June 18th, 2014
Jayden and her VFW teammates made it to the playoffs as
the #2 overall seed. Unfortunately for them they have been having a rough go of
it lately, losing 3 of their last 4 games. Jay has been really struggling at the
plate lately, but she was optimistic after taking some batting practice with one
of the coaches over the weekend. She did manage to make contact with the ball,
but not good enough to get a base hit out of it. The rest of her team struggled
while batting as well, and they wound up losing the game by a 5-0 score. Jay
played all over in the field today, spending time in the infield at both second
base and pitcher, and in the outfield. She did a decent job fielding the ball
today, however.
It has become increasingly clear that baseball is not
Jayden's sport - she just doesn't love the game like she does soccer. She has
reached the conclusion that she would rather take up ballet once again in the
fall, and because of that tonight may have been Jay's final baseball game. While
we are sad to see her want to quit, we don't want her to do something that she
doesn't want to participate in.
Playoff Game 1 - vs. KLT Services
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Prior to the start of the game the teams lined the base lines
for the playing of the national anthem.
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Jayden started the game playing second base.
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Jay moving into the outfield to serve as the cutoff man.
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Jay back in position on the infield.
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Jay with the ball looking to throw the ball in to the second
baseman.
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Jay running to the bench after the end of an inning.
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Jayden next moved to centerfield.
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Jay getting some words of advice from her coach in the outfield.
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Jay swinging the bat, looking for a base hit.
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Jay's swing looked better today...
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...but unfortunately she missed this pitch.
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Jay ready to get that elusive base hit.
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Jay after throwing the ball from the outfield.
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Jay in the outfield once again.
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Jay back at the plate...
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Jay swinging the bat...
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...and following through.
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Jay swinging the bat once again.
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Jay even got a chance to play pitcher tonight!
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