On Saturday, May 2nd, the league held their annual parade from downtown to
the ball fields. Tyler and Samantha each walked with their teams, while Tara and
I opted to watch from the parade route this year (as opposed to walking with
them). Samantha really had fun handing candy out to the kids along the way (and
she managed to save some for herself to eat at the end!).
Parade & League Pictures
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Samantha during the annual baseball parade through town. She
just handed out candy to Drew & Jayden.
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Sam's team lined up on the field for the entire league picture.
Sam is kneeling in the middle of the picture, with the pony-tail,
looking to the left.
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After a really long wait after the league picture was taken, Sam's team
finally managed to get their individual and team pictures taken. Once they were
done with their picture duties they got to have their lunch - hot dogs, chips,
pop, and ice cream compliments of the league. Thankfully they finished just in
time to start their game at 1:15pm. Unfortunately, after a strong start, they
ended up losing on a controversial play. In the coach-pitch league players are
supposed to stop running the bases as soon as the opposition touches the ball.
It seems that the Bars Leak team may or may not have sent a player from third
base to home (to score the winning run) despite somebody on our team touching
the ball already. It was a close play, and our coach decided not to argue too
strongly, so I guess there is nothing that we can complain about. The end result
was a 20-19 loss. Sam did have a good day in defeat, however, as she got four
hits in her five trips into the batters box. We were very proud of her effort
today.
Game 1 @ Bars Leaks
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Samantha's teammate Ben at bat.
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Sam at the bat, waiting for the pitch.
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Sam getting her first hit.
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Sam waiting on first base after her first hit of the day.
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Taren, another of Sam's teammates at bat.
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Taren also got to play catcher today.
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Sammy looking at something while playing in the outfield.
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Another on of Sam's at-bats.
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Another hit for Sam.
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One more of Sam's hits.
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