is usually a head taller that other kids his age.)  Me and Austin just have to shake our head at our six going on twelve year old.

Addler was on the Braves this year, and he had a great coach Brandon Ward.  He was the younger group on his team this year, but he still did great.  He is a good hitter, and could always be found playing second.  All three boys spent every day in the back yard playing ball, I am so glad they have each other to play with.

Maestin was on The braves this year.  His coach was Kevin Wright.  He was an awesome coach that got Maestin really hitting some good balls this year.  They had the winning-est team in their league.  He played a lot of first base this year and did a great job.  He was picked for the Malad All stars team again this year.  He had a lot of fun playing this year he played with a great group of boys and coaches.  I went to practice one night and was watching and was reminded of the movie Sandlot.  They were a bunch of goofy nine and ten year old boys laughing and having fun playing baseball.  It was a great experience this year.

There they are my baseball players.   Like I said they lived and breathed it most of the summer.  I had a bare spot on my lawn in back where home plate was!