It's BEGUN!!

YAY!!! Baseball season is back! After a LOOOONNNGGGGG 2 month break club baseball is back!

This year the Raptor's are playing as a 12U team (which means they get to wear metal spikes). The club decided to start the season in a pony-style league rather than jumping right into tournaments. The irony is we are playing teams that we play in the tournaments. The management felt like this would be a good option for us to work out the kinks before we hit the tournament circut and try to avoid what happened last year. (We CRUSHED everyone at the beginning of the season, causing us to move up to the AAA bracket then when the other teams that had been doing other leagues started playing we were getting a good-ol-fashion beat down, very demoralizing...)

Spencer up to bat

Spencer catching a fly ball in right field

 This season the Raptor's have decided to go back to one team, and they have made it a strict 12U team so Ethan is no longer playing with them. We have been half-hearted-ly looking for a team for Ethan but nothing has been the right fit, yet. In all honesty, as much as he wants to play baseball, he has his hands full with Football. (Once football ends we will look more diligently). I can tell that Spencer has been feeling a little overwhelmed lately, so the end of the Football season will probably be a glorious day for him. Football has, however,  given him a whole new love and appreciation for the sport of Baseball.

 The best part is being back with the family again! (meaning our baseball family) It was like a family reunion on the first day of practice. We totally lucked out in the team family department! We added 1 new player this season, and we look forward to getting to know them too!