Here comes the sun...doo-n-doo-doo...

Here comes the sun...
And I say
It's all right...

Well, it's over. The regular season is over. I don't have to worry about a game for 2 full weeks. We ended the season 15-3. We lost two this week - there were some bad things happening since we had 3 games in a row. Last night we pitched 3 kids who had never been in the infield, let alone on the mound. We had to. We got screwed having 3 games in a row with pitch counts, etc, and the ump on Tuesday didn't help either. It was the worst.umped.game.ever. Let me put it to you this way - in the 3rd inning, Coach Kevin told the kids to stop swinging the bat. We scored 5 runs that inning. That is a poorly umped game, my friends - plus it took us 2.5 hours to play 6 innings. Yeah, ummmm, no. That's bad. It was another home team we were playing - the other coaches were just as ticked. They didn't want to win that way. Not that we played well - I think we still might have lost based on the way the kids were playing...but it was very frustrating, let me tell ya.

But you know what? Putting those kids on the mound last night - that was so fun to watch. One of them only allowed one run, struck someone out and caught an infield fly. He will never forget that. He wasn't much of a ball player when he came to us, not because he didn't have skill, but because he lacked confidence. The change in him this season - he hit 3 inside the park home runs this season. We've known this family for a long time, and it's just nice to see him with his head up. And for not having our usual pitchers on the mound? We lost 22-16 last night. And the kids had fun, they were hitting, Owen had an inside the park home run in the first inning. That was awesome.

At his last at bat, I yelled out that I'd pay him $20 if he "hit dad's truck" - my son? turns around and says "do I hear $75??" That got a lot of laughs. He ended up striking out, which saved me money so that was good. :) It's a good team, we had a good season...

Now it's time for all-stars. I have no idea what to expect. It's one of those situations where deep down, in places I don't want to talk about...I hope they lose and lose early. I want my summer to start. I want just a couple of weeks where I don't have to worry about what kid needs to be where. I just want a break.

But we all know I want them to win. Right?