Today the Padres had a chance to practice with two of the coaches of the Edmonds Community College Baseball team, the Tritons. What a great opportunity for the kids to have some time with guys who teach and coach baseball for a living. Head Coach Brad Ditter played for the Washington Nationals organization and as an associate scout for the Detroit Tigers. Scott Watson coached the Mariner HS and Mountlake Terrace HS baseball teams before becoming the pitching coach at Edmonds. Both coaches run baseball camps for the youth in our area.
We mostly worked on fielding drills and I think us coaches learned a thing or two watching these guys teach the kids. Its nice to see Christian confident in fielding this year and I think he was enjoying the coaches tell him, “Exactly! That’s the way to do it!”
I think the funniest moment was at the beginning when coach Brad asked if they would rather be playing video games instead of practicing in the rain…to which all of them said that they would like to play baseball. I think coach Brad was impressed with the Padres answer and then a couple moments later one of the players confessed and said he would rather be playing video games. 😉
I would have taken more pictures, but it rained through the whole practice. The kids also got their jackets today…I think they turned out great! Click on the pictures to enlarge them.
