Fall Ball...Game 1

Fall Ball...until last year, I didn't even know there was such a thing!!!  I guess you do learn something new every day!  By the time we found out the details of these games last year, it was already too late to get Aaron a team / league which actually play the games, as not all leagues do.

 

The end of the Season was supposed to be a bit quiet for us, but Aaron decided to sign up and attend other tryouts.  So far, he hasn't been turned away from any of the teams he tried for!  We also received a couple phone calls from coaches who have seen him play.

 

Tonight he joins the WT Wildcats 18U Elite team for the first Fall Ball game.  On this team, he will be reunited with a couple of his RY Cardinals' teammates, and he will play alongside a few players he has faced with his High School's team.

 

Game 1 -  WT vs. Humber College

 

GAME CANCELLED at the last minute because

Humber College's team never made it to the field...

Exhibition Game, September 7, 2016

Well Aaron decided that he wanted to tryout for other potential teams for the upcoming 2017 Season.  As he put it..."I want to see what my options are".  One of the teams he tried for offered him a spot the same day of the tryout.  West Toronto is the same team he turned down twice (for the 2015 and 2016 Season).

Tonight we headed over to Keelesdale North Park in Toronto, for an exhibition game of the newly selected team.  As this field is not very far from my work, I decided to work a little overtime and then head over to the field.  The weather channel called for rain and the skies was indeed gloomy but still alright for a game.

The game began at 6 p.m. and the U18's were playing against the U16's, with the U16's heading out on the field first.  I don't remember the order of the line-up but Aaron went out early to bat and he hit a fairly good one but they were able to throw him out at first.  The U18's got a couple of runs in before the inning ended.

The U18's headed out on the field , with Aaron covering short.  Andy thought it might be a little challenging for him as he's played second for most of the 2016 season.  The inning didn't last very long and Aaron was able to get the third out, before any runs were scored, when the batter hit the ball right towards him!

The U18's were back up to bat and we could see Aaron warming up in the bullpen...but before the inning was over, the rain came down, pouring!!!  With the thunder rolling and lightening striking in the sky, we all knew the game was over!  I was really hoping to see him pitch tonight, but that's the way it goes sometimes...

 

 

It was the worst drive home I have ever had...people were just stopping in the middle of the road and not staying in their lanes because the rain was falling so hard.  Thankfully, we all managed to make it home safely, and I had enough time to bake Andy's birthday cake for tomorrow...

 

 

Fall Ball - Game 1

 

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PLAYOFFS - Game 1

Hard to believe that it's already the end of the Season and we are headed into the playoff games.  It can only mean one sad thing...that 2016 Summer is almost over.

 

The Cardinals' boys have had a very successful season this year, coming in first in the Fergie Jenkins league...this means they automatically advance to Game 3.

 

For Game 3, we had to travel to the George Taylor field in St. Catherines, Ontario as the boys were up against the Bulletproof Prospects.  It was a Friday evening game, starting at 8:30 p.m., so no time off of work was needed today. The drive wasn't too bad and traffic was lighter than we expected.  We had to pick up one of the boys on our way to the field.

 

TO BE UPDATED.

 

 

PENNSYLVANIA TOURNAMENT

This is the only tournament I haven't been able to attend, so far. Firstly, I couldn't take time of from work due to our hectic schedule and secondly, the regular team is not attending this tournament.

 

A lot of the boys, for different reasons, were not going to participate in this tournament. We knew ahead of time because Coach asked if we knew any player who wouldn't mind going. Andy made a couple phone calls and got one player, who was on Aaron's team last year, to go. It also meant, he had to take the kid with him as his father couldn't get time off on such short notice.

 

Andy didn't take any notes for me.  ll he said was they played badly, but that was expected since they didn't have the regular team and a few call-up players. Aaron, he said, played really well and took the catcher's position for one of the games. Do you think, I got even one photo??? An entire weekend and NOT ONE photo of my kid playing!

 

Can't complain much...when he brought me back a nice present!