Yesterday was one of the baseball-iest days I’d ever experienced. Each of the boys had their own baseball games during the day, then we headed out to Pensacola and enjoyed seeing our new local AA minor league baseball team, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, in their brand new stadium right on Pensacola Bay! More on the Blue Wahoos later.
Our boys here play for Navarre Youth Sports Association’s baseball league. As is typical in Florida, they’re serious about sports here. And they start those boys EARLY! Our own sons had never played baseball until we moved here, and it turns out there are several hundred boys playing baseball here, and several hundred more playing soccer in the same club. And come this fall, ALL those boys (except my two) are playing football.
In this particular club (and I’m not sure who the national level organization is that this club now follows — last year it was Dizzy Dean, but this year it isn’t) the boys’ teams are simply named after the coach’s favorite major league team. Last year Jacob was on the White Sox, this year he’s on the Tigers. His current coach is indeed from eastern Michigan. Timmy is on the Braves and he couldn’t be more excited about that.
I captured some pretty good pictures of the boys at their games yesterday. They’re both respectfully among the youngest on their teams, and this is Timmy’s first year playing baseball. It’s remarkable seeing their skills develop over the course of the season!
