It’s a start of a new season and for the first time in a while Christian is on a brand new baseball team. I’m saddened that we were not able to keep our team together, but it’s exciting to see how he fits in a new situation. This is the first team that Christian hasn’t had Zach W. as a teammate in baseball. (They played together since t-ball.) Minors teams are put together in a blind draft…although he is joined by 3 Seaview kids and Zach P. from the Padres is on his team as well.
Today was the 1st game of the season and positions become more solidified. An infielder still needs to play at least one inning in the outfield and an outfielder needs to play at least one in.
Christian started this game at 2nd base and will probably play this position a lot. He along with Zach were field generals out there calling out the plays. It’s nice to see the communication skills that we taught them in the lower levels are being used. He is probably the most vocal of the bunch when calling plays out.
This is his first year seeing live pitching instead of machine pitch and it will take him a few games to adjust. He’s got a new bat to get used to as well. He made contact his first at bat, but popped it up and was caught by the pitcher. He was able to get to a full count at his 2nd at bat, but struck out. He walked to 1st on his 3rd at bat.
The team looks good with only having 6 practices under their belt. I think they could be a really great team once they have a couple more practices and games behind them. Our next game is Monday at 5 pm on field 2 against 3D Roofing. I’ll try to have some video of that game on the next post. See you there.
Final Score: Wilcox 7 – Coldwell 8
