flashback friday...the Drill Team.

Jared and I played BABA baseball every summer when we were little, and Jared played in all sorts of leagues into Jr. High and High School. (My brother beaned Jared in the shoulder at his VERY first up-to-bat in fast pitch...traumatized him and Jared claims Elliot did on purpose.) In these pictures we both were on the Gary D. Jones Construction team...I think my picture was a couple years later than Jared's even though I was pretty tall for my age. Apparently that year I was voted the prestigious, "BABA Little Miss softball Dress-for the-Part" award...(it's in my scrapbook). I must have been sporting some pretty stylish scrunchies, tube socks and stretch pants...I think that's what baseball is all about in the little girl's league--who's pony tail looks the cutest. :)

We now take the valuable skills we learned from little league and apply them to the Orem city league, where members of my work (a dental office) make up the Drill Team (get it? Drill--dentist?). We really aren't bad, in fact, we're getting to be pretty darn good. A threat, you might say. Of course when I say "we" I mean everyone else on my team. I think I average about 3 or 4 errors a game, but at least I have fun doing it right?! :)

Last night we had a double header. The first game was against a team of college-aged guys and girls (young whipper-snappers!). At first I thought, "Oh great, they're going to be obnoxious and cocky, like a few of the other teams like this we've played..." Playing time rolls around and we have JUST the right amount of players...but nobody to sit out and hold Gracie. "You'll just have to play down a player for the game", the umpire told us. A guy from the other team heard our dilemma, walked into our dugout and said, "I'll babysit her..." For the whole game, every time we were playing out in the field, he'd run over and hold Gracie, missing his turn to bat. Isn't that so nice?! I'd watch from second base as he bounced her on his knee, and get toys out of the diaper bag for her to play with. We were ahead the whole game, but they came back and beat us by a couple of runs. I really didn't mind because they ended up being the nicest team and deserved it.

The second game we were nice and warmed up...we won by quite a few runs, and it felt good. I have to tell you that Jared is such an all-star. He got a homerun last night and ran the bases so fast! I always watch him run in amazement. He also caught SO many balls in left field, even though the sun and wind was in his face. He's pretty awesome, and definitely an asset to the Drill team.

There's nothing like a good softball game in the summer time is there? To make it perfect I guess you would have to top it off with a snowcone and a capri sun. :)