#1 Mudcats

This baseball season has been AWESOME! I loved every minute of this season with the boys.

Fortunately for us the boys were able to play on the same team in the minors and so Dan decided to be the assistant coach for the team. The head coach, Ben, was Spencer's coach last spring season so it was fun to have some of the same kids as last year and to see how much they have improved!

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Spencer has had an absolutely stellar season. I have been keeping stats on the boys this year and as of their last regular season game his batting average is a .762! He hit 7 singles, 1 double, 5 triples and 3 home runs! Plus he has 17 Runs batted in! We are so proud of him!

Ethan! Not to be outshone by Spencer is definitely proving himself to be an amazing ball player. I requested that he be bumped up from coach pitch to which ever team Spencer is on this season so that we could limit the chaos for us and allow him to be more challenged (coach pitch was torture for him last season). He has definitely shown us and his coach that he deserves to be playing up! His batting average is .458 with 5 singles, 1 double and 4 triples and 8 RBI's! He has moved into the number 3 spot on the batting order too!

Ethan playing 2nd base (left)

Ethan is not only a great hitter but he is amazing in the field! Coach puts him at second and right field mostly (we have one pitcher that throws really fast, so if anyone gets a hit off him it will be flying to right field and he knows that Ethan will catch it!) I love that he plays with intensity and a love and respect for the game!

Spencer at short stop

Spencer has played most of the season at short stop with the occasional visit to second and first (once he even pitched!). This kid has a golden glove and a rocket for an arm! Spencer is always enjoying himself and just playing to have fun and just so happens to be awesome in the process! He has natural ability for this sport and I hope that nothing stops him from continuing to play throughout his life (okay, at least High School)

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Every so often Ryleigh will not be busy so she will come show her support! But mostly I need her to watch Livy for me while I keep score.

Speaking of Livy, she is a little whirlwind of crazy. She always has a blast at any of the kids games as long as I let her run around like a maniac with all the other kids. She makes "best friends" so easily! I am so thankful for all the other parents on the team that have helped me with her when she has to go potty or something during a game!

The second to last game of the season the boys officially clenched the title of #1 team by beating the #4 team! They were all so excited - and as parents we were so happy too!

This team has been so much fun this year, and the parents are so great too! I am really sad that the season is coming to a close... Next week starts the tournament!