Goddard Classic

This past weekend Grant’s baseball team played in their first pre-season tournament and the only word I have to describe it is “COLD”.  I can’t ever remember being so cold in my entire life.  The weather was BEAutiful Saturday morning and by 12:00 when his first game started the temperature had dropped to about 37 degrees, the sun disappeared and the wind was blowing about 20-25 mph.  Not exactly ideal playing conditions but it was still fun to see the boys play.  Jeff reminded me there was a reason that MLB teams from the mid-west head south this time of year.

Here’s a picture of our big stud before his first game.  Check out how white his pants look.  Too bad they’ll never look quite like this again. 

Here was Grant’s first time up to the plate for the season. 

He also got a little action behind the plate as well. 

One of the highlights of the tournament may have been when Grant made it all the way to third base after striking out.  This year there is a new rule that if the batter strikes out and the catcher fails to catch the ball the batter can run to first base.  Somehow there were so many out fielding errors that he actually made it all the way to third base.  For a minute we thought he might make it all the way home. 

Here he is leading off third base after his big play. 

I got a big smile from him when he made it home.

I also got a big smile from Jeff as he enjoyed his first hotdog of the season.

In an attempt to stay warm Jeff and I spent quite a bit of time huddled together.  We actually ran home between games to add a few more layers of clothing, grab some extra blankets and get some hand warmers (thanks mom and dad).

On Sunday the wind was still blowing but we had sunshine.  Here’s Grant and I before the game. 

He had some great outfield plays and managed to get a good solid hit on Sunday.  All in all the boys played hard and despite the weather did a great job for their first time out this season.  They are actually playing in a 9-10 age group {most of them are only 9} so the competition is definitely going to be a little harder and bigger this year.  We are looking forward to another great season!!!