Tryouts

Mr. Boy did okay at the Little League tryouts this morning. He got a piece of the ball three times (two grounders and one foul tip) in five overhand pitches–the first overhand pitches he’s faced and from a lefthanded pitcher at that, while he was batting right-handed. He stopped all of his thrown grounders, even if he didn’t catch the pop ups, and his throwing was weak but was off target only once in four tries. He was pretty disgusted about his performance, but he’ll get to play. All the boys his age will. The tryouts are misnamed. They aren’t really to eliminate anybody, just to help the coaches make sure the best players aren’t all on the same team. Now we wait to see which AA8 team he gets, and hope some of his school or Cub Scout friends are on it, too.