Baseball Time

Brother is playing coach pitch baseball this year. This means that the coach pitches to each batter. If the batter doesn't get a hit after about four pitches, they bring out the tee for the batter to use. It's how they transition the players from tee-ball to regular baseball. They still don't have strikes, outs, or keep score.

We really had to work with Brother with this transition. He always does really well batting at home with the whiffle balls, but it never occurred to me that a baseball goes much faster than a whiffle ball. It wouldn't have been such a big deal if Brother hadn't be so determined to hit from the pitches rather than the tee. The first couple games, he really would get upset when the tee was brought out. Fortunately, he's gotten much better about it.

Today, we really lucked out with good weather. I say we lucked out, because it rained the hour before and after our game, but we enjoyed sunshine during the game.

Here's Brother at bat the first inning. He wasn't able to hit the coach pitches, so he hit a great one off the tee. He's running to second base.
Brother was able to get the bat and the ball to connect at his second at bat, but it was a foul ball.Out came the tee and Brother was able to get a good hit off it.

Brother running home.Then, during his at bat in the third and final inning, he finally was able to get a hit off the pitch!!!He was so excited! Here's Brother with one of his friends from preschool who is also on his team.

Brother's team lined up for the Base Race after the game.