Ballin'

On Thursday, Abigail and the rest of the Oberlin Sweeties played in their very first game of the season!! We are just tickled pink, if you couldn't tell!  They have been practicing so hard and we were all so excited to finally get to play.  Of course, we had to have a tiny photo shoot before the game...you know how those softball Mommas are...:)

 The 2014 Oberlin Sweeties (minus a few latecomers)

 So proud of our #7!  

Action shot--baby girl was hustlin'!

 Lemme tell ya, folks, t-ball ain't what it used to be.  Like there's a whole lot less "t".  This year, the Dixie Youth rules have changed so that 4/5/6 year olds are now doing primarily coach pitch ball instead of hitting off of the tee.  Very hard for some of these babies to be able to do that, but I suppose it's preparing them for later on.  In the game Thursday night, Ab hit a hard grounder almost to the third baseman...and promptly hauled her sweet patootie to 3rd base!!  She hit it so hard that she got turned around and just took off in the direction she was facing!  It was hilarious, as you can imagine.  No, I didn't get a picture or video because I was so busy jumping up and down cheering.  It was an AWESOME hit, just sayin'.  We played Elizabeth, which was basically like playing college girls.  There's no 10-run rule, so the score was much higher...

The game this morning against Fairview was much more evenly matched.  (At least the Fairview girls didn't look like Amazons out on the field.)  We didn't win this one either, but #7 got another good hit and a RBI!  We are so proud of her!!  She is learning and improving every day and really seems to enjoy playing.  

We are looking forward to another game on Monday against Fairview. 

You know what they say, the 3rd time's a charm!!