Wow - hard to believe it's been over a week since we posted. Well, let's try and get you caught up. We had a BIG basketball game last week as Bradley & Brock were playing against their buddy Carson. We won 13-12 in a very exciting game - although I thought it was pretty sloppy play by both teams. Bradley got in foul trouble and ended up with four fouls. He also was thankfully called for backcourt when he had a "senior moment" in the fourth quarter after he received a wide open pass and took off towards the wrong basket!
We played our first baseball tournament of the year this weekend. The boys came in third place - losing in the semi-finals to the tournament winner. Overall they played well but have a few things to improve on. Bradley had a really good weekend at the plate and it was nice to see all the boys having fun. TR couldn't resist backtalking the ump after a bad call in our first game Sunday morning and got tossed again! The boys are getting more used to this and laughed this time (instead of cried). Of course, they were glad he was back in the dugout for the last game of the day.
Last night we had our normal Monday night baseball practice and it was anything BUT normal. Monsey had arranged for a guest instructor, a formal professional baseball player from Venezuela, to come and do some instruction at practice. It was really just a good way to get the boys to pick up on some little things they can improve on (TR & John thought it was a great way for the coaches to have an easy practice!). About the middle of our practice, the boys received a big surprise when Bobby Abreu showed up to have a little talk. He is a friend of the instructor and talked with the boys at length about baseball and having fun. He patiently answered all their questions, signed autographs for them all and took pictures. Since we had an idea of who was coming, Bradley was prepared and was able to get his Phillies card of Bobby Abreu signed. It was definitely a practice they will not forget! Let's hope it keeps them pumped up for quite a while.
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