After 4 months, 53 games, two tournaments, coutless practices, and a tanker full of gas we are done for the season. As much as it wears me out at the time, I miss it when it is over.
Cole has actually been done for a month now, but it has taken me that long to get my hands on these pictures and then scan them (which Luke had to figure out for me by the way).
I would love to say I took these pictures, but I cannot take the credit. There is a dad on Cole's team who takes professional pictures. I have never seen him at a game without his whopping big camera and tripod. His telephoto lens is bigger than my whole camera put together.
My favorite are the series shots. Of course his camera will take about 10 shots per second. (And I thought it was pretty cool that mine takes 3 shots per second.)
This first series is Cole batting.
The next series is a pretty awesome catch that Cole made. I actually caught this same play on my video camera, but I still haven't figured out how to get video on here.
This one obviously did not make it in time for the out, but I thought it was a cool shot.
Luke's baseball team was a little like the badnews bears this year, except that they did not win at the end. It is the first year he has been on a losing team, but he handled it pretty well and did not complain. There are actually a few advantages to being on a crappy team.
#1 Luke got to pitch! He was generally only good for an inning or two, but he did not do half bad and he seemed to get a little better each time he got out there. These pictures I did take. (Can you tell the difference that thousands of dollars of camera equipment make?)
# 2 He got to be 1st in the batting order.
At first I could not figure out why the coach would put Luke first in the batting order, he is not the best batter on the team (but don't tell him that). He is however the best base runner! He can steal around those bases like no body else (and I am not just saying that because I'm his mother!)
Here he is stealing home during the last game of the season.
A fitting end to a fun if not successfull season.
Beth - after 53 games you should know that the best batter is #4. So he can hit the 3 fastest runners in. What kind of baseball mom are you? And I think your pictures are great, too.
ReplyDeleteClearly one that does not know all the "rules". I just learned this year that you can actually steal 1st base if the catcher drops the ball after the 3rd strike!
ReplyDeleteWho knew!!!