Barons' Victory!

Today was the first day of pool games at the World Series - here's the boys heading into the dugout - Barons v Keller Raiders (formerly the Richland Raiders).  4pm game time - hotter than heck still, new complex - Railroad Park in Lewisville - very nice fields, nice bleachers, nice shaded area with tables for between games, good snack bar, clean bathrooms (yippee!).  AND the first time our boys have played together as a team - we had to add 4 new players after the melt down and they have never been on the field together - not even for practice!  New coaches, new players, new parents - and biggest change of all - no stress or screaming or insulting from the coaches.

Well, they got off to a slow start - no runs for either team in the first, no runs for them to start the 2nd and then we scored 2.  They eventually tied it up - and that's where we used to fall apart and beat ourselves....but not today!  We had a huge 5th inning - scored 5 more and WON 7-2 - our first win in such a long time!

Murph walked once, grounded out, got to score, picked a guy off at first, had a couple of great "stretch" plays at first, his friend Jonathan had a monster hit in the 5th to score 2 runs, good pitching, good fielding, aggressive base running - we played relaxed and we played well and we won! 

Here they are shaking hands at the end of the game - not a great photo, but a really wonderful moment!

and here is 12-year-old-boy-happiness through a chain link fence!!!

It was a good day for baseball!  Way to go Barons 2.0!