Demons Baseball Opener
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Zack loves baseball and opts to play Fall Baseball rather than soccer. This is fine with us, particularly since the Fall baseball league run by Say Baseball is a much more low key affair than Spring baseball through Little League. Don't get me wrong: San Mateo Little League American is fantastic organization. It provides a well run baseball league and the kids have a fantastic time (did I mention that Zack's team won the AAA city championship this year?!), but Fall ball is a really relaxed affair with few practices, and no score keeping. It provides an opportunity for kids to play ball for the fun of it, work on their skills in the off-season, and even try out a position that they might not get a chance to play in Little League. It also means that kids from Zack's class at school can play together since they're spread across four towns, each of whose Little Leagues require their town's residence for kids to play. This year, Cherie signed up to manage the team (Whoo woo for the coach!) and yesterday was the first game.
Home field for the Demons is Trinta Field, our local Little League venue and a great park. We had a nice fair and warm morning for our 9 a.m. start against the San Carlos Tornadoes. The fields were a little wet since someone needs to let the San Mateo Parks Department know they shouldn't run the sprinklers before a 9 a.m. game! Since score isn't kept during these games, I can't relay the particulars - let's just say the nine and ten year olds on the Demons more than met their match with the eleven and twelve year olds who populated the Tornadoes. Michael Spence opened on the mound and had to weather some rough error prone play from the rest of the defense who were clearly working through "first game roughness." Wyatt Welch and Adam Janscek pitched very well, with each earning four strike outs in two innings pitched. Ted Catlin got two hits in the effort and there was a some nice plays - check out the pics! I'll try to post more through the seaon since I'm trying to get enough good shots of each kids to make them their own baseball cards again this season.
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