Baseball Game

Eli had a baseball game this weekend; the tournament is in full swing. The boys were very excited and I was armed with my camera for the whole thing. Eli played outfield and catcher, doing really well at retrieving and returning the ball. The one area he struggled with on Saturday was hitting. He still crushed it, but he had to use the tee each time he went up to bat. Although he'd hit the ball on 90% of the pitches, they would always go foul. I'm not sure what changed, but something with his swing is a little 'off'. The boys won and ran on the field to celebrate when it was over.

A few nights later we had our next tournament game. In the rain. And the cold wind. Had it not been tournament time, I know they would have postponed it. The boys were awesome, braving the elements out there on the field. The parents, however, were all huddled under the one bleacher that is covered, shivering for the first hour. We lost that one (just barely!), so we may only have one more game in the season. Eli's had a great season, and I'm excited to see how he progresses over the summer, when we play just for fun.

2010 05 Eli baseball team from Nicole Eliason on Vimeo.