Monsignor Percy Johnson Catholic School vs. Archbishop Romero Catholic Secondary School - May 12, 2014

This afternoon the boys from Monsignor Percy Johnson played their first game against the Archbishop Romero team at Sunnydale.  The permits for the field was not provided before so all previous games were postponed.

Aaron was the opening pitcher for his team.  It feels like he's a little giant when standing next to me but he looked so tiny among the other boys on the team!  He and another kid were the only Grade 9's on the team, and the rest were Grades 10-12.





Opening the Game for Monsignor Percy Johnson - May 12, 2014



The first 2 innings were difficult to watch!  Aaron pitched a total of 5 innings and although his pitching was good, the team was letting him down...dropping catches, missing balls, overthrowing, running in instead of out to catch!  It was hard to believe that most of these boys are AA and AAA players!  I guess I shouldn't be too hard on them as this is the first time they played as a team and had mostly indoor practice.  They managed to pull it together by the end of the game and scored a few runs. 

The first time Aaron went up to bat he struck out, the second time he walked to first base because the pitcher hit him (on his helmet - thank God), and was able to score a run for the team, and the third time he hit a nice one into the outfield between 2nd and 3rd, but the inning ended while he was on 3rd base.





Thank God, for that helmet!

Romero didn't just bring ball players to the game...they brought a few comedians too!  It was a bit annoying but quite entertaining with their 'mexican' accents and team spirit.

One kid (from Grade 12) even brought a few girls to cheer him on.  One girl was taking pictures everytime he went up to bat.  Too bad he kept striking out...and she missed all the photos of him dropping the catch (at least twice).  It seems like he was on the team for his good looks, as he had nothing to show on the field!

The game ended in a tie with each team scoring 4 runs.  Well done boys, not a win...but not a loss either!