It turns out the trade between the Gold and Teal teams in 4 on 4 hockey worked out for everyone. If you recall, I said Teal (Lucas's new team) would be playing the same teams this week as Gold (his old team) played last week so it would be a good comparison of the teams. First up was Purple, who they tied last week 2-2. This week, a 7-1 win! Woohoo! A win, finally! Then they played Silver, who destroyed Gold 16-0 last week. Teal avenged that loss with a 6-5 win, which should have been 6-4, but the scorekeeper made a mistake since they thought a goal went in when it didn't. Either way, I'll take that win!
As for Gold, they finally got in the win column in their first game and only lost the second game by one goal. I was happy to see them do so well since they were a good group of kids that just needed a "star" player to match up against the other teams who already had high-level players.
On the completely opposite side of the coin, Lucas's baseball team continued their early season domination last night with an 11-2 win. It looked like it was going to be a closer game than the first one since the other team's first pitcher was fantastic, preventing any runs from the Padres. However, I think pitchers have to rotate after 2 innings and once he was out, our big hitters took over. According to the standings, the Padres are in first place since of the four 2 win teams, they have the biggest run differential (+24 with the next closest team at +13).
Lucas had one highlight and some definite lowlights during the game though. For the former, on his third at-bat, he got his first official hit, a single. He'd been on base before, due to walks, but this was his first "legitimate" time on base. As for the lowlights, he cried THREE times during the game. Once after his first at-bat, a strikeout; the second was when he got hit by his own teammate's ball while running from 2nd to 3rd (which resulted in him being out), and the third was after he scored at home (this was after his hit). That last one was apparently because he was so happy he got a hit that he was overcome with emotion.
I think a big part of it was that Marilu was at the game. He doesn't usually act that way around me, but when she's around, he tends to be a momma's boy. I've already told him Tom Hanks's wise advice from "A League of Their Own" ("There's no crying in baseball!") so hopefully he'll be better next game. Also, we went up to the park and practiced his hitting for well over an hour earlier tonight so that should give him an extra boost of confidence at the very least.
Because of quirky scheduling, the next hockey game isn't until next Saturday (the 28th), but he'll be back on the baseball field tomorrow night. I promise to have some baseball pictures up by this weekend.
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Good to hear that hockey is going better for everyone. Funny how emotional Lucas is in baseball. Marilu goes to his hockey games and he doesn't react like that. Maybe he's still unsure of himself and lacks confidence. So build him up and if he cries, maybe you just need to go easy and ask him what the tears are all about. They will pass, I'm sure.
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