Fall is my season. I love the way the leaves change and the way the wind (ideally) is all cool and blustery and knocks the leaves off the trees in a whirlwind of color that makes me think of hoodies and bonfires and cozy cups of coffee and
FALL. SPORTS.
This year (as always) N is playing baseball in the fall. He's playing for a club team that is playing both fall league and fall tournament games. I'm not super thrilled about the late games on Thursday nights (it makes for rough Friday mornings), but I can't even lie about how excited I was alllllll day on Thursday in anticipation of the first doubleheader of the season. The Coppell Baseball Club (CBC) did not disappoint.
So, yeah...they were all pretty nervous, and no...they hadn't had a practice with all of the members of the team in a long time, and there were a few new players (N included even though he did fill in for part of the summer season), but they did us all proud. They played like a well-oiled machine once they got warmed up, and they just worked so well together! One of the best things about this team is how much they encourage each other. Their positivity could put a lot of adults to shame. And now, a brief recap:
Game 1: (CBC was the home team) CBC was down by 5 early in the game, but got it together and managed to rally for a total of 7 runs, winning the game 7-6. The boys played hard and had a rocky start, but they came together and really worked as a team to hold their opponents to a single run after the first inning.
Game 2: (CBC was the home team again...yay, coin toss!) Again, CBC had a rocky start: the pitcher hit the very first batter with his first pitch and walked a few while getting into his groove. A guy bigger than N hit a triple, so 3 runs scored, but that was about all they did for the remainder of the game. MEANWHILE, CBC got two outs pretty quickly, and held it together to score 4 runs in the bottom of the first. The second inning was 3 up, 3 down for the visiting team (all outs at first by my super-awesome first baseman), but CBC had bases loaded in a matter of minutes, and went all the way through the batting order in the bottom half of the second, with the second inning ending 10-3. The umps finally called the game in the 4th with a final score of 16-3, and the boys were pumped! We got to go home early, and going home early with big wins makes us all happy!
Friday morning wasn't as bad as it could have been (thanks to the earlier end to the game), so I consider the week a success. When we woke up this morning for a 9:00 am practice (a "treat" for the great effort on the field this week), everyone was thrilled to feel cooler temperatures and a breeze! It made the 4 hours of practice go by like NOTHING! Afterward, N and I met half the team for lunch, aka team bonding.
I dropped N at home to shower and relax and I headed to football practice! B is playing flag football this year, and he missed practice earlier this week while battling a sinus infection. Since their season starts next weekend (GO COWBOYS!), his coach called an additional practice today to get ready for Saturday. It was awesome to see him out there, catching the football, throwing a pretty dang good spiral, and working on the passing drills. He is such an athletic kid anyway, but it's really fun to see him out there doing something that he really seems to enjoy.
His coach is also pretty great...he has a lot of patience and a lot of great ideas, and never-ending energy! B got his jersey tonight, too, and he was so excited about it! I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being his clothing choice for school picture day on Tuesday! Since he's not playing in our town (he's playing in the town his dad and stepmom live in), I don't know any of the kids, but got to know a few names this afternoon...he's got a pretty good team from what I can see! I can't wait to see them in action!
My phone was blowing up all day today with sports updates: Starts, Score Updates, Final Scores, etc. I love this time of year...I love it when the teams I follow win, and I cringe when they lose. With college football starting (my favorite kind of football...sorry, NFL), and baseball season heating up with the race to the postseason (hands down, my favorite time of the year), it makes for a very happy Aubs...
If only this pesky homework wasn't in the way. My calendar is filling up, my washer and dryer are full of hoodies in anticipation of the cooler temperatures to come, and I can't wait for fall to FINALLY arrive.
Here's hoping it'll actually make an extended appearance this year!
Aubs
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