Today we went to a local park and played a little baseball. In this picture we are getting them all checked out on their mitt. Most of them had never put on a mitt before so as you can imagine we had a lot of work to do. Some of them were not even sure which hand the mitt went on. But what they lacked in experience they more than made up in enthusiasm. Of course they were not interested in learning any basics skills they just wanted to play, but we insisted they learn how to catch the ball first.
So here they are practicing the skill of catching the ball. We had to keep telling them to keep their mitt up and not drop it down when they were catching the ball. We did this for a while before we let them hit off a tee. They kept asking like every 2 minutes, when are we going to play?
As you can see, I even got to pitch during the "game". Everybody had a great time and got to learn a little about that American game baseball. Tomorrow (Friday) I get to go camping with some people along the rocky coast in Northern Bulgaria. I will take some pictures and post them on here when I get back. Talk later.
Let's go Dodgers!
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Way to go, Honey!!
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It looks like everyone is having fun! Hope you find some prospects for the LA Dodgers!
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Go Giants!
ReplyDeleteUnder hand are you playing soft ball??? Great pictures Cathy and Mom
ReplyDeleteDid you want me to maybe throw them some brush back pitches? They had never swung a bat before. Beside, if I had tried to throw overhand they would have had to put my arm in a sling.
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