Fall Season Opener

Today J had his first fall Little League game.  I could say that Team Gray came out with bats blazing and blew the opposing team out of the water but I'd be lying.  And not just a little white lie, but a whopper of huge proportions.  This game was dismal.  Team Gray suffered a 10-2 loss primarily due to errors.  I won't go into specifics but suffice it to say we had no defense, no pitching, and only two players were hitting.  One of those players was J.  He is the oldest player on this mixed junior/senior level team.  I'm going to go ahead and say flat out he's also the best player on the team.  I don't usually make statements like that because I believe that being humble is a good trait.  But in this case, it must be said. For boys who have supposedly played ball for many years, this team really needs to pull it together and act like they give a damn about playing the game.  Laid back, easy going J was ready to knock heads together by the end of the game.  He tried to pump up the team and get them fired up.  It didn't work.  They didn't even seem to care that they got their butts handed to them.  All but J were just happy the game was over because it was hot out.  At this point, I don't know how much he is really going to get out of this fall team but he wants to stick it out.  Thank goodness he has TP, where he will actually get to play some real baseball and improve his game. We sure were  missing Coach C this morning!