Walsh Park-LaGrange, KY:  Well, we’re almost a month into the season, and the North Oldham Little League season for the Diamondbacks isn’t going as planned.  After starting out 2-0, the D-backs rattled off seven straight losses before breaking the slump on Saturday afternoon. Then they lost on a walk off in extra innings the next night.  Brian went through a little slump of his own, although not very long. Being buried at the bottom of the lineup, he had a couple of game where he was 0-1 (yes, three out of four games during the stretch he only had one at bat).  But we tweaked some things, and he’s back to being one of the best hitters on the team.  From my calculation, he’s now hitting .647 this season.  With all honesty, though, I think I missed a game in there somewhere, with all of the cancellations and re-scheduled games. Speaking of which…

If you’re wondering why we haven’t been to any more college or minor league games, the simple answer is that little league has become all-consuming.  It’s not really the game schedule, but the re-scheduling that’s been hindering our plans to see other games.  Even when we get a nice day on the weekend, more than likely the boys will be playing a make-up game due to all the rain we’ve had the last four weeks.  Don’t get me wrong, though, there’s no place I’d rather be than watching Brian play, but it wouldn’t be a bad thing to chill and watch a Bats game, or something.  We do have tickets for this Sunday, but…. 90% chance of rain…

Back to Brian’s season.  He’s been stuck in the outfield most of the time, which he doesn’t like, but has made the best of it when he gets his chances in the infield.  He’s played some pitcher, second base, and his favorite:  first base.  He did well, and caught everything that was thrown to him, but only got to play there one inning so far this season.  He’s keeping his chin up, though, and I’m teaching him to only worry about the things he can control, and do his best wherever the coach puts him.   He had the chance to catch a couple of innings, though, but didn’t end up liking it.  The mask didn’t fit well, and he took a couple of pitches in the foot.  Maybe I can talk him into being catcher again later on in fall ball.  He still has half a season left, and as long as he keeps doing his best and having fun, we’ll call it a win!

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