Griggs field was home to the highest population density in the state last night. There were two games (T-ball and 10U Baseball), our practice, and Isabel’s parent/child T-ball practice coinciding. So the two games got the real fields and we were relegated to some outfield grass. This required some creative coaching. We just played catch [...]
Archive for June, 2009
10 Jun
Game #1 Merriam Park Yankees @ Griggs
Our first game was great. The kids were on the ball and really swinging the bat! We now officially have 19 players—that’s outrageous, and only one didn’t show up last night. Imagine 18 fielders (without a catcher). We had at least 2 players at every position. By the numbers We scored 6 runs on 11 [...]
4 Jun
Practice #4
I beaned a couple kids; threw behind a couple; and added 3 more players tonight—Caleb, Austin, and Cecilia. 18 players is about 8 too many. That’s very hard to manage. We got the league rules tonight. There aren’t many. I find it very hard to pitch at about half speed to small people. Every time [...]
2 Jun
Practice #3
Swing batter batter, swing! I accelerated our hitting training after finding out we have our first game in one week. I still don’t have the rules yet, but I assume we’ll go with the tee ball-like approach of every hit is a single; bat through the order; get the ball in to first on each [...]
