Tournament Weekend Three, FAU Showdown

Okay, here's the rundown on Team TP's third tournament.  On Saturday they played two games.  The first ended in a 2-2 tie and the second they won, 7-4.  They were scheduled to play at 3:00 Sunday afternoon.  Around 1:45, Coach C received word that we were on a lightening delay until 4:30.  Then about an hour later, he received word that the team we were supposed to play had decided to forfeit.  He called a team meeting in the hotel lobby.  At that time, he explained that the other team forfeited because they were already in the semi finals.  TP was the 1 seed and we were scheduled to play at 8:00 this morning.  The team was left with unexpected downtime, so Coach C organized a game of wiffle ball out behind the hotel.  He also imposed a 10:00 curfew on the team and asked that they all be asleep no later than 11:00.  Players had to report to the field at 7:00, which meant leaving the hotel around 6:45.  Coach C was in need of a ride to the field, so I offered to take him and J while my dad stayed at the hotel to allow N and A to sleep a bit longer.  After dropping them off, I went back for the rest of the family and we arrived just as the game began.  TP started out rough, making some costly errors.  They managed to tie the game up, 3-3 in the third inning, and it appeared for a while that they were going to pull it off.   But they started making errors again and by the time they started to rally in the bottom of the sixth, it was too late.  They lost 12-7 and took third overall in the tournament. 

They have a game Thursday night against a local high school summer team.  J is excited about that one because his aunt and cousins will be here visiting.  They have never gotten to see him play and Coach C has told him he 'll play first base the entire game.  They were going to have a double header on Sunday, but the opposing team backed out.  Not wanting them to go two weeks without playing, Coach C has found a tournament in Orlando for them to play in Saturday and Sunday.  We're at the halfway point in our summer season and so far, J is loving every minute.  They'll take Fourth of July weekend off, then we head to Auburn University for a week long tournament.  So far their record in tournament play is 8 wins - 6 losses - 1 tie.