Way to go Jacob!

I have pictures - but in this fading light it's best that I not try to transfer them to computer and end up with a camera memory card in the DVD slot..... again.

Jacob had a great baseball game tonight to start off the pool play week to make the city tournament.  He was 3 for 3 (all doubles) with a total of 4 RBI's.  He also made a double play to end the game by catching a pop fly then tagging 2nd base (the runner had taken off).

Tomorrow they play a much tougher opponent.  That team won their first pool play game 20-1.  Jacob's team did beat the team they play tomorrow in the regular season, but only by 1 run, and there were more than enough close calls / missed calls / narrow escapes that the game could have gone either way.  So.... let's hope Jacob has as good a game tomorrow as he had tonight. 

Of course, we're spending the afternoon at the swimming pool with friends so..... probably not.  lol.

I will say (again) that I'm very happy that we played Jacob in the machine pitch league again this year.  What's kindof cool is that there is nothing particularly remarkable about their team.  They have one "really good" all-around player.  But most of the kids are just.... pretty good.  They've learned to play together as a team.  They've learned how to back up plays and who to throw to.  They've learned how to hit the ball relatively consistently.  They've been coached well by coaches who are also very good but also not outstanding. 

Last year's team was filled with "superstars" who thought they were better than everyone else out there.  Superstars who never got better because they never learned to play together.  Well, they had no practices once the season started in May - so most of them didn't learn anything.  The grapevine (facebook) indicates that more than one of those kids is now ready to quit baseball because they weren't "good" this year.

Jacob's team this year is definitely better than the sum of its parts.  I hope they make it into the tournament, even if their chances of 'winning it all' might be slim.  But even if tomorrow is the end of the road; I'm still really glad this was the season he had.