Baseball

Ryan and Brandon played baseball for Meridian Youth again this year.  Since they were two of the oldest kids on the team, they were pretty much able to play the positions that they wanted. Ryan wanted to pitch and play 1st Base and Brandon pitched and played 3rd Base.

Our coach didn't really believe in having practice so we usually had two games per week.  Nate would take the boys to the school fields to practice pitching on their own at least one night a week.  It was fun to see their progress over the course of two months.

Their goal, of course, was to strike out all the batters.  However, if you remember what it is like watching kid-pitch games, we begged the boys to just throw nice pitches to the kids so we could actually see some action on the field.  The games were typically 1 1/2 hours and kids still have a REALLY hard time hitting other kids' pitches.  This can make for a looooooooong 1 1/2 hours :)

 Brandon

 Brandon

 Brandon

 Ryan

 Ryan

  Ryan