Tournament Play

Baseball is finally over, even though, it really wasn't all that bad. Yes, the boys that were playing had practices in Orem, on different days, and had their games on different days, or on the same day, differnt times....in Orem, but we survived, and it was really fun to see them learn the game, and to have Paul helping them through, teaching them.

Tournament play was double elimination. Jacob's team won their first game, lost their second. The third game was a good game. Jacob's team was up by several runs, but the other team came back and tied the score. It stayed this way for SEVERAL innings, both teams fighting hard to stay in it. Jacob's team ended up loosing the game, but it was probably the BEST game they had played all season. It was a heart breaking loss, and I hated to see Jacob's disappointment, but it is part of the game, and part of life.

Andrew's team also won the first game, and I actually think it was the second game they lost as well. (It was the first game they had lost all season, and it was a VERY controversial loss!) That was their one and only loss. They won every game after that, and in the finals, they played the team that they lost to earlier. The other team was "undefeated" in tournament, so they had to play twice, so they could beat them twice, and they did! The first game Andrew's team won 12-7 (or something like that) and the second game, they called early due to the "10 run" rule...the final score was 13-3. They were pretty excited, and they felt better about loosing the one game, after clobbering them so bad! These are pictures of the team and Andrew after the game. The one of Andrew and his coach has a shadow on it, which is yuck, but I was relying on another parent taking the picture because SOMEHOW I managed to go to the FINAL game with out a camera!!!!!