Baseball Picnic (a better ending)

[hecubot]

So last Thursday, after our bitter loss and the end of our otherwise excellent Double-A Little League season, our team got together at La Loma field for a picnic and to hand out trophies and goof off. We had a lot of fun

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[stephl]

I'm kind of overwhelmed by how big Emmett is getting. I know I saw him less than a year ago, but -- damn.

Doesn't Emma look good at the plate?

DAMN good, actually.

[hecubot]

Heh. And you first saw Emmett when he was a tiny little poot. Yeah, he grew a lot in the last year. More than three inches. He's basically got his big kid proportions now. With his shirt off he's definitely got a teenager's build, just a smaller. He's kind of ropey and buff.

[stephl]

And you first saw Emmett when he was a tiny little poot.

I know! Tub-time!Emmett, who cracked me up with his poop jokes and shared my love of the Powerpuff Girls!

Ack. Too big. Entirely too big.

[dxmachina]

Emma looks good swinging, and I really like the picture of Emmett taking a hack, head down, level swing, hips driving through. Perfect.

[hecubot]

Yeah, Emmett's got a classic line drive stroke. At this point, after years of tinkering I limit myself to two corrections when I'm coaching his hitting: (1) If he's flying out and not keeping his head in, I have him close his stance slightly; (2) for all other hitting ills, concentrate on hitting the ball up the middle.

When we pitched whiffleball to get the kids warmed up before a game, I gave them ten points every time they drilled me with a line drive. They liked that, the sadistic little gits.

[meegiemoo]

Great pictures - even greater summary of the season. Makes me realize the importance of teamwork.