Playing Hard

Our travel team played in another tournament today. Today's games didn't matter much other than to determine our seeding for tomorrow's single elimination tournament. It made sense to save our starting pitchers for the "big" games tomorrow, so Danielle finally got the chance to pitch in travel ball!

She started taking pitching lessons in May and has been going regularly. Her ultimate goal is to pitch for her travel team, but her goal for this year was just to pitch for her rec team. At the rec level, the coach comes in and pitches after 4 balls, so there is a little bit of a failsafe. In travel, you pitch strikes or you walk them! Danielle was hoping after pitching in rec and practicing over the winter she would be good enough to pitch for her travel team next season. She was excited to get the chance much earlier than she anticipated.

She did a really good job. She doesn't pitch fast yet, but for the most part she was accurate. She struck a couple batters out, walked a couple, and pitched hittable balls that the rest of the team fielded. She also got to make a great play at home by tagging out a runner who was trying to steal home. She still has a ways to go before she'll be a starting pitcher, but she had fun and did a great job.

I've received a few texts from Tyler, and he seems to be having a great time. He has really enjoyed his dives and has seen lots of interesting things. Dad sent me this picture today.

Feeling rather proud of both my kiddos tonight.