All-American Afternoon Antics

See, I am doing something with that English Major...I used alliteration in my subject title for today's post!

Baseball season has begun in our home. Donny's first game was yesterday, and unfortunately, they lost 1-9. I see a lot of potential in their team's talent though, so all is not hopeless! Remy's first TBall game is Friday, and he can't wait!

Of course, I couldn't resist bringing my camera along to be that obnoxious photo parent, taking pictures of anything and everything that moved. Here's the team getting their pre-game pep talk:


Here's Donny. He was nervous about the game. He played second base and third base and did ok at bat. He has a powerful hit, when the bat makes contact with the ball, which is good, because he isn't the fastest runner.

He got popped in the face with a grounder during warm-up and now has a dark bruise under his left eye. I'll get a picture of that after school today.

Most everyone knows the basics of baseball, but just in case you don't, here's a refresher. You try to hit the ball and run towards these things:

They're called bases. It's very important you touch these, before the other team touches it with the ball, or you're out. There are four of these bases...home, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. When you stuck on a base, waiting for another chance to run, it's a good idea not to try and figure out what shapes you can find in the clouds...or watch an airplane fly overhead. Just saying...

These are common tooks used in the game. The bat is good for hitting balls...and your brother. It's not good to hit rocks, despite the attraction every boy has to doing so.

The helmets are surely something pesky mothers invented or those guys in suits who worry about liability.

Gloves are not for scooping up dirt or putting over your head, despite seeing many do otherwise.

Remy isn't very good at sitting still and watching his older brother's game. So, he spends his time moving...I managed to catch him as he hopped up on this cement baseball...

Then I caught him again as he quickly scaled the backdrop fence...

And, finally, I redirected his energy to the baseball complex playscape, that surely a mother invented to keep all her kids busy so she could watch her child play baseball!! Of course, I had to keep checking to make sure he hadn't been kidnapped or was hurt...can you believe the size of this playscape?

The Tball game Friday will have even better photo opportunities, because little kids are hilarious playing sports. So, stayed tuned for more fun baseball season commentary as we get deeper into the month.