4/20/10-GAME 3 (13-2)

Cole ran up to me right before his game was about to start and handed me this baseball. He said, "I don't know what this is for but here."
Awww...I thought it was really pretty cool that one of the coaches gave this to Cole. It would have been a little more significant if he'd gotten the actual day of his inside the park home run, but that's okay.

Cole rushed off and I soon spotted him shuffling his feet and doing some dance moves in the dugout. He must have had his head in a dance party mode because he just wasn't quite on during his game. So much for being honored with a game ball.

He struck out the first two times at bat and grounded out to first base the third time. He didn't play third base until the last inning when we were way ahead and the official time had actually run out. He missed three ground balls that he could have gotten. However, he did get an out on a long distance run down from third base to first base. That was good. They won 13-2.

If Nathan had been able to be there, he could have reminded Cole (and the pitching coach) of what to do. I felt so bad for him that I really wanted to cry sitting there watching him. He really is fairly decent, but something happens when game time comes, and it seems like he completely loses focus...More so if Nathan isn't there. And the fact that the majority of the kids on his team are really, really good just means that the coach expects more out of Cole.

Three of the coaches do a good job of being encouraging and supportive of the kids no matter what, but the head coach tends to show how he really feels more often. That look of frustration and disappointment is not what I like to see from someone else in regards to my child. It really breaks your heart.