“The fight isn't over until you win.” ― Robin Hobb

We enjoyed watching grandson Elijah’s coach’s pitch baseball team [Algood] play in the AYBL County All-Star Tournament. Tonight the last two teams standing played the final game. Elijah’s team won first place!





Happy to win! They made a great team.

Elijah with Coach Dudney, receiving his first place award ~ Elijah had the privilege of being on Coach Dudney’s team last year in Fall Ball when they won the championship

The two teams played hard, but Algood won 12 to 3.



Way to go, Elijah and team Algood! Your awesome batting and fielding and good sportsmanship paid off. This is Elijah’s last coach’s pitch game. Time to move on and move up to the next level.

HOMERUN!

Grandson Elijah hit one over the fence for his Algood All Stars team tonight. Needless to say, the homerun made him smile. Here he is with his homerun ball. Nice job, Elijah! So happy for you and proud of you, not only for that but also for playing first base so well tonight.

They won the game 21 to 0. Great team effort. Lots of hard hits and awesome fielding. Way to go, team Algood! Looking forward to watching them play Friday.

Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half. ~Bum Phillips

Grandson Elijah and his baseball team played their first All Stars game in Algood this evening. They won ~ 21 to 3. Here he is with his great aunt Jane and his cupcake treat, looking more like his team lost the game than won it. I think he was disappointed because he didn’t get to play first base until the end of the game. Or maybe he didn’t hit that home run he wanted to hit. Or maybe it’s just his granny’s camera in his face [He should be used to that by now]. Sometimes a cupcake can’t make up for life’s disappointments.

Cheer up, #10! There’s another game tomorrow night. Home runs are cool. But having fun playing the game is the best kind of cool. Way to go, team Algood! Awesome win.

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME

We went to a TTU men's baseball game this afternoon. Attending a college baseball game is a first for us. Grandson Elijah, who plays coach's pitch baseball, has been practicing with one of the assistant baseball coaches at Tech and was interested in seeing the big boys play ball. It was the second game in a double header today with the Murray State Racers and didn't start until four. It was summertime hot today. We were grateful for those clouds that moved in over the sun. 

They had a great turnout, pretty crowded, and we ended up sitting on the Murray side. We found it amusing that 90% of the people there were female. Maybe the guys on the team have lots and lots of lady friends. Here's our bunch from left: grandson Knox, hubby Neil, grandson Elijah and his friend Anthony, who brought their gloves just in case a stray ball came flying their way, daughter Holly and granddaughter Shelby. (Photo by daughter Kelly. Thanks for sharing!)

We didn't make it into the group shot, so Kelly took this selfie of the two of us. (Thanks for sharing the pic, Kelly!)

The first inning was fun to watch. Tech got off to a great start. Their player #11 popped a beautiful home run over the right field wall. Murray rallied, hitting a couple of their own home runs which made it a game. But not being baseball junkies, we soon realized and remembered that, yes, baseball moves at a snail's pace, which is simply the nature of the game, and it might be more fun watching paint dry, so we left after the end of the 6th inning, two hours later. Tech was still ahead at that point, and they did win the game, 12-7. They won all three of their games this weekend. Yay, Eagles! (Thanks for this picture, Kelly!) Good times with family. Hope your ever lovin' Saturday was a home run, too!

IT’S TIME FOR FALL BALL, Y’ALL!

Grandson Elijah played first base this evening in his team’s first ABYL “Fall Ball” game at the ball park in Algood.

He did very well and got several outs. He’s on a different team with different kids and coaches this time. They all hit and fielded well and hopefully had a good time.

Here he is, running like the wind to first base after smacking the ball. In Fall Ball, it’s more of a practice/fun type game, and it’s up to the coaches whether or not they want to keep score, which they did in this game (makes it more fun in my humble opinion). Elijah’s team won the game, 17 to 9. They’re off to a good start. Fun times at the ballpark!