There are so many things I like about Little League but sometimes there are rough times. My oldest, Andy, is in the Majors division (11-12 year olds) and just got done with having the worst INNING of his life. He made either 2-3 errors while playing second base and they were almost consecutive. The coach mercifully switched him and the right fielder and, of course, a ball gets by him on the outfield. Our poor pitcher ended up with 8 unearned runs and we ended up losing. It's obviously not all Andy's fault but he really was hurting afterwards. I made sure to let him chill out afterwards and do something to take his mind off the game so I indulged his video game love for a bit. It seemed to help.
Even with this very hard lesson it's good for kids to hit adversity sometimes. I hope he reacts well. He's a real good kid who's got a good heart and I just don't want his spirit broken. I guess this is just one of those character building things for him.
Posted by Tim at March 24, 2006 11:08 PMi was terrible at baseball, but my team made it to the city finals one year. we stuck with it and got 2nd place. if you work as a team, it's all worth it!
Posted by: JonnyUps at March 27, 2006 09:37 AM
