Tournament Time

Jake played in his first Outlaw Tournament this weekend, and it was an experience. The tournament started on Thursday afternoon. Their first game was at 4:00. They lost to a team they had played before (while we were out of town). 


They played twice on Friday, playing at 8:00am first. We were up and out of the neighborhood by 6:30am. They lost that game as well, then played again at 12:00, also losing that game. Those three losses set up our seeding for the tournament on Saturday, ending up in the consolation bracket. We figured we would play 1st thing again in the morning on Saturday. They didn't get the seeding figured out until after 11:00 Friday night. I checked email when I woke up at 2:30 and found out we weren't playing until 12:00, which was awesome. I shut off the alarm and went back to sleep.


The won the 12:00 game, beating a Caldwell team in a great, tight game. Because they won, they played again at 4:00 that afternoon. By then they were just exhausted, and played like it, losing 14-3 to a year-round team that has been together for a couple of years. 


It was a lot of fun and a really good experience. This team will be on-going for the next year or two, in addition to regular baseball. We have an indoor facility to use here so they will be able to practice during the winter. The same coaching staff will be running the 9/10 All Stars team (tryouts are tomorrow night) and most of the same boys will be on that team as well.


Jake had fun in the tournament, did some work on how to handle losing and ended up going 1 for 4 with a run scored. He enjoyed the experience and is looking forward to continuing to play baseball for the next month or so.