Moms are safe

Well we didn't 10 run our opponent, so the moms don't have to break out the tube tops.

First the bad. We got no-hit. We also had a couple mental errors on the bases, and in not doing backups while fielding.

We lost 8-1, but really, I don't think we played all that bad. We had some physical errors too, but those don't really bother me. The guys are 13 or 14, they are not always gonna make plays.

The thing is, we had some really hard hit balls tonite, but they were right at guys. Finley, Neil, and Andrew all smacked some hard balls. However, we did have our struggles at the bat too. Everybody struck out tonite at least once, except Andrew. We also left 6 runners in scoring position.

We had some nice stuff on defense. Tops in my mind was the grounder to Jerald at first, who had to go to his right to field it, and then there was Neil, covering from 2nd, at 1st, to get the out. That worked like we had practiced it 100 times. Jerald also had some nice backups at short, when our catcher overthrew the pitcher.

Mickey had some nice plays at third, Matt knocked one down at 2nd, didn't initially field it cleanly, but hung with it, and threw the guy out at first. We also executed a run down between 2nd and 3rd fairly well, considering how we haven't practiced it much. I thought Nick did a good job when he was out running the bases.

Though we as a team aren't negative, we still suffer from some indifference. I was kinda disappointed that when we got some baserunners, our dugout wasn't always appreciative of the effort.

I'm trying to get the guys to interact a little more. I made the warmups today that a 7th grader had to play catch with an 8th grader. I really want to see the guys focusing on the game, while in the dugout, and being supportive of their teammates, whether something good happens, or to give them a boost if something bad happens.

Haven't thought about our next practice much. I'm heading out of town, then have some umpiring. Looking like we will have to go with Sunday. Stay tuned...