MVP

This is a picture of Amanda holding her MVP game ball from tonight's Challenger league game.  As you can see she is VERY proud.

I always say that her games are the best hour of the week and this one will be the best game of the year I'm sure.

Our little team has so much fun.  The young woman playing first base caught a pop up for the first out of the game.  In our league, that is a huge deal.  Then our short stop caught one.  The third baseman threw out a runner at first and it was a rare three up and three down inning

The opposing team had nine infielders and their helpers.  It looked like a marching band had lined baselines between 1st and second and second and third.  Amanda hit the ball too well and was thrown out at first.  When I told her she was out she gave me her, "Out, ah crap!"

Our team still scored four runs that inning.

The second inning Amanda and I made a play in the out field.  I scoped up a grounder and handed it to her.  She threw it in the ten feet to second base.

She got a hit in the bottom of the second.  The next batter advanced us to second base.  But the batter after that hit the ball far enough where Amanda did something she has never done before.  She scored from second base.

The top of the third we were playing deep left field, a very good player hit the ball almost to to the fence.  I caught it out of instinct, he is safe because helpers don't make outs.  But Amanda took the ball into the in field and held the runner to a double.

The spirit of the challenger league happened then.  We moved up to play shallow outfield.  A friend of ours on the other team who uses a reverse walker and is helped by both her parents was thrown out at second.  Our short stop who is actually fast enough to be on a varsity track team said he was so sorry he did that.  She told him it was okay, that is how the game is played.

In the bottom of the third, Amanda got another hit.  The next batter advanced us to second.  And the batter after that repeated his hit from before and we scored.  Amanda couldn't believe it, she said it was "AWESOME!"

After the game she high fived everyone on both teams and the umpire gave her the game ball.

Now that is softball.