![]() We had a ton of fun, the girls learned a lot, and it was raising money for a good cause. No tears, no dinner, (til about 10:00) but they played tough as nails! It was very much a 'Facing the Giants' kind of moment when we had to play another inning! We finally lost when our sweet little GiGi (not her real name) fell down on her way to first base.ĭid our girls care that they had the 2nd place trophy and medal? Heck no. Our girls- ages 4-7- gave the day EVERYTHING they had. Now keep in mind, we knew that if we won, we'd have to play again. I put on and took off her chest protector THREE times!) This made the game extremely tense. ( Naturally the little catcher was the next batter. Now we knew she was out.but the ump put her on, took her off, put her on, took her off. The umpire couldn't make up his mind on whether the 3rd out was out. Right away it started off titchy when our girls ran on a pop fly which resulted in the other team getting a triple play. We played about 6:30 or so, but the game before ours was in MANY extra innings so the kids didn't really get to eat dinner because we didn't know how much longer it would be.Īt any rate, we played and won pretty quickly.We immediately had to play the same team we had lost to earlier. ![]() We were able to keep the kids hydrated and had them eat lunch. Our next game was a couple of hours away (maybe more, time got kind of mixed up)Īs double elim tourneys go, we didn't play our next game for SEVERAL hours.We lost the next game (in several extra innings) which sent us to losers bracket. If you know anything with double elim tourneys, this can put you waiting for a LONG time. On Saturday morning, we won our first game. Since we were the only visiting team, we were given a bye for the Friday night game. They are amazing ball players and sweet girls. ![]() There are two girls who we played all-stars with last yr who played with us. We didn't quite have our whole team, and since it was a rec league tournament, we were allowed to 'pick up' two players. Last weekend, the little Tee-Ball team I help coach participated in a charity tournament to benefit the Wounded Warriors Project in town. ![]()
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