Pee Wee Baseball
This year Isaac is the correct age to play machine pitch baseball. (In Haxtun kids play tee ball at ages 5-6, machine pitch at 7-8, and begin the Little League program with Pee Wee ball at age 9). Because we are short kids in the 9-11 age range, he and 3 friends were moved up to play PW this summer.
Isaac is not a bad baseball player at all; in fact, as you'll read below, he can be a very good player. He sometimes lacks a little focus and game sense. But today, in a PW tournament game against Holyoke Green, he and his Haxtun friends played their hearts out. In fact, they played well enough to take 3rd place in the league.
I was concerned in the first inning because Holyoke made several great plays and allowed us no runs. But we turned around and, amazingly, did the same to them. We played better than we are, even making a triple play in one inning. Yah, a triple play: Clayton caught a ball, threw it to third, and the 3rd baseman threw to second for another out. Pretty amazing.
Isaac played catcher and first base. At first base he caught two balls for two outs and stopped a third with his glove to make another out. (He picked it up and ran it back & tagged the bag just in time.) He also made contact while at bat, which he'd struggled to do for several games. I cold tell his batting confidence was low, so when he hit a foul ball, I yelled, "Good job, Ike! You made contact! Do it again! Just like that!" I normally make a point of not yelling. I just don't like that. But in this case, I could tell Isaac needed reassurance. He looked back at me, smiled, and proceeded to hit a couple more foul balls before striking out. But I think he felt better about himself.
Isaac is not a bad baseball player at all; in fact, as you'll read below, he can be a very good player. He sometimes lacks a little focus and game sense. But today, in a PW tournament game against Holyoke Green, he and his Haxtun friends played their hearts out. In fact, they played well enough to take 3rd place in the league.
I was concerned in the first inning because Holyoke made several great plays and allowed us no runs. But we turned around and, amazingly, did the same to them. We played better than we are, even making a triple play in one inning. Yah, a triple play: Clayton caught a ball, threw it to third, and the 3rd baseman threw to second for another out. Pretty amazing.
Isaac played catcher and first base. At first base he caught two balls for two outs and stopped a third with his glove to make another out. (He picked it up and ran it back & tagged the bag just in time.) He also made contact while at bat, which he'd struggled to do for several games. I cold tell his batting confidence was low, so when he hit a foul ball, I yelled, "Good job, Ike! You made contact! Do it again! Just like that!" I normally make a point of not yelling. I just don't like that. But in this case, I could tell Isaac needed reassurance. He looked back at me, smiled, and proceeded to hit a couple more foul balls before striking out. But I think he felt better about himself.
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| Here's Isaac putting his catcher's helmet back on after dumping water on his head. |
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| And these photos areof his team celebrating their season. |
And playing first base.
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