Well, I’ve saved up all the baseball snapshots for one post. Baseball is what had our family out nearly every weeknight and Saturday for the past three months. As busy as the season was, the three boys grew as athletes and teammates on their respective teams.
Portraits from the beginning of the season:
Buddies.
Derek was a power hitter on his team and ended with a great batting average.
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He enjoyed catching again this year.
His team started out quite rocky but improved as the summer progressed, and ended up in 2nd place at the end of their double-elimination tournament.
Peter started his season on the Brewers but was traded to the Rockies before the first practice. He got to play with friends AND wear purple. He had some chances at pitcher and learned that though he has a rocket arm, he can better use it at other positions.
**Johanik lip squeeze alert**
His first love is catching.
And like his brother, was also a power hitter on the team.
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Grandpa helped him fine-tune his catching stance and technique.
The team after completing a super season…
Jeremiah is the one kid in the family (so far) to say that his favorite sport is baseball. He played his heart out this season and was quite fun to watch. His favorite position on the field was pitcher.
Exhale.
Visualize.
Fire.
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When he was catcher, his coaches were thankful for big brothers to lend a hand with the equipment.
All set.
He proved to be rather dependable at bat.
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He had great coaches this year who truly helped him to grow as a player.
Now let’s not forget about the fans and their time investment and encouragement throughout the season. Particularly the canine kind.
Here is baseball from Molly’s perspective. It’s called Mom radar.
Ruthie enjoyed having Molly to take care of and play with at the games.
