Well, originally we were going to take this weekend off and have a yard sale. But after the poor showing last weekend in Southaven, the team decided that we needed some playing time. But....we didn't want to play the same local teams we always play. They say you have to play good competition in order to get better.....so we decided to play 11 year olds. We went into this weekend with the mentality that it wasn't about winning, it was about getting better. If you want to improve you have to play someone better than you. If you are always playing weaker teams, you will tend to play to the level of competition that you are against. So, with that said, we were off again to Sparta to play in the 11 year old bracket.
This is how we start every game - we are so thankful for our Christian coaches.
We started off pretty hot. We played a decent team called Blue Baseball. We kept them to 5-0 for the first 4 innings, then we started booting the ball around and let them come back on us 5-4. But we held them at 4 and won that game.
Easy jog across home plate.
The second game played immediately afterwards was against a team called Mean Machine - with skulls and crossbones on their jerseys. We beat them 10-2. This one included an out of the park homer by Julian Shanklin. We came into Sunday being first seed.
Congrats on that homerun Julian!
All the boys played awesome. They all hit the ball like they are capable of doing...they all fielded the ball like the Bulldogs we know......and they came together as a team. This weekend was a blast to watch these boys play so well. We are still undefeated in Tennessee....now if we can just win outside of state! This weekend we play in LaVergne, close to home. Our record is 16-4!
Tuckered out boys on the way home (and very dirty!!!)
2 comments:
That's awsome!!! Keep up the good work! We are so proud of you all!! Now...is anyone ever going to answer me about the uniforms...why the change in colors? - Deana
LOL - sorry Deana. Yes, we changed colors this year. TB is also TampaBay Bucaneers. So the logo hats and shirts were easy to get and alot cheaper than getting custom purple/gold Smyrna Bulldog stuff. Also since we are considered 'elite' and having won the World Series last year, we thought we'd be more likely to get sponsorship if we were the TN Bulldogs vs the Smyrna Bulldogs - get coverage from the state rather than one city (there is less than half the team from Smyrna anyway!)
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