Baseball Update

Well, it's finally happened. Brantley is so used to having great teams, but not this season. We have 3 experienced 8 year olds on the team, a couple of 7s that are coming along, and the rest of the 13 team members that have a lot to learn. The Rays lost tonight to the Orioles 9 to 3. On the bright side, Brantley is batting a thousand so far this season. Of course, he's only had 4 at bats in 2 games. Having 13 players with only about half that can hit doesn't get you through your line-up very easily. This will definitely be a character building season.

Game 1: Red Sox Vs. Rays

Well, it was a tough loss for the first game of the season and it as cold out there this morning. The Rays lost 18 to 3. They shouldn't feel bad about it though because the coach for the other team and his sons do travel ball so the team was just slightly stacked. Brantley only got 2 at bats and got 2 singles with 1 RBI. He and Jack had the 1-3 connection a couple times but there were a lot of missed balls on the field. The team definitely needs some more practice!

Spring = Baseball

Yes, that's right folks. It's time for baseball again! This season we are cheering for the Rays! Yesterday was their first scrimmage with games starting next weekend. Brantley used his new bat in the scrimmage. He needed a heavier bat and the one I found for him is a composite bat as opposed to an aluminum bat. Composite bats are supposed to be broken in before really hitting with them. We went through 2 buckets of balls with it, but didn't get to soft toss Friday evening because I wasn't feeling well. Brantley decided to use the bat even though it wasn't fully broken in. He sent the ball sailing almost out of the park on his first at bat. It was weird because the composite bats don't make the same sound as the aluminum bats do. So, when he hit it there wasn't the crack that let you know it was an awesome hit. He got a triple out of that one. He had 2 more at bats. One should have been a double or a triple but the coach at first base told him to stay. The other was a single. One of our dads came over to me and said another coach was scouting my boy. How funny! Another funny from the game was the other team had "Mario and Luigi" playing for them. I didn't put that together until I heard our boys saying it. I guess Mario isn't a completely uncommon name, but Luigi has to be a rare name around here. Anyway, the Rays won the scrimmage 14 to 4.

Congrats to Brantley!

Brantley's school participated in World Maths Day this year. Students play at home and at school against other students around the world in live games of mental arithmetic. Each game lasts for 60 seconds and students can play up to 500 games, earning points for each correct answer. Brantley had the top score in his ENTIRE school! I asked him if he got anything special like lunch with the principal or an ice cream party. He said he got a pencil that says I love math, or something like that, and Smarties (the candy). We went out to dinner to celebrate to our favorite Mexican place. Yum!