Play Ball!

We are still attending baseball clinics in the neighborhood, sometimes with our friends Parker and Carter, and sometimes not. This past weekend, we went just the three of us, and it was great! We walked over in the lovely spring-like weather, and once there, the boys just went and got a ball and started playing catch. And they can actually play catch! Their throws are accurate enough, and they can catch, too. It was fun to watch.

The future All-Stars warm up

The coaches soon broke them into different groups, and Cassius came over to sit with me. "Can I play on your phone?" he asked. "Nope," I said. After about 5 seconds, Cassius got up and ran to join the drills.

First up was fielding drills. Cassius was really good at charging the ball and scooping it up and rifling a throw to the coach.

Maceo was really good at hitting. In fact, at least one of his shots was so powerful that it cleared the netting he was hitting into, and he crowed, "Home run!!!"

The funniest part of the practice was the kids running suicides to end the practice. They are still learning how drills work, how to participate and pay attention, and how to be athletes in general. But they are learning!