The boys have played soccer for several years and other than a season of trying out basketball for Andrew that has been about it for sports. Late last year Alex decided he wanted to play baseball so we encouraged him to join a team. He agreed and we signed him up for a league in our town. Tonight was his team's first game and they did really well. I think the other team scored a few more runs but overall both teams were competitive.
Alex was able to bat in 3 of the 5 innings that he played. He hit the ball into play in his first 2 at bats (1 for a hit) and struck out in his 3rd at bat. He probably would have had a hit in his first at bat had he started running after he hit the ball. It was his first at bat ever. After hitting the ball he stood there watching it until he heard the coaches yelling at him to run. He barely missed making it to first before the ball got there.
I liked how his coach did the defensive assignments. Each time his team went out into the field to play defense the coach moved the players to different positions. As a result, Alex was able to play left field, short stop and right field (twice). I heard one of his coaches tell him next week that he'll get to play catcher which he is excited about. In all I think Alex had about 8 balls hit his way and only 1 or 2 made it past him (pretty good average for his age group).
Alex had a lot of fun and did really well. I was proud of his play and happy to see him enjoy the game.
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