Well, the long Labor Day Weekend is over. We spent the weekend in Cocoa Beach at a baseball tournament where teams from Venezuela, Jamaica, Virgin Islands, and all around Florida came to play against one another.
Gabe's team was over matched, for the most part. Scheduled to play four games over the weekend, Gabe's team started out good, winning 9-5. Gabe played well in the field and at bat (1-1 with two walks), but struggled on the mound. The tournament follows AAU rules, which means kids can steal bases, the base paths and pitching mound are longer distances, etc. Gabe struggled pitching from the stretch and learning NOT to throw strikes. He would quickly put the batter in an 0-2 count, but he was then asked not to throw strikes, but near-strikes, so the batter would swing and miss. Gabe wasn't used to this and his pitches would miss the target. But, a win is a win.
The second game, Gabe made the best contact with the ball and hit a solid shot to the second baseman, who made the out. But, he then struck out twice, ending the day 0-3. He didn't pitch. They lost 4-0, his team only mustering up one hit.
The third game was painful. Completely outmatched, Gabe went 0-2 with two strike outs. He didn't pitch and the team from Miami slaughtered them 17-3 in four innings. One inning included two grand slam home runs and two other multi-run home runs.
Gabe was scheduled to be the starting pitcher in the fourth game, but, due to a lot of rain outs during the tournament, our game was canceled as we were not playing for a championship.
So, we spent Monday morning at the beach and had a great time boogie boarding to the bid Atlantic Ocean waves. We also spotted a small shark in the water about 10 yards away from us. We gave him his room and he left us alone.
The cost of this trip was a bit much, considering the expected return on the baseball field, but the non-baseball events were fun. Everyone stayed in the same hotel and the kids played on the beach and in the pirate-themed pool until late in the night. So, we'll have to decide whether to invest in this trip next year.
I'll post some pics from the event later.
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Considering Gabe was younger than most of the kids and hadn't played by the same rules, I think he did OK. You all had a good time at the beach so all was not lost. No one got hurt, also a goodie. Now back to school...Love ya, Ketlevin
Yeah, it was a good learning experience. Just being together and having fun was more important than the scores.
Glad things were fun, over all.
I thought about you guys over the weekend a couple times! :)
KT - Yeah, we were thinking of you guys and the party. Too bad they overlapped.
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